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Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

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Demonizing Dungeons & Dragons

4/16/21 by Pushkin Industries

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/121847347
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When James Dallas Egbert III was reported missing from his college dorm – one of America’s most flamboyant private detectives was summoned to solve the case. “Dallas” had many of the same problems that most teenagers face – but P.I. William Dear stoked fears that he might have fallen under the evil spell of a mysterious and sinister game…. Dungeons & Dragons. The global panic about the dangers the role-playing game posed to impressionable young minds may seem quaint 40 years on – but again and again we show how fearful we are of creative endeavours we don’t quite understand. Read more about Tim’s work at http://timharford.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

NPR

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Misleading Facts Evade Social Media Moderation, Fuel Covid Misinformation : NPR

"This is something that we see repeatedly with human cognition," Freelon said. "It's the emphasis on the breathless anecdote and then the discounting of statistics that are much more representative."

The news media relies heavily on "breathless anecdote", it's essential for healthy corporate profits and selling more cars and laundry soap. 

Become less of a political junkie 💉

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New Years Resolution: Become less of a political junkie 💉

A junkie is defined on Merriam Websters as a narcotics peddler or addict in the most absolute sense of the world. It’s so easy to consume hours and hours of the latest political news and intrigue by just turning on the radio or following virtually any news channel or politician’s social media feeds. But like a heroin addict’s untimely death, I think it has become a bit overwhelming and bad for my health and well-being.

While I’m not going to stop listening to the news on the radio or visiting NPR’s website, I am no longer going to consume news or politics on social media. I am not going to follow blow by blow every political debate or every controversy. Instead I’m going to spend more time trying to understand the world around me – nature, physics, electricity, farming and conservation.

No longer am I going to consume endless hours of media trash – that talks about the politics of climate change or mask wearing but instead try to understand how the changing climate or COVID is effecting me personally. I don’t want to be – and I’m not going to be – an agent of change so I’d rather focus more on myself and understanding the real world and not the politics around me.

NPR

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Newsmax Rises On Resentment Of Trump Fans Toward Fox News : NPR

Right now, Newsmax TV is trying to outfox Fox News.

No media outlet has done more to bolster President Trump over the past four years than Fox News. Yet the acknowledgment by Fox's reporters, anchors and even many opinion hosts that Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the election has provided an opening for the network's much smaller rival to peel off Trump's fans.

NPR

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Cokie Roberts, Longtime Washington Broadcaster, Dies at 75 : NPR

Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died. She was 75. Roberts died Tuesday due to complications from breast cancer, according to a family statement.