Ruling institutions work to discredit and ultimately silence candidates who are disruptive to the status quo.

This episode explores several case studies of the media running a predictable playbook against populist GOP candidates. In targeting these candidates and their causes, their true aim is to deprive many American voters of representation in Washington. 

 

Links to the show notes:

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94100211

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/us/politics/22bachmann.html 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-471481

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/17/us/politics-michigan-buchanan-sees-haven-of-support-turn-sour.html