Episode 44: With recent polls showing most Americans aren’t happy with the direction of the country, Richard Kyte and Scott Rada debate how much of that is because of the the negative thrust of many of the news reports people see and share on social media.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

Why is all COVID news bad news?, by the National Bureau of Economic Research

The media is biased, but not in a way you think, by Eric Weiner

Is the economy actually bad, or does everyone just feel like it is?, by Emily Stuart, Vox

John Malone says WarnerMedia-Discovery getting rid of CNN would be the ‘coward’s way out’, by Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

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