Episode 97: Hosts Introduce 2020 Candidates

We are 19 months away from the 2020 presidential election. Approximately about a year away from the primaries and almost two months away from the first Democratic primary debate.  But with 20+ Democratic candidates, news organizations are making conscious choices about which candidates to introduce to the American public and how rigorous to make those those introductions. Today on Polilogue we look at four different candidate introductions and ask ourselves, what is the journalist trying to do— and do we, as potential voters, learn anything new?IntroductionHighlight/LowlightAndrew Yang pushes UBIMayor Pete Buttigieg Mike Bennet pushes Medicare X Tim Ryan Biden drops the ballChanges in PolilogueShow RankingsClosingThe shows we focused on today include:State of the Union on CNNMeet the Press on NBCFace the Nation on CBSThis Week on ABCWe found this explainer about the Federal Reserve is helpful.   Email us at [email protected] or you can send us your feedback @PolilogueCast. You can also follow us at @sotonaomi_ and @bsteidle. Want to stalk us some more? Check out some of our other work:  Brendan’s website: www.armisticedesigns.com    Naomi's website: www.startwithaquestion.org