Today’s program kicks off a series of Maine Calling shows about the mistrust and misinformation that are prevalent in our society.
Political scientists Amy Fried and Norm Ornstein discuss the possible roots of mistrust of the government and how events of the past half century may have led the groundwork to today’s war on truth. Fried's new book argues that conservatives have weaponized distrust, from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump. Ornstein will offer the conservative counter-perspective.
Panelists:
Amy Fried, John Mitchell Nickerson Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine; author of Muffled Echoes and Pathways to Polling
Norman Ornstein, emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; contributing editor for The Atlantic; author of numerous books
