CBC - The Current - Political Divide based on Media Choices

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/after-u-s-midterms-voters-describe-friends-families-drifting-apart-over-political-divide-1.4895288

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-november-7-2018-1.4895184/wednesday-november-7-2018-full-transcript-1.4896400#segment2

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MICHAEL NOKER: Absolutely. So my mother, growing up, was always very feminist person shoes or is a very strong woman. I mean she raised me to definitely stand up not only for other women but also to stand up for the underdog in general. So always been taught to be very about injustice and to make sure that people are taking care of. Regardless of what we have ideally happening economically, we always had to watch out for people first. And that is the most important thing. And that's still the most important thing in my life. Whereas over the last couple of years she has definitely shifted. She's gotten a lot more- I guess I would say that she's gotten actually less trusting of certain people and their intentions. And so watching that after being raised by her to be a certain way, and then watching her act in the opposite way has been incredibly frustrating and even confusing at times.

AMT: Well she's now a Trump supporter, correct.

MICHAEL NOKER: That's correct yes.

AMT: She's a FOX News devotee.

MICHAEL NOKER: Yes.Yes indeed.


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AMT: And you lost it over being a Democrat or being against Trump? What changed you?

MARIE KRESGE: It was definitely over. I was neither Democrat at that time it was right after the election in the day when he won which was shocking. I was upset and concerned about the direction America would take. And I texted my girlfriend, like we always did. We texted back and forth a lot. She sent me a text about how he was ordained for a time as this, and that he's not a racist and that's just the media portrays him, and he has given himself to God, surround himself with Godly people and so on and so forth. And it was just- you know she's a Fox news watcher and that's what it comes down to.


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CINDI STEVENS: I would say I have no idea what she's talking about. I don't see racism anywhere in my life amongst Trump's supporters, people who are lukewarm on Trump. I dont see racist behavior. I am not a Fox News watcher so I get my information from a lot of different places. I collect information from left-wing sources as well as right wing sources. And I am currently working at low income school in Northern Virginia and you know everybody gets along. It doesn't matter what your skin color is. They're students who are of Muslim belief, who wear hijabs and all sorts of skin color and backgrounds. And there's no drama. There's no conflict. So I just don't see it and I've never seen it. I've lived in or 20 years which is a very left leaning place. I've never seen anyone treated in a racist fashion. [145.8]

AMT: Michael Noker, as you listen to my other two guests, what are you thinking?

MICHAEL NOKER: I kind of wonder what news first Cindi is getting actual information from, when she says both left wing and right wing. You just wonder what outlets she's actually referring to. I know that my mom also maintains that she doesn't watch Fox News. And she'll bring up a story or something and I'll kind of ask her where she heard that. She'll say 'Well, Fox and friend'. Okay. If you say so. Then I've tried to encourage her to more actively seek out - not necessarily left wing - news media because they dont necessarily think that that would resound with her. I don't think that she would trust it. I dont necessarily think that that's a good thing. I believe that the news should be very unbiased completely, politically, only reporting on very credible information. So I do encourage her to you know read the Christian Science Monitor, for example. It is always very well sourced. It is always very well written, not packed emotional words that are really telling you how to think about anything. It's just sort of reporting.