Brookings Smeared Us, Refuses Our Invitation to Come on the Show and Explain
14 Feb 2023
Last week, the left-wing Brookings Institute fed a study to the New York Times smearing the Rush Limbaugh Show and the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show — as its successor in the timeslot — as top purveyors of disinformation. So, we invited them on this program to explain exactly how they reacted this conclusion, but they refused.
Steve Bannon’s podcast was identified as the top peddler of false, misleading and unsubstantiated statements among political podcasts in a new study released by the Brookings Institution.https://t.co/3ruaMkcDq7
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 9, 2023
It’s a total rig job to prevent you from finding this program. That’s how the sausage is made, which is why Clay spent time taking all of you behind the curtain.
Podcasting has undergone rapid growth and monetization, while largely avoiding content moderation and regulatory debates. In a new report, @vwirtschafter explores the role of popular political podcasting in spreading unsubstantiated and false claims. https://t.co/d7NgvuEcHh
— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) February 9, 2023
Clay posted a point-by-point takedown in a Twitter thread which you can find here.
So @BrookingsInst labeled @clayandbuck the third biggest spreader of misinformation in radio. That “report” then was featured on the front page of the @nytimes business section with zero explanatory data. We emailed & invited the lead author — or any other rep from Brookings — to… https://t.co/5Rs64uok5v
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 14, 2023
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