Jan. 7, 2016 - Rubin Report - Dave Rubin
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| My goal this year with the show is to expand on even more topics we discuss, as well as the people that we're talking to. | ||
| Yes, we absolutely hit our stride by calling out regressive bullshit, and by addressing the regressives, the tide is actually turning. | ||
| People are finally standing up to their insincere attacks and realizing that liberalism is about the rights of individuals before that of the group. | ||
| So if you truly believe in equality for women, then you have to defend their individual rights, whether it's to wear what they want, drive a car, or marry who they choose, regardless of their religious or cultural background. | ||
| I said there was an awakening months ago, and it's pretty undeniable right now, right? | ||
| That doesn't mean we can rest, though. | ||
| If anything, it means we have to dig in deeper and keep calling out regressive nonsense when we see it. | ||
| But, as I've also said from day one, I want this show to be a place for big ideas of all kinds. | ||
| Over the course of the next few weeks, I'm going to talk to people from hugely different walks of life. | ||
| Conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder, science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer, and former leader of the English Defense League Tommy Robinson, just to name a few. | ||
| We're going to go big on topics ranging from the election, to science, to spirituality, and more. | ||
| We're kicking off the year with CNN's Don Lemon. | ||
| Love him or hate him, Don is one of the few people in mainstream media not afraid to say what he thinks, and he often pays for it via criticism from both sides of the aisle. | ||
| Not only does he host his own nightly show, but he also reports on location from natural disasters, co-hosts electoral debates, and has even forged an unlikely friendship with Glenn Beck along the way. | ||
| I know when we see these people on TV, we have a way of thinking that they aren't even human. | ||
| That they're just robots or something, but I can assure you from personal experience that with Don, what you see is what you get. | ||
| We can always mock mainstream media, and we absolutely should. | ||
| Trust me, I have made plenty of jokes at CNN's expense. | ||
| Just check my Twitter feed. | ||
| At the same time, we should acknowledge, though, that there are many journalists in the mainstream media trying to do good work. | ||
| While online media has changed the way we get the news, I think one of the big lessons from 2015 is how online media can also be full of crap. | ||
| Just because something isn't mainstream doesn't mean it doesn't push a narrative, distort facts, or outright lie. |
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