So looking forward to this! @Yamiche rocks!!! https://twitter.com/NCSSNetwork/status/1335305441262309376

"What I learned about America in 2020 is we're a country in deep denial" --Yamiche Alcindor

Sooo true.
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"Day by day, we're finding how fragile our democracy is. . . . We're not immune to history."
--Charlie Sykes

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Moderator: "Are we in the 1850s or the 1950s?"

Yamiche Alcindor: "We're in the 1850s."
Charlie Sykes: 'It feels more like the 1850s than the 1950s."
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Yamiche: "President-Elect Biden promised to bring in people who didn't vote for him. . . . I don't see how he's going to do that."
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"We're very bad at predicting what is going to happen."
-- Charlie Sykes
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"In a democracy, we have some shared reality. What if we can't talk to one another? . . . That has an 1850s vibe to me."
--Charlie Sykes
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"[People] choose the truth that strengthens the bond to their tribe."
--Charlie Sykes
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All three panelists see the decline of local news sources, especially local newspapers, as a critical loss and a key component in the growing polarization in the country because it's driven people to cable news and removed a source of common ground.
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"We have to decide how much oxygen we give Tr*mp" because he's going to be tweeting, he's going to have a NewsMax show.
--Yamiche Alcindor
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"Are you fair, and are you accurate? NOT BALANCED."
--Chuck Todd
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"There are multiple lived realities," but the truth is the truth.
--Yamiche Alcindor
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Speaking about social studies education and the role of the media: "You have to be ready to tell the truth and be willing to make people uncomfortable."
--Yamiche Alcindor
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Amen!

"We have undervalued civics education, history, and social studies the last few years, and we have paid a price for it."
--Charlie Sykes
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YES! I've been saying this for years. Thank you for the validation, Charlie!