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Another Intelligent News Show
“About That” is breaking media barriers
A recent article of mine described a better model of news reporting and how it related to the TDG. That show is called Inside Olympia and airs on the Spokane affiliate of PBS.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has created a new news show called About That. Journalist Andrew Chang explains complicated issues succinctly and pleasantly.
https://gem.cbc.ca/about-that-with-andrew-chang
While Inside Olympia is an elevated news program, it requires a relatively well educated audience to understand it. In contrast, About That is, I believe, more able to reach average people, while not dumbing down the content.
Format
About That is breaking two informal rules in political journalism.
The first rule is that there are no qualified experts. Andrew Chang is the only talking head. While he does not give the impression that he is the expert, his demeanor exudes a lot of credibility — at least with this viewer.
