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10:28Now PlayingAndrew Weissmann joins Steven Beschloss to explain one of the most dangerous loopholes in American democracy: politicians can lie to the public with fewer consequences than people who lie to Congress, shareholders, juries, or federal agents. Weissmann traces how the “marketplace of ideas” argument broke down in modern politics, then points to examples from England, New York, California, and Germany that show how democracies can begin treating election lies and industrial-scale political deception as a public safety threat
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