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The "Post-Factual Politics" of the 2016 Election

John Pemble
Ben Kieffer and Jennifer Hemmingsen

On this special edition of River to River, presented in conjunction with The Gazette, Ben Kieffer and co-host Jennifer Hemmingsen discuss the latest news from the campaign trail with panelists: Gazette political & investigative reporter James Lynch, along with Gazette columnists Lynda Waddington and Todd Dorman.

They discuss party unity in the aftermath of the Republican and Democratic conventions, media coverage of the presidential and local elections, as well as the role of fact checking during an election when many voters have already made up their minds.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River