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I was friends with a journalist who had to do those "man on the street" interviews where they ask questions like, "How many states are there?" "Is Puerto Rica p
by ordinaryradical 6y ago
I was friends with a journalist who had to do those "man on the street" interviews where they ask questions like, "How many states are there?" "Is Puerto Rica part of America or its own country" etc. etc.
I asked if it was depressing and she said no: she'd often spend all day trying to find people who could not answer the questions or would say something wacko. In general most people knew the answers or had pretty milquetoast opinions but that doesn't make for a good segment.
I love All Gas No Brakes; I do not take it for a minute to be representative of majority opinions in the US. I think its whole purpose is to reveal certain things which the media incorrectly identifies as being a "significant" or "reasonable" opinion or to reveal the absurdism living under most American life.
For eg. the most recent video on Portland reveals the hollowing out of those protests as they have disassociated from BLM, not because they represent what BLM has become but precisely because they do not.