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117:08

Do fact-checkers need to be fact-checked?

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/23

On today's show, guest host Ian Hoch has on Dan Froomkin, editor at PressWatchers.org, to talk about if fact-checking websites cause for harm than good. Kim Tran, owner and Event Coordinator of NODRFT, comes on to talk about an alternative to takeover street racing. And, Ian also asks, "What is the best prison/jail food?"

35:46

Let's "drift" away from politics for a little while!

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/23

This hour, guest host Ian Hoch talks to Kim Tran about some cool local motor sports event. Then, Ian responds to your calls and texts about the current political climate.

15:30

A Safe Space for Street Racers and Drifters

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/23

Street takeovers in New Orleans are dangerous and drive citizens and law enforcement crazy, but what if there was somewhere to go where these stunts could be done safely and away from our neighborhoods? Kim Tran, owner and Event Coordinator of NODRIFT, joins guest host Ian Hoch to explain.

39:59

What is the best jail food?

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/23

This hour, guest host Ian Hoch asks, what is the best prison or jail food?

41:18

Should fact-checkers do more to point out lies?

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/23

This hour, guest Ian Hoch wonders what happened to the emergency storm food in the WWL break room. Then, Dan Froomkin, Editor for PressWatchers.org, joins the show to explain how fact-checkers may be doing more harm than good.

28:46

Are unbias fact-checkers doing more harm than good?

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/23

There's a structural problem with political fact-checking. It's a noble concept, but the way it is actually practiced does more harm than good. Dan Froomkin, Editor for PressWatchers.org, joins guest host Ian Hoch to explain how fact-checkers' devotion to not "take sides" means that instead of exposing the vast gulf in truth-telling between the two parties, they effectively hide it.

101:57

"Childless cat ladies" messaging is a political loser...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/18

What possible reason is there for not wearing a seat belt? Republicans can't stop insulting people without children; Campaigns grind on as Congress nears grinding to a halt; An SOTA treatise on baby oil and other types of oils; It's National Cheeseburger Day! So who's got the best one?

31:17

It's National Cheeseburger Day! So who's got the best...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/18

There's really only a few top-tier cheeseburgers in the New Orleans metro and SOTA listeners generally agree what they are.

35:04

Democracy is an Enlightenment ideal - so is...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/18

Which of these candidates is going to uphold the ideals in the Constitution? Which will trample it? Are people still really not certain about how to answer that?

6:25

Can a Commander in Chief send kids to war if they...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/18

Survey says? Yes

35:28

Republicans can't stop insulting people without children

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/18

This time it's Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who says Kamala Harris and the rest of America's childless cat ladies can't be "humble"

7:58

Campaigns grind on as Congress nears grinding to a halt

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/18

Republicans in Washington are threatening a government shutdown if they can't pass a continuing resolution that makes non-citizen voting impossible even though it's already impossible

110:45

It's up to us to denounce the false rhetoric the...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/17

On today's show, Scoot asks which presidential candidate is the biggest threat to democracy? Then Scoot shares the origin of the hoax that immigrants are eating pets. Also, Scoot talks about the arrest of rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.

32:16

"Diddy the Diddler" has been arrested for his "Freak...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/17

This hour, Scoot talks bout rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs being arrested for a myriad of allegations, including sex trafficking.

33:24

Where did the hoax about immigrants eating dogs,...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/17

This hour, Scoot shares the origin of the "Immigrants Eating Dogs and Cats" hoax

33:15

Are you really concerned that Trump said he'd be "a...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/17

This hour, Scoot asks, "Who's the biggest threat to democracy?"And is it fair to criticize people who don't follow their religious practices to a tee.

13:13

Which presidential candidate is the biggest threat to...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/17

coot asks, "Who's the biggest threat to democracy?"

99:34

Saints have Cowboys fans crying into their beers over...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/16

Dylan from Dallas has big feelings about that Saints win; Klint Kubiak seems to have lit a fire under the Saints; After another would-be assassin thwarted, blame game in high gear; The pet-eating conspiracy theory is getting dumber every day

30:52

The pet-eating conspiracy theory is getting dumber...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/16

Just because some of JD Vance's constituents live in a fever dream of anti-immigrant mania and think someone's eating their cats, that don't make it so

34:30

More questions than answers about Trump's would-be...

The Scoot Show with Scoot ·

2024/09/16

How did he know Trump would be golfing there and then? What's his political ideology? What motivated him?

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