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The Cost of Victory: Why Truth Still Matters in Politics

Season 2025 Episode 2 | 3m 22s

What happens when victory comes at the expense of truth? In this hypothetical scenario, one candidate has triumphed in a close election, but now faces a reckoning with integrity, and the long view of leadership. Voices across the spectrum examine disinformation, pluralism, and why fact-based decision-making matters more than ever.

Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
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