Topic: James Fox

2 chapters across the catalog

92: White Lies
• 3:45 - 9:29

92: White Lies

James Carville, White Trashology and Marjorie Taylor Greene

Democratic strategist James Carville referred to Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene as "white trash" during an interview with Ari Melber following the State of the Union address. The discussion examines the use of class-based slurs in political discourse and how the color orange has become synonymous with Donald Trump. Mo Facts suggests that the Republican Party is struggling to choose between "orange" Trump-style populism and "red" traditional conservatism represented by Ron DeSantis.

41: Third Wave
• 15:03 - 19:13

41: Third Wave

Academic Models and the Super Predator Myth

Political scientist John Diulio and criminologist James Fox are identified as the architects of the "super predator" theory based on flawed statistical models from the mid-1990s. These predictions of a "bloodball of teenage violence" are compared to modern COVID-19 modeling, noting how small errors in data input lead to massive policy shifts.