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From the Ted Talk by Gretchen Carlson, David Brooks: Political common ground in a polarized United States
Unscramble the Blue Letters
GC: See, I understand how that hneeappd. That's another groundswell kind of emotion that was going on in the middle of America and not being heard, in thinking that the mainstream media was biased. There's a difference, though, between being baiesd and being fake. To me, that is a very important distinction in this conversation. So let's just say that there was some bias in the mainstream media. OK. So there are ways to try and mend that. But what Trump's doing is ncerizniluag that and saying, "Look, we're just going to call all of that fake." That's where it gets duorngaes.
Open Cloze
GC: See, I understand how that ________. That's another groundswell kind of emotion that was going on in the middle of America and not being heard, in thinking that the mainstream media was biased. There's a difference, though, between being ______ and being fake. To me, that is a very important distinction in this conversation. So let's just say that there was some bias in the mainstream media. OK. So there are ways to try and mend that. But what Trump's doing is ____________ that and saying, "Look, we're just going to call all of that fake." That's where it gets _________.
Solution
- happened
- nuclearizing
- dangerous
- biased
Original Text
GC: See, I understand how that happened. That's another groundswell kind of emotion that was going on in the middle of America and not being heard, in thinking that the mainstream media was biased. There's a difference, though, between being biased and being fake. To me, that is a very important distinction in this conversation. So let's just say that there was some bias in the mainstream media. OK. So there are ways to try and mend that. But what Trump's doing is nuclearizing that and saying, "Look, we're just going to call all of that fake." That's where it gets dangerous.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| donald trump |
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| conservative media |
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| middle america |
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| bernie sanders |
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| coastal elites |
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| conservative viewpoint |
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| health care |
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| trump supporters |
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| social media |
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| political correctness |
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| secure base |
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| rebuild communities |
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| huge swath |
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| steve bannon |
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| trillion dollars |
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| wide range |
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| social mobility |
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| democratic women |
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| fake news |
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| mainstream media |
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| economic policy |
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| percent growth |
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| attachment theory |
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| shining sea |
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Important Words
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