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Buttigieg Calls Out ‘Societal Problem’ of Getting Your News from ‘Some Dude on the Internet’ While on a Manosphere Podcast

‘The real thing is we don’t trust the people who are supposed to be interpreting the data’
By Grabien Staff

(Via Mediaite)

Former Transportation Secretary and Democratic Party presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, joined Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant podcast this week for a wide-ranging 2 and a half-hour long discussion, which eventually turned to the state of the media.

Schulz hosted President Donald Trump during the election for a friendly sit-down and he and his podcasts have been lumped with the so-called “manosphere” of new media shows that many observers argue helped propel Trump to victory in 2024. Buttigieg took to his Substack after the episode aired on Wednesday and explained his decision to go on the show:

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