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Wesley Hunt: “News had more credibility [10 years ago].”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Published | Video Starts at 23:54

Why is he doing so well? Why are people willing to sit and listen for two hours to hear somebody talk about topics? Because 10 years ago that wouldn't happen because News had more credibility [10 years ago]. Now we're kind of getting over it. And I think hopefully our generation could be a generation through technology, through information through information flow, through ease of getting good information. (23:54–23:58)

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Asserts that news outlets were more credible a decade ago.

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