Editor's Picks: December 18th 2023

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  The Economist It's Monday, December the 18th, 2023.

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  I'm John Priddo.

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  You'll normally find me on our American Politics podcast, Checks and Balance.

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  This is Editor's Picks,

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  where we bring you a selection of articles from the weekly edition of The Economist,

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  exclusively for subscribers like you.

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  This week, our cover in most of the world asks,

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  can you have a healthy democracy without a common set of facts?

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  America's presidential election next year will be a test of that question.

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  At The Economist, we've analyzed the country's broadcast and written journalism.

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  finding that media, from the New York Times to Fox News,

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  increasingly reflect rather than inform the views of their own readers and viewers.

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  As our cover story and the first article we'll bring you on this show explains,

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  America's partisan press lets down both viewers and voters.

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  Our second article is our cover in Britain and Europe,

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  where we take a look at Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Conservative Party.

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