Matthew Sutton
Matthew Sutton

On the radio program Background Briefing hosted by Ian Masters, Matthew A. Sutton, Edward R. Myer Distinguished Professor of History at WSU, discussed recent press scrutiny of unsubstantiated claims made by U.S. presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. Will this scrutiny lead to more focus on issues and policies the Republican candidates are espousing, or will blaming the press lead to less probing questions being asked of those seeking the presidency? 

Sutton, who is author of American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism, discussed the religious underpinning of Carson’s “magical thinking.”

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