America’s incivility epidemic

October 19, 2018 by

White House Chronicle, Show #10041
Air Date: Oct. 12, 2018
Host: Llewellyn King
Co-host: Linda Gasparello
Guests: Alan Rosenberg, Executive Editor, The Providence Journal; and Steve Kass, TV and Radio Talk Show Host
Topic: America’s incivility epidemic

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