Socolow speaks to Politico about ‘venues of common disputation’
In an opinion piece about bringing back the debate show Crossfire, Politico spoke to Michael Socolow, associate professor at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism. Socolow argued that a revived version of a show like Crossfire is unlikely given larger cultural trends, though there is value to what he calls “venues of common disputation.” “The answer doesn’t have to be Crossfire and the answer doesn’t have to be Substack. We are going to need a venue of common disputation, and it’s not constructed yet. We don’t know what it will look like. But the point is, we’ve lost something, we don’t know how to get it back. Hopefully market forces and the culture will conspire to help us,” Socolow said.