Media incentives systematically push experts toward inflammatory framing: when Henderson wrote a Wall Street Journal piece criticizing the Schwarzenegger health plan, Bill O'Reilly's booker called the same day wanting to focus solely on the throwaway line about illegal aliens qualifying for benefits, because riling up an anti-immigrant audience drives bookings.

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Speaker

David Henderson

Evidence Quote

he wanted you to rile people up to pardon the phrase O'Reilly wanted to rile people up about illegal aliens

Source

David Henderson on Disagreeable Economists 7/30/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/16/2026, 3:03:17 PM

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