{"id":2260424,"date":"2026-01-31T23:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2260424"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:55:16","slug":"why-the-obsession-with-political-gossip-ignores-serious-policy-questions-that-matter-to-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-the-obsession-with-political-gossip-ignores-serious-policy-questions-that-matter-to-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Obsession with Political Gossip Ignores Serious Policy Questions That Matter to Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_sS_GAG_34Q?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In this reported monologue, Mark explains why elite gossip and political horse-race coverage are crowding out serious policy debate. He argues that the country needs a broader, more honest conversation about the issues that actually shape people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>LIKE &#038; SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3I3EF7p <\/p>\n<p>Watch full clips of Next Up with Mark Halperin here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4427WXC <\/p>\n<p>Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts:<br \/>\nApple \u2014 https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/next-up-with-mark-halperin\/id1810218232<br \/>\nSpotify \u2014 https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2f0n8G4xqUo8aGxbbbtRjH?si=8e4ff54000cc438d <\/p>\n<p>Follow Next Up with Mark Halperin on all social platforms:<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nextuphalperin\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nextuphalperin<br \/>\nX (Twitter): https:\/\/x.com\/NextUpHalperin <\/p>\n<p>Connect with Mark Halperin on social media:<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markevanhalperin\/<br \/>\nX (Twitter): https:\/\/x.com\/markhalperin<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_sS_GAG_34Q\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this reported monologue, Mark explains why elite gossip and political horse-race coverage are crowding out serious policy debate. He argues that the country needs a broader, more honest conversation about the issues that actually shape people\u2019s lives. LIKE &#038; SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3I3EF7p Watch full clips of Next Up with Mark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2260425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769903715_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2260426,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260424\/revisions\/2260426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}