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WUNCPolitics Podcast: Recounts, 'Post-Factual' America And Thanksgiving

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii,

Published November 23, 2016 at 9:54 AM EST

Republican incumbent Pat McCrory trails Democrat Roy Cooper by more than 6,100 votes in the ongoing race for North Carolina's governor.

In the two weeks since Election Day, McCrory’s campaign has called for all provisional and absentee ballots to be counted, while raising dozens of claims of voter fraud. As more votes have been tabulated, Cooper’s lead has increased.

Jeff Tiberii talks with WUNC Digital Editor Elizabeth Baier about past recounts in Minnesota and Florida, as well as journalism on the web, a 'post-factual' America, and other topics on this episode of the WUNCPolitics podcast.Jeff Tiberii and Liz Baier talk about election recounts, reporting for the web, and other topics on the latest episode of the WUNCPolitics podcast.

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.

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Elizabeth Baier

Elizabeth “Liz” Baier is WUNC’s Digital News Editor. She joined the station in May 2016 after eight year of reporting for Minnesota Public Radio News where she covered everything from demographic changes in rural America, agriculture, the environment and health care. Prior to that, Liz worked for six years as a newspaper reporter in South Florida, both at the Miami Herald and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

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