T.A. Frank profiles Cain in this weekend's NYT Magazine:
"I can honestly say that if I hadn’t been on the radio, I wouldn’t have been as familiar with the issues as I am now," Cain has written. "I believe that having that program was God’s way of forcing me to understand the critical issues confronting our nation." In short, Cain’s briefings on politics came from heated right-wing callers on talk radio. "Epistemic closure" is probably too mild a term for such conditions.
(Photo: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain waits to be introduced prior to his address to the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Consumer Electronic Association on jobs, the economy and American competitiveness on November 2, 2011 in McLean, Virginia. By Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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