Ep. 11: Howard Schultz communications manager Lin Yang started hometown newspaper to fight misinformation that harms local election

<p>Lin Yang is a grassroot political organizer who also works in tech. Lin had a full-time job working for Howard Schultz, helping him explore a presidential run. For those unaware, Howard Schultz was the founder and previous CEO for Starbucks.</p> <p>Lin also participated in campaigns for President Obama and Senator Ted Lieu from California. He also worked as a journalist in Asia for a while, writing articles for various newspapers like New York Times when was stationed in Taiwan, and the Strait Times in Singapore.</p> <p>Lin is also the founder of a local newspaper for the town of Sammamish, where he currently lives. He started the paper after seeing that a lack of objective information led to a local election where the citizens were either uninformed or misinformed.</p> <p>Lin is a Joe Biden supporter. Today we discussed his experience campaigning for elections, working as a journalist in Asia, how he started a local newspaper, why he wanted to vote Biden, and his view on the contentious California proposition of Prop 16 that wants to re-introduce racial preference in public employment and public education.</p> <p>As usual, don’t forget to like, subscribe and ring the bell on our Youtube channel. Thank you.</p> <p>YouTube: https://youtu.be/hc2f9BZ52hA</p> <p>* Newspaper of Lin's hometown (Sammamish, Washington): <a href= "https://sammamishindependent.com/">https://sammamishindependent.com/</a></p> <p><br /> * Podcast associated with the Sammamish Independent newspaper: <a href= "https://anchor.fm/indyonair">https://anchor.fm/indyonair</a></p> <p><br /> * Letter from Howard Schultz about his decision to not run for President: <a href= "https://www.howardschultz.com/onwardwithgratitude/">https://www.howardschultz.com/onwardwithgratitude/</a></p> <p> </p> <div>0:00 Teaser</div> <div><br /> 0:46 Host monologue<br /> <br /> 4:07 Breakdown of left-leaning vs right-leaning students at Harvard's public policy school</div> <div><br /> 3:37 Enjoying grassroot politics by doorbelling for Obama</div> <div><br /> 7:47 Disc