Sundance’s unwarranted apology

Who’s allowed to tell stories about the war on terror? That’s the question Matt and Laura explore this week after the Sundance Film Festival apologized for airing the documentary film “Jihad Rehab,” a film created by a white woman who documents the experiences of four former Guantanamo Bay inmates at a Saudi rehabilitation facility for extremists. Muslim filmmakers criticized the film for its portrayal of Muslim men through the lens of a white American woman.

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Grid contributor Matthew Yglesias and his longtime editor, Laura McGann, Grid’s executive editor, discuss a take each week that’s gotten under their skin. They peel back the layers of the "bad take” to figure out what it tells us about American politics and policy.