Why Flight 370 Pilot Is Wrongly Being Called A 'Fanatic'

NPR

Published March 17, 2014 at 8:50 PM CDT

With the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, Slate’s politics and foreign affairs editor William Dobson joins Here & Now’s Robin Young to explain speculation that the pilot of the missing plane is a “fanatical” supporter of Anwar Ibrahim.

Here & Now’s full coverage of the missing plane

Guest

William Dobson, politics and foreign affairs editor for Slate and author of “The Dictator’s Learning Curve.” He tweets @WilliamJDobson.

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