Eric Theegens News Today

Social feeds. so theres so many different ways to discredit the press now from the top to the bottom, so the question isnt just how do journalists find the story and distribute it, its, how do they get a hearing? >> right. and eric, youre a tv critic. a lot of folks look back at this election and weve heard people say that the tv press got it wrong by giving donald trump so much unfiltered early attention. and then weve heard a lot of trump supporters say the tv press got it wrong because theyre...

Candidate. joining me now is jay rosen from the nyu department of journalism and npr tv critic, eric theegens. thank you both for being here. expound on your theory, because youre arguing that donald trump in his compulsive and aggressive use of lies poses a different challenge. >> yeah, its not only that he blitzes the press with lies, its that he has a movement behind them which is trying to discredit journalists at every turn. its that he dominates the news agenda with his outrageous statemen...

Has not been shown to be true. and theres been no evidence presented to indicate that its true. and we also have to be aware that donald trump seems to have a habit of making outrageous statements or doing things that garner headlines at a time when theres other bad press thats surfacing, thats related to him or related to his administration. theres been some tough reporting in "newsweek" today. about his business conflicts, and theres been some suggestion that one reason why hes meeting with ka...