Rhetoric Weaponized News Today

With investigative journalists coming forward and saying this is how we made sure that the donald trump argument that the press is the enemy of the people isnt true. >> dont you have a guy who was paid to spy on you in this? >> yeah. the suppression of stories went as far as an international espionage -- one of those spice becomes a whistle-blower, develops a conscience, says i care about the free press. hes the first episode of the podcast. for people who read the book or if you havent read the...

I think we are at this cross roads where we have authoritarian rhetoric weaponized against the free press and yet we have an incredible amount of good investigative journalism happening at the "washington post," at "the new york times," at the new yorker where i write. it is important for us to stay in that fight and do good journalism and stick to the facts and not wear people out with shouting and partisanship. the truth matters to the future of our democracy. if we can keep empowering brave s...