A Word: Guest Wrong: Trump at NABJ

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s bombastic appearance at this week’s National Association of Black Journalist convention drew criticism, not just for the former president, but also the organizational leadership that invited him. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by longtime journalist and media company leader Roland Martin, who attended Trump’s interview. They discuss what happened, the media response, and the reckoning facing the NABJ. Guest: Veteran journalist Roland Martin, host of “Roland Martin Unfiltered” Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola Want more A Word? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/awordplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello a word listeners for the first time we're coming to you with a new episode on
0:04.7	Thursday we wanted to respond as quickly as possible to the controversy over
0:08.6	Donald Trump's appearance at the National Association of Black Journalist
0:11.9	Convention.
0:12.8	We'll be back in your feed on Friday.
0:15.7	As we interview the second gentleman of the United States,
0:18.4	Doug Amhoff, we'll hear his reactions to Trump's attacks on his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, will hear about his role
0:24.4	in the Harris presidential campaign, and about breaking barriers as the first male and Jewish
0:29.2	White House spouse. That's Friday on a word. Tune in.
0:33.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate.
0:36.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:38.0	Former President Donald Trump sat down for what was a stream of
0:45.0	a non-ansoupept journalist convention this week.
0:46.0	What actually happened was a stream of non-answers, lies, and insults directed at
0:51.0	his hosts and black people in general.
0:53.2	What happened and why was Trump invited in the first place?
0:56.3	N-A-B-J members were caught off guard by this decision.
1:00.6	The leadership should have been talking to the membership to explain this is the whole deal how this came about.
1:07.0	The controversy over the N-A-B-J and Trump coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson stay with us.
1:13.7	Welcome to a word of podcast about race and politics and everything else.
1:21.3	I'm your host Jason Jason Johnson. Former President Donald Trump
1:25.1	spoke Wednesday at this year's National Association of Black Journalists Convention in
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