meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Trey Gowdy Podcast

Ari Fleischer On What It Will Take To Fix The Media

The Trey Gowdy Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary, News

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, Trey Gowdy is joined by former White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer. Ari explains how he landed his first job, how the modern political and media landscape has become even more partisan due to technology and the importance of separating opinion from news. Later, Ari explains what it is going to take for the country to return to a time when the media was respected and trusted. Follow Trey on Twitter: @TGowdySC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

It's time to take the quiz.

0:01.7

Five questions, five minutes a day, five days a week.

0:04.3

Take the quiz every weekday at the Quiz dot Fox

0:07.3

and then listen to the Quiz podcast to find out how you did.

0:10.2

Clay, share, and of course listen listen to the quiz at the quiz.

0:14.0

Fox. Hey, this is this is Trey. Thank you for joining us for another edition of

0:38.3

Tuesdays with Trey. Ari Fleischer, he's been on the public stage for a long time, but he's someone I just met when I was in in DC even before meeting him. He is someone that I long admired his ability to answer questions in a heated environment, be unflappable.

0:59.2

I consider him to be a communications expert with a sub-specialty in politics. But why should I guess at that? Why don't

1:09.7

I just ask him? Ari Fleischer, welcome to our podcast. Thank you for taking some time to join us.

1:15.2

Well, thanks for having me and it's honor to be with you.

1:18.2

All right, that's how I describe you, a communications expert with a subspecialty in politics how do you

1:24.5

describe yourself well first of all if that's what you call me you just

1:27.9

showed you are not a communications expert yourself you know it's ironic for me because I was I had probably the most visible job you can

1:39.2

imagine in the government other than the president's job.

1:43.1

And yet I always consider myself a behind the scene staffer.

1:46.4

That was my job.

1:47.4

I was a press secretary for 21 years in Washington

1:49.9

for three congressmen, one senator, and the president.

1:52.8

And throughout it all, I always considered myself

1:56.6

a staffer doing what I could in the world of communications

1:59.8

to support my boss.

2:01.3

That was my job. It strikes me that it requires a certain humility to be the communications person as opposed to the front person.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FOX News Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FOX News Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.