Axios reporter Jonathan Swan talks to Maggie Haberman about reporting on the Trump administration

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🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Jonathan Swan, the national political reporter for Axios, talks with the New York Times' Maggie Haberman about the highs and lows of covering the Trump administration. In this episode: (01:18) What to expect from the Trump administration in 2019; (06:35) How do reporters ensure that their reporting on Donald Trump is accurate?; (10:14) Should they change their approach?; (12:28) Swan's background; (16:14) How he started covering Trump for The Hill; (20:22) Trump's relationship with the media; (24:39) The Jim Acosta incident; (26:14) Swan's approach to reporting; (28:43) His interview of Trump and people's reactions; (32:15) The birthright news from that interview; (35:25) What does the press get wrong about this administration?; (38:42) Does Swan miss writing longer stories?; (40:26) Do presidential interviews matter as much as they used to? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.8	I'm Maggie Haberman in for Peter Kafka.
0:56.8	I'm a reporter at the New York Times, but I'm here today at the Axios Studios in Washington, D.C., to talk to Jonathan Swan.
1:03.9	He's the national political reporter for Axios.
1:06.8	Jonathan, welcome to Recode Media.
1:08.6	Hi, Maggie.
1:09.4	Hi, Jonathan. Thanks for having me here.
1:11.8	Thanks for having me on your...
1:13.6	On my guest...
1:14.4	My guest episode.
1:17.0	I'd like to just jump in generally to get your thoughts.
1:20.3	Several weeks after the midterms,
1:22.3	two years into President Trump's administration.
1:25.3	And I should just note for people listening
1:26.9	that you are one of the
1:28.1	reporters who I follow closely or one of the people whose work I most admire and who I think has
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