Challenges for the Media in Trump 2.0. The Editors'' Year-end Roundtable. December 23, 2025
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🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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In this episode, Bill discusses the challenges faced by the media during Donald Trump's second term with Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief of CQ-Roll Call, Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief of The National Journal and Sudeep Reddy formerly a Managing Editor at Politico and now Washington Bureau Chief for MS-Now, the renamed MSNBC. The discussion covers the unprecedented actions taken by Trump, including pardoning January 6th participants, issuing over 200 executive orders, and waging an illegal war in the Caribbean. The editors also examine the pressures faced by the media, including the controversy surrounding CBS News under the leadership of Bari Weiss and how to handle the spread of misinformation. Additionally, they discuss the changes in local media coverage, the role of the press in maintaining democracy, and the difficulty in covering both the Trump administration and Congress.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. Merry Christmas. Hope you're already enjoying sometime all for the holidays. |
| 0:12.9 | This is a time for taking stock, for looking forward and for looking back on what has been, |
| 0:18.7 | to say the least, a turbulent year. It's a little over 11 months since |
| 0:23.6 | Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, and there's not been a quiet moment since. |
| 0:29.3 | He started off on day one issuing a pardon to all those who took part in storming the Capitol |
| 0:33.9 | of January 6th, the first of over 200 executive orders signed this year, |
| 0:39.3 | and he's expanded the powers of the presidency like perhaps no other president before, |
| 0:44.9 | shutting down federal agencies created by Congress, refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress, |
| 0:52.0 | defying the orders of federal judges and waging his own illegal war in the Caribbean |
| 0:56.9 | to name just a few unprecedented extensions of power. The scope of Trump's monarchial actions |
| 1:04.4 | is a challenge for all of us, but especially for members of the media who have to figure out |
| 1:10.6 | every day how to cover so much happening so fast, |
| 1:14.6 | how to report what are obvious lies, already proven untrue, how to separate fact from fiction, how to simply tell the truth, how to do our job. |
| 1:25.6 | Today, looking back at this wild year, we asked three editors how they meet those |
| 1:30.7 | challenges. Three editors as well from frequent appearances here on Bill Press Pod, so we're delighted |
| 1:36.4 | to welcome back today in a holiday reunion party. Jason Dick, editor-in-chief, CQ Roll Call. Hey, Jason. |
| 1:44.6 | Good morning, Bill. Jeff Doofer, editor-in-chief, CQ Roll Call. Hey, Jason. Good morning, Bill. |
| 1:46.1 | Jeff Dufor, editor-in-chief of the National Journal. Hi, Jeff. Hello, Bill. And |
| 1:51.4 | Sudeep Reddy, former managing editor Politico, now the Washington Bureau Chief of MS Now, |
| 1:57.4 | which we used to call MSNBC. Hey, Sadiq. Hi, Bill. So, guys, before we get into, I'd like to talk |
| 2:04.4 | about how your challenges covering the White House and the agencies and the Congress, but there |
| 2:10.3 | have challenges to the media. Some challenges brought on to the media by itself, and that is |
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