Conversation with Veteran Reporter About Modern Journalism

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.0 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Discover how media distortion affects public perception of justice. Rob Rosen’s insights offer a deep dive into the realities behind media narratives and their societal impact. In today’s fast-paced media landscape, discerning the truth can be a daunting task. When I spoke with Rob Rosen, an award-winning investigative journalist, he shed light on the critical issue of media distortion, particularly in high-profile crime cases. This post will explore key takeaways from our conversation, focusing on how media shapes public opinion and the importance of seeking comprehensive narratives. Rob Rosen had over 30 years of experience in journalism, having created and served as the showrunner for the investigative true crime series "Reasonable Doubt," which has helped exonerate several wrongfully convicted individuals. His latest book, "Crimes of Omission: Distorted Justice, the Media's War on Truth," delves into how media narratives can mislead the public by selectively presenting information. Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. #MediaTruth #CrimesOfOmission #InvestigativeJournalism #RobRosen #TrueCrime Please support our sponsors. Elevate your closet with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash impact for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Impact of influence.
0:03.4	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:08.5	And everybody is really scared of losing their little sliver of the audience,
0:13.3	and so they don't want to say anything to upset them.
0:15.8	But news is not about that.
0:17.3	You know, when I first started, I remember that an old adage of the old school reporters
0:21.8	was that journalism should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. And I think that at this
0:27.6	point, it's quite the opposite. It's comforting the comfortable. Viewers have their biases
0:33.2	confirmed on an hourly basis on these news platforms and they're never challenged.
0:37.7	Yeah. I mean, look, news needs to give hard truths. It needs to be a, I think a good newscast
0:44.0	is like a great episode of Law & Order or CSI. You know, it looks like it's one thing for a minute
0:50.3	and then it turns the other way. That to me is far more interesting. You're hearing good arguments from both sides, the best arguments from both sides, and the viewer makes their
0:58.4	opinion. That is the voice of Rob Rosen, investigative journalist, and author and TV producer,
1:04.4	and he's going to be joining us in a little bit talking about journalism in this country. I am Matt
1:08.9	Harris. Seaton Tucker is here. Find us on Facebook
1:11.9	Impact of Influence, the YouTube channel, and join the conversation. We would really appreciate
1:16.3	that, and we'd love to hear from you. We're going to talk a little journalism today.
1:20.4	Yeah, we've been having a lot of conversation on our personal Facebook page. And a while
1:26.0	back, I had posted an article from the Harvard Gazette that
1:29.5	had some quotes that I really personally found interesting. And also last night, I attended
1:35.9	the USC, I think it's the School of Mass Communications and Journalism. I might not be saying
1:42.4	the exact name right because they've
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