E228. Steve Krakauer Says People Don’t Trust News Sources Anymore

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🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Steve Krakauer is the author of Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy With Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People . He and Bridget sit down for a discussion about what's changed in the media landscape in the past 10 years, Trump’s ability to harness the power of Twitter, how the major news outlets became subject to audience capture, laziness and incompetence in journalism, and why supporting censorship under the guise of stopping misinformation is so catastrophic to the principles of what journalism and media is supposed to be about. They cover building an audience of people that are intellectually flexible and along for the ride even when you say something they don't agree with, the problem with experts, how normal POVs are not represented at all in media these days, the balance of independent media vs putting something out that you know might lose you subscribers and affect the bottom line, why we should be applauding when news media outlets correct something, and the fact that people who are willing to put themselves on the line and say things, consequences be damned, are really growing in power and audience these days. Sponsor Links: Headspace - https://bit.ly/WiWHeadspace Storyworth - https://bit.ly/storyworth-wiw The Jordan Harbinger Show - https://spoti.fi/3LhJBTP Progressive Insurance - https://pgrs.in/3Dp5ZIW The Adam Carolla Show - https://bit.ly/WiW-AdamCarolla

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0:00.0	This week, we welcome journalists and author Steve Krakauer.
0:04.5	It's one thing to get these stories wrong as so many in the press did
0:08.2	and have a total lack of curiosity in the moment about it.
0:12.1	But to go and support the censorship under the guise of stopping misinformation and disinformation,
0:20.5	I just think it's so catastrophic to the principles of what journalism and media
0:25.5	is supposed to be about. First Amendment and free speech and the free flow of ideas.
0:29.1	I mean, I'm almost a free speech absolutist myself. I would say,
0:32.9	you know, all speech unless it's direct calls to violence against a person or an individual.
0:38.0	But the reason that I support free speech and I spoke out when people like
0:42.4	Louis Farrakhan gets suspended on Twitter, who I don't think I could, you know,
0:47.7	dislike the points of view of anyone more, is because you need to get these points of view out there
0:53.6	so they can be debated and discussed and dismissed. If you lock it down,
0:57.6	that's when these things grow and metastasize and I don't think the press gets it in their
1:02.2	current form, which is shocking. This is Watkins. Welcome with Bridget
1:06.2	Pettasy. I'm Bridget Pettasy and you are welcome.
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1:51.6	Alrighty, I'm with Steve Krakauer. Everybody, welcome to Watkins. Welcome.
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