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Channels with Peter Kafka

Fox and the New York Times face the end of the Trump era

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4585 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

New York Magazine’s Reeves Wiedeman sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss the messy internal workings of The New York Times, which changed dramatically during the Trump presidency. Then NPR’s David Folkenflik details how Fox News and Rupert Murdoch covered the election and Trump’s refusal to concede, and that means for the Biden presidency. Featuring: Reeves Wiedeman(@reeveswiedeman), Contributing Editor for New York Magazine David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik), Media Correspondent for NPR Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.6

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1:18.6

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1:30.9

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1:37.5

Welcome to Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That is me. I'm recording this the first week after the election.

1:47.3

I feel a little bit more relaxed.

1:52.6

I feel like I've caught up on some sleep. I hope you are feeling maybe a little better than you did last week.

1:57.4

We have plenty of news to keep track of in the last couple months of the year. On today's show,

2:18.9

we're going to talk about the news about the news. You've got two interviews. New York Magazine's Rees Whiteman is coming by to talk about his recent piece about the fissures and weirdness at the New York Times internal culture. And also to remind us that he wrote Billion Dollar Loser. It's a fantastic book about the rise and fall of we work. You should read it. After that, I have a long conversation with David Fulkenflik, NPR's excellent media correspondent,

2:24.7

about the way Fox News handled the election, the way it's handling Donald Trump's refusal to accept the election,

2:27.5

and what Rupert Murdoch's long game is here.

2:30.2

It's all good stuff, so let's get to it now.

2:36.5

Welcome, Rees Whiteman, who is busier than just about anyone I know.

2:39.4

He just published a book called Billion Dollar Loser.

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