Heather Timmons from Reuters
The Bob Cesca Show | Politics Podcast, News & Commentary
Bob Cesca
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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[Explicit Language] Heather Timmons is the White House editor for Reuters, the former Asia Bureau Chief, and a former White House correspondent with Quartz. Today, we'll talk about covering politics in an age when clicks and outrage get all the attention, as well as the infuriating process by some outlets, mainly cable news, to manufacture artificial balance. How can the press inform the nation of this crisis, brought about by the Trump Republican Party, while maintaining its integrity and objectivity? You can follow Heather on Twitter here and be sure to follow Reuters here. Meantime, here are a couple must-read Reuters articles: Pro-Trump news site targets election workers, inspiring wave of menace and Inside Trump’s campaign to demonize two Georgia election workers. And be sure to subscribe to our bonus content at bobcescashow.com.
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| 0:54.4 | From our nation's capital, it is Wednesday, December 8, 2021, and this is the interview |
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| 1:17.5 | All right, Heather Timmons is the White House Editor for Reuters. Big deal right here, and a couple of |
| 1:23.7 | weeks ago, she called me out on Twitter. I'll talk about why when we bring Heather in, |
| 1:28.2 | but I was glad she spoke up because this is one of the most challenging problems we face, |
| 1:33.2 | and so it's worthy of discussion. The role of the free press in a time when democracy is on the |
| 1:38.4 | brink of ending. How can the press inform the nation of this crisis, brought about by Donald |
| 1:43.4 | Trump and the Republican Party while also maintaining its integrity and objectivity? |
| 1:48.5 | For me, it's a super delicate conversation because I strongly believe we need to keep the |
| 1:54.3 | news media honest, but I also understand that it's under immense, immense, immense pressure, both |
| 2:01.4 | financially and journalistically. So we'll get into all of this with Heather Timmons, |
| 2:06.1 | links in the description to support her work as well as some of the excellent reporting at Reuters. |
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