How to be a Good News Consumer with Jessica Yellin
The Preamble
Sharon McMahon
4.9 • 15.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sharon sits down with long-time journalist, author, and former CNN Chief White House Correspondent, Jessica Yellin to tackle the topic of the media and news. In an era of the 24-hour news cycle, we are constantly bombarded with new information, analysis and opinions. Luckily, Sharon and Jessica are here to teach listeners how to cut through the noise and discern what is actually news. Jessica gives an insider’s look into the faults she sees in today’s media, while also reminding listeners the essential role the media plays in our society. Sharon and Jessica believe the media has the ability to inform and empower the American public. Listen to find out how they believe this is possible. Spoiler alert: it starts with you!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, |
| 0:02.0 | welcome. |
| 0:03.0 | Thrilled that you're here today. |
| 0:05.0 | Also thrilled to be chatting with |
| 0:08.0 | Jessica Yellen, who is a highly respected journalist. |
| 0:12.0 | She has her own platform where she promotes this idea of news, not noise, |
| 0:17.6 | because there is way too much noise. Maybe you've noticed. Maybe you've noticed that there's so much noise vying for her attention and it's |
| 0:27.3 | sometimes difficult to get to the actual news. Her perspective on what the |
| 0:31.6 | news media should be doing, I found very useful to listen to. |
| 0:37.3 | You guys know if you've been following me for a while that I have my fair share of criticism for the news media sometimes so it was great to be able to pick |
| 0:47.5 | Jessica's brain, hear the wisdom and experience that she brings to this topic. Let's dive in. and |
| 0:55.0 | welcome to the show and I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | I am so excited to have Jessica yelling with me today. I told my husband I was going to have you as a guest on my podcast and he was like that is fantastic. My husband is a news junkie and probably consumes 8 to 10 hours of news a day. |
| 1:15.0 | He loves it. It's been a passion of his but he was very very excited to have you come on today. |
| 1:21.0 | That's so sweet. |
| 1:22.0 | If anybody listening is new to Jessica, she's one of those |
| 1:26.7 | journalists who graduated from Harvard, but also has just a really illustrious career as a senior White House correspondent. |
| 1:35.6 | You've been doing this for a while, just a very experienced and respected journalist. |
| 1:41.2 | And you have just decided to make some waves in the business of news |
| 1:46.8 | reporting. So can you tell everybody a little bit more about your background, |
| 1:51.1 | flush that out a little bit, and then tell us what you do now. |
| 1:54.0 | Sure I spent as you said all this time in the mainstream media and you know TV |
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