Intelligent Times: Dean Baquet and Simon Schama on Trump, Politics and The Future of News

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🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this week we were joined by executive editor of The New York Times Dean Baquet and historian Sir Simon Schama for an examination of the role of the media in today’s increasingly polarised politics. Baquet is the first African-American editor of the world’s most influential news organisation. Schama, as well as being a celebrated author and television presenter, is a prolific political and social commentator, writing for leading international newspapers and journals. Baquet took us deep inside the decision-making process at The New York Times at a moment of unprecedented tension between the White House and the American press. How does he make sure his staff adhere to the rules of impartiality when they are themselves the targets of the Trump administration’s attacks? What pressure has the White House brought to bear on reporters and editors? How is The New York Times, and the press in general, coping with that pressure? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.2	Hello and welcome to this Intelligence Squared
0:47.1	podcast with me Daniel Ben Corrin.
0:48.7	I'm me Faragis.
0:49.8	So this week we had Dean Bakke, the executive editor of the New York Times, in conversation with
0:55.6	Simon Sharma, the historian, author and broadcaster for a very special episode of the
1:00.9	Intelligence Square podcast. Farah, tell us a little bit about the episode.
1:04.2	So yes, Daniel, this event is part of our intelligent time series,
1:07.8	which is a collaboration between Intelligence Square and the New York Times.
1:11.3	It's a series of events we have with New York Times reporters,
1:14.7	journalists and editors. And in this special live recording of an event we had in front of a
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