Media Critic Jay Rosen on the Challenges of Covering Politics in a Post-Truth Era

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🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Covering politics has never been easy, but since the Jan. 6 insurrection, the landscape has become particularly difficult for the press. How does the country create costs and accountability for lying and shamelessness in politics? And following four years of Donald Trump, have the rules for press coverage permanently changed? Media critic and New York University professor Jay Rosen joins us to discuss how the press should respond when one party is actively supporting the “Big Lie” -- the false claim that the November 2020 election was stolen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.6	politics has never been easy, but since the
0:56.4	January 6th insurrection, the landscape has become even harder to navigate for the media. How does
1:02.2	the Fourth Estate hold accountable, powerful elected officials who spout or support dangerous
1:06.6	conspiracies? We'll talk with media critic and writer Jay Rosen about the press's handling of a
1:12.2	major party that's continuing the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald
1:17.9	Trump as it moves this week to strip from leadership a House Republican who refuses to
1:23.7	encourage the big lie. Join us after this news.
1:39.1	This is Forum.
1:39.9	I'm Mina Kim.
1:43.5	House Minority Leader California's Kevin McCarthy has told his Republican members to expect a vote tomorrow on removing Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership position.
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