NTK: Lunacy! Corruption! War Crimes! Incompetence! (But shhhhhh. Don’t say it too loud.)

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Corruption and madness have hit a new high-watermark with the Trump administration. From the firing of Pam Bondi to blatant war crimes, it’s a good thing we have a robust free press to report on it all. Right? Dan Froomkin and Jeff Jarvis join David Rothkopf to explore why traditional media is failing miserably during this fraught moment and why high quality journalism is needed now more than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.6	across America and around the world.
1:16.6	Hello and welcome to Need to Know. I'm David Rothkopf, and this week is every week.
1:21.6	We're going to sit down with some folks who can help us understand what's going on in the news.
1:26.6	And as you know, every couple of weeks, every month or
1:29.3	six weeks or so, we like to sit down with our friends Dan Frumkin and Jeff Jarvis, who are
1:35.1	media savants, to talk about what's going on in the media or with the media or what's wrong
1:43.3	with the media and sometimes what's right with the media,
1:47.2	but that seldom happens.
1:48.5	But in any event, we're back to do that.
1:53.4	So welcome Dan and Jeff.
1:57.3	Thank you.
1:58.0	Good when you remember we exist and we get to come on.
2:00.3	We're delighted. We never forget. It's just we can remember we exist and we get to come on. We're delighted.
2:01.5	We never forget.
2:03.0	It's just we can't do it every week, you know, because we have no money to pay you.
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