Once Champions of Working Class, Journalists Now Represent America's Elite

The Daily Signal

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Just when it seemed that confidence in America's news media couldn't get any worse, last month Gallup reported new record lows. "Just 16% of U.S. adults now say they have 'a great deal' or 'quite a lot' of confidence in newspapers and 11% in television news," Gallup's Megan Brenan wrote. "Both readings are down five percentage points since last year." Those numbers are startling—and perhaps well deserved given the current state of our corrupt corporate media. But they're also troubling for America. Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, is the author of "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy." She spoke to The Daily Signal about the media and her diagnosis of what's wrong. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story to kick off the
0:23.8	week.
0:24.8	Before we get to today's show, we want to tell you about another great heritage foundation
0:28.2	podcast.
0:29.2	The public health heritage explains and hosts Michelle Cordero breakdown complex policy
0:33.7	issues using stories, clips and expert analysis.
0:37.4	Recent heritage explains episodes dive into what you need to know about speaker Pelosi's
0:42.1	visit to Taiwan, the crisis at the Southern border and the Biden administration's failure
0:47.8	to address inflation.
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0:59.8	Now stay tuned for today's show, coming up next.
1:13.6	We are joined on the Daily Signal Podcast today by Batia Ungar Sargon, who is the deputy
1:17.8	opinion editor at Newsweek and author of the book, Bad News.
1:22.1	How woke media is undermining democracy.
1:24.9	It's great to have you on the show, Batia.
1:26.8	Thanks for joining the Daily Signal.
1:28.2	Thank you so much for having me.
1:29.5	I'm really pleased to be here with you.
1:31.4	Well, as somebody who attended journalism school and has worked in the media, I can tell
1:35.8	you that I really connected with a lot of the ideas in your book and I appreciate so
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