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The Peter McCormack Show

Pete Rizzo on Journalistic Freedom - WBD152

The Peter McCormack Show

Peter McCormack

Power, Politics, Government, Markets, News, Society & Culture, Technology, Society, Inflation, Finance, Bitcoin, Economics, Money

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Location: New York Date: Friday, 17th May Project: Formerly of CoinDesk Role: Formerly Editor-in-Chief

For varied reasons, not all interviews are released. I previously recorded a show with Pete Rizzo, while he was Editor-in-Chief at CoinDesk. Following the interview my show editorial went Bitcoin only but due to the topics discussed with Pete, I decided to archive it. I enjoyed our chat and following his recent departure I felt that it would be good to release the show and allow people to hear about what we discussed.

In the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency where everyone is an investor and has a vested interest, unbiased news is hard to find.

Now more than ever in a news environment that is driven by clicks, likes, listens and views. News organisations can often struggle to find the right balance between stories that capture people's attention and information that is factual, important and without agenda.

So how do news organisations in the space maintain the balance between producing unbiased informative content whilst still capturing people's attention and engagement?

In this interview, I speak to Pete Rizzo who recently left his position as Editor-in-Chief at CoinDesk. We discuss journalistic responsibilities and freedom.


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0:00.0

Welcome to the What Bit Bitcoin Did Podcast.

0:05.0

Hello there from Los Angeles. How are you all?

0:09.0

Are you well?

0:10.0

Have you had a good weekend?

0:12.0

I'm just preparing to head back to UK. I'm going to be heading back tomorrow,

0:15.0

but I do have a bonus show today. I've got an old unreleased show from the Archives with Pete Rizzo.

0:20.0

So just to let you know for various reasons, not all interviews I've done have been released

0:24.2

I've got about four or five that for various reasons just haven't made it out and I had

0:28.6

previously recorded this show with Pete Rizzo who at the time was the editor-in-chief at Coindest, and that was done during consensus.

0:35.6

But following the interview, my show editorial went Bitcoin-only and due to the topics we discussed,

0:40.6

I decided just to archive it, because I just didn't think it was relevant anymore

0:43.6

but I did enjoy a chat and I've always like P always got on with him so following

0:47.8

his departure I thought I would just release it get it out there because I think some of

0:51.6

you might be reading about him and maybe have never heard from him. So, yeah, here it is, getting it out there. I do just want to give a very quick shout out to all my sponsors up front though. So, Krakhan, the best exchange in the world, with Spot futures margin trading at

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