Soledad O'Brien on the Media Fail on Trump
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🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Former CNN and NBC anchor Soledad O'Brien hits CNN, Chuck Todd, Joe Scarborough, Dana Bash and Van Jones. She says networks carry the Trump Virus Follies for ratings. Period.
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| 1:03.6 | Hello, friends. Welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 1:09.8 | You know, once in a while in this media business, you meet somebody whose work you really admire. |
| 1:13.5 | My list would include Peter Jennings, Sam Donaldson, |
| 1:19.7 | Ted Cople, and Gwen Eiffel, and also near the top of my list and still going strong, |
| 1:29.6 | Soledad O'Brien, whom I got to know when we were both working over at CNN. Soledad moved on from CNN to create her own media empire. |
| 1:32.1 | She's a frequent guest on PBS. |
| 1:37.3 | She hosts the show Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien on first television. |
| 1:43.4 | She's chair of the Starfish Media Group, which she founded to support young women journalism students. |
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