Steven Brill on SCOTUS & Social Media As Truth-Destroyer

Impolitic with John Heilemann

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News, Politics

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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John is joined by Steven Brill — founder of The American Lawyer, Court TV, and NewsGuard, and author of the new book The Death Of Truth — for a deep dive into the morass of fake news online. Steve discusses how and why the major social media platforms have turned into toxic, conspiracy-theory-spreading cesspools, and what might be done to fix it. He also assesses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision this week on presidential immunity, the debasement of the court by Justices Alito and Thomas (both of whom Brill first met as fellow students at Yale Law School), and how SCOTUS has lost much of its legitimacy with the public in the past two decades. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Aloha and mamaste everyone and welcome to in politics with John Heilman
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0:45.5	John Heilman twice a week every Tuesday and like today Friday where we roam
0:50.7	the quarters of power and influence in America,
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0:56.5	with the people who shape our culture in politics, business, tech, sports,
1:00.0	entertainment, and media.
1:03.0	And that brings us to today where we're psyched to have with us a
1:06.8	Titan in the annals of modern journalism and publishing
1:10.1	Stephen Brill holding degrees from both Yale College and Yale Law School.
1:16.5	Brill published his first book, The Teamsters, and founded the first mainstream
1:20.9	publication covering the legal profession the American lawyer
1:24.3	before the age of 30 way back in 1979. In the 45 years since then Steve has been a writer and
1:30.7	editor a publisher and entrepreneur he founded Court TV, which became one of the most watch
1:36.4	cable networks in the country during the OJ Simpson trial.
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