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backslash academic. Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and

I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. Under Trump, the media has

become a part of the story like never before.

Journalist probing has irritated our touchy president and, in response, been labeled the

Opposition Party and the enemy of the American people,

accused of peddling fake news.

Media outlets have also, however, played a critical role in Trump's rise.

During the campaign, cable news provided him with wall-to-wall free

advertising and for years many in the media have broken their trust with readers

and viewers laundering the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq in 2003,

and more recently,

lauding Trump as presidential because he decided to attack Syria.

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