Welcome back to part two of my interview with the amazing Brian Karam. In this part, Brian and I

continue our discussion of the importance of protecting journalists and journalism, especially in

the wake of corporate media's continuing capitulation to Donald and the Trump regime.

So I wanted to switch gears a little bit and get back to what you were saying about the view

from Europe or the rest of the world.

I find it, well, actually, before that even, you mentioned that despite the fact we have a first amendment here news coverage abroad is more in depth it's more intelligent it doesn't assume that the viewers are idiots it's less partisan etc but i i mean we have a first amendment here, but I think by default, a lot of news organizations

are abdicating their right to have or to make use of it. Because as you say, sometimes it's

a sin of a mission by not great. So what do we do about that when corporate media in particular is pulling his punches

is is keeping facts from the american people to protect their bottom line which isn't democracy

it's it's well i know somebody wrote a book about this no way so do

why that's fascinating you got your book yeah it's called free the press now and it's third printing

wherever find books or so um i you've got to break up media monopolies a and B I think we have to reevaluate what it is

there are a lot of people who don't really understand what journalism is and they're in it

or or say they're journalists when they're not right and to me and I this is a theme that I think is worth developing.

Journalism is the application of the scientific method to mass communication.

If we look at it that way, then we have to understand that the story we walk out getting our preconceived notions, we have to throw away,

and we have to cover the facts and report them as we know them. Now, in the scientific method,

you have peer review. The peer review in journalism, you've got to have an editor. You've got to have

at least one person sitting over your shoulder saying, uh, how that spelling is wrong. Let's check the grammar.

Where'd you get that quote? Is this an opinion? How did you vet these facts? Just at least one.

Great if you get two or three. But real journalism is also a collaborative effort.

The lone wolf person can't exist. I have so many people on the right who go,

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