Why hasn't the media learned its lesson about covering Donald Trump?

On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Former president Donald Trump tried to overthrow an election he lost. Now, he’s running for president again. How should news organizations cover candidate Trump in post Jan. 6th America?

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The OnPoint podcast is supported by Prompt.
0:03.3	Stressed about college applications, make your application impossible to ignore with one-on-one
0:08.9	college essay coaching.
0:10.5	98% of students who use Prompt to get into one of their top choice colleges go to mypromppt.com
0:16.9	and learn how to stand out and get in.
0:20.5	Funding for this podcast comes from MathWorks, creators of MATLAB and Simulink Software,
0:26.0	accelerating the pace of engineering and science.
0:29.2	Learn more at mathworks.com.
0:38.8	This is OnPoint.
0:39.8	I'm Megna Chakrabardi.
0:41.8	At CNN's Supposed Town Hall with former president Donald Trump last week, Trump threw
0:47.8	this old chestnut at moderator, Caitlin Collins.
0:51.3	Can I talk?
0:52.3	Yeah, what's the answer?
0:53.3	Can you do mine?
0:54.3	I would like few dance.
0:55.3	Okay, it's very simple to answer.
0:57.0	That's why I asked it.
0:58.3	It's very simple to you.
0:59.3	You are a nasty person.
1:00.3	I'll tell you.
1:01.3	The bread and circuses rolled on, complete with Trump's most fervently held lie.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WBUR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WBUR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.