How the media went from biased to political | Big Pod #6

Michael Oreskes joins Ken on the podcast to discuss the political left and right, the current state of the media, and how the Internet changed both.

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Oreskes is a journalist with decades of experience. He worked at the New York Daily News, spent 20 years at the New York Times, 7 years at the Associated Press, and then a couple more as a senior president of news and editorial director at NPR.

Jump to:

00:00 Intro
00:24 Conservative vs. liberal
01:26 An insider's view
08:19 The digital crackup
11:07 Opinion vs. news
14:00 The future of media
21:15 Science and politics
32:53 Trump's effect on the media
40:01 Weaponizing facts
46:45 Guns, police and NY
51:25 Gun laws: Yes or No?
55:05 Guns and mental illness
1:11:21 The fall of local journalism
1:23:19 What's next for the media?
1:27:34 Bad incentives

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