How Can Corporate Media Save Itself and Democracy?

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The most influential newspaper on Earth, The New York Times, decided to abandon the public editor position in 2017, which happened to coincide with the rise of Donald Trump. Who needs public accountability and a supervision of journalistic ethics with the ascent of right-wing authoritarianism, conspiracy theories, and “both sides” asymmetry?

American Crisis editor, Guardian columnist, and Columbia University Professor Margaret Sullivan was one of the NYT’s public editors in the past. Since then, she’s been a vocal critic of how corporate media and establishment institutions have repeatedly failed to meet the challenge of accurately reporting on Trump’s lies and MAGA’s unique danger to our democracy.

Sullivan joins The Left Hook to discuss how corporate media is failing and what it must do to save both itself and our fragile democracy.

Grab a chai and give us a listen!