On this week’s episode, Pete is joined by CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope to discuss the flood of editorials celebrating journalism in the face of attacks by the president. Were they a worthy defense or a misguided effort? Then, CJR senior staff writer Alexandria Neason stops by to dive into the controversy surrounding a Washington Post feature that has been accused of racial insensitivity.
SHOW NOTES:
- Leave the war with the press to the national papers by David Uberti, CJR
- America’s newspapers just played right into Trump’s hands by Jack Shafer, Politico
- A litmus test for inclusivity at the Washington Post by Alexandria Neason, CJR
- White, and in the minority by Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post
