One lesson from Donald Trump's "upset" victory is that the mainstream media's "conventional wisdom" has lost its credibility. Trump was covered more as a celebrity than a real candidate — and he's still getting massive attention for tweets, even when they're not based on reality. But the media are now so diverse that it's hard to find any consensus on what's real and what's not. So, what's next for traditional journalism? We talk with reporters from inside and outside the bi-coastal "mainstream" bubble. How do you cover a President who has direct access to the American public?
Truth, lies, the media and Donald Trump
More
- United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Smith-Mundt Act)
- Noam Chomsky's 'Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media'
- Stern on his descent in right-wing media vortex
- Lynch's 'Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data'
- Lynch on fake news and the Internet shell game
- 150 academics for Trump
Credits
Guests:
- Ken Stern - Palisades Media Ventures - @kenpstern
- David Yepsen - journalist - @DavidYepsen
- Michael Patrick Lynch - University of Connecticut - @Plural_truth
- Francis "Frank" Buckley - George Mason University - @fbuckley