Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi discuss the state of the news media in the age of Trump.

Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi discuss the state of the news media in the age of Trump. Excellent analysis.

0:00 David Sacks explains the origin of this panel on political discourse in America
2:56 Understanding the new political divide, how Trump’s victory impacted discourse
12:37 Can mainstream media ever get back to relative neutrality?
29:15 Audience Q&A

 

[Added June 6, 2022]

Matt Taibbi:

The worst of all possible worlds would see speech policy added to the long list of under-publicized areas of near-total consensus between the two parties, like military spending, bank bailouts, corporate taxation, and warrantless surveillance. We’re almost there.

This is remarkable because until very recently, unwavering support of free speech was at the core of what it meant to be a Democrat. Not a leftist, or a progressive radical, but specifically a Democrat, in the broadest, most milquetoast sense of the word. Looking back, it’s breathtaking to see how quickly the blue party turned all the way around on this issue.

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Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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