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]
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.
