The journalist and the arms dealer
This week, we analyze the push for unionization at digital media properties and break down a new effort by NPR to reach younger audiences. Then, Dave talks to CJR Managing Editor Vanessa Gezari about ...
23 Jun 201717min
Megyn Kelly gets trolled
We run through some of the week’s biggest media stories, including layoffs across the industry, New York Times stories in search of a public editor, and how a single erroneous tweet can spark a fake n...
16 Jun 201736min
How the Comey/Russia story is playing outside the media bubble
On the latest episode of The Kicker, Dave and Pete run through some of the week’s biggest media stories, including tech giants’ domination of the digital ad market, Breitbart’s Trump-era slump, and th...
8 Jun 201730min
The end of the public editor era at The New York Times
On the latest episode of The Kicker, we run through some of the week’s biggest media stories, including a look at the future of The Chicago Sun-Times, the troubling trend of press norms being violated...
1 Jun 201734min
The media’s model for covering terrorist attacks is broken
Dave, Pete, and Christie run through some of the week’s biggest media stories, including a ratings leaderboard shakeup for cable news, a spurious conspiracy that consumed the right-wing media universe...
24 Mai 201731min
A week inside the pro-Trump parallel media universe
Pete and Dave run through the top media news of the week, from the scoop war in Washington, to the state of press freedom globally, to Roger Ailes's legacy. We then take you inside the counter-narrati...
19 Mai 201731min
BuzzFeed News and the 'Upside Down' media
We introduce our new print issue, which is dedicated to exploring the future of local news. Then, Dave interviews Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed News. They talk truth and lies on the social we...
11 Mai 201735min
Bret Stephens and the role of columnists
On the latest episode of The Kicker, we run through some of the week’s biggest media stories, including counterprogramming to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, conservative perspective on the la...
4 Mai 201738min
