What’s the Point of Investigating Trump?
The Kicker17 Jun 2025

What’s the Point of Investigating Trump?

David Fahrenthold won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 reporting on how Donald Trump’s lifetime of charitable giving was largely a mirage. Nine years later, he’s still reporting on how Trumpworld’s claims about financial matters don’t always add up—this time, looking closely at the cost-cutting from DOGE for the New York Times. But does this kind of facts-first reporting still land? With Trump doing so much grifting and personal enrichment out in the open, Fahrenthold joins The Kicker to...

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Bahamian media and the fight for Hurricane relief

Bahamian media and the fight for Hurricane relief

Two days before Hurricane Dorian hit, Eugene Duffy, the managing editor of The Tribune in Nassau, sent a reporter and a photographer to Marsh Harbour in the Abacos. As the town endured the largest sto...

5 Sep 201919min

After Reuters—Myanmar’s other reporters

After Reuters—Myanmar’s other reporters

Swe Win, the editor of Myanmar Now, a bilingual investigative-news website, was sued for defamation in Mandalay two years ago. His crime? Posting on Facebook about his site’s coverage of an extremist ...

22 Aug 201916min

Jeffrey Epstein on background

Jeffrey Epstein on background

“Slippery,” but “charming.” “Magnetic,” but “useless.” And “utterly unapologetic.” Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein invited New York Times columnist James Stewart to his Manhattan home last Augu...

15 Aug 201929min

America does not know what a mass shooting looks like

America does not know what a mass shooting looks like

John Temple was the editor of the Rocky Mountain News when the Columbine massacre changed America’s perception of safety forever. CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Temple about the media’...

9 Aug 201922min

Blackouts, politics, and the call for a new beat

Blackouts, politics, and the call for a new beat

On this week’s episode, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Marie J. French and Danielle Muoio, the authors of POLITICO’S “New York Energy” newsletter. They report from the intersection of ...

26 Jul 201913min

Bob Garfield’s plan to save America

Bob Garfield’s plan to save America

On this week’s episode, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Bob Garfield, the co-host of WNYC’s “On the Media” and co-founder of the Purple Project for Democracy, on his plan to rebuild Ame...

18 Jul 201922min

Fear at the border

Fear at the border

On this week’s episode, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Lauren Villagran and Aaron Montes, both reporters at the El Paso Times, about their paper’s recent collaboration with The New Yor...

11 Jul 201917min

MSNBC Public Editor: It will take more than one salvo for Kamala Harris to take down Joe Biden

MSNBC Public Editor: It will take more than one salvo for Kamala Harris to take down Joe Biden

On this week’s episode, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Maria Bustillo, CJR’s public editor for MSNBC, on the first round of Democratic debates. They discuss Kamala Harris’s small-scree...

1 Jul 201919min

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