What’s the Point of Investigating Trump?
The Kicker17 Juni 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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Emily Bell on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s press ban & Jack Dorsey’s press tour

Emily Bell on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s press ban & Jack Dorsey’s press tour

On this week’s episode, Pete is joined by Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia, to discuss the reaction to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ban on reporters at two recen...

23 Aug 201828min

Were all the free press editorials worth it?

Were all the free press editorials worth it?

On this week’s episode, Pete is joined by CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope to discuss the flood of editorials celebrating journalism in the face of attacks by the president. Were they a worthy defen...

17 Aug 201824min

Perils of the internet, from Alex Jones’s ban to Sarah Jeong’s tweets

Perils of the internet, from Alex Jones’s ban to Sarah Jeong’s tweets

On this week’s episode, Pete is joined by former CJR staff writer and The Kicker’s founding host David Uberti to discuss the removal of Infowars’s content from tech platforms. Why did it take so long,...

9 Aug 201822min

Facebook sets its own narrative. Plus, press hatred flares at Trump rallies

Facebook sets its own narrative. Plus, press hatred flares at Trump rallies

CJR Digital Editor Nausicaa Renner and CJR Chief Digital Writer Mathew Ingram join Pete to discuss Facebook’s fight to control the narrative. The social media giant shut down more than 30 pages and ac...

2 Aug 201819min

The local news death spiral. Plus, the Cohen–Trump tapes.

The local news death spiral. Plus, the Cohen–Trump tapes.

On this week’s episode, Pete talks with CJR Delacorte Fellow Amanda Darrach about scenes from the New York Daily News’s black Monday. Then, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope joins to place the severe...

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A new era for the press after Helsinki?

A new era for the press after Helsinki?

On this week’s episode, Pete talks with CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope about the coverage of the Trump-Putin summit. Pope believes the president’s disastrous showing will be remembered as a turnin...

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Breaking down coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory

Breaking down coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory

On this episode of The Kicker, Pete and Nausicaa talk about coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s surprise primary victory and how certain media outlets missed the story. Then, we dive into the idea ...

28 Juni 201822min

How media pressure forced Trump’s hand on border policy

How media pressure forced Trump’s hand on border policy

The public outrage that forced President Trump to sign an executive order attempting to end the crisis that he created wouldn’t have happened without sustained media coverage. What caused that reporti...

22 Juni 201824min

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