Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?
The Kicker1 Aug 2025

Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?

For the past few weeks, MAGA media and conservative podcasters have been torn apart over President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga. Anna Merlan, a senior reporter at Mother Jones, joins The Kicker to talk about right-wing media’s efforts to change the subject—and whether their audiences will go along with it. Read more: *Anna Merlan on what happened the last time Trump’s team tried to satisfy right-wing media’s hunger for Epstein news *Merlan on how Trump has constructed a ...

Avsnitt(321)

Trump strains the news/opinion divide

Trump strains the news/opinion divide

CJR’s David Uberti, Nausicaa Renner, Pete Vernon, and Carlett Spike discuss The Wall Street Journal's scathing editorial attacking President Trump's credibility. We also cover the divide between newsr...

23 Mars 201737min

Breaking News (a collaboration with BBC World Service)

Breaking News (a collaboration with BBC World Service)

This week on a special edition of The Kicker, CJR and the BBC World Service have teamed up to produce an audio documentary. Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope narrates an exploration of two issues vital f...

17 Mars 201727min

A Breitbart editor walks into a journalism conference...

A Breitbart editor walks into a journalism conference...

CJR’s David Uberti, Christie Chisholm, Pete Vernon, and Shelley Hepworth discuss some criticism we received for inviting Breitbart economics editor John Carney to our conference on covering Trump. Did...

8 Mars 201733min

Trump's media attacks are getting boring

Trump's media attacks are getting boring

CJR's David Uberti, Nausicaa Renner, and Pete Vernon discuss a wild week in White House-media relations. Then, we turn to MisinfoCon, a weekend gathering of journalists and technologists trying to sol...

28 Feb 201732min

Spice, Spice baby

Spice, Spice baby

Dave and Pete discuss why it matters that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer allows friendly outlets to ask questions at press briefings. CJR correspondent Corey Hutchins calls in to discuss fake...

16 Feb 201727min

The Jake Tapper-Kellyanne Conway showdown

The Jake Tapper-Kellyanne Conway showdown

Why are so many news organizations expanding into Australia? What is the state of health journalism as Obamacare hangs in the balance? Why were so many journalists talking about CNN anchor Jake Tapper...

9 Feb 201730min

Objectivity and Trump's refugee ban

Objectivity and Trump's refugee ban

How has Breitbart used memes to build a huge audience on Facebook? Should journalists' notion of objectivity change in the face of immoral or un-American acts? What aspects of press freedom may change...

1 Feb 201736min

Avoiding Trump's trap with "alternative facts"

Avoiding Trump's trap with "alternative facts"

Is the Trump Administration trying to bait aggressive reporters when it offers up "alternative facts"? What does a recent New York Times report tell us about the way its business model and editorial s...

24 Jan 201735min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

svenska-fall
aftonbladet-krim
p3-krim
rss-krimstad
fordomspodden
flashback-forever
rss-expressen-dok
motiv
aftonbladet-daily
spar
blenda-2
rss-sanning-konsekvens
svd-ledarredaktionen
rss-vad-fan-hande
olyckan-inifran
rss-krimreportrarna
dagens-eko
rss-frandfors-horna
kungligt
svd-nyhetsartiklar