Trump’s Putin-Like Cull of the White House Press Pool
The Political Scene Podcast“It's something that is at the top of the authoritarian playbook list,” the staff writer Susan B. Glasser says. “You know, go after the independent press.”Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.The Washington Roundtable discusses the Trump Administration’s decision to bar the Associated Press from Presidential events, Jeff Bezos’s dramatic makeover of the Washington Post’s opinion section, and why freedom of the press matters. Plus, what journalists can do to meet this moment.This week’s reading:“Why Aren’t We in the Streets?,” by Susan B. Glasser“What Will Democratic Resistance Look Like?,” by Jay Caspian Kang“The Peril Donald Trump Poses to Ukraine,” by Keith Gessen“Growing Up U.S.A.I.D.,” by Jon Lee Anderson“Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered,” by Bill McKibbenTune in wherever you get your podcasts.
“It's something that is at the top of the authoritarian playbook list,” the staff writer Susan B. Glasser says. “You know, go after the independent press.”
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen
Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.
The Washington Roundtable discusses the Trump Administration’s decision to bar the Associated Press from Presidential events, Jeff Bezos’s dramatic makeover of the Washington Post’s opinion section, and why freedom of the press matters. Plus, what journalists can do to meet this moment.
This week’s reading:
- “Why Aren’t We in the Streets?,” by Susan B. Glasser
- “What Will Democratic Resistance Look Like?,” by Jay Caspian Kang
- “The Peril Donald Trump Poses to Ukraine,” by Keith Gessen
- “Growing Up U.S.A.I.D.,” by Jon Lee Anderson
- “Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered,” by Bill McKibben
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
