Hi. Media Matters for America senior fellow Matt Gertz joined Katy, Cody, and Jonathan to talk about the White House's takeover of the president's press pool, his subjugation of major media outlets, and the House's Budget Resolution which would almost certainly result in cuts to Medicaid. Get the world's news at https://ground.news/SMN to compare coverage an ... Show More
Nov 21
Even More News: Trump Calls For Senators' Deaths, Insults Reporters, And Begrudgingly Signs Epstein Bill
<p>Hi. Daniel O'Brien joins Katy, Cody, and Jonathan to talk about Donald Trump's anger at (women) reporters, his calls for violence against Democratic senators, and his insistence that he's the most transparent president ever. They also dig into the legal case against James Come ... Show More
53m 55s
Nov 19
Some More News: All The Ways Trump Is Using The Presidency To Enrich Himself
<p>Hi. Have you had trouble keeping track of all the grifts? The crypto scams, the Trump watches, all the bribes? In this episode, we go through every way Trump is using the presidency to make him and his family billions.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by Cody Johnston</p><p>Executive P ... Show More
58m 21s
Nov 18
Even More News: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Welcome To The Resistance (Not Really)
<p>Hi. In today's episode of Even More News, Katy, Cody and Jonathan discuss the multiple rifts in MAGA land, from Marjorie Traitor Greene to Thomas Massie and their many supporters. They also talk about Trump’s sad response to his rapidly declining popularity. At least, Catturd ... Show More
36m 9s
Nov 2024
Fox News is Back at the White House. Plus, No Joke, The Onion Buys Infowars.
<p>Many of Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks have something in common: a very close relationship with Fox News. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the revolving door from the conservative network to the White House. Plus, election conspiracy theories from Kamala Harris support ... Show More
50m 14s
May 2025
NPR’s CEO on the Fight Over Public Media
In May, President Trump signed an executive order cutting off federal funding for public broadcasters, including NPR and PBS. In his order, Trump said “neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.” WSJ’s Joe Flint breaks ... Show More
24m 13s
Aug 2024
The Secret Succession Fight That Will Determine the Future of Fox News
<p>For years, Rupert Murdoch seemed content to let his children battle it out for control of his conservative media empire once he’s gone.<br /><br />Jim Rutenberg, who writes about media and politics for The Times, discusses how a secret change to that plan by Mr. Murdoch touche ... Show More
27m 12s
Feb 2025
How the Right Took Over the Media
<p>Ben Smith, former media columnist at the New York Times and now the editor-in-chief of Semafor, joins Dan to talk about today's ultra-challenging news media landscape. The industry is significantly weaker than it was in 2016, and Trump's aggressive lawsuits have the executives ... Show More
1h 8m
Mar 2025
Amanda & Jessica Follow the Money: Who’s Getting Rich and Who’s Getting Cheated
Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin, and Amanda are together in-person, broadcasting from Washington, D.C. where Jessica has been reporting on President Trump’s recent address to Congress. Today, they follow the money to show us where this administration's priorities are – p ... Show More
46m 50s
Jun 2017
What Peter Thiel’s war against Gawker can tell us about Trump (Brian Knappenberger, director, "Nobody Speak")
Director Brian Knappenberger talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about his new documentary "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press," which premieres on Netflix on June 23. In it, Knappenberger connects venture capitalist Peter Thiel's successful lawsuit against Gawker Media, by way o ... Show More
27m 38s