A Conversation with Steven Beschloss on Democracy and the Media

My conversation with Steven Beschloss examines how the crisis facing American democracy is also a failure of journalism and institutions to name reality. We discuss how corporate media has protected power, hollowed out local reporting, and normalized authoritarian behavior, while independent and local journalists step in to fill the gap. We also look at the global consequences of democratic decline, including Donald’s performance at World Economic Forum in Davos, the unraveling of the post–World War II order, and why voices like Mark Carney matter right now. Finally, we talk about what real resistance looks like and why this moment is both dangerous and a call to action.Steven Beschloss is an award-winning writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker and professor. He writes and publishes America, America, a popular Substack newsletter on politics and society, democracy and justice. His articles and essays have been published by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, Smithsonian, The Economist Intelligence Unit and many others. Books by Beschloss include Adrift and The Gunman and His Mother: Lee Harvey Oswald, Marguerite Oswald and The Making of an Assassin. Send comments/[email protected] visiting MaryTrump.org and subscribing to my Substack: The Good in Us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.