Bending the Knee: Why Media is Failing Its Duty in the Trump Era | Ep396

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss why the news media seems happy to bend the knee to Trump and his incoming administration thus forgetting their job as being a challenge not a rubber stamp to the politically powerful. ABC settles Trump's defamation lawsuit, Time Magazine runner gives a bizarre response to the "Person of the Year" award winner, New York Times refuses to post images of Luigi Mangione or his manifesto. In the segment "News You Need," the hosts discuss Steve Bannon's shameless attempt to mainline absolute lies about the constitution ino the American body politic when it comes to presidential term limits, federal judges decide to reverse course and rescind their retirement announcements, man who started the Biden criminal conspiracy with Burisma admits that he did in fact lie about the entire thing, is Larry Hogan ok?, and much more!Big TopicWe aren’t even at January 20th yet, and MSM is already failing the testABC settles Trump defamation suit for $15mMedia owners making sure they get in good with the new adminNYT unwilling to publish Mangione’s picture, manifestoNews You NeedLet’s all pretend to be shockedFederal Judge Reverses Decision To Retire, Ruins Trump’s Plans To Fill His SeatBiden Conspiracy peddler admits he lied about the whole thing.What’s Dumber, a Brick or a Republican?Larry Hogan doesn’t know what stars areLook Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).