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EPISODE · Feb 28, 2025 · 41 MIN

Marty Baron On the Press Under Siege

from Bedeviled: A Podcast about American Democracy from Duke University

During the first Trump presidency, Marty Baron and the newspaper he ran, the Washington Post, was a journalistic model for holding the administration to account.They enjoyed the backing of the Post's billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. They embraced their role with the slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness".Things are different now. I spoke with Baron about Trump 2.o, the media's coverage of it, and America's path ahead.

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During the first Trump presidency, Marty Baron and the newspaper he ran, the Washington Post, was a journalistic model for holding the administration to account.They enjoyed the backing of the Post's billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos....

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