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Political Rewind: What journalists need to learn ahead of 2024; DeSantis to announce run on Twitter

2023/5/24
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Wednesday on Political Rewind: We turn inward and look at how journalists can cover the 2024 elections responsibly. We also talk about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to announce his presidential run with Twitter's CEO Elon Musk. The panel Heather Hendershot, author, professor of media studies MIT, @ProfHendershot Kevin Riley, editor at large, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, @ajceditor Matt Brown, democracy reporter, The Washington Post, @mrbrownsir Timestamps 0:00 - Introductions 2:00 - How should the media cover politics in a post-Trump era? 13:00 - Breaking down what went wrong with CNN's town hall with Trump. 28:00 - America's history of distrust in the media. 33:00 - The debate around 'objective' reporting. 38:00 - Reporting on MTG and "Cop City." 46:00- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to announce presidential run with Twitter CEO Elon Musk Thursday on Political Rewind: Emory's Paul Wolpe joins us to talk about AI.