Episode notes
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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