Michael Isikoff On What’s Wrong With The News Media Today – Interview w/ Cenk Uygur (edited)
For 35 years, Michael Isikoff has been one of the most dogged and widely admired investigative reporters working in the news media.
In this portion of a recent interview, he and The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur, Isikoff discuss why today’s journalists are less adversarial towards powerful interests as in the past, how bipartisanship in Washington leads to less investigative reporting and how the recent IRS non-scandal perfectly exemplifies the dysfunctional dynamic between the news media and government.
Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/LJaMgOdJVFY
Follow Michael Isikoff on Twitter: @Isikoff
Follow Cenk on Twitter: @CenkUygur
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The problem with the media is the same thing wrong with our nation. Ratings and profit trumps humanitarian and environmental ethics and morals. Corporate interests are shielded by mainstream media and investigative journalism is shadowed by pop news.