Book. I thought maybe Ronald Reagan had promised or george w. Bush. Guest no one, no one has ever said. Donald trump said in every speech and didnt give a list of 20 judges, justices, potential justices. So i think that really registered. And then what did he do with the first right to life march . He said and he spoke laster, this is something that republicans dont do. The email he put gorsuch on theres prolife. Fuppercaseletter we will assume his prolife. He delivered on those promises. I think the evangelical camp was and continues to be very, very happy with the man. These are some strange times were living in. We never thought would happen, but it is happening. Host i i want to talk about your relation with trump and how you report President Trump at the time he hadnt had even ded yet but then potential candidate trump reached that you and ask for lunch at trump tower. You met and you said he pushed back softly and gently come to words i wouldve thought could never appear in the s
The initial reaction is i didnt want to do it because what else can we write about that everybody doesnt know already . So i said take the research and go look it over and tell me what you think so the book was the narrative and it is a prologue over the next year so in the sense if you look at the coverage of donald trump you will see who has dominated coverage of any man in history and the worst coverage of any man in history. And as a series of studies but qualitative not just in the percent of negative coverage but when you put that all to gather and its stunning to see what is happened i think we have heard so much of it we just dont listen anymore. But if you look at this coverage, you will see the degree to which the media change in the biggest take away is this is an attempt to destroy a president and to nullify the process but at the end of the day many of the Media Outlets will destroy themselves. You mention that in the first chapter that that only did he understand the medi
Townhall has been around for about 83 years. We initially started doing events catered to a millennial and young professional audience to make sure everyone is engaged. Tonights topic is on the future of journalism, kind of living in the fake news era and the that arelatforms making journalism evolve all the time. I just wanted to start off with olivia. If you guys, i am just going to go down and say your name, what you do and where you are from. Olivia hello. Thank you so much for having us. Ima and smith and i am a producer with Good Morning America. My team is in new york. I have been with abc news for about four and a half years. My name is fernando hurtado, ima producereditor , if youention or attn recognize that logo. Based in loser angeles on our digital team headquarters. Brianna my name is brianna sacks. I am a reporter with busby news zzeed news on our breaking news team. We are in los angeles, but i am headquartered in new york. Kyle i do want to start off with this question
Evolving all the time. I just wanted to start off with olivia. Im just going to go down, if you want to say your names, wt you do and where youre from as far as your organizations. Great. Hello. Thanks so much for having us. Im olivia smith and im a producer with Good Morning America. My team is in new york and ive been with abc news or about four and half years. My name is fernando hurtado, producer at attn as you recognize the logo from your facebook or twitter feed. Im a producer based in los angeles on our digital team headquarters. My name is breanna sacks sad im a reporter with Buzzfeed News and im on the breaking news team. I headquartered in los angeles but buzzfeed is based out of new york. Great. Thank you guys. I just want to start off by this question is kind of for all of you. As a as a journalist what do you think makes a good story . When im looking for a good story i think what i read this . Would that interest me . Just like buying a gift for somebody. Would you buy fo
My initial reaction was i didnt want to do it. At the same my coauthor felt the same way. Everyone does this now already. Soy supporters to go take all of the research and go look at the work for a week and let me know when you think. He came back and we discussed it we thought theres a book here. The book is the narrative. Its prologue to with going to follow in the next year. In the sense that if you look at this cover on donald trump. From day one, up until the present. Youre going to see the story about a name who has dominated press coverage light unlike any figure in american history. And who has received in return, the worst coverage of any man in history. Not just quantitatively which is a series of a studied but qualitative. Not just in the percent of negative coverage but in the tonality of it and you put it all together, and stunning to see what is happening. I think we are so much of it the week to start listening anymore. But if you look at this covera coverage, youll see