Thank you, juan. Let me begin by giving you the opportunity to tell people about the book the thesis. Well my thesis is that the Mainstream Media is one of the biggest causes of the polarization in America Today that the number of stories they put on the air that were wrong. Most of all of which were to get donald trump and to hurt republicans or conservatives the number of stories that they suppressed which would have hurt joe biden particularly during the campaign has added up to a nation that no longer trusts the Mainstream Media and our democracy needs to have a Mainstream Media that people rely on believe in and trust and the press has let us down. Well, so i think lots of people on the left would say gee, you know during the 2016 campaign. It looked like cspan msnbc certainly fox all were very much putting donald trump on the air repeatedly and they would say gee it looks like the press whether or not for ratings, you know for eyeballs and clicks. Were pretty supportive of donald
Democracy needs to have a Mainstream Media that people rely on believe in and trust and the press has let us down. Well, so i think lots of people on the left would say gee, you know during the 2016 campaign. It looked like cspan msnbc certainly fox all were very much putting donald trump on the air repeatedly and they would say gee it looks like the press whether or not for ratings, you know for eyeballs and clicks. Were pretty supportive of donald trump in the 2016 campaign. Well, i i might rebuttal to that is the press made a news judgment in the news judgment was that donald trump was newsworthy because the press thought he was so bad. So at landish at the more they put him on the air the more the American People would reject him. And i think the tremendous damage done juan and i write this in the book was also done not just to conservatives who dont trust the media. But to liberals who do i i think back on 16 when most democrats and liberals were told. That Hillary Clinton was goi
Mainstream media and our democracy needs to have a Mainstream Media that people rely on believe in and trust and the press has let us down. Well, so i think lots of people on the left would say gee, you know during the 2016 campaign. It looked like cspan msnbc certainly fox all were very much putting donald trump on the air repeatedly and they would say gee it looks like the press whether or not for ratings, you know for eyeballs and clicks. Were pretty supportive of donald trump in the 2016 campaign. Well, i i might rebuttal to that is the press made a news judgment in the news judgment was that donald trump was newsworthy because the press thought he was so bad. So at landish at the more they put him on the air the more the American People would reject him. And i think the tremendous damage done juan and i write this in the book was also done not just to conservatives who dont trust the media. But to liberals who do i i think back on 16 when most democrats and liberals were told. Tha
Republicans or conservatives the number of stories that they suppressed which would have hurt joe biden particularly during the campaign has added up to a nation that no longer trusts the Mainstream Media and our democracy needs to have a Mainstream Media that people rely on believe in and trust and the press has let us down. Well, so i think lots of people on the left would say gee, you know during the 2016 campaign. It looked like cspan msnbc certainly fox all were very much putting donald trump on the air repeatedly and they would say gee it looks like the press whether or not for ratings, you know for eyeballs and clicks. Were pretty supportive of donald trump in the 2016 campaign. Well, i i might rebuttal to that is the press made a news judgment in the news judgment was that donald trump was newsworthy because the press thought he was so bad. So at landish at the more they put him on the air the more the American People would reject him. And i think the tremendous damage done jua
Host also joining us for the conversation, ted gotsch of telecommunications report, serves as senior editor. Senator smith, could you start by talking to us about how people watch television in the current day as say even opposed to fife years ago five years ago . Guest well, clearly, a lot is happening in telecommunications generally, and broadcasting is affected by that. Were sort of the original wireless, but we remain highly relevant because what we do tends, it is local, and as to those who want to get it the oldfashioned way, it is free. And yet you have satellite, you have cable, and now you have the internet through hulu and netflix and others that are other ways for people to access television. So television remains highly relevant to the future because when you look at the top hundred programs that are watched, 90 of them are broadcast content. And so i think the future of broadcast television is very bright, indeed. Host what are the challenges then looking forward and the f