Why Trump keeps abusing female journalists

About this episode

The episode discusses Donald Trump's abusive behavior towards female journalists and the lack of press pushback.

When Donald Trump stormed out of an interview after hurling abuse at the female anchor it wasn’t surprising, he often attacks those who dare to challenge him. But why does the US president continually get away with it with little push back from the press? Today, host of ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra, Nick Bryant on his encounters with Donald Trump and the changing media landscape in the US. Featured: Nick Bryant, host of ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra and writer ‘History Never Ended’ Substack

People in this episode

Host: Nick Bryant

Topics covered

• Donald Trump
• female journalists
• media landscape
• press freedom
• interviews

Keywords

• Trump
• journalists
• media
• interview
• abuse
• press
• Nick Bryant

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABC Radio National, ABC Australia

Books & works: History Never Ended

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