Schweizer and Halperin Discuss Future of Media

About this episode

Peter Schweizer and Mark Halperin discuss the impact of politics on journalism and the self-inflicted damage within the media industry.

Did politics destroy journalism, or was it the other way around? Author and investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, host of The Drill Down, sees the case for both but believes journalism has done more damage to itself than politicians could manage to do to them. Schweizer says, “a friend of mine who used to be a producer on 60 Minutes said he thought that journalists became less interested in actual hard news coverage.” On the latest episode of the Drill Down podcast, his guest Mark Halperin, who had a front row seat to see it happening, agrees.

People in this episode

Host: Peter Schweizer

Guest: Mark Halperin

Topics covered

• media
• journalism
• politics
• investigative reporting
• news coverage

Keywords

• journalism
• media
• politics
• investigative journalism
• news coverage
• Peter Schweizer
• Mark Halperin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 60 Minutes

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