Best of Need to Know: Lunacy! Corruption! War Crimes! Incompetence! (But shhhhhh. Don’t say it too loud.) (04/05/26)

About this episode

The episode discusses the failures of traditional media in reporting on the corruption and incompetence of the Trump administration.

Original air date: April 5, 2026 Corruption and madness have hit a new high-watermark with the Trump administration. From the firing of Pam Bondi to blatant war crimes, it’s a good thing we have a robust free press to report on it all. Right? Dan Froomkin and Jeff Jarvis join David Rothkopf to explore why traditional media is failing miserably during this fraught moment and why high-quality journalism is needed now more than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Rothkopf

Guests: Dan Froomkin, Jeff Jarvis

Topics covered

• corruption
• media failure
• war crimes
• journalism
• Trump administration

Keywords

• corruption
• Trump administration
• war crimes
• journalism
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration, traditional media, free press

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