Breaking!!! Trump Supporters Vow to Destroy Country + Roy Cohn's Cousin David Marcus on Mea Culpa

About this episode

David L. Marcus discusses the influence of Roy Cohn on Trump and Murdoch, alongside his own journalistic experiences.

Mea Culpa welcomes David L. Marcus. Marcus has worked as a foreign correspondent, education reporter, and columnist at the Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Newsday, and U.S. News. David L. Marcus has worked as a foreign correspondent, education reporter, and columnist at the Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Newsday, and U.S. News. As South America bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News, he shared the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for a series about violence against women. David wrote two books about education and parenting, What It Takes to Pull Me Through and Acceptance . His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and GQ magazine to name a few. Marcus is the cousin of the infamous lawyer, Roy Cohn. He wrote a quintessential piece about Cohn for Vanity Fair shortly after his death. Davis and Michael discuss Roy Cohn's relationship and influence on Trump and Rubert Murdoch and how it plays out today.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Cohen

Guest: David L. Marcus

Topics covered

• Trump supporters
• Roy Cohn
• political influence
• journalism
• violence against women
• education
• parenting

Keywords

• Trump
• Roy Cohn
• David L. Marcus
• politics
• journalism
• Pulitzer Prize
• education
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Newsday, U.S. News, Dallas Morning News, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, GQ

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