Ida B Wells and the Role of the Journalist in the White House

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Kavin young is the director of the schamburg centre for research in black culture, poetry editor at the new yorker and author of bunk. Young shows popular falsehoods fake news in the us are often tied to white supremacy. Lewis: We really need more of the kind of thing hannah jones does that ida b wells did,. rigorous journalism that is biased toward racial and social justice.

How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy?

Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with host/producer John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with David Mindich, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Kevin Young.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. *The View from Somewhere *editor: Ramona Martinez. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.