The African Reporter and the White House Press Briefing

This chapter delves into the story of an African reporter who disrupts the White House Press briefing and the subsequent response from the president of the White House Correspondents Association. The host compares this incident to the behavior of other reporters during the Trump era and discusses press freedom, the rigged game of choosing briefing participants, and the importance of diverse and democratic question asking. They also touch on the Buffalo mass shooting, the power of tech companies, and the relationship between wars/interventions abroad and extremist violence at home.