When we last spoke, I told you to make Rupert Murdoch the villain of your next book. He's mentioned by name in the book and clearly inspiration for your fictional lions family. Why did you pick them as the inspirational family? Because it made perfect sense. And one of the reasons was, I mean, I hope I achieved what I intended to. But I didn't want him to be like a mustache twirling villain. The American media are not covering things that people want to read about.
When political spectacles abound, how can the media focus on the substance and avoid the clickbait? And is there a market left for nonpartisan cable news? Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor of The Lead Jake Tapper joins us to discuss these questions, and his new book, All the Demons Are Here, a Post-Watergate thriller with inspiration from Trump, Murdoch and more.
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