The Problem of Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

Brendan O'Neill is joined by Batia Ungar-Sarghun, an American journalist and author. She's the author of the book Bad News, How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy. Brendan: I want to kick off by asking you about one issue in which we can explore some of the themes that you bring up in your book. The Kyle Rittenhouse story illustrates some of the points you've been making about the problem of wokeness kind of corrupting media or objectivity.Batia: It was such a great example, and I feel like what The Independent did in calling his victims black, like most people didn't make that actual mistake because they