The Role of the Fourth Estate in the Rise of Social Media

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Tucker Carlson: How much of what we have seen over the past half decade is due to a failure of the modern global media of our trade to act as servants of truth, liberty, and good citizenship? Martin O'Neill: I think it's one of the most debated issues, how far the media themselves are the cause or suffering. He says there is no convincing empirical evidence that this is the cause because the trouble is, there are so many other possible causes. In case you haven't noticed, it's hard to trust anything you hear right now. As of tonight, tens of millions of Americans suspect this election was stolen from them.

In the first of this four-part series, the renowned FT columnist and economist Martin Wolf tells the FT’s executive opinion editor Jonathan Derbyshire why he fears the marriage of liberal economics and democracy may be facing its toughest test in decades. Drawing on arguments in his latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, Martin explains how his own life story and career have shaped his views.

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This episode is presented by Jonathan Derbyshire. The producer is Laurence Knight. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa and the sound engineer is Breen Turner. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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