Doctor Chengery - The View From Somewhere Podcast

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The dominant professional standards and job requirements of journalism, often reinforce and protect an anti democratic status quo. There's tremendous pressure on journalists to internalize or perform a pro caplis ideology if they want to succeed in corporate main stream media. Next time our season finale, what is the best way to build a more democratic usa?

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.