Andy Tucker

Andy Tucker, a media historian at Columbia Journalism School, dissects the evolution of news media. He explores America's media polarization, starting with the late 1960s and the rise of trust in news anchors. The conversation delves into Spiro Agnew's accusations of media bias, sparking a shift towards alternative media and right-wing narratives. Tucker highlights how this has reshaped public discourse and facilitated the rise of disinformation, showing a troubling trajectory from a unified information landscape to today's fragmented ecosystems of conflicting truths.