WTH Happened to an Objective News Media? Ari Fleischer on His New Book, Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong

Just 7% of Americans today report having a great deal of trust in
the media. A majority of the public believes that the
media is more concerned with supporting an ideological or
political position than informing them. The press is free,
but bias has seeped into every corner. And the lack of an
objective press threatens
American democracy, degrades the national conversation
and pits Americans against each other. How did we get to the
point where the White House Press Corps has a
ratio of 12:1 Democrat to Republican among reporters? Where
a swath of this country’s journalists no longer believe they have
an obligation to cover both sides of a story? Where the same
reporters that cover statistics of a growing partisan and
ideological divide in America are the same sources pushing a
divisive agenda?


Ari Fleischer joins us today to offer a fresh perspective on the
state of our media. He was the White House Press Secretary to
George W. Bush and is a veteran media observer.
He's a Fox News commentator, and he has a new book out
titled, Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias: Why the
Press Gets So Much Wrong ― And Just Doesn't Care.


Download the transcript here.