#244 Is Journalism Dead? (with Batya Ungar-Sargon)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

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🗓️ 25 June 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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This week I spoke with Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek (and a past contributor to multiple other major new outlets). Batya is the author of Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. We talk about the focus of today’s media outlets, and how to reawaken the under-represented population. More Info: Batya Ungar-Sargon’s book Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy is available, here https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/bad-news/ Join me for a meditation over on my other podcast Above the Noise’. Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special with Wim Hof and Vandana Shiva on July 10th, plus how you can be a part of special conversations with Deepak Chopra and Yoga With Adriene https://www.russellbrand.com/join

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Under the Skin from Luminary.
0:02.8	This week I spoke with Batcha Ungarsargan, Deputy Opinion Editor of Newsweek.
0:06.9	She's written for the Washington Post, The New York Times and The Daily Beast.
0:11.0	Batcha is the author of Bad News.
0:13.2	How woke media is undermining democracy.
0:16.5	If you listen to Under the Skin on Apple Podcast, please leave us a review.
0:19.8	They really help out as finders.
0:21.2	Julie says, terrific five stars.
0:23.0	Teacher Taylor, that's an amazing name, says, always enjoy hearing rustles take on life.
0:27.9	In this part of the interview with Batya, we talk about how media outlets are trying to
0:32.3	appeal to one limited demographic and ignoring all other demographics, which creates a sort
0:38.0	of an illusory space.
0:39.0	You know, they're not talking to all of us.
0:41.0	They're ignoring a significant percentage of the population.
0:44.0	I talk about what might lead to a solution to the type of problems we're facing and
0:48.0	like Batcha's amazing and eloquent and brilliant in this conversation.
0:51.2	You'll love it.
0:52.2	Trying to achieve a quality with the annihilation of category is not successful.
0:57.2	That's exactly right.
0:58.2	We're in this era where it turns out we were never the boss.
1:02.2	That's been a black night time.
1:04.6	What's beneath the surface of people we admire and the ideas that define our time, the history
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