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Social Media has long been home to all sorts of fringe groups, conspiracy theorist, and outright liars.  The recent violent siege of the Capitol raises questions of just how, or to what extent, we can control free speech on social media.

Is the media truly biased? And if so, who's to blame and where will it all end? Veteran journalist Edward Kosner has been Editor in Chief of Newsweek, New York Magazine, and The NY Daily News and has a fascinating take.

Ken Auletta of The New Yorker gives his unvarnished assessment of the media's coverage of the 2020 Presidential election.

A juice, warts and all, behind-the-scenes look at the improbable beginnings of a whole new chapter in the history of television.

First it was Trump, but now both protestors AND the police are attacking the media. The News Broads examine this phenomenon with PEN America's CEO, Suzanne Nossel.

How The View became one of the most important political platforms in the country. Joy Behar, the longest running co host on the show tells us the secret...along with some funny, exclusive behind the scenes tidbits.

"Trump is to social media what Roosevelt was to radio, and Kennedy was to television." So says public relations guru and Democratic National Committee member Robert Zimmerman, who, in a frank discussion, takes on the role media can and should take in this highly unusual, and challenging 2020 election: Politics and the Media in the time of Coronavirus.  

What we have now is a failure to communicate - in the media and in our personal lives.  No one can communicate better than this beloved and witty personality.  He says the secret is simple and that's why one university, Stony Brook, now even has an Alan Alda Center for Communications.

Where is Media in the time of Coronavirus? Well known and respected commentator Dan Abrams, founder of the daily newsletter Mediaite. He argues that the effects of this pandemic would have been far worse without the mainstream media holding Trump's feet to the fire.  Whether you agree or not, you'll want to hear Dan Abrams setting the record straight!

What really happened, in her own words, between Juliet and Bill O'Reilly? And what exactly was the fallout for Juliet and all the other FOX women who claimed Me Too, and then suffered the consequences? A riveting, firsthand account of this watershed event for women in media.

Now, for the first time, reporter Juliet Huddy shares all the details behind her Me Too settlement with FoxNews, and how it helped bring down Bill O'Reilly.

In just over the last decade almost 2000+ local newspapers have folded. According to Axios, 50% will be gone by 2021.  Where will you get news that's important to your life? Who will hold local governments accountable? And why do many believe this poses a threat to our very democracy? We speak with Art Cullen, an Iowa journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner, who is considered one of the most important voices emerging from rural America.

Most people in this country still get their news from television, but that is changing rapidly. The audience is getting older, most millennials just don't watch. The NewsBroads talk to ANDREW HEYWARD, The former head of CBS New, who is leading the search to find out some ways to freshen up local newscasts that have become stagnant and, some say, a little irrelevant.

At Newsbroads, we are all about the media - and who better to talk to than a man who is arguably at the center of the media universe every Saturday Night at 11:30?  Alec Baldwin joins us for a frank and wide ranging conversation about the news - from his childhood love of journalism to his experiences as the sometimes victim of the news, to his current gig sending up the President on SNL.  What’s it REALLY like living life with the media spotlight shining in your face 24/7? 

Sex! Gossip! Scandal! Things we all secretly love. For 60 years The National Enquirer has been pumping out entertaining sleaze, blurring the lines between fact and fiction. This paper was founded on the principle that Facts Are Not Important, Eyeballs Are. Only now have we come to realize how much the tabloid has influenced mainstream media today...even helping to elect a President.

“It was me.” Confessions from our own Judy Licht who reveals here for the first time that she was the one who put Donald Trump on television before anyone else. Can anyone remember a time that Trump didn’t dominate the airways? Back in 1978 no one could have imagine what the future would hold. Judy reveals her uncensored first impression of the future President.

That’s the counterintuitive claim of legendary ad man, Jerry Della Femina who traces the history of political advertising from 'I Like Ike' to MAGA.  Why are we still spending billions? The News Broads get the answer. 

In the current age of social media, famed analyst Jeff Greenfield gives his blunt diagnosis on the state of journalism today and where it’s headed next. The disruption has only begun.

Why Roger Ailes created the conservative behemoth, Fox News that encouraged and exploited a serious political divide in this country. Was it all an act of vengeance? The NewsBroads talk to a women who started her career with Ailes and was in the room when it all happened.

Now you can no longer even believe your own eyes! One of the biggest threats to journalism, government, and even national security is based on cutting edge computer technology and artificial intelligence. If you haven’t heard of it yet you soon will, it’s called Deep Fake. Now you can make anyone say anything and it makes intelligence experts are plenty frightened. The NewsBroads talk to a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter who was one of the first to uncover its secrets.