On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney use the new Netflix documentary “Cover-Up,” on investigative reporting legend Seymour Hersh as a springboard for a wide-ranging discussion with RCI contributor Aaron Maté about the decline of skepticism and rise of propaganda in the legacy media. On this week’s News Roundup, Zane and Varney discuss a Washington Post article about Trump’s effort to remake the federal bureaucracy by firing and then hiring workers; two Wall Street Journal investigations of Medicaid and Medicare that suggest that in addition to fraud, waste and abuse, a near criminal lack of oversight costs taxpayers billions and a City Journal article on the politicization of sports reporting. 00:00 Intro 00:31 News Roundup: Trump Administration's Impact on Federal Workforce 05:29 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Government 10:02 Politicization of Sports Writing 16:16 Interview with Aaron Mate on Netflix Seymour Hersh Documentary “Cover-Up” 29:04 Russiagate and Media Accountability 50:15 Conclusion and Upcoming Work
On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney use the new Netflix documentary “Cover-Up,” on investigative reporting legend Seymour Hersh as a springboard for a wide-ranging discussion with RCI contributor Aaron Maté about the decline of skepticism and rise of propaganda in the legacy media.
On this week’s News Roundup, Zane and Varney discuss a Washington Post article about Trump’s effort to remake the federal bureaucracy by firing and then hiring workers; two Wall Street Journal investigations of Medicaid and Medicare that suggest that in addition to fraud, waste and abuse, a near criminal lack of oversight costs taxpayers billions and a City Journal article on the politicization of sports reporting.
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-ZyNWgiL4z4
00:00 Intro
00:31 News Roundup: Trump Administration's Impact on Federal Workforce
05:29 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Government
10:02 Politicization of Sports Writing
16:16 Interview with Aaron Mate on Netflix Seymour Hersh Documentary “Cover-Up”
29:04 Russiagate and Media Accountability
50:15 Conclusion and Upcoming Work
Articles and Documentaries Discussed in this Episode:
Washington Post: After Firing, Trump Admin Now Hiring
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/after-slashing-federal-jobs-trump-administration-ramps-up-hiring/ar-AA1XOlP3?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Wall Street Journal: Seniors Pay for Medicare Overpayments
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/seniors-paid-billions-in-extra-premiums-due-to-alleged-medicare-overpayments-d41f5d79?mod=RSSMSN
Wall Street Journal: Autism Therapy Is Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Jackpot
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-boom-in-autism-therapy-is-medicaid-s-fastest-growing-jackpot/ar-AA1XWJa7?ocid=BingNewsSerp
City Journal: How Sports Journalism Lurched Leftward
https://www.city-journal.org/article/sports-journalism-writers-media-politics
Seymour Hersh Trailer: “Cover-Up”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CxEnECKs9U&t=3s