The news media is one of the many industries that's been affected tremendously by the coronavirus pandemic. And as ad revenue declines, there have been layoffs across the country. Ben Smith, the media columnist at the New York Times, joined Errol to talk about what media and journalism will look like post-coronavirus and weigh in on the news coverage of President Trump’s nightly coronavirus press conferences. He also discussed the state of local news outlets as they compete with tech giants like Facebook and Google. And he talked about his eight years as founding editor in chief of Buzzfeed News.

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