The firing of Julia Angwin has shocked the world of tech journalism. Five staffers have resigned in protest, and now the startup she co-founded, The Markup, is in a state of limbo. What went wrong? And what's Angwin going to do next? She sits down with Brian Stelter for a conversation about her uncertain future and the urgent need for investigative journalism about Big Tech.

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Julia Angwin on what went wrong at The Markup

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Julia Angwin on what went wrong at The Markup

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