Ali Velshi is an Emmy-award-winning journalist, best-selling author, noted expert on finance & business and a star anchor on cable news network MSNBC.How did a Canadian, born in Kenya, come to be such a powerful voice in American cable news?Steven talks to Ali about that journey and the challenges facing journalists in Trump's America, the gulf between stories the news/political classes focus on and what's important to everyday people, how to fight deliberate ignorance and opposition to facts and the type of news stories which continue to haunt him.A 'must-listen' for those concerned about the spread of false news, 'fake news' and the political forces promoting both. Plus, there's also the trademark FU_Politics humour that keeps the conversation entertaining as well as informative.Host: Steven Kerzner, founder of FUN - The FU_Network, award-winning TV writer/producer, radio host and multimedia consultant.If you like this show and it's jargon-free, peer-level style - support our mission at FU_Politics of restoring intelligent discourse, a sense of humour, civility and fact-based opinions to media. Important conversations that sound like you - because we are you.  Become a monthly patron at patreon.com/funetworktv or give us a one time boost at Paypal - [email protected]. FU_Politics - where Smartass begins with Smart.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/funetworktv Paypal: [email protected] Thank you!FIND US HERE UNDER FU_POLITICS:iTunes - Rate, Review and Subscribe!https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fu-politics/id1472299923Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4YQ4rklq8bcsmhTfqgj9jHiHeart Radiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-fu-politics-48983352/Podbeanhttps://fupolitics.podbean.comStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fun-the-fu-network/fu-politicsGoogle Podcastshttps://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Z1cG9saXRpY3MvZmVlZC54bWw%3D&hl=en-CAYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBRvebbl4FVT9dWt0IdE8ccD1cOkPO5a7Google Playhttps://play.google.com/music/m/Ilgcik5imfx5qwtzxivpyblb2p4Player FMhttps://player.fm/series/fu-politics-2521543Tune In / Alexahttp://tun.in/pjtS0Podtailhttps://podtail.com/en/podcast/fu-politics/Listen Noteshttps://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/fu_politics-fu-politics-jmLPHB1p8FD/Podbayhttps://podbay.fm/podcast/1472299923Castbox.FMhttps://castbox.fm/channel/FU_Politics-id2203478RSS Feedhttps://feed.podbean.com/fupolitics/feed.xml