NYU scholar, blogger and press critic Jay Rosen writes and edits popular blog Press Thinks, where he blogs about the fate of the press in a digital era and the challenges involved in rethinking what journalism is today. As discussed on the last podcast with Eric Boehlert, the media coverage that drives national debates is riddled with misinformation. It is a confusing election with political opinion versus fact checking raising questions about a key principle of a strong democracy: that a well-informed electorate is best.

Credits:

Host: Merrill Brown, Director of The School of Communication and Media

Sound Design: Lenore Deluca

Producer: Mike Sheehan

Executive Producer: Anabella Poland, General Manager, 90.3 WMSC-FM