Outrage in Lebanon after the U.S. envoy calls journalists 'animalistic'. Tom Barrack's comments come at a time when the U.S. president has stepped up his attacks on the media. So, what's behind this hostility towards journalists? And are there global implications? 

In this episode:

• Rami Khouri - Distinguished Fellow at the American University of Beirut. 
• Jodie Ginsberg - CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists. 
• Rick Perlstein - Journalist and Historian, specialising in the roots and rise of American conservatism.

Host: James Bays 

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