Episode 218 • • 51:11 - 53:46
218: Former Soviet Spy
Columbia University, Proposed Media Czar and Journalism Reform
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's Wall Street Journal op-ed proposing a "mixed" public-private news system is analyzed. The hosts interpret this as a move toward establishing a government-controlled "Media Czar" or a "Ministry of Truth." They argue that such a system would undermine the free market's role in providing independent news coverage.