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Hosted by CBS News’ Bob Schieffer with H. Andrew Schwartz, “About the News” is series of conversations with the top people reporting the news, about the news, and its impact on politics and policy. A collaboration between the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at TCU, Schieffer and Schwartz host a weekly discussion with the most interesting people working in legacy media, digitally native platforms, social media companies, and top thought leaders.
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Race to the Top: Graham Allison on Balancing China from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, Bob sits down with prominent political scientist and professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, Graham Allison. Allison discusses his recent book, Destined for War: Can America and Ch...
ListenRuth Marcus: A Matter of Opinion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode we sit down with Ruth Marcus, an accomplished political columnist who has been with the Washington Post for 33 years. Ruth tells us why the Post seeks to challenge the “self-impose...
ListenTwo Maggies: Maggie Haberman’s coverage of Donald Trump from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman asks President Trump the tough questions. And while the President isn’t always a fan of the New York Times or of Maggie’s reporting, he does like Maggie as a pe...
ListenCollusion and Denial: Wash Post’s Adam Entous’ big story on Trump’s appeals to the DNI and NSA director from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Veteran White House and investigative reporter Adam Entous of the Washington Post broke two explosive stories over the past week—that President Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence off...
ListenFake Polls: NBC/WSJ Pollster Peter Hart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode Peter Hart, who has conducted the NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll since 1989 discusses what “margin of error” really means, the mistakes that he and those in polling made during the 2...
ListenWashington Post’s Margaret Sullivan: Fake News, Muddy Waters and Presidential Tweets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Washington Post’s media columnist Margaret Sullivan has an incredible job to do these days—make sense out of a new digital media landscape where the lines between real news, fake news and sati...
ListenCiquizza and The Fix: Changing media in an era of outrageous politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza is one of the most innovative journalists working today. He created "The Fix," the widely popular politics weblog that's become an addiction for Washington Pos...
ListenNew Yorker’s Evan Osnos: Dispatch From Pyongyang from 2017-09-26T16:00
In this episode, we talk to the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos about his New Yorker piece “The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea.” Osnos spent 5 days in late August visiting Pyongyang. His reporting o...
ListenABC's Jonathan Karl at the UN with Trump from 2017-09-21T10:15
In this episode ABC's Jonathan Karl calls in from New York, where he's covering President Trump's visit to the UN plus a discussion about the Muller investigation.
ListenPolitico’s Josh Dawsey: Gen. Flynn Scoop from 2017-09-13T16:15
Politico’s Josh Dawsey reported today that as a top official on President Donald Trump’s transition team, former Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn actively promoted a private-sector scheme to build doze...
ListenNYT’s Glenn Thrush: What’s Going On? from 2017-09-08T11:00
When we really want to know what’s going on deep inside the Trump White House and with the President himself, there is no one better to turn to that New York Times White House correspondent Glenn ...
ListenPolitico’s Tara Palmeri: A Reporter With Sources from 2017-08-07T14:15
Sean Spicer infamously said Politico’s star White House correspondent Tara Palmeri was “an idiot with no real sources.” We beg to differ! In this wide ranging discussion taped on the eve of Presid...
ListenPolitico’s Playbook: Pulse of Political Pop Culture from 2017-07-17T15:00
In this episode we talk to Playbook’s Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman, two members of the team that took the reins from Playbook’s creator Mike Allen a year ago this month. Since that time, Anna and ...
ListenEzra Klein: Collusion is Likely from 2017-07-12T16:15
In this episode with Vox’s Ezra Klein, we discuss the Donald Trump, Jr. emails, what “collusion means” and what Klein calls “a dark time” in Washington. Download transcript here.
ListenWhite House Access: WH Correspondent’s Association President Jeff Mason from 2017-06-21T13:30
Reuters’ White House correspondent Jeff Mason serves double duty. In addition to covering President Trump, Jeff is the current White House Correspondents Association President. This episode of our...
ListenTrump's Unforced Errors from 2017-06-16T10:00
National Journal's George Condon has covered 9 Presidents of the United States including President Trump. Condon is regarded as the "Dean" of the White House Press Corps and we asked for his impre...
ListenFreewheeling White House: Politico's Annie Karni from 2017-06-07T09:00
Politico's Annie Karni covers the freewheeling Trump White House, where Jared and Ivanka have their own communications apparatus and it's often hard to know who is in charge of what because it app...
ListenWitch Hunt: NYT’s Peter Baker on WH turmoil from 2017-05-18T15:15
This morning President Trump tweeted, “This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” We spoke with New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker about t...
ListenWhite House Hot Seat: Ashley Parker of the Wash Post on the unfolding aftermath of Comey’s Firing from 2017-05-11T13:15
Just two days after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the Washington Post White House correspondent talks about being in the hot seat as the Comey story and associated news unfolds. ...
ListenComey Fired: David Ignatius of the Wash Post on the mystery surrounding the FBI Director’s Dismissal from 2017-05-10T13:45
Less than 18 hours after the shocking news that FBI Director James Comey had been fired by President Trump, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius discusses his reporting on the White House’s ac...
ListenTrump’s Trial Balloons: Talking Trump Coverage with Bloomberg’s Margaret Talev from 2017-05-03T15:30
This week, Donald Trump told Bloomberg’s Senior White House Correspondent Margaret Talev he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, that he may propose a gas tax to pay for bridge and roa...
ListenShattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign from 2017-04-25T14:45
A candid conversation with authors Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen about what went wrong with Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the reporting for their best-selling book out this week “Shattered: Insi...
ListenThe Real Glenn Thrush: A conversation with NYT’s White House Correspondent from 2017-04-14T17:30
Covering the Trump White House may be the most exciting beat the New York Times’ Glenn Thrush has experienced in a career choice full of exciting assignments. In this wide ranging conversation abo...
ListenThe Wall Exists: Editorial Balance at WSJ from 2017-03-08T12:15
The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib tells us that in the era of Donald Trump, the Journal continues to cover news as it always has—fairly and with tough reporting. Seib ma...
ListenThe Root: Unapologetically Black from 2017-03-06T11:15
Danielle Belton is the award winning editor of The Root, the African-American online cultural magazine. In this wide ranging discussion, Belton tells us that The Root “doesn’t believe in respectab...
ListenA Smarter Texas: Evan Smith, Texas Tribune CEO from 2017-02-22T11:00
Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith is changing the way news is covered in Texas. In an era of disappearing traditional newspapers, The Texas Tribune provides a model for 21st century journalism that has...
ListenStephen Colbert: Trump stole my gig from 2017-02-10T10:15
Late Show host and satirist Stephen Colbert, who once announced that he would run for President of the United States, believes Donald Trump took a few pages out of his playbook. In this episode we...
ListenWe’re Not the Opposition Party: NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack from 2017-02-01T16:00
NBC News and MSNBC’s chief Andrew Lack believes that the Trump Administration poses a “test of character for many news organizations.” In this wide ranging discussion, he discusses the challenge o...
ListenAlt-Facts and Journalism That Holds: NPR’s Editorial Director Michael Oreskes from 2017-01-25T10:15
NPR’s top man in charge of news Michael Oreskes joined us for a fascinating discussion about “alternative facts,” covering the Trump presidency, and what it takes to produce solid journalism in a ...
Listen“Tweets are the new press release” with New York Times Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth Bumiller from 2017-01-19T10:45
Tweets from Donald Trump will be treated like press releases the Times’ Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth told us. The ones that contain news will get coverage, the ones that don’t will not. In th...
ListenJake Tapper and Trump’s First Press Conference from 2017-01-13T15:15
On this episode, we spoke to CNN anchor Jake Tapper about Donald Trump’s first news conference, the decision to report on an intelligence dossier and the challenges of covering a new president. Do...
ListenChris Wallace and the Fox Firewall from 2017-01-11T10:45
On this episode, we spoke to Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace, moderator for the past 14 years of Fox News Sunday. Wallace moderated the third Presidential debate this year, the first time a Fox m...
ListenAftermath: Reporting on Russian Hacks with NYT's David Sanger from 2016-12-20T10:45
The New York Times's David Sanger is part of a team that explained how Russian hackers attempted to play a role in the US presidential election. A great discussion on what happened and when, how i...
ListenJournalism is Disappearing from War Zones from 2016-12-07T10:15
This week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released its new survey, the “2016 People on War report.” Drawing on the views of 17,000 people in 16 countries, the report provides ...
ListenThe New Yorker's Jill Lepore from 2016-11-23T10:00
In this episode, The New Yorker's Jill Lepore discusses the huge crisis in American journalism in the aftermath of the presidential election, inaccurate polling, social media impact, fake news, da...
ListenCNN’s Brian Stelter is Reliable from 2016-11-07T16:00
On the eve of the most unusual presidential election in recent memory, we spoke to Brian Stelter, the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” about the “plague of fake news that set out to trick people” ...
ListenMic media trailblazer Chris Altcheck from 2016-11-02T13:30
With an audience of over 65 million millennials, Mic has become the go-to media company for a generation. With its emphasis on tailoring news for a generation that is inquisitive and has a healthy...
ListenDan Balz is the first political reporter to turn to from 2016-10-31T11:00
In this unprecedented election season, or in any, as Bob Schieffer points out, the Washington Post’s Dan Balz is the first political reporter to turn to in order to make sense of what’s going on. ...
ListenHugh Hewitt on the Wildest Election Ever from 2016-10-23T20:15
In this "have you ever election," Hugh Hewitt is one of the best people to talk to in order to make sense of it all. We spoke to Hugh about Trump, Hillary, the US media landscape and more in this ...
ListenVox Media CEO Jim Bankoff and the Supersonic Digital Media Revolution from 2016-10-18T15:30
Vox media has been called a “publishing house for the digital age.” As we learned in this fascinating conversation with Vox CEO Jim Bankoff, the company is an even bigger deal than that. With its ...
ListenThe Bezos Effect: Dan Kennedy and the Future of Newspapers from 2016-09-29T18:15
In this episode, we talk to Media Nation blogging guru Dan Kennedy about the future of newspapers and the technology that is changing the media landscape. Kennedy, a professor at Northeastern Univ...
ListenMaureen Dowd on The Year of Voting Dangerously from 2016-09-15T14:15
Maureen Dowd, the superstar New York Times columnist and political observer has a new book out September 13 "The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics." On the eve of he...
ListenNancy Youssef, a Muslim overheard at the Pentagon from 2016-09-07T10:45
The Daily Beast’s national security correspondent, Nancy Youssef, is an Egyptian-American journalist, a Muslim and perhaps most of all, according to her, an advocate for her readers. In this episo...
ListenMediaite Dan Abrams from 2016-08-30T15:00
From TV green rooms to the corridors of the senate to the latest hashtag revolt, Mediaite.com has become a source on the intersection of politics and media across the political spectrum. On this e...
ListenSoledad O’Brien does it all from 2016-08-23T12:15
News anchor, field reporter, documentarian, producer and business woman, Soledad O’Brien does it all. One of the most entrepreneurial journalists of her generation, Soledad talks about her career,...
ListenWalt Mossberg and the end of News Websites from 2016-08-16T16:15
Steve Jobs launched the first ever podcast on stage with Walt Mossberg at Mossberg’s now legendary “All Things Digital Conference.” Mossberg, widely regarded as one of the world’s most influential...
ListenCBS’s Holly Williams reports from the Danger Zone from 2016-08-10T13:45
CBS News Foreign Correspondent Holly Williams talks about reporting from some of the world’s most dangerous places—watching the attempted coup in Turkey from the balcony of her home as fighter jet...
ListenTrump’s Foreign Policy and Zero Days from 2016-08-04T10:45
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger talks about his lengthy interviews with Donald Trump on foreign policy, the DNC hack attack and what goes into reporting on the biggest ...
ListenSchieffer’s 25th Convention from 2016-07-26T18:00
In this episode of About the News, Andrew interviews Bob at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the 25th national political convention Bob has covered as a journalist. Bob provides...
ListenThe Orlando Sentinel from 2016-07-19T11:30
Managing Editor John Cutter talks about covering the Orlando attack, survival in the newspaper business, checks on government, innovation and more. Download transcript here.
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