Episode 5: The Media's Dysfunctional Dance With Donald Trump

03/17/16 • 43 min

Never has the battle to balance fair journalism practices with the commercial realities of the business been put in such stark light: Trump despises the media, but he also loves and needs them, and media loves and (mostly) needs him right back. John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss the media circus surrounding the Republican front-runner, and speak with Jenna Johnson, Trump reporter for The Washington Post.

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Culture Caucus - Episode 5: The Media's Dysfunctional Dance With Donald Trump

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Brought to you by Oppenheimer Funds The Right Way to Invest. Explore long term opportunities at Oppenheimer Funds dot com. Hey, this is John Heilman and I am Will Lee, and we're here with the groundbreaking, mold shattering expectations, defying gravity, flaunting, brain melting, brain melting. Do you flaunt something or do you I don't know, anyway, I don't think it's flaunting, right, Maybe it is flaunting gravity flaunting that makes sense. Um.