{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frealclearinvestigations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F109-TPG9DS1G","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"My Lai to Russiagate: Journalism's March from Skeptic to Mouthpiece | RCI Podcast #109","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/69be5d4f-b498-44bc-b3b5-f614ce9a7957/15d89b05-a97a-47e1-b119-1973a15e2b2e/rci_109_sq_750x750.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/f80789ad-daf2-4cf1-abe3-bf2738ee7a17\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"My Lai to Russiagate: Journalism&apos;s March from Skeptic to Mouthpiece | RCI Podcast #109\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney use the new Netflix documentary “Cover-Up,” on investigative reporting legend Seymour Hersh as a springboard for a wide-ranging discussion with RCI contributor Aaron Maté about the decline of skepticism and rise of propaganda in the legacy media.\n\nOn this week’s News Roundup, Zane and Varney discuss a Washington Post article about Trump’s effort to remake the federal bureaucracy by firing and then hiring workers; two Wall Street Journal investigations of Medicaid and Medicare that suggest that in addition to fraud, waste and abuse, a near criminal lack of oversight costs taxpayers billions and a City Journal article on the politicization of sports reporting.\n\n00:00 Intro\n00:31 News Roundup: Trump Administration's Impact on Federal Workforce\n05:29 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Government\n10:02 Politicization of Sports Writing\n16:16 Interview with Aaron Mate on Netflix Seymour Hersh Documentary “Cover-Up” \n29:04 Russiagate and Media Accountability\n50:15 Conclusion and Upcoming Work\n\n"}