America's Reckoning: Trump, the Midterms and the Media

American voters have delivered a political reckoning, handing Democrats control of the House and Senate and producing historic results in Texas and Michigan. But what do the midterms reveal about Donald Trump's presidency, the influence of powerful political interests, and the state of American democracy?

As CBS News undergoes a transformation, CNN faces questions about editorial independence, and public broadcasting reels from funding cuts, America's media institutions are facing a reckoning of their own.

Tina Quinn is joined by Kim Hoggard, former Assistant Press Secretary to Ronald Reagan who also worked with James Baker and George H. W. Bush, and Prue Clarke, former ABC and Financial Times journalist and Co-Founder and Executive Director of New Narratives.

Together, they examine the changing relationship between the White House and the press, AIPAC's influence in American politics, the consequences of the war in Iran, and whether American journalism is equipped to hold political power to account.

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