Steve Schmidt explains why the media will not save democracy from Donald Trump | The Warning
Steve Schmidt breaks down an excerpt from former executive editor of The Washington Post's Marty Baron's new book discussing pushback he got from the Trump family. Steve explains that if we want to keep our democracy from being destroyed by Donald Trump, it is up to us, not the news media.
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ICE Jailed a Student for an Op-Ed, Now She’s Left America
In recent days, we learned that Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University grad student who was snatched off the street by masked ICE agents last year and locked up for more than a month, has had enough of America, and moved home to Turkey. The U.S. government had continued to threaten her with legal p...
DOJ Subpoenas WSJ Reporters over Iran Coverage
May 12, 2026; 6pm; The Department of Justice has subpoenaed Wall Street Journal reporters over Iran coverage. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by Marty Baron, former executive editor for The Washington Post. Plus, House Democrats ramp up their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Democrat...
Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron on journalism under Trump 2.0
It's no secret that legacy media is facing a crisis.
Traditional media outlets like newspapers, television and radio stations have had their business model upended by the internet, social media and now AI.
Newspapers in the US are closing their doors at a rate of two per week, according to one st...
Trump Approval Crashes Amid Mistakes
June 23, 2026; 6pm: President Trump is threatening to sue ABC News again over its coverage of his multi-million dollar renovation of the Reflecting Pool. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by esteemed veteran journalist Marty Baron, former executive editor for The Washington Post. Plus, co...
Trump caves to pushback again; another humiliation in court
Jen Psaki points out that it wouldn't be unreasonable for someone to hear the news that Trump suffered another "subpoena fail" and ask, which one? Most recently, Trump has tried to bully the New York Times after he was embarrassed by reports that his new Qatari jet was not properly outfitted. But...
Truth Across Borders
Marty Baron, former editor of The Washington Post and The Boston Globe; Paola Ramos, Telemundo contributor and host of The Moment; and media entrepreneur Javier Marin discuss how journalism has evolved over the last few decades and what challenges the industry may face in the future.
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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
2023 will go down as the year that Elon Musk killed Twitter. First he did it in a big way, by buying the company, firing most of the employees, and destabilizing the platform; then he did it in a small, but important, symbolic way, by renaming the company X and trying to make a full break with wh...
Marty Baron - Former Editor of the Washington Post - on Venezuela, Trump, and the Role of the Press
A Charlie Rose Global ConversationUploaded 03-01-26Freedom was at the heart of America 250 years ago on July 4th, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Freedom of speech was recognized as an American right. It was essential to the responsibility of journalism in America to hold p...