Vivek and Semafor’s Ben Smith on Buzzfeed, Assange, and Media Bias Ahead of the Trump-Biden Debate

Media failures in the lead-up to the 2020 election should sound alarm bells for their coverage of the 2024 race. I spoke to Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith ahead of the first Trump-Biden debate. We cover the Julian Assange plea deal, my shareholder activism at BuzzFeed, and the revival of institutional purpose.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
4:02 - Prison of Party Affiliation
13:39 - Reviving Institutional Purpose
31:57 - Institutional Honesty
49:30 - Difficult Cases in Journalism
51:50 - 2024 Presidential Media Landscape
58:56 - BuzzFeed