Media Executives Discuss Restoring Trust in News

The event was held on February 27. 

C-SPAN: Top executives from The New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NBC, and NPR gathered at a summit hosted by Semafor in Washington, DC, to discuss restoring public trust in news. Topics included current events affecting the media industry, such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ changes to The Washington Post, the Trump administration blocking the Associated Press’ access to the White House, and the Federal Communications Commission’s investigation into NPR. Other topics included technological changes in the media landscape and traditional news versus online influencers. FCC Chair Brendan Carr was the final speaker of the event, who discussed regulating broadcast media under the second Trump administration.