"The goal was to help government achieve its ends and not, in any way, to call into question the policies… policies that were not tested." – Frances E. Lee
Six years after COVID-19 upended the world, it's still making headlines - this time through Senate hearings, Fauci's subpoenaed diaries, and a resurgent measles outbreak.
Nicholas Muirhead revisits how American newsrooms covered the pandemic, from the rush to brand dissent as misinformation to the reluctance to challenge official messaging - and asks what that era of coverage cost journalism's credibility.
Featuring:
Amesh Adalja – Infectious disease physician, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Frances E. Lee – Author, ‘In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us’
Jeanne Lenzer – Investigative medical journalist
Producer / Reporter: Nicholas Muirhead
Editor: Haim Litani
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