Media entrepreneur and journalist Elizabeth Spiers thinks the Trump presidency is offering America "the most expensive civics lesson" the country has "ever had to learn." "We're not a propaganda outlet," Spiers told Stelter. But Spiers thinks there is room within the realm of liberal media for more explicitly adversarial journalism, taking a page from the right-wing media's playbook. Subscribe to the "Reliable Sources" podcast on iTunesContingent on securing investment in the fall, she hopes "The Insurrection" might launch in the first quarter of 2018. In the current media landscape -- so fragmented, noisy, and heavily reliant on social media for content to reach audiences -- "you can't really wait for the story to sell itself," Spiers told Stelter.

Source: CNN August 12, 2017 15:00 UTC