No Respect: NBC’s Lester Holt is under fire from critics accusing him of promoting propaganda and “shilling” for the North Korean government in his recent reporting from the region.
Trust Us: A new initiative called “Trusting News Project” is looking to help newsrooms across the country foster trust with its readers and viewers. The initiative, backed by the Reynolds Journalism Institute and Knight Foundation, has 30 participating news organizations including the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor.
Piece of Work: Megyn Kelly reignited a spat with Jane Fonda this week, stemming from a rocky interview they did when the former Fox News personality launched her NBC show. This time, it got personal.
Rants and Raves: A review of the week in media.
On this week’s edition of Beat the Press, Emily Rooney was joined at WGBH News studio at the Boston Public Library by Adam Reilly of WGBH News, Shirley Leung of the Boston Globe, Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University and Callie Crossley of WGBH News.
