Beat The Press with Emily Rooney - Episode 3: Reporting without a safety net in Ukraine, Anthony Weiner’s radio show comeback, and more.

On this episode; two relativly new start up news organizations with similar missions have launched, can they survive as advertised? Erin Overbey has complained her way out of a job at The New Yorker, was bringing her grievances to social media to blame? What's up with the new programming at CNN? And what's going on at Twitter w/ Elon Musk now?

These topics as well as out panels "Rants and Raves".

Joining host Emily Rooney are Lylah Alphonse of The Boston Globe, John Keller of WBZ-TV, and former NECN anchor Mike Nikitas. 

Emily interviews former longtime WCVB-TV Boston news anchor Natalie Jacobson, discussing her new book 'Every Life a Story'. They discuss the glory days of Boston TV and the future of the news cycle as a whole. They also talk about the pros and cons of working with a spouse under the public eye.

On this special episode of Beat the Press, host Emily Rooney is joined by Bill O'Reilly, the veteran journalist who pioneered opinion journalism during a 20-year run at Fox News. Also the author of the best-selling Killing series and the host of No Spin News, O'Reilly joins Beat the Press to discuss the state of the news business, fairness in news, mis- and disinformation, and much more.

On this episode, a deep dive into the coverage of the January 6th hearings, how the story was and WAS NOT told depending on the network; on Watergate's 50th anniversary, discussion on the similarities between that event and the Jan 6th insurrection; and the continuing issues at The Washington Post that has led to a suspension of one writer and the firing of another.

These topics as well as the panels rants and raves.

Host Emily Rooney with media consultant Susie Banikarim, former NECN anchor Mike Nikitas, and Jon Keller from WBZ-TV..  

A single themed show on this episode of Beat The Press: The Media and the mass shooting dilemma. Does the press contribute to mass shooting contagion? How much should be reported about the gunmen themselves? What would happen if the photos from gruesome mass shootings were made public? When is too soon to bring up the politics of guns? These questions as well as the panels rants and raves of the week.

Joining Emily Rooney are Lylah Alphonse of The Boston Globe, Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine, and Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University.

On this episode; What is Replacement Theory and do believers care about the facts? Do GOP candidates have names and positions or is it just enough to say "Trump backed"? The Blame Game; who leaked the Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade? What the heck is a UAP? That and the panels 'rants and raves' of the week.

Host Emily Rooney with media consultant Susie Banikarim, former NECN anchor Mike Nikitas, and Dan Kennedy from Northeastern University.

In this episode, the new "Dis-information Board" gets dissed, the New York Times 20,000 word tome about Tucker Carlson, Ukraine President Zelensky is winning the social media war,  and why the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial is getting so much press from all outlets. That and the panels 'rants and raves' of the week.

Host Emily Rooney with Lylah Alphonse of The Boston Globe, Jon Keller of WBZ-TV, and Dan Kennedy from Northeastern University.

In this episode, Elon Musk and his purchase of Twitter, Kevin McCarthy is caught on tape talking about asking Donald Trump for his resignation,  'Libs of Tik Tok' and why Tucker Carlson so infatuated with it, and Dan Kennedy proves correct that CNN+ was 'headed for an iceberg', closing shop only a month after it's release. That and the panels 'rants and raves' of the week.

Host Emily Rooney with Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine, Dan Kennedy from Northeastern University, and Jon Keller of WBZ-TV.

In this episode, the slap heard round the world, Ginni Thomas and her controversial texts, CBS staffers including Stephen Colbert cringe over the hiring of Mick Mulvaney, and what are revanchism and irredentism? This and more, with the panelists rants and raves of the week.

Host Emily Rooney with Lylah Alphonse of the Boston Globe, media consultant Susie Banikarim, and former NECN anchor Mike Nikitas.

In this episode, Russia's disinformation campaign with some help from Putin's media pals here in the USA, Tik Tok stars get the royal treatment from the White House, why the main stream media may be hoping for a libel verdict against their 'own', a New York Times editorial on cancel culture gets eviscerated on social media, and what happens when the media uses the language of advocates.

Host Emily Rooney with media strategist Susie Banikarim, Dan Kennedy from Northeastern University, and Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine.