DemocraTEAM: Freedom of the Press?

Whether it is “fake news,” “alternative facts” or politicians using the media to influence elections or policy, freedom of the press and the media marketplace are samong the most pertinent issues on the Israeli and American public agendas. In this podcast, Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, vice president of research at IDI and the former president of the Israeli press council, and Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, director of IDI’s Media Reform program, discuss current clashes over Israeli public broadcasting, and compare and contrast media challenges in Israel, the US and the rest of the world.