My Lai to Russiagate: Journalism's March from Skeptic to Mouthpiece | RCI Podcast #109
March 13, 2026
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as posted by the channelOn this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney use the new Netflix documentary “Cover-Up,” on investigative reporting legend Seymour Hersh as a springboard for a wide-ranging discussion with RCI contributor Aaron Maté about the decline of skepticism and rise of propaganda in the legacy media.
On this week’s News Roundup, Zane and Varney discuss a Washington Post article about Trump’s effort to remake the federal bureaucracy by firing and then hiring workers; two Wall Street Journal investigations of Medicaid and Medicare that suggest that in addition to fraud, waste and abuse, a near criminal lack of oversight costs taxpayers billions and a City Journal article on the politicization of sports reporting.
Articles and Documentaries Discussed in this Episode:
Washington Post: After Firing, Trump Admin Now Hiring
Wall Street Journal: Seniors Pay for Medicare Overpayments
Wall Street Journal: Autism Therapy Is Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Jackpot
City Journal: How Sports Journalism Lurched Leftward
Seymour Hersh Trailer: “Cover-Up”
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