MeidasTouch Letter to Reporters After COLBERT COUP

By Ben Meiselas

To all reporters with dignity and fearlessness:

The latest actions by CBS should show you once and for all that corporate news in America is no different than regime media in Russia or North Korea. In fact, the first thing Putin did when he consolidated power was to go after the comedians who made jokes about him. When I recently interviewed legendary musician Ben Folds, he made a great point: that authoritarians like Trump claim they don’t care about the arts, yet the first thing they always do is dismantle it.

This is a major moment for you.

It won’t be easy for you to leave corporate news. But you must leave.

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