The cast of Friday’s PBS News Hour was not interested in subtlety, nuance, or level-headedness as they discussed recent media news. Host Amna Nawaz wondered if “we’re in much more sinister territory now” due to the changes surrounding the White House press pool. Both Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks agreed, as he went so far as to say Capehart’s employer was now part of the problem given Jeff Bezos’s changes to the editorial page.
Nawaz began, “His continued attacks on the press, blocking the AP’s access from some White House coverage as well. You saw him take control of the White House, take control of the press pool that covers the president full time, makes sure everyone else knows what’s happening with the president.”
Citing Brooks’s colleague, Nawaz continued, “Peter Baker,…
