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MSNBC Anchor Katy Tur Calls Out Trump Press Hypocrisy and the Discomfort of Covering Him on Policy: ‘It’s Legitimizing a Candidate That Doesn’t Feel Legitimate’


Political reporters gathered at Variety and Rolling Stone's Truth Seekers Summit to analyze the current coverage of the presidential hopefuls.

While reporting for PBS in 2020, Alcindor stood outside the White House waiting for former President Donald Trump to walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church. As part of the Variety& Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Paramount+, Alcindor was joined by CNN anchor Abby Phillip, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur, PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett and CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil for the Politics in the Zeitgeist panel discussion. Bennett echoed Alcindor’s remarks about elevating the facts while reporting the news and emphasized that transparency in the journalistic process is more important than ever.

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