Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
James Bennet, the former New York Times editorial page editor who famously resigned from the paper in 2020 after publishing a controversial op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), has questioned the media’s culture of “illiberalism” that silences debate and caters to the ideological whims of younger, left-leaning journalists and op-ed contributors. He is joined in conversation by Geoffrey Cowan, Director of the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the University of Southern California, to discuss the future of mainstream media and the question of why so many Americans have lost trust in it.
James Bennet, the former New York Times editorial page editor who famously resigned from the paper in 2020 after publishing a controversial op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), has questioned the media’s culture of “illiberalism” that silences debate and caters to the ideological whims of younger, left-leaning journalists and op-ed contributors. He is joined in conversation by Geoffrey Cowan, Director of the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the University of Southern California, to discuss the future of mainstream media and the question of why so many Americans have lost trust in it.
