The Narrative Monopoly

#13 - Eliana Johnson, Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Free Beacon

Episode Summary

A conversation with Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon, on the state of media & politics

Episode Notes

Bio

Eliana Johnson is editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon. Prior to joining the Free Beacon, she served as a White House correspondent at POLITICO. She is a regular presence on cable television and has appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, CBS’s Face the Nation, ABC’s This Week, and the PBS News Hour. She graduated from Yale College with a degree in History.

Times

• 0:15 - Eliana’s background
• 3:15 -  Getting started in journalism
• 6:00 - Incentives for sources
• 10:00 -  A return to the party press & objective journalism
• 18:00 - Rigor of & insights from working the White House beat
• 22:30 - Young employees influence in newsrooms
• 28:00 - Cable news
• 31:00 - Update on the Biden administration
• 34:40 - What has Biden left in place from the Trump administration?
• 38:20 - “Infrastructure bill” update
• 40:15 - Court packing commission
• 42:30 - 2024 GOP Primary
• 50:15 - Intra conservative debates impact on primary

Links

Eliana's twitter

Jeff's twitter

NarrativeMonopoly.com