The Fourth Estate - Season 1 Episode 2 The Trump Bump
Shortly after FBI director James Comey is fired, The Times is on to a huge scoop with ongoing reverberations regarding Comey’s memos about his meetings with President Trump. Things are made more dire when The Times reveals details of a secret meeting between members of the Trump campaign and a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin. But even as The Times drives this shocking flow of new information, it continues to squarely address its own inner challenges. Can The Times adapt to a digital future without losing something vital in the process?
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Showtime
- Keyword: journalism, press freedom, new york times
- Cast: Maggie Haberman, Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, Elisabeth Bumiller, Dean Baquet, Donald Trump