What Next | How Trump Got ABC to Pay Up

What ABC’s huge defamation settlement with Donald Trump says about the state of the media, heading into Trump’s second term. 

Guest: David Folkenflik, media correspondent for NPR.

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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.
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