Mickey Huff, director of Project Censored and the president of the Media Freedom Foundation highlights his latest book (co-authored with Nolan Higdon) United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America.

A former reality television star is President of the United States and has declared a war on the media. The relationship between Presidents and the press has always been fraught with political pitfalls. A free press is enshrined in our constitution and is intended to be a bulwark against abuses of power, shining a light on wrongdoing and holding politicians’ feet to the fire. But today corporate-controlled media dominate the journalistic landscape and a handful of media outlets enjoy such a cozy relationship with the White House that they are little more than mouthpieces of propaganda.

How did we get here? Mickey Huff breaks it down into super bite sized chunks…