The Verge · Technology · 2026-08-17
It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor. Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consumed more of it. Audiences have moved on from legacy names in favor of Substacks and podcasts and TikTok news influencers that seem to be everywhere in our feeds. Why […] Semafor’s editor-in-chief on billionaire owners, news influencers, and the anti-scale era of media. It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
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