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    Will the Media Scrutinize Trump Like Other Candidates?

    Donald Trump's presidential candidacy started out as a joke, but he's now being taken seriously at the White House. What about the media?

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    By Warren Olney • May 6, 2016 • 9m Listen

    Donald Trump's presidential candidacy started out as a joke, but he's now being taken seriously at the White House. What about the media? Today, for the first time, President Obama addressed Donald Trump's presumptive candidacy to be his successor — taking a swipe at political coverage and urging reporters to take Trump as seriously as they take other candidates for high public office.

    Walter Shapiro has covered 10 presidential contests. He's now a columnist for Roll Call and a lecturer on politics and the media at Yale. His latest book is Hustling Hitler, about his own uncle — a consummate confidence man.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christine Detz

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Walter Shapiro

      Roll Call / Yale University

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    The City as the Power Center
    1. 1:53Sadiq Khan Becomes London's First Muslim Mayor
    2. 8:44Will the United States Become the United Cities of America?
    3. 42:54Will the Media Scrutinize Trump Like Other Candidates?You’re reading this
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