How culpable is the media for the political fragmentation of the nation? We explore that with the former presidents of CBS News and CNN, Andrew Heyward and Jonathan Klein; Ethan Zuckerman, director of the MIT Civic Media Lab; and Tucker Doherty, Politico data reporter.

American Faultlines

How the Media Divided America 5/14/17

Lawrence Pintak is the host of American Fault/lines (www.AmericanFaultlines.com), a ten-part series of post-inauguration programs focusing on issues that divide American society and divide America from the world. The series airs Sundays on FM News 101 KXL Portland, OR and is available online. Pintak is an award-winning former CBS News Middle East correspondent, founding dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University (2009-2016), Senior Non-Resident Fellow at The Atlantic Council, and contributor to ForeignPolicy.com. Read his articles at www.pintak.com. His books include Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam & the War of Ideas; Islam for Journalists (and Everyone Else); The New Arab Journalist; and Seeds of Hate: How America's Flawed Middle East Policy Ignited the Jihad. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. Twitter @Lpintak.

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