Our guests:

Matthew Karnitschnig is chief editor Europe for POLITICO, based in Berlin. He says: “It’s a myth that good journalism failed. The Trump phenomenon was well explored and analyzed but the ruling classes ignored the warning signs. Many people — especially elites — are in denial over the anti-globalization wave sweeping the West.”

Alan Posener is a political commentator for Die Welt. He says: “Trump and the populists have a simple trick: unleash anger and hatred. Serious journalists have a simple answer: stick with the facts. They win in the end.”

 

 

Ursula Weidenfeld is a renowned Business journalist and she says: “The US-election shows not only the crisis of western democracies: Ist has also shown, that journalists have lost control over the news business.”