Patrick Radden Keefe On Covering Trump: 'You're Dealing With Pathological Liars'

Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin speaks with New Yorker staff writer, author, and executive producer Patrick Radden Keefe about how he thinks the press should cover President Donald Trump's second term in office. They also discuss his career as a journalist, his process for tackling sprawling magazine pieces ("90% reporting and 10% writing), and FX's new show adaptation of his 2018 book, "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland." Chapters: 0:00 - Intro/J.Crew Modeling 1:34 - Reception of Say Nothing on FX 3:50 - Follow-Up Reporting on Say Nothing 5:29 - The Brutality of Disappearing Someone 7:31 - Ties Between Irish and Palestinian Struggles 9:47 - Getting Started in Journalism 11:23 - Pitching to The New Yorker 13:01 - Crafting Expansive Nonfiction Stories 15:00 - Turning Deep Reporting into Arresting Drama 16:46 - Telling Big Stories Through Characters 18:56 - Learning from Screenplays as a Nonfiction Writer 21:24 - Hollywood Challenges and Return to Screenwriting 22:55 - The State of Magazine Journalism 25:58 - How Trump’s Election Changed Journalism 33:44 - Writing Without Access to Subjects 36:24 - Covering Big vs. Behind-the-Scenes Figures 37:26 - What’s Next? Welcome to Mediaite, THE site for news and opinion on the intersection of media and politics. Join Mediaite+ https://www.mediaite.com/subscribe/ ►Subscribe to Mediaite: https://bit.ly/3MjuECB ► Website: https://www.mediaite.com/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediaite/ ► X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mediaite ► Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mediaite ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediaite #politics #news #saynothing #hulu #fx #trump #patrickraddenkeefe #newyorker #election #inauguration