The New York Times' Ben Smith

Dylan Byers talks with Ben Smith, Media Columnist at the New York Times, about the changing media landscape during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed, on PandaConf + ContentMakers stage during day one of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center May 21, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By E?in Noonan/Sportsfile via Getty Images)E?in Noonan / Sportsfile via Getty Images file

March 25, 2020, 1:48 PM UTC

In this episode of Byers Market, Dylan Byers talks to Ben Smith, the former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief who took up residency as The New York Times media columnist weeks before the coronavirus hit the US. Smith reflects on the ways social media companies are handling misinformation about the virus on their platforms and the ways news outlets are covering the crisis.

Find the transcript here.

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