Reporting Trump's First Year: The Fourth Estate - BBC2

By Mandy Cooper
( What's on TV )
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(Image credit: BBC/Doug Mills/The New York Time)

A four-part series goes behind the scenes at the New York Times to capture the media response to President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office

There’s palpable excitement rippling through the offices of the New York Times.

Donald Trump is making his inaugural speech on 20 January 2017.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRBsJNdK1t0

Editors and political journalists are assessing how they are going to report on what is clearly going to be an unorthodox administration.

The New York Times is dubbed 'the enemy' by Donald Trump

The New York Times is dubbed 'the enemy' by Donald Trump

This four-part series, from Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus, begins with the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency and follows staff as they work around the clock, trying to get to the truth about the Russian scandal, breaking stories ahead of the competition, and dealing with Trump accusing the paper of being ‘the enemy of the people’.

TV Times rating: ****

Mandy Cooper
Mandy Cooper
TV Times Highlights Editor

As TV Times Highlights Editor I get to hear about all the latest TV shows coming soon. Here at TVT HQ we are in the privileged position of selecting the best programmes from across all the channels and streaming platforms. Our mission is to make it easier for our readers to decide what to watch - and give them lots of choice of genres - all the latest shows, plus some nostalgic choices we call hidden gems, too. My career began with a postgraduate degree in periodical journalism (ahem, yes old school!) in 1991 and I’ve worked in TV media since 2000.