# The people shaping American media including Mehdi Hasan, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Smith and Johnny Harris

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Podcast: [The Media Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-media-show-1069092)
Published: 2026-03-11T17:01:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sf5w
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## Resource

This week on The Media Show, Ros Atkins is in Washington DC, speaking to some of the most influential voices in American journalism. He talks to Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, Mehdi Hasan, Editor in Chief and CEO of Zeteo, the BBC’s North America Editor Sarah Smith, and filmmaker and YouTube creator Johnny Harris. Together, they reveal how very different media organisations are covering President Trump’s war with Iran and how they see the US media landscape at this moment. Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Content Producer: Lucy Wai

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