{"podcast":{"title":"The Middle Ground Mic","slug":"the-middle-ground-mic-7275421","podcast_index_feed_id":7275421,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2465711.rss","website_url":"https://www.themiddlegroundmic.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/v0gdqdpcxh9tn3cl6vi57t68ixkq?.jpg","author":"Joe","episode_count":210,"summary":"Tired of partisan bullshit tearing America apart while politicians hide behind excuses and sacred cows get endless protection? Step into The MiddleGround Mic, the no-compromise centrist politics podcast that refuses to play nice with extremes. No Left. No Right. Forward. Hosted by Joseph Steagall, we deliver militant centrism at full throttle — ripping apart hypocrisy from every angle, calling out the nonsense on both sides, and hammering pragmatic, zero-BS fixes for the real fights: elections, foreign policy disasters, border security failures, economic meltdown, and community breakdowns in this fractured mess of a country. Regularly hitting the top 30 in U.S. News Commentary with over 750,000 downloads and rising fast, we bring raw, bipartisan truth from thought leaders, journalists, policymakers, and actual people — not scripted talking heads. This is the honesty, clarity, and politics without tribal loyalty that the mainstream media won’t touch. Being MiddleGround or centrist isn’t weakness or fence-sitting — it’s being a straight-up warrior against the insanity of echo chambers, armed with facts and the spine to say what everyone else is too scared to. If you’re independent,…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421"},"episode":{"title":"Why People Don’t Trust the News Anymore | Off the Press Managing Editor Explains","slug":"why-people-don-t-trust-the-news-anymore-off-the-press-managing-editor-explains","published_at":"2026-02-11T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/why-people-don-t-trust-the-news-anymore-off-the-press-managing-editor-explains","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421","url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/2465711/episodes/18660470-why-people-don-t-trust-the-news-anymore-off-the-press-managing-editor-explains.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/2465711/episodes/18660470-why-people-don-t-trust-the-news-anymore-off-the-press-managing-editor-explains.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail Trust in media is collapsing — and the people inside journalism know it. In this episode, Joe sits down with Julian Baron, Managing Editor at Off the Press, to break down how the internet reshaped journalism, why legacy media is losing credibility, and why audiences are walking away from traditional news. Julian shares an insider perspective on: • How algorithms reward outrage over accuracy • Why smaller digital outlets are gaining trust • How power has shifted from media i...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail Trust in media is collapsing — and the people inside journalism know it. In this episode, Joe sits down with Julian Baron, Managing Edito…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1618,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/episodes/why-people-don-t-trust-the-news-anymore-off-the-press-managing-editor-explains/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-middle-ground-mic-7275421/why-people-don-t-trust-the-news-anymore-off-the-press-managing-editor-explains.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}