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David Folkenflik
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Folkenflik covers journalism, the news business and the media for NPR News, with an emphasis on the free flow of information in civil society and threats to a free press.
He is also the author of “Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Media Empires” and editor of “Page One: Inside the New York Times and the Future of Journalism.”
He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work. Business Insider has called Folkenflik one of the 50 most influential people in American media. Geraldo Rivera, then of Fox News, called him “a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter.