FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham

PBS Hosts Historian Meacham: Trump Is Like McCarthy, Jesse Jackson Kept ‘Hope Alive’

PBS’s Firing Line with Margaret Hoover hosted the elitist media’s favorite historian Jon Meacham, who predictably found parallels between President Donald Trump and House Rep. Joe McCarthy of so-called “Red Scare” infamy, while hailing the late Jesse Jackson. The slant started in host Margaret Hoover’s introduction, a clip montage featuring “triumphs” of democracy consisting of archive footage of women gaining the right to vote. The “trials” of …

FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham

Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover on FIRING LINE(PBS)Stream now with KPBS+ On this episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham reflects on 250 years of American triumphs and tragedies, the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the challenges to democracy in the Trump era, through his new book, "American Struggle."About The Series: Join author, activist and commentator Margaret Hoover for a public affairs talk show that …