Katie Couric rejects 'bothsidesism' in news coverage, says people don't want 'just the facts'

John Fetterman spars with Katie Couric over Trump, Charlie Kirk Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., pushed back on podcast host Katie Couric when she accused President Trump of acting against democracy. Katie Couric spoke out against "bothsidesism" in news coverage and insisted people don't want "just the facts" in the current media environment . Appearing on Tuesday's installment of "The Grill Room" podcast , Couric decried the current backlash against the "expert" class, saying she loves talking to people "with a deep well of knowledge" about specific issues. "So what I try to do, and what we try to do, is help people stay abreast of everything that's happening, which is increasingly difficult given the velocity of things that are thrown at us primarily by this administration," Couric told host Dylan Byers. "But try to understand and give them some perspective and context and help explain in some cases why people need to be aware and concerned about some of the things that are happening in this country." KATIE COURIC EMBRACES HER LIBERAL STANCE FOLLOWING YEARS IN BROADCAST NEWS: ‘I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE' Veteran TV journalist Katie Couric decried the backlash among the "expert" class in an interview on "The Grill Room" podcast. (Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images) "And I think I feel more comfortable in speaking out about things than I ever would have, obviously, on 'The Today Show.' I think that it was a different time ... but I think if I were on 'The Today Show' now, I would feel muzzled, and I think that I would feel frustrated that we couldn't really talk about the stuff that was happening and in a deep way." The veteran TV host went on to say that she feels "upset" by what's going on in the country, telling Byers her job is to "help people understand why this is not normal." WHITE HOUSE RIPS KATIE COURIC AFTER PRESSING FETTERMAN TO DISAVOW CHARLIE KIRK, TRUMP "I guess that puts me squarely on one side of the media divide, but I'm ok with that," Couric said. "Cause I want my grandkids to say, 'Yeah, she did that morning show, and she did an evening newscast, but like when the rubber was really hitting the road, she made sure that people understood what that meant and what was going on. "And I think the era of kind of bothsidesism or just the facts - and by the way, just the facts without context, without examination, I don't think people really want that." Couric insisted people don't want "just the facts" news coverage without context or examination. (Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights) Couric also told Byers that "one of the hardest jobs in journalism" today is interviewing President Donald Trump . "He's a very, very difficult person to interview, because you can spend every question with a fact-checking follow-up. And it's very difficult to do," Couric said. When asked whether she would want an Oval Office interview, she replied, "Obviously, if I...

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