EP 135: Massey Essay series - George Packer

As regular readers of this Substack will know, this spring Tara has been writing the Massey Essay on the state of the media — a partnership between Massey College at the University of Toronto and the Literary Review of Canada. You can read it here. The annual essay honours the legacy of the long-time CBC producer Vincent Massey Tovell. This year’s essay explores the collapse of public trust in the media. To mark the occasion, we are  presenting a series of encore interviews with some of the journalists that helped shape Tara"s thinking for this essay. Including today’s conversation, which originally aired in November of 2023. George Packer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and the author of ten books.  You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com