Evan Smith of Texas Tribune: 'People Assume the Media is Liberal'

Is it possible to throw out all personal biases and values and do truly objective reporting about the government?

Evan Smith, CEO and editor-in-chief of Texas Tribune, thinks so. The news organization has had success by offering quality journalism and comprehensive databases of public records. And, at almost one year in, Smith says the site remains beholden only to the citizens.

“People just assume the media is liberal. That’s just sort of taken as a fact, not a question,” he said in our Media Beat interview.

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