Study Group with Susan Glasser & Peter Baker: The Future of Accountability Journalism

One of the central missions of an independent media is to scrutinize important institutions and tell stories that powerful people may not want told. At its best, journalism serves as a check on corruption, public dishonesty and abuses of authority. But at a time when news organizations are under stress and readership and viewership are increasingly fragmented, can investigative reporters still do their job and still make a difference? Or are audiences inured to the culture of scandal?

GUEST: Lesley Stahl, Correspondent for 60 Minutes and former White House Correspondent for CBS under Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush.

About Lesley Stahl

Ms. Stahl has worked at CBS News since 1972 when she covered the Watergate scandal, during the Nixon Administration.

She was the CBS White House Correspondent during the Carter, Reagan and much of the George HW Bush years. From 1972-91 she also moderated Face the Nation on Sunday mornings. She has been at 60 Minutes since 1991. While there she has authored two books: “Reporting Live" and "Becoming Grandma."

She and her late husband, the author and screenwriter Aaron Latham, have a daughter and two granddaughters.

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OFF-THE-RECORD: In keeping with our long tradition at the IOP to ensure honest and candid discussions of politics, all IOP study groups are off-the-record.