The State of Trump's Union is a 10-part series airing on The Last Word in the run-up to the US election in November.

We'll be talking to a variety of people with informed views about the issues dividing and uniting the United States, where the country is politically, socially and economically, the dangers it's facing, where power lies and how it is used.

This week's guest is Professor Jay Rosen, lecturer in journalism at NYU and creator of the PressThink blog.

He gave his thoughts on the current media coverage of politics in America, how journalists should approach the forthcoming election and what can be done to counteract misinformation.