Episode Details

President Trump and his DOJ are aggressively tracking down leakers, and one has now been arrested and jailed over what POTUS says was the leak of top-secret information tied to Venezuela strikes—prompting Joe Pags to break down how a Washington Post reporter allegedly obtained the material and whether journalists themselves could face legal exposure. Drawing on more than 35 years running newsrooms and anchoring major broadcasts, Pags then unloads on a local station for flat-out misreporting, explaining exactly how bad journalism turns into viral misinformation and why Americans should be far more careful about where they get their news. Finally, the father-in-law of Renee Good speaks out, and his words add a stunning new layer to the Minneapolis ICE shooting story—raising emotional, factual, and moral questions you won’t hear framed this way anywhere else.

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