Journalists walk into a post office and they see not the connective tissue of this country,

they see another failing organ of big government.

The post office has been under siege for decades.

No thanks to the media.

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

The announcement of Kamala Harris for Veep

unleashed the inevitable racist slurs,

but this time journalists were ready for it.

The birther claim is a lie, full stop.

It is as easy to debunk as somebody

who uses 2 plus 2 equals 10.

Also, scuttling the post office, pardoning Susan B. Anthony,

smiling upon QAnon.

Heading toward election day, Trump fills the ether with many shiny objects.

It's cliche to say, this is a distraction, this is a distraction,

but the end result is the same. We get distracted. Why it matters that we stay

focused in a news deluge after this. From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield. The narrative at this year's Democratic National Convention was unambiguous.

The upcoming election isn't a referendum on a partisan America because, look, John Kasich and

Colin Powell and even anonymous Republicans are on the bandwagon. The messaging, in fact, was barely

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