How Legacy Media Covered and Missed Minnesota’s Massive Fraud Scandal

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🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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As the major fraud allegations in Minnesota continue to unfold, several legacy media outlets are being cast under scrutiny for their coverage decisions surrounding the story. In this episode, we speak with Media Research Center analyst Bill D’Agostino about how legacy outlets covered the story— and how they didn’t, plus how networks shifted to defense once the scandal became impossible to ignore. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. - - - Ep. 2573 - - - ZocDoc: Go to https://Zocdoc.com/WIRE to find and instantly book a doctor you love today. - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.0	The widening fraud scandal in Minnesota is now alleged to involve as much as $9 billion in taxpayer money,
0:39.7	and it's begun to spark significant political fallout.
0:42.7	That includes the announcement this week from Minnesota Governor Tim Walls that he's dropped out of his race for re-election.
0:48.3	Every minute that I spend defending my own political interest would be a minute I can't spend defending the people
0:54.9	of Minnesota against the criminals who pray on our generosity and the cynics who want to pray
1:00.4	on our differences. Despite the magnitude of the scandal, the legacy media has attempted to
1:05.0	downplay it and shift the blame to the people exposing it, including independent journalists.
1:10.1	In this episode, we speak to an analyst at the Media Research Center about the role bias has played
1:15.2	in the legacy media's coverage of the sprawling scandal.
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