The Biggest Story In The Nation: Unpacking the Minneapolis Shooting & the Media's Role
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Jenna provides a comprehensive overview of the news events over the last 48 hours. This report covers the shooting of 37 year-old Alex Pretti, eyewitness accounts, federal and local government on-the-record comments, and public perception. Jenna discusses the importance of nonpartisan journalism in today's media environment.
00:00 The biggest story in the nation.
00:37 Details of the Minneapolis Shooting
03:08 Government and Law Enforcement Response
06:32 Eyewitness Accounts and Media Coverage
17:25 Legal and Political Repercussions
25:45 Statements from Officials and Family
34:37 Outrage Over
35:02 Debate on Gun Possession and Law Enforcement
36:30 Political Reactions and Investigations
37:31 Media's Role in Reporting
41:36 Federal vs. State Law Conflicts
46:25 SmartHER News' Mission and challenges when confronting critique about being on "the right side of history" and picking a side.
52:10 The Importance of Nonpartisan Journalism
01:00:33 Concluding Thoughts and Viewer Engagement
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Scoop, where you get the Scoop on this week's news. My name is Jenna, and this is |
| 0:06.9 | Smarter News. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Scoop. It is Monday, January 26, 2026. And we are confronting a big, |
| 0:20.3 | huge national story. So unlike some of our previous scoop broadcast, |
| 0:25.0 | where I like to give you sort of the lay of the land for the week ahead, today what we're going |
| 0:28.9 | to do is strictly focus on the biggest story in the nation right now, which is what is happening |
| 0:34.7 | in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There was a shooting that happened over the |
| 0:38.8 | weekend, as I'm sure you're aware of, that happened on Saturday morning. We are 48 hours after that |
| 0:43.8 | event now. And my promise to you today at this very moment, which is just afternoon Eastern time, |
| 0:49.9 | is to provide a foundation for what we know 48 hours after the events. |
| 0:55.2 | By the time that you see this or hear it or have a little bit more time to digest it, |
| 0:59.9 | the story will only further develop from here. |
| 1:02.9 | But in this chaotic, quick moving news environment, |
| 1:06.8 | what feels revolutionary is to slow down, timestamp what we're talking about, how we're seeing the story at this very moment, and hopefully provide a little space to get a more complete understanding with some of the issues that are at hand here. Because this story has a lot of layers. There's the shooting itself in which we have more information for you on and more eyewitness accounts. |
| 1:31.3 | And then there's also this additional story that we continue to talk about, which is the relationship |
| 1:35.2 | between the federal, state, and local government. So there's a lot to unpack here. |
| 1:39.7 | Also, in this scenario, and part in the expression, we're going to just drive right into the storm, |
| 1:45.1 | and we're going to sit there for a little bit. We're also going to tackle some of what you're seeing |
| 1:49.5 | online. And what I want to do is take you behind the scenes with some of my reporting that I did |
| 1:53.9 | this weekend. Because I confronted some backlash online that I believe is really telling |
| 1:59.8 | about the sort of media environment |
| 2:01.9 | we're in and how that may impact our ability to access facts and to get a complete picture |
| 2:08.3 | of any story that's in front of us. If you've heard terms like get on the right side of history |
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