Why should anybody press numbers?

Said the president right after he fired, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

for accurately reporting the job numbers, a new low in the war on facts.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Michael Owenger.

A rare coalition of private money and state power is trying to sue the watchdog media matters out of existence.

Tucker Carlson described what he viewed as the three biggest threats.

And it was the Washington Post, the German government, and media matters.

And, you know, it's like, oh my gosh.

Plus, the YouTube channel Jubilee says it wants to

bridge political divides, but its debate format looks more like a firing squad. If Jubilee had come

to me and said, you'll be debating one guy who says he's a fascist and another guy who tells you

to get out of the country, I'd have said, I'll pass, thanks. I'm washing my hair. It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Michael Lohinger.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. Ever since I got into this business, there have been times that have served as sharp reminders that the mission is to speak truth to power.

But the current moment suggests that perhaps the more crucial mission, especially since power is no longer listening, is to speak truth to each other.

Not merely to inform, but to reassure you who listen that,

no, you are not going crazy. And by truth, I don't mean the higher ones, the moral ones.

I mean just plain facts. That's why we decided to take a few minutes to contextualize the

president's most ambitious

and by far his most successful project, fact eradication.

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