From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma left their marks on the U.S. and the Caribbean, this week marked yet more devastation.

It is hard to exaggerate what has happened to Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria has left the entire island without power.

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck central Mexico today. Panicked residents poured into the

streets as buildings crumble. This barrage of disaster undermines traditional storm coverage

with its ramp up and landing and fallout.

Now it seems the end overtakes the beginning.

It's a stupefying deluge.

Not like the other big story this week, and every week, which resembles the drip, drip, drip of Chinese water torture. I refer, of course,

to the ongoing investigations of possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign in the

run-up to the election, where each disclosure drops with a splat and then kind of evaporates,

leaving us to wonder, what's it all mean?

New reports that Mueller is also zeroing in on Facebook over Russia-backed accounts there.

What Facebook says is that it got $100,000 from a troll farm in Russia.

CNN has learned that government investigators wiretap former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election.

And we're told that there are intercepted communications, Don, that did raise concerns among investigators about whether Manafort was encouraging Russians to help the campaign.

The Times also reporting that Manafort and his legal team were told he's likely to be indicted.

And on Wednesday?

The Times and The Washington Post both report Mueller wants documents in 13 different areas, all separate categories.

What were they looking for? And what does it all mean for the Mueller investigation?

We don't know. It could lead to multiple convictions, perhaps even the impeachment of a president,

or it may be a maze that concludes in a dead end. Perhaps we'll understand the significance of

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