View from the Ground At Washington DC Protests; Misinformation Spreads Online

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🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Since the White House has increased its military in the nation's capital, more protesters are gathering by the day. The protests continue to remain largely peaceful despite the Trump administration's focus on violence.

Plus, misinformation is spreading quickly as more people are turning to social media to understand what's happening on the ground.

This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, political reporter Alan Wise, political reporter Miles Parks, and investigations reporter Tim Mak.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.6	It is 2-12 Eastern on Thursday, June 4th.
0:09.6	I'm Scott Detro, I cover the campaign.
0:11.3	I'm Melana Weiss, I cover politics.
0:13.6	And I'm Tim Mac, I'm a reporter on NPR's Investigation Stask.
0:16.7	Tim, welcome back to the podcast and Alana, welcome to the podcast.
0:20.4	We work together, but since you started working with us, since coronavirus, I have not actually
0:24.6	met you yet.
0:25.6	Thanks for having me.
0:26.6	Alright, so as we are taping this podcast, a memorial service for George Floyd is underway
0:31.1	in Minneapolis.
0:32.6	Lord, we are asking today for you to take this table of healing here in Minneapolis today
0:38.2	and multiply this healing all over this nation.
0:41.6	As part of that now, never fading voice, crying out on behalf of those who have been
0:46.8	and who are now being crushed in body and spirit.
0:51.3	Amen, Zingray.
0:58.9	And last night marked the 9th day of coast to coast and really worldwide protests against
1:04.1	racism and police violence.
1:06.5	On Monday, President Trump pushed to confront those protests with more military force, and
1:11.5	that only increased the number of people protesting.
1:14.1	Alana and Tim, you have both been out covering the protests here in Washington, DC, and I want
1:19.0	to talk about what you have seen and what you have heard.
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