Dan Schumacher
Executive Orders (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to former US Attorney Jim Santelle about the impact of Donald Trump’s victory, from the crumbling of the investigations into election interference and classified documents to the ways Trump will try to use executive orders to essentially be the Day 1 dictator he promised to be. Mark Jacob reviews media coverage of Election […]
Trash Talk. Trashy Coverage. (Hour 2)
The former president is calling our country a garbage can and threatening to jail his critics. His Speaker of the House called again for taking away health care from millions of Americans. But the national media has spent the week going after President Biden for a snide remark about a trash-talking comedian. We’ll talk to […]
Tough to Fire the Publisher (Hour 2)
The Los Angeles Times editorial staff was set to hit “print” on an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris for president—until the publisher said to kill it. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob, a Chicago newspaper veteran, about the editorial tension between journalists and the people who sign their paychecks. Plus former US Attorney Jim Santelle looks for […]
Let’s Talk About the F-Word (2nd Hour)
We kick off the hour with a meteorology update from Civic Media’s Brittney Merlot and then we hear from host of Amicus, Jim Santelle. Jim shares a bit about what he is going to be talking about on his weekend legal show, this Saturday at 9:00am, and Pat asks some questions about the legal landscape. […]
Abortion Ban Politics (Hour 2)
We’ll ask former US Attorney Jim Santelle about this week’s decision by the US Supreme Court not to block an abortion ban in Texas while a lawsuit works its way through the courts. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob about how the media continues tiptoeing around Donald Trump’s incoherence, racism, and lack of policy specifics. And […]
The Sanewashing Will Continue (Hour 2)
Journalist Mark Jacob has the latest examples of major media “sanewashing” the dangerous ramblings of former President Trump and running mate JD Vance, including the newest round of obvious lies that are making it harder to conduct rescues and organize recovery from the Hurricane Helene catastrophe. And we’ll talk sports with Dan Schumacher, including a […]
Circus Journalism (Hour 2)
You can’t cover the circus if you’re sleeping with the elephants. That’s not the most elegant phrasing, but it leads into our discussion of how a prominent reporter known for her favorable coverage of Robert Kennedy, Jr. is suspended and accused of having a romantic relationship with her story subject. And we’ll discuss whether county […]
Better, But… (Hour 2)
This week’s presidential debate showed that moderators can do some fact-checking in real time—even if one of the candidates insists a story about pets being eaten is true because he heard someone say it on TV. Still, only a fraction of Donald Trump’s falsehoods were checked and there was zero success in getting the former […]
The Sanewashing Must Stop (Hour 2)
Asked in New York on Thursday for a policy to solve the childcare crisis, former President Trump offered two minutes of gibberish with no coherent ideas to address the problem. But you’d never know that from reading mainstream media write-ups. Mark Jacob and others are branding that kind of reporting as “sanewashing,” and they say […]
The Unconventional Convention (Hour 2)
From a history-making nominee to a first-of-its-kind roll call, we’ll sum up the Democratic convention as delegates head home from Chicago. Plus: Mark Jacobs reminds us that not all fact checks are created equal. And former US Attorney Jim Santelle has updates on legal cases in two states that affect November’s ballot. UpNorthNews with Pat […]
