Tucker Carlson: Democrats are neglecting places like East Palestine and other sort of rule predominantly white places because they want to kill white people, basically. It's kind of a white genocide narrative. John Avlon: The Biden administration created the conditions for this to happen. He says Fox News is there no constraints on its power, there are no constraints on the lies that they propagate.
In this News Brief, we discuss the initial lack of coverage of the devastating February 3rd train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio; the coverage of the lack of coverage; the GOP's "white genocide" exploitation; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's defensiveness; and the real human stakes of decades of bipartisan deregulation and union-busting.
Our guest is journalist Matthew Cunningham-Cook (@matthewccook5), a writer and researcher covering health care, retirement policy and capital markets. He is currently a reporter at The Lever.