Sarah, Kevin, and Steve discuss the devastation of recent hurricanes and the politics of the disaster response. Also, with several interviewers fawning over Kamala Harris, journalists coming under fire for committing journalism, and newsrooms collapsing into emotional struggle sessions, they ask: Is CBS News worth their time?

The Agenda

—Political polarization

—Reliability in voting trends

—Hurricane politics

—FEMA conspiracies

—Blame in crisis management (Bush v. Biden)

—CBS producers shield Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamala Harris from journalism

—The ethics of editing journalism

Show Notes:

—The effect of conspiracies

—The CBS News interview before the struggle sessions

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