News Brief: Defensiveness and Demagoguery in East Palestine
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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\\xa0The Lever.
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