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After days of promising that a cease-fire was near, President Trump announced late Sunday that he had reached a deal with Iran.
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Take the 1979, Iran pod - it’s horrible and done by people who weren’t even born at the time. Contrast this with the same program, 2 months earlier on “The Rest Is History” podcast. The Daily is thin on facts and context. You can do far better almost anywhere. Hope this helps.
Lu Lu does what Lu Lu does best; that is burry the lede! Everyone, except for clueless Lu and equally clueless Scott, knows full well cbs "news" is now a thinly veiled israeli hasbara outlet, and that Bari Weiss learned her trade as an israeli thought cop at Columbia University where she majored in smearing a palestinian professor (and an impeccable scholar) because he had the audacity of teaching middle east history honestly.
I know you have the ability to do good reporting because when your show, the Daily, is not about politics it’s excellent. But 90% of the time your show has political underpinnings and it always slants left. Why? Dies the left no longer believe in fair and neutral? Think about it. Kathryn
I still agree with a lot of their reporting, but there is just such a clear bias in some of their stories I cannot support any of it. It feels like neoliberal propaganda espousing purity politics.
Good to have Michael B back. Natalie’s too casual tone really throws me off but she’s getting better for sure. The Daily is a little intense consecutive doses of bad news so I suggest everyone to take a break every third week or so to improve your mental health.
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