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The media should choose which stories to tell based on what’s most important and relevant. But often inside newsrooms, those decisions are instead based on how it will make the news agencies themselves look. That’s why in recent days, a huge story was, relatively speaking, buried. It involves both major parties, the presidential candidates, and a Trump move that should make the “hypocrisy meter” explode. In this episode, Josh explains why.

Also, why Julian Assange should never get away with calling himself a “journalist” — and why it involves the heartbreaking death of a young man.

Plus: media misses from the DNC. And a prominent journalist actually apologizes for getting something wrong!

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