Is fact-checking the key to a healthy democracy? Probably not. This week, we’re coming to you early with David Drucker of The Dispatch filling in for Eliana. We cover the latest controversies from the Presidential debate, RFK Jr.’s endorsement, and Vice President Harris’s cold shoulder to the press. Wretch on!

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Time Stamps:

03:19 Front Page

1:06:00 Obsessions

1:13:43 Reader Mail 

1:17:46 Favorite Items

Show Notes:

Politico: Playbook: Scoop: The secret debate about the Trump-Harris debate

Yahoo: Trump threatens to pull out of Harris debate, hot mics an issue 

Poynter: The wild and wacky media reaction to RFK Jr.’s endorsement of Donald Trump

The New York Times: H.R. McMaster Doesn’t Think Donald Trump Is Very Good at Making Deals

Mediaite: Morning Joe 'Stunned' By HR McMaster's 'Tightrope' Framing Of Trump – Despite 'Frightening' Scenes In New Book 

The New York Times: The Morning: 21 Questions for Harris

AP News: Walz's exit from Minnesota National Guard left openings for critics to pounce on his military record 

Axios: Harris flip-flops on building the border wall 

Press Watch: 'Fact-checking' does a (hopefully fatal) face plant 

Washington Post: Opinion | Kamala Harris’s price gouging proposal is a terrible idea

The Verge: Gannett is shuttering site accused of publishing AI product reviews 

The Wall Street Journal: Gen Z-ers Are Computer Whizzes. Just Don’t Ask Them to Type.

NBC News: The Democratic convention's surprise guest: Covid

Obsessions: 

Semafor:  New model army  

The Dispatch: The Imaginary Undecided Voter News Junkies

Favorite Items:

The Dispatch: Josh Shapiro Plots a Course for His Political Future

LA Times: 'It's like you're starting from scratch': Hollywood's below-the-line artists pivot to other gigs