The election this year is will also mark the end of an era for the media and things will change no matter what. The media has revolved around the president for the last 4 years and the pandemic has advanced the new landscape digitally by years. There will be a wave of retirements in places like the LA Times, Washington Post, and even the NY Times. Battles over free speech and censorship will also continue when it comes to big social media platforms. Ben Smith, media columnist at the NY Times, joins us for how the media will be changing after the election.

Next, examining the mortality rate in more than 500 U.S. jails, Reuters found that in about two thirds of cases, inmates died while in lockup before they had a chance to be convicted in court. Most of these inmates died while waiting for quality healthcare. These jails are run by county sheriffs or local police and have little federal oversight and a rising share of them have contracted out their healthcare to private companies. Peter Eisler, national affairs correspondent at Reuters, joins us more.

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