Two homemade bombs land in a crowd outside the New York City mayor’s home, investigators say the suspects were inspired by ISIS propaganda, and yet the first wave of coverage somehow tries to make the story feel smaller than it is. We lay out the timeline from the NYPD press conference, then compare it to what viewers were told in tweets and teases, including the walk-backs that only arrived after backlash. If you’ve ever wondered how media bias and misinformation can appear without anyone saying “we’re lying,” this is a real-world example you can follow line by line.

From there, we zoom out to the bigger cost of narrative drift: public confidence. A new poll asks whether the United States has been a force for good in the world, and the partisan split is stark. We talk about what happens when huge audiences live inside different media ecosystems, why that shapes civic identity, and how to build a healthier “trust but verify” news diet without pretending any country is perfect.

We also hit two high-impact political stories. In New Mexico politics, we break down the Democratic pre-primary convention results that put Deb Haaland firmly in front, plus what we’re hearing about leaked polling that could test whether the Epstein-related controversy moves real voters. Overseas, we discuss Iran, Israel, and US strikes, the risks of hoping for regime collapse from the air, and Iran’s most dangerous pressure valve: trying to disrupt oil traffic near the Strait of Hormuz and push gas prices higher. We close with the SAVE Act fight over voter ID and proof of citizenship, including why the Senate math and the filibuster may decide everything.

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Episode 268: When Headlines Hide Terror