The rise of the democracy beat
“These reporters won’t see their work in terms of politics or parties, but instead through the lens of honesty, fairness, and transparency.”
We are currently watching an institutional attempt to overthrow the results of a legitimate presidential election. This is not a fringe movement; it is becoming central to one of the two major political parties we have. And it has little concern for the truth.
This movement is not going away even if its attempt to overturn the results of November’s election fails. What it does over the next year, and the three after that, will determine the trajectory of our democracy. And as this unfolds, there will be no assignment more important in newsrooms across the country as the democracy beat.
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a close start to help struggling homeowners. only a fraction of those eligible to get help through the latest mortgage modification manns have actually seen their payments change. where have all the investors and traders gone? stock market volume has plummeted even as prices have rallied to the high of the year. and from foreclosures, the job losses, the unsustainable american dream rg going from housing boom to bust in one suburb all ahead this this edition of first business. you re watching first business with tom penders and beejal patel glad you re along for the ride ahead of thursday s market action, not a lot on the tape for investors to consider. all ahead of how the unemployment picture has been shaping up in the month of july. those numbers are due out on friday. still the market trying to drift higher here. and tom, one trader actually likens the stock market rally to a house of straw. and yet he says the market mail still not pull back and we ll hear mo
troubles. looking for how to repair what many people think of as the american dream. why possible inflation and a drop in the u-s dollar. pose a bigger risk for higher gasoline prices in the next several months. plus the rulemaker. a market watchdog is poised to get more power in its effort to watch over investors. all that and more an om this edition of first business. small gains but gains and none the less in the month of august. welcome everybody. it certainly no horror story but the last time we actually saw stock prices this high was the week of halloween. we have to go to the dark days of october and november the last time we saw the stock prices. the gains have been pretty small in recent days as well as the volume which is still pretty low. nonetheless as long as these markets continued to rally in the last hour and three minutes of the trading session you got to take that as a positive. it seems to be less bad is kind of the name of the games and certainly late this