The Daily Dive

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...

Election Day is here and we are all eager for the polls to close and get quick results for the big question… who wins the presidency? But this year there is a record number of people voting early by mail, and counting all those could take some time. One of the most crucial numbers to follow might be votes not yet counted. Mark Niquette, politics reporter at Bloomberg News, joins us for a new stati...

Final push before Election Day and President Trump is still looking to big rallies to turn out his base, while Joe Biden leads in national polls. Over 93 million people have already voted early and the focus is going to be on the states' ability to count millions of mail-in ballots in quick enough fashion to get a result. Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digital editor at NBC News, joins us for wh...

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National polls continue to show Joe Biden in the lead over President Trump, but there has been this lingering skepticism about the polls since the 2016 election, weren’t they wrong last time? Chis Kahn, polling editor at Reuters, joins us for what’s different and why there’s more reason to trust them. Polls are doing a better job of reading Trump’s base, there are fewer undecided voters, and there...

Keith Raniere, the founder of NXIVM, which has been referred to as a sex cult by some, was sentenced to 120 years in prison for sex trafficking and fraud on Tuesday. Women in a secretive sect of NXIVM were said to be forced into sex with Raniere and also branded with his initials. Pilar Melendez, reporter for the Daily Beast, was in the courtroom for his sentencing and tells us how it went down. N...

COVID-19 vaccine trials are currently underway and we hope to hear news soon about how safe they are, but what is it like participating in one of those trials? Beyond that, what is it like participating with your whole family. Jackie Hajdenberg, investigative reporter with Columbia Journalism Investigations, is currently enrolled in the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial with both her parents, her sist...

Cool space news as a study has confirmed that NASA has discovered water on the sunny parts of the Moon and not just in cold, shadowed areas. The water is not in puddles or icy patches, but rather in it is embedded in glass created during impacts on the moon, so the next step is to figure out how to mine this water. Miriam Kramer, space reporter at Axios, joins us to talk about Moon water. Next, we...

More coronavirus has infiltrated the Whit House. Marc Short, chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence and other key staffers around him have tested positive for COVID-19. Despite these new infections Pence will continue his campaign schedule as he and his wife have tested negative. We will also take a look at some key races that could help Democrats flip control of the Senate if they win. Ging...

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We have been hearing a lot about voter and election fraud recently, specifically with regards to mail- in voting. While officials maintain that voting by mail is secure and there is no widespread fraud, many voters are still concerned that there are problems. Corbin Carson, reporter for KFI News in Los Angeles, joins to talk about his seven-part series examining the various types of voter fraud co...

We are in the final stretch of the 2020 election and the Joe Biden campaign is outraising and outspending the Trump camp. Joe Biden is airing ads in battleground states while President Trump is cancelling orders and opting for live rallies. Zach Montellaro, campaign reporter at Politico, joins us for how the campaigns are spending cash leading up to Election Day. Next, we are getting some mixed re...

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing them of monopolizing the online search and search advertising markets. It is no secret that Google is a major player in these areas, but this is just a first step in what could be a lengthy court battle. Kyle Daly, technology editor at Axios, joins us for what the DOJ is alleging and what it could mean for consum...

Coronavirus case counts continue to rise in many places as the country fights to contain the spread, but throughout the pandemic, there have been some bright spots in states’ responses. President Trump gave states the opportunity to call their own shots and some have been more successful than others. Speaking to public health experts and officials, Politico has a list of which states had the best...

Stimulus talks continue between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin with a deadline set for Tuesday on whether anything will be able to get done by election day. It seems there have been some agreements on more stimulus checks for Americans and aid for airlines, but disagreements on other issues such as a national testing strategy. Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digit...

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The NY Post this week published what it called “smoking gun” emails revealing how Hunter Biden introduced a Ukrainian businessman tied to Burisma, to his father Joe Biden. The emails were obtained from a laptop left at a computer repair shop whose contents were later shared with Rudy Giuliani and then the NY Post. Glenn Kessler, editor and chief writer of Washington Post’s Fact Checker, joins us f...

The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr to review unmasking requests by Obama Administration officials has completed his work and found no substantive wrongdoing. U.S. Attorney John Bash provided no criminal charges, no public report, and also left the department just last week. Matt Zapotosky, reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for what we know about the unmasking pr...

Calling into question how long people are immune after being infected with COVID-19, we have a 25-year-old man that is the first American confirmed to have been infected twice with coronavirus. We know this is a reinfection because the virus was genetically different the second time around and his symptoms were also worse. Karen Weintraub, health reporter at USA Today, joins us for what we know ab...

When will theme parks come back to California? Disney and the city of Anaheim is in a battle with the state to reopen Disneyland and get back to normal. Full guidelines on reopening have not been released, but we do know some of the requirements. The park would be limited to 25% capacity and restricted to visitors that live within 120 miles. The park is a huge economic driver for local businesses,...

The next presidential debate has been thrown into turmoil. After the Commission on Presidential Debates decided it will hold a virtual debate, President Trump said he would not be participating. Instead his campaign said he will hold a rally and Biden’s camp will hold a town hall. While the president continues to recover from COVID-19, he says he is ready to get back out there. Ginger Gibson, depu...

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