March 17, 2020

 I speak with investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson about the good, the bad and the lazy COVID-19 news coverage. On the good front, the observations of former network affiliate news director Bill Shory. R Street harm reduction researcher (and former AIDS researcher) Chelsea Boyd discusses the science of testing and social distancing. How should Trump frame Biden and vice versa. I'll handicap the POTUS matchup with Washington Free Beacon editor Matthew Continetti. Italian tenor Maurizio Marchini offers another serenade of Florence (this time from Rigoletto) to lift the spirits of his compatriots. I'm taking the advice of Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx but also George Carlin and Mel & Max Brooks. It's not okay for Matt Colvin to arbitrage hand sanitizer but it is okay for NYC Mayor de Blasio to suggest nationalizing hand sanitizer producers? And, no, Farhad Manjoo, we're not all socialists now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.