The most dangerous political post is not always the one that challenges everything I believe. It is often the one that tells me exactly what I already think. The post that attacks Donald Trump, embarrasses a Republican, confirms some ugly suspicion about MAGA, and arrives polished to a mirror shine for immediate sharing. That is the post most likely to walk past my defenses without showing identification. A fact doesn’t become trustworthy just because it’s wearing your team’s

TO THE READER: Most often, the blog posts that correspond to an episode are a faithful summary of the episode. This time, listening to the episode is really a different experience. In the episode, three news stories are dissected from three news sources, and comparisons are made. Doing this in a blog post would have turned it into a novel. This post attempts to summarize the takeaways from the experiment in the episode. -YNOTL Most of us like to believe we know when we are