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The Media Braces for Its Second Trump Marriage

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A gaggle of photographers in the Oval Office. Photo: Ron Sachs/Getty Images

Dylan Byers: Hi Peter, I figured I’d check in since I’m off the grid this week and very much missing our weekly podcast gab session. As summer gets underway and I’ve got this opportunity to get a little perspective on the news cycle, I’m realizing that this is very much the calm before the storm, politically speaking. 

First, though, just as I was preparing to ask you about MSNBC and their place in the cable news world, with their ratings dwindling and their uncertain direction in the post-Trump world, the news dropped that the Supreme Court had killed Roe v. Wade, ending federal protections for abortion. It feels like their coverage of the ruling also revealed a few things about their challenges.