Latest / Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Friday Football: Connell McShane. How to fairly cover Trump’s America on TV.
Hegseth calls the press treasonous. From Fordham to Imus to NewsNation. Preparation beats panic. And a love letter to NYC.
Pete Hegseth just labeled the press treasonous. The White House calls reporters the enemy of the state. And somewhere between the hot takes and the hate mail, working journalists still have to show up every day and tell Americans the truth. On this Friday Football edition, Paul sits down with News Nation anchor Connell McShane — one of the most fair, prepared, and genuinely decent people in cable news — to pull back the curtain on how a centrist newsroom actually operates…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.