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This segment is sponsored by the New York Times. Can't believe I'm saying it. Love the New York Times. Glad they're a sponsor. Now, look, as the entire country was celebrating the Fourth of July this past weekend, the White House was bashing the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, accusing the institution of what it called, quote, extreme political activism. And we found that out from reporting by the New York Times. The Times broke down what was in the White House's report and explained the Trump administration's repeated attacks on the Smithsonian Institution. The reporting you depend on, that this show depends on, it started long before that headline. And it's not just the Times that's doing that reporting. The Journal, ProPublica, your local newspapers, anywhere reporters are still working on a beat, they are producing essential reporting that informs podcasts just like this. Now, after that report on the Smithsonian, the Times reporter, Derek Bryson Taylor, went further, giving readers a detailed timeline of how this new report by the White House was not in a vacuum, but part of a years-long campaign against the Smithsonian. That stuff, that reporting, it shows how it could take weeks, months, even years to put a story together. It also shows that reporting is essential, especially for podcasts like this. So wherever you seek it out, nationally, locally, support fact-based reporting.

This segment is sponsored by the New York Times. Can't believe I'm saying it. Love the New York Times. Glad they're a sponsor. Now, look, as the entire country was celebrating the 4th of July this past weekend, the White House was bashing the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, accusing the institution of what it called, quote, extreme political activism. And we found that out from reporting by the New York Times. The Times broke down what was in the White House's report and explained the Trump administration's repeated attacks on the Smithsonian Institution. The reporting you depend on, that this show depends on, it started long before that headline. And it's not just the Times that's doing that reporting. The Journal, ProPublica, your local newspapers, anywhere reporters are still working on a beat, they are producing essential reporting that informs podcasts just like this. Now, after that report on the Smithsonian, the Times reporter, Derek Bryson Taylor, went further, giving readers a detailed timeline of how this new report by the White House was not in a vacuum, but part of a years-long campaign against the Smithsonian. That stuff, that reporting, it shows how it could take weeks, months, even years to put a story together. It also shows that reporting is essential, especially for podcasts like this. So wherever you seek it out, nationally, locally, support fact-based reporting.

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