Media Dunks on DeSantis

We’re kicking off with Meatball Ron and how the media meanies are dogpiling on his botch launch. We also breakdown recent coverage around Tim Scott, the Debt Ceiling and Fox New’s “woke” employee handbook. Wretch on this MDW! Time Stamps: 02:44 Front Page 46:22 Obsessions 53:48 Reader Mail  55:42 Favorite Item of the Week If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at [e-mail]. Sign up to receive show notes directly in your inbox Show Notes:  Semafor: Ron DeSantis shut out the media. That's changing. Puck News: Ronny on the Run NBC: Read the full transcript of NBC News' exclusive interview with Sen. Tim Scott  WaPo: In debt ceiling talks, House Dems worry over Biden’s approach with GOP Daily Signal: EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Policy Exposes Fox News Stances on Woke Ideology Mediaite: Fox News Show Outnumbered Finally Issues Brief Correction to 'Migrants Booting Veterans' Story NYT: Tensions Flare Inside The Messenger, a Fledgling News Site  AP News: Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live KFF: Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity The Desk: NBC fires Glen Kuiper after on-air slur during Oakland A's game NYT: I’m a Couples Therapist. Something New Is Happening in Relationships. Obsessions:  Politico: The Casey DeSantis Problem: ‘His Greatest Asset and His Greatest Liability’ Nature: Users choose to engage with more partisan news than they are exposed to on Google Search The Hill: ‘Am I gay?’-related Google searches soar 1,300 percent in 19 years: analysis Politico: The return of the Lady Macbeth trope Favorite Items:  @Emmerpope on Instagram: “Catching Up on the News” Video WaPo: Think you can land a plane? We put average people to the test.