Next week, journalist Ty Rushing starts as a senior editor at Iowa Starting Line. The left-of-center political news website has a new owner and new focus on combating misinformation. But will its partisan perspective have credibility among the Iowans it tries to reach?
"I'm after a fake news and disinformation period, you know? Facts don't have a political slant," Rushing told River to River host Ben Kieffer.
Also on this episode — Kieffer hears about new Iowa laws, the COVID-19 delta variant, the Iowa Supreme Court reversing a discrimination case, how auroras are created and new music from "The Mountain Goats."
Guests:
- Ian Richardson, reporter, The Des Moines Register
- Melanie Wellington, epidemiologist, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Ty Rushing, editor, Iowa Starting Line
- Grant Gerlock, reporter, Iowa Public Radio
- Greg Howes, plasma physicist, University of Iowa
- Mark Simmet, senior producer and Studio One host
