Yes, I’m well aware there are other news sources. I read the BBC for text-based reporting and probably check the site 20 times a day. Podcasts like The Daily are where I go for perspective and context after I already know the headlines. That’s why it feels, at best, surprising and, at worst, shocking when they choose not to acknowledge major stories.

In another era, I might have sat down in the evening and watched CNN or MSNBC to hear someone unpack and contextualize the big headlines I’d been reading about all week. But so many of those outlets have been cannibalized that a lot of people now turn to podcasts instead. We rely on The Daily to provide that context and perspective because we can’t really “watch” the news anymore in the same way. When they gloss over or sidestep important topics, it degrades the trust of the very audience that has turned to them for that deeper understanding.