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Podcast: The Smerconish Podcast
Episode: Today's Poll Question: Who should determine media access to the Dignified Transfer of remains
Description: Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: "Who should determine media access to the dignified transfer of remains at Dover? Families of the fallen or the press?" As six U.S. service members are returned home, Michael revisits the long-running debate over the “Dover Test” — who gets to witness the consequences of war and who gets to document it. A tense exchange between the White House's Karoline Leavitt and CNN's Kaitlan Collins reignites questions about press freedom, privacy, and accountability. Plus, a startling real-world example of how AI-generated misinformation nearly made it into the broadcast underscores the stakes of accuracy in wartim...