Was there any good reason to fire BLS chief?

President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), Erika McEntarfer, after the organization
released its July jobs report. Trump claimed that several reports
under  McEntarfer had been manufactured to hurt him and his
economic agenda. But will the firestorm around the jobs report
hurt the credibility of the next commissioner?


A pair of House members have called out their respective parties
in the last week. Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene and Democrat
Sarah McBride shared their critiques on how the parties were
spurning voters. Will anyone else in Congress listen?


It may be hard to believe, but journalists mess up too. KCRW
responds to a listener's comment calling out a critical mistake
as we continue to discuss ways to restore journalistic
credibility.