If media really expect people to actively challenge the promises pushed—aggressively and constantly—by the energy industry, maybe they could do a little more challenging themselves? We’ll talk about lessons from Texas with Mitch Jones, policy director at Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Action. That’s true not least of media’s own history—a problem named and responded to with the 2011 publication of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, co-authored by Juan Gonzalez and Joseph Torres. We spoke with Joe Torres, now senior director of strategy and engagement at the group Free Press, when the book came out. Transcript: ‘When Other People Tell Our Stories, They Get It Wrong and Cause Us Great Harm’Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at (non-)coverage of White House press conferences.