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More heartbreaking stories and coverage from the Texas floods

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

There is plenty going on in the media world, including controversial coverage of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and the latest involving the Jeffrey Epstein files.

But it feels wrong to start with anything other than what is happening in Texas.

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