On this week's show, two media scholars join Mickey to examine a range of issues. First, Allison Butler addresses the notorious "past her prime" comments by CNN's Don Lemon. Butler also looks at how the Sackler family (of Purdue Pharma) changed both the medical profession and the media world with their heavy direct-to-the-public drug advertising. In the second half of the show, Nolan Higdon examines the persistence of the "Russiagate" narrative, despite the absence of supporting evidence.