Big and sudden changes shook up the newsroom at The New York Times this week. Did the ousting of executive editor Jill Abramson represent a setback for women at the Gray Lady and in newsrooms everywhere?

“Left, Right & Center” panelists Robert Scheer, Dahlia Lithwick and Rich Lowry break it down in this week’s edition, and while they’re at it, they take a look at Karl Rove’s hackle-raising suggestion that Hillary Clinton might have suffered a brain injury two years ago (speaking of glass ceilings) and the burgeoning VA hospital scandal. Have a listen below.

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