The soda-spill is key...
Like the dragon-necked bowsprit of a Viking surf-raider looming out of the mist, Project Veritas' mythos has the villagers fleeing in icy-panic. In Hobbs' mind, her leaders are fleeing too. -Wait. She's the one contending for Chief Executive of Arizona.
As for San Andreas Mitchell, the sound of the 60 Minutes clock is the sound of her career ticking-away without ever being pursued to join the 60 Minutes roster. Oh well... At least she'll always be known as the poor man's Jessica Savitch.