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Ink Stained Wretches

2015 All Over Again

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.7716 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It’s another historic week by the media’s standards as they try to chase ratings with Trump’s arraignment. The press was also busy reacting to 60 Minute’s newest special and reacting to Women’s NCAA White House plans. All of this and more on this week’s episode. Tune in!


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Time Stamps:

03:05 Front Page

30:07 Obsessions

37:57 Reader Mail

39:53 Favorite Items of the Week



Show Notes:

Free Beacon: Chase Those Ratings: Watch the Media's Obsessive Coverage of Trump's Arraignment Journey 

WaPo: On ‘historic’ Trump indictment day, media scrambled to show us something

NYT: Trump will be arraigned today. Clinton will be honored.

Washington Examiner: The Washington Post's gross partisan practice when reporting on alleged sex crimes 

WaPo:Opinion | Fox News's Dominion 'cherry-picking' defense is rotten - The Washington Post 

Semafor: Fake news’ no more: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s journey to 60 Minutes

WSJ: Evan Gershkovich — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal 

The Spectator: The Wall Street Journal’s curious DEI hire 

NYT: For Lower-Income Students, Big Tech Internships Can Be Hard to Get

The Atlantic: Angel Reese Meets the Same Old Stereotypes 

TMZ: Elon Musk's Twitter Strips New York Times of Verified Checkmark 

NYPost: Meet the Whittakers: Inside 'America's most inbred family' that speaks in grunts

NYT: When Climate Change Melts Your Relationship

National Day Calendar: NATIONAL HUG A NEWSPERSON DAY - April 4 

Obsessions:

Politico: How to tell what's real online 

WaPo:ChatGPT invented a sexual harassment scandal and named a real law prof as the accused 

Favorite item: 

NYT: ‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along

Variety: Don Lemon's Misogyny at CNN, Exposed: Malicious Texts, Mocking Female Co-Workers and 'Diva-Like Behavior' 


Transcript

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0:00.0

Is there anything you would have done differently?

0:02.0

We've reported a true story.

0:04.0

Our colleague Brian Williams is back in Kuwait City tonight after a close call on the skies over Iraq.

0:10.0

Controversal Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and questions about Kavanaugh's drinking in the past.

0:16.0

Sean Hannity, come on up, Sean Hannity.

0:18.0

Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment.

0:25.2

Hi, I'm Chris Starwalt.

0:27.4

And I'm Aliana Johnson.

0:28.7

Welcome to L. Inkstein-Rechos, where we break down what's going wrong and what is going right with the American news media.

0:38.1

Eliana Johnson, I'm sitting here regarding Colin Chacola, and I realize something.

0:43.4

How many garments does Colin own that could be described as lake washed?

0:47.1

Because the only descriptor for the shirt that he is wearing, which is like an indigo blue

0:52.4

that has been faded to a gentle blue by what I think

0:57.6

LL Bean refers to as lake washing.

0:59.3

And I think Colin may own more lakewashed garments than any other person.

1:03.2

True or false?

1:05.0

Every, he's always wearing something that he could be wearing in his canoe.

1:08.6

Totally.

1:09.1

At any moment, the-

1:10.7

Are you actually outdoorsy?

1:13.2

No.

1:13.6

You just admire their style?

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