A Feast of Facile

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.7 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We took a break from debate prep to bring you the most facile content the American News Media has to offer this week. From racist plagues to self-inflicted Revenge Porn, its a “Harumph” heavy episode. Dont worry, there are a few positive pieces and praise for Cheesecake Factory. Wretch on!

Time Stamps:

4:49 Front Page

44:36 Obsessions

52:02 Reader Mail

54:00 Favorite Items

If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com.

Show Notes:

WaPo: Is Biden Too Old to Run Again? We Asked People Born on His Exact Birthday

WaPo: Univision anchor Jorge Ramos rebukes network for not challenging Trump

Popular Information: Kushner's Mexican connection - by Judd Legum

Wapo: Bidens travel to Georgia to celebrate the life of Rosalynn Carter

Business Insider: Washington's secret weapon is a beloved Gen Z energy drink with more caffeine than God

Semafor: WSJ, Times journalists pull union away from Gaza statement

https://twitter.com/honestreporting/status/1728680174252691814?s=10&t=cVRrOEC7HqoeeefgDh4iIA

NYTimes: Israel-Hamas War: Second Hostage-Prisoner Exchange Is Completed After a Delay

NY Times:Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Killed at Historic Pace

AP News: Defeated Virginia candidate Susanna Gibson may not be done with politics

WaPo:After affirmative action, a Black and White teen rethink Ivy League schools

https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1726850958427091054

They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help

Why Warblers Flock to Tonier Neighborhoods

To Shrink Learning Gap, This District Offers Classes Separated by Race

Malls with a Cheesecake Factory do better than those without

https://twitter.com/corbinkbarthold/status/1729252331315982372

How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

WSJ: Held Hostage by Hamas: How Two Girls Survived Captivity in Gaza

Slate: What Sam Altman can get away with at OpenAI now.

@JessicaPMelugin on X “It’s important to remember that traditional media often dislikes social media generally because it ate their lunch on advertising and decentralized their control of information dissemination. That bias explains A LOT of reporting on social media matters.

Futurism:Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

NYT: Nom Nom Nom. What’s the Deal With Cookie Monster’s Cookies?

NYT: When Ruthless Cultural Elitism Is Exactly the Job

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. Hi there. I'm Chris Steyerwald.
0:25.2	And I'm Eliana Johnson. Well, aren't you all just so welcome here to good old ink-stained wretches where we
0:31.3	break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American news media.
0:37.5	Eliana Johnson, normally I get to see you once a week, but now I get to see you multiple
0:43.1	times a week as...
0:44.0	Multiple times a week.
0:45.5	Lucky you.
0:46.3	No, it is good.
0:47.4	And as I've said before, as we're preparing for the debate that you can watch America on December
0:52.9	6th on News Nation and affiliate stations around the country.
0:58.4	As we prepare to head down to Tuscaloosa, I love to get to see my colleagues work with you.
1:05.5	Instead of my special treat, it is being seen and appreciated by a wider audience and soon a much wider audience
1:13.1	indeed. I'm looking forward to it and we plan to record an episode the day after the debate
1:20.9	from Tuscaloosa. So we will be coming to you on next Thursday on schedule.
1:26.4	From Tuscaloosa, the first Alabamaian Engstained Wretch ever.
1:31.5	So that'll be fun.
1:33.0	Heck, yeah.
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