A Way-Too-Early Analysis of the 2020 Presidential Candidates | Damage Control (Ep. 567)

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🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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BuzzFeed laid off 15 percent of its staff last week, which does not bode well for the digital media industry (1:35). We're two years away from the presidential election but the Democratic field for president is already looking crowded (18:59). Hosts: Justin Charity and Kate Knibbs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Justin Charity and I'm Kate Nives.
0:16.0	Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we impact what upsets,
0:21.9	excites and divides us.
0:24.7	We're talking about the 2020 presidential candidates, specifically we're talking about all
0:28.9	the early defensiveness and consternation that surrounds the Democratic candidates such
0:34.5	as Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.
0:37.2	Yeah, we hate ourselves.
0:38.7	We hate ourselves.
0:39.7	We hate ourselves really, really, really year.
0:41.7	But first we need to discuss why 2019 has been a disaster for media companies like Buzz
0:48.6	Feed, which just laid off a huge number of its staff.
0:55.6	Look, look, Buzzfeed, I think it's great.
1:02.1	We all think it's great that you want to help, but it says in really what we need from you.
1:07.6	Y'all are Buzzfeed.
1:09.5	You do memes and lists.
1:12.4	Everybody's got that aunt who has roaches and everything's given.
1:16.0	She's like, hey, y'all, what should I bring?
1:18.1	And we're like, uh, ice.
1:20.9	You bring the ice because we don't want to be picking raisins out of the turkey.
1:25.0	That's you, Buzzfeed.
1:26.8	You bring the ice.
1:27.8	You know, as Dr. King once said, don't go chasing waterfalls.
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