At Fox and CNN, Talent Runs Amok
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Cable news currently has its hands full with Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon. Tune in to get the latest on the New York Times outrage, Ron Desantis and this week’s George Santos.
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Time Stamps:
2:42 Front Page
47:27 Obsessions
55:18 Reader Mail
57:36 Favorite Items
Show Notes:
NYT: Uproar Hits CNN as Don Lemon Is Rebuked for Comments About Women
WaPo: Opinion | Does Don Lemon's punishment at CNN fit the crime?
Axios: Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape
News Channel 5: Businessman, economist, cop, international sex crimes expert? The stories of Congressman Andy Ogles
Vanity Fair: Ron DeSantis Shouldn’t Be Covered Like Just Another Republican
The Dispatch: DeSantis Is (Almost) Right About Libel Law
WaPo: Republicans use ‘wokeism’ to attack left — but struggle to define it
NewsMax: Sen. Tuberville: Newsmax Targeted to Silence Conservatives
NYT: ‘Chernobyl 2.0’? Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation.
NBC News: Supreme Court rejects Ohio man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody
NYT: James O’Keefe Leaves His Post as the Leader of Project Veritas
Obsessions:
NYPost: Censorship of Roald Dahl is more akin to China's cultural revolution than supposed democracies
Favorite Items of the Week:
The Athletic: Rosenthal: Remembering Tim McCarver, the ideal teammate in broadcasting and baseball
NYT: In a First, a Woman Issues a Thunderstorm Watch, Officials Say
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. |
| 0:24.1 | Hi, I'm Chris Searwal. |
| 0:25.9 | And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:27.7 | And speaking in this extremely normal voice, |
| 0:30.2 | I want to welcome you to Extained Wretches, |
| 0:32.7 | where we break down what is going wrong |
| 0:34.7 | and what is going right with the American news media. |
| 0:39.4 | Hello. |
| 0:40.1 | Hello. |
| 0:40.4 | Johnson, how are you? |
| 0:41.6 | I am coming to you from my sickbed. |
| 0:44.5 | Well, I want to say that yesterday, we're recording this on Thursday, the 23rd of February, |
| 0:50.5 | and you were a real mensch and showed up at the Georgetown Institute of Politics where I am a fellow |
| 0:58.2 | this semester and you along with our friend Michael Mian were part of a great session with the kids and you |
| 1:06.7 | did it even though you have a debilitating head cold. |
| 1:11.6 | And here you are today delivering for the people. |
| 1:14.8 | And I, I for one, salute you, madam. |
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