Baked and Fried
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week we are giving lessons on how NOT to do PR thanks to Secretary of Defense Llyod Austin. We’re also bundling up for the Iowa Caucus next week, breaking down more instances of plagiarism and much more. Please WATCH us on YouTube or Instagram to see us review the hottest and most bizarre toy of the season.
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Time Stamps:
5:00 Front Page
39:27 Obsessions
47:33 Reader Mail
49:41 Favorite Item
Show Notes:
@VivekWarRoom on Twitter: BREAKING: @GovChristie caught on a HOT MIC prior to his announcement that he’s withdrawing from the race taking swipes at HALEY & DESANTIS —
NYT: 5 Takeaways From the Haley-DeSantis Debate and Trump’s Town Hall
@BidenHQ on Twitter: Trump brags about overturning Roe v. Wade: I did it. I’m proud to have done it. It was a miracle
Politico: Pentagon didn't inform Biden, White House for days about Austin’s hospitalization
Axios: Republicans erupt over secrecy in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization
NBC News: Black women at Harvard say Claudine Gay’s ouster reflects a system that wasn’t built for them
WaPo: Axel Springer to review Business Insider story on Neri Oxman
@XBusiness on twitter: We’re delighted to announce a new content partnership with @DonLemon for his new project, The Don Lemon Show.
NYT: Cookeez Makery May be The Strangest Toy This Christmas
Obsessions:
WaPo: A former congresswoman posted food pics online. 'Grubgate' ensued.
NYT: The Misguided War on the SAT
Favorite Item:
NYT: Don’t Flee the American Southwest Just Yet
NyPost: Foodies lose it over Australian McDonald's burger set to launch in US: 'Obscene'
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Is there anything you would have done differently? |
| 0:02.5 | We've reported a true story. |
| 0:04.8 | Our colleague Brian Williams is back in Kuwait City tonight after a close call on the skies over Iraq. |
| 0:10.3 | Controversial Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and questions about Kavanaugh's drinking in the past. |
| 0:16.2 | Sean Hannity, come on up, Sean Hannity. |
| 0:18.6 | Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. |
| 0:23.9 | Well, hello there. I am Chris Stierwold. |
| 0:27.5 | And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:28.8 | Heck yeah. |
| 0:29.9 | Welcome to Inkstained Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American news media. |
| 0:37.7 | Eliana, we haven't been together here for way too long. |
| 0:41.8 | In the hollowed halls of the American Enterprise Institute for weeks, |
| 0:46.3 | since certainly before Christmas. |
| 0:48.7 | And here we are. |
| 0:49.3 | And today you're very obliging because I am late. |
| 0:52.6 | I got here late because packing for Iowa, I'm leaving from here to go to Iowa, and |
| 0:59.9 | packing for Iowa defeated my spirit. |
| 1:03.0 | I think I am emotionally wrecked from packing for Iowa. |
| 1:07.8 | I think it broke me. |
| 1:09.4 | Well, speaking of Iowa. yes. Enjoy the weather. |
| 1:15.1 | The part of what broke my spirit was when I looked at the forecast, I'd been tracking the |
| 1:22.4 | forecast for Iowa for Caucus Day, which is on Monday, and it had said that it was going to be a low of three |
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