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Ink Stained Wretches

Balls in Your Court, Media

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.7716 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

You won't believe it, but we have a solid piece from The Washington Post this week. Apart from that, we have many grievances with American news media regarding Trump's "anti-semitic" comments, The New York Times' take on disinformation, Mark Levin's plea to billionaires, and blaming the youth for their gloomy outlook. Wretch on!


Time Stamps: 

2:28 Front Page

46:36 Obsessions

58:46 Reader Mail 

1:02:55 Favorite Items



Show Notes:

Bloomberg: Doug Emhoff Decries Trump Comments on Jewish Democrats

WSJ: Trump Claims 2024 Will Be Rigged, Putting Republican Turnout at Risk

WaPo: How a sleuth defense attorney and a disgruntled law partner damaged the Trump Georgia case

Mediaite: Mark Levin Demands to Know Why Republican Billionaires Aren't Posting Trump's $454 Million Bond: 'This Is an Outrage'

The Hill: Trump sues ABC and Stephanopoulos, alleging defamation over Mace interview 

NYPost: Don Lemon demanded Tesla Cybertruck, $5M advance, equity in X before Elon Musk canned him: sources 

The Hill: RBG Award organizers cancel gala after backlash from Supreme Court justice’s family 

Poynter: Gannett and McClatchy to drop The Associated Press. What does that mean?

NYTimes: A New Chapter for Sports Illustrated, With Plans to Keep Print

Reuters: Gloomy youth pull US and western Europe down global happiness ranking 

WSJ: The Couples Embracing the DINK Label

Obsessions:

Semafor: ‘Very few have balls’: How American news lost its nerve

Business Insider: Facebook is reviving one of its earliest features after hiding it for years 

NyTimes: How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation 

The Dispatch: Defund the Speech Police

Favorite Items: 

The Times: Evan Gershkovich’s year in Russian jail: what it’s like and how he copes 

NYPost: Don Lemon wanted free ride on Elon Musk's rocket to host 'first podcast in space' as part of wild list of demands: sources


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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. Hello, I am Chris

0:25.2

Dyerwald. And I'm Eliana Johnson. Thanks. Welcome to Inkstained Wretches, where we break down,

0:31.9

what is going wrong, and what is going right with the American news media. Eliana Johnson,

0:42.0

I am very glad that you were not a panelist on my Sunday show this week, because had you been, I would, you would have had to go

0:48.9

home with nothing to show for your trouble except for one St. Patrick's Day donut. Could you eat two donuts? I don't know,

0:56.4

but I feel like only... I would have, I would have a hundred percent taken that in stride. I would

1:01.1

have been totally happy to show up and not have to do anything. Well, the, and only the third week

1:09.9

of the Hill Sunday. We, due to technical problems, we were not

1:13.9

able to broadcast the show. And I feel bad for our panelists, including our friend Matt Contonetti

1:20.0

and a number of other distinguished journalists, as well as our fine newsmaker guests who all had to

1:26.7

stew in their own juices. Well, the production team

1:30.2

tried to remedy the problems. And it was not... Unsuccessfully. Not optimal, but a tremendous thanks

1:38.2

to the people who, Hennedoba and the team from the morning show, basically on the fly were told you're going to need

1:45.2

to do another hour of television and did it and it looked great. And so we'll be back on Sunday

1:51.6

morning at 10 a.m. And it will be hopefully this time broadcast. Chris, if you ever need a guest

1:57.9

to take it in stride while they are not, well, there are technical

2:02.4

troubles and don't go on the air. I am your woman. You're the one. I will be totally pleased.

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