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The Home Front

Bezos and the Bobos in Pressland with Abigail Tracy

The Home Front

Reed Galen

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

5632 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today, host Reed Galen and journalist Abigail Tracy discuss the state of the White House press corps, why so many reporters let Republicans get away with giving blind quotes, and what Jeff Bezos' actions at the Washington Post mean for a storied American institution. Join Reed on Substack Follow Abby on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome back to the home front. I'm your host, Reed Galen. Today, I'm once again joined by journalist Abigail Tracy. As you all know, she formerly wrote for Vanity Fair, among other outlets. Well, Abby, today,

1:13.6

we're going to spend most of the time in your world. There are many things going on in American

1:18.7

media, the shattering of old legacy media, notwithstanding. So let's inside the White House and

1:25.4

we'll move outside the White House, but we'll stay in Washington, D.C. So in, and I was lucky enough, guys, as you all know, to work at the White House and we'll move outside the White House, but we'll stand Washington, D.C.

1:28.3

So in, and I was lucky enough, guys, as you all know, to work at the White House and be an

1:32.8

advancement. And in the White House, Abby, as you know, there's something called the pool,

1:37.0

the press pool. And these are the reporters. I think there's, I don't remember what it is now, but there used to be, it was a wire reporter like AP, a print reporter, like a newspaper, a radio person, and a television crew, right, to ABC, CBS, NBC, whoever it was.

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