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The LOOPcast

“Didn’t You Get Spit On?” A Day in the Life of Reporter Mary Margaret Olohan

The LOOPcast

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Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.8677 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Lost all faith in journalism? Here’s a dose of HOPE from the LOOP’s most-cited reporter, Mary Margaret Olohan. She sat down with Tom to share what it’s really like covering feminist marches, protests outside SCOTUS, and men in girls’ sports. You have to see it to believe it! If you love LOOPcast, consider chipping in to keep the mics on at loopcast.org Follow Mary Margaret on X MADE YOU THINK? Your comments and questions could be featured on a future episode! Email us at loopcast@c...

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0:00.0

I see you conducting interviews with just, for example, at the March for Life or at the

0:03.8

Women's March where I think you almost got spit on.

0:05.8

I did get spit on, yeah.

0:07.3

So have you been...

0:08.1

Get the fucking away from us, mayor.

0:10.1

This is public property.

0:12.5

Everybody was being so crazy about Amy Coney Barrett.

0:15.6

So we decided to go to the Women's March and ask people, what's the most dangerous thing

0:19.2

about her?

0:19.8

They all were like, oh, she's so dangerous. And I would say, what about her kids? And they'd be like, can't

0:24.0

believe she has so many kids? Most people don't agree with that. Most people are not on the same page

0:28.4

as these wacko nut jobs at the Women's March. Have you always kind of had a natural instigator

0:33.9

streak? Or is that something you developed over time? Actually, no, if you ask my family, like, we'll joke about it.

0:39.4

My sisters were talking about who would win in the Hunger Games.

0:42.5

And they were like, oh, Mary Margaret would die immediately.

0:44.5

Why would I die right away?

0:45.8

Like, I'm the one that goes to protest.

0:47.2

I kind of want to be part of the news rather than reacting to it.

0:51.1

We need to be telling the stories that aren't being told or else no one else will tell them.

1:16.7

Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the Loebcast. Today, I am joined by possibly the most-sighted reporter in the loop, I think of all time. I'm with Mary Margaret Aalahan from The Daily Signal.

1:21.8

Mary Margaret, thank you for taking the time. Thank you for having me here, and that is quite an honor,

1:26.6

the most-sided reporter in the loop.

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