Fact Checkers Go Up in A Blaze
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Wretches, we’re back! This week, we’re diving deep into the state of fact-checking. We also discuss Susie Wiles, Justin Trudeau, and the ongoing turmoil at The Washington Post. Wretch on!
Time Stamps:
06:27 Front Page
52:46 Obsessions
1:00:01 Reader Mail
1:02:01 Favorite Items
Show Notes:
The Daily Beast: L.A. Mayor Suffers Brutal On-Air Moment as Wildfires Rage
The New York Times: Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
The Verge: Threads and Instagram are for politics now, says Adam Mosseri
The New York Times: As Trump Praises Meta Decision, Tech Watchdogs Warn of Surge in Disinformation
The Silver Bulletin: The rise and fall of "fact-checking"
The Free Beacon: RIP, Meta Fact-Checkers. Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out.
Axios: Axios interview: Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles vows to block West Wing troublemakers
CNN Business: Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News town hall in advance from person inside network, new book says
The Daily Beast: Trump Privately Complains About Clingy Elon Musk: NYT Reporter
The New York Times: Trudeau’s Canada, Again
The New York Times: Washington Post Lays Off 4% of Its Work Force
The New York Times: Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed
The New York Post: Walmart's $78 Hermès Birkin dupe is the fashion world's hottest new handbag — and luxury lovers are fuming
The New York Times: How Will We Eat in 2025? 9 Predictions to Chew On.
The Free Beacon: CNN's High-Profile Defamation Trial Is Underway—and Jurors Appear Open to 10-Figure Payout
The Free Beacon: Navy Vet Suing CNN Warned He Would ‘Seek Legal Damages’ if It Ran Report Full of ‘Libel’
TV Technology: Hub: Streaming Viewers More Accepting of TV Ads
The Wall Street Journal: The Misunderstood Consequences of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency
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. |
| 0:23.5 | Well, well, well, I'm Chris Stierwalt. |
| 0:27.2 | And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:29.2 | Welcome to the Inc. Stained Wretches podcast where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News Media. |
| 0:38.2 | Eliana Johnson, it's been a minute. |
| 0:40.5 | It's been a minute. |
| 0:41.6 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:42.9 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:44.2 | Merry Christmas. |
| 0:45.3 | Happy Hanukkah. |
| 0:46.5 | All of those things. |
| 0:48.3 | We had the impossibly wonderful Megan McArdle. |
| 0:52.9 | We had a Best O show. |
| 0:53.8 | We took a week off and we are together again. |
| 0:57.4 | Do I recall? But before we do, do I recall correctly that you were on an adventure over your hiatus? |
| 1:03.3 | Not really. I was in Peru. That seems like an adventure. You know, it sounds like it, but it really wasn't. People may not know, but my, my mom is from Peru. |
| 1:13.5 | And so a cousin of mine was bar mitzvahing, her twin son and daughter over there. And so I really just |
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