Goodbye, Other Chris

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Strap in, Wretches. We’re going deep into the firing of CNN Chief, Chris Licht. We also breakdown Chuck Todd’s exit, Tucker’s full Twitter debut and the origins of McDonald’s Grimace. Time Stamps: 2:00 Front Page 56:37 Obsessions 1:00:50 Reader Mail 1:03:56 Favorite Item If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at [email protected]. Sign up for our Newsletter Watch the full episode here Follow us on Instagram @InkStainedWretches Show Notes: The Atlantic: Inside the Meltdown at CNN NYT: Could Jeff Zucker Fix CNN? He Seems to Think So. Semafor: CNN lost trust over COVID coverage, internal report found Politico: The Real Reason Chris Licht Got Fired From CNN The Information: The Real CNN Drama is Cable News' Growing Irrelevance NYT: Chuck Todd to Leave ‘Meet the Press’ National Review: NYT: GOP’s Diverse Field Just a Sign of GOP Racism The New Republic: The Arrogance of Already Crowning Trump the Republican Nominee The Daily Beast: Casey DeSantis Is the Walmart Melania Trump WaPo: Let Ron DeSantis identify however he wants Mediaite: Jen Psaki, James Comey Envision Trump in an Ankle Bracelet Deadline: Tucker Carlson Debuts Twitter Show To Big Numbers, Threatens To Leave Elon Musk-Owned Platform If Anyone Calls Him Out Semafor: Inside the high-stakes clash for control of Ukraine’s story NYT: Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History Mediaite: Is Anyone Going to Retract Their Baseless Claims That Fox News Leaked the Tucker Tapes? APNews: As conservatives target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe NYT: Pat Robertson, Who Gave Christian Conservatives Clout, Is Dead at 93 Daily Mail: Mark Zuckerberg denies that he was choked out during Jiu-Jitsu tournament NYT: With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum VinePair: Behold the Nostalgic, Purple Silliness That Is McDonald's Grimace Shake Obsessions: NYT: The Complicated Reality of Joe Biden, America’s Oldest President The Guardian: Amazon and Google fund anti-abortion lawmakers through complex shell game Favorite Items: WaPo: The fugitive heiress next door: Why Brazil is fascinated by Margarida Bonetti Semafor: Did Washington underestimate Kevin McCarthy?

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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.
0:24.7	Hi, I'm Chris Steyerwalt.
0:29.3	And I'm Eliana Johnson.
0:30.9	Welcome to Bangstain Riches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News Media.
0:38.8	Eliana Johnson, obligatory smoke in the air.
0:42.4	Small talk, go.
0:43.6	I just want to say I was very pleased to have somebody message me on Twitter to say,
0:50.0	you didn't say what kind of Amazon workout gear that you were recommending.
0:56.1	And there's so many brands.
0:57.2	And I was happy to, you know, reply and recommend.
0:59.5	And then somebody messaged me saying, I want to buy a knockoff Chinese bag for my wife.
1:04.2	How do I do it?
1:05.1	So I'm just happy to like be spreading, you know.
1:08.1	But how does the smoke in the, you're supposed to talk about the smoke in the air?
1:10.8	All anybody wants to talk about is the fact that it's smoky in town.
1:13.4	I'm like, I don't care.
1:15.7	There's always smoke in the air in Washington, but it's usually weed smoke.
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