I Knew It Was You, Fredo

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.7 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Cuomo brothers' brouhaha, Tucker Carlson interviews Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán, and NPR greenlights political protests on the part of its reporters so long as they're in favor of "the freedom and dignity of human beings."

Times

0:34 - Segment: Front Page
0:47 - Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo (Eliana)
5:19 - Best BBQ of Big Sky and Memphis
8:10 - Donald Trump and Ralph Northam
14:00 - Tucker Carlson's defense of Viktor Orbán (Chris)
18:28 - Andrew Napolitano out at Fox over sexual harassment allegations (Chris)
22:14 - New York Times piece: "Three (White Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is it a Moment?" (Eliana)
27:15 -The Atlantic piece on Yale Law Professor Amy Chua (Chris)
30:51 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
31:12 - Race and Vaccinations (Chris)
38:38 - NPR gives reporters the greenlight to protest (Eliana)
42:53 - Politico writers want to unionize (Eliana)
43:48 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
44:18 - Gallup Poll on preferred terms for racial groups (Chris)
46:30 - Illegal immigrant beheads American in Minneapolis, as reported by Eliana's dad, Scott Johnson (Eliana)

Links

"Jewish Girl in the Wild:" Check out videos of Eliana trap shooting in Big Sky, Montana, via Instagram

Appendix of report on sexual assault allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, featuring advice from brother and CNN host Chris Cuomo

Riverhouse BBQ in Blue Sky and Cozy Corner BBQ in Memphis

James Kirchick on Viktor Orbán in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post

Politico article on sexual assault allegations facing Judge Andrew Napolitano

New York Times article, "Three (White Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is it a Moment?"

Elizabeth Bruenig's article in The Atlantic on Yale Professor Amy Chua (shoutout to listener Karen Billups for sending!)

Scott Johnson's coverage on an illegal Cuban immigrant, Alexis Saborit, who beheaded an American in Minnesota, from the Power Line Blog

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. Hi, I'm Chris Steyerwalt.
0:25.6	And I'm Aliana Johnson. Welcome to Inc. Stained Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong
0:31.2	and what's going right with the American news media.
0:42.9	Up first on our front page, these are the stories that we thought were most important this week.
0:44.0	Chris, I don't think this first one is going to shock anybody.
0:47.4	Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo.
0:49.8	But all the different media aspects to this Cuomo scandal, the boosting of Andrew Cuomo, and then the sharp turn and the coverage of him and the involvement of CNN and Chris Cuomo.
1:01.3	I've been most interested by the CNN aspect to this.
1:05.5	So by way of background, back in May, we learned that Chris Cuomo, who hosts a CNN primetime show, was advising
1:13.9	his brother on how to respond to allegations of sexual harassment from multiple women.
1:20.4	We did not have the receipts. This was a Washington Post report. So CNN said that his actions
1:26.7	were, quote, inappropriate, but did not discipline him.
1:30.8	Let's get Chris Cuomo's apology from back in May. I thought it was pretty illuminating. Let's play
1:37.6	that clip. Now, today, there are stories out there about me offering my brother advice.
1:43.3	Of course I do. This is no revelation. I'm family first,
1:48.2	job second. When my brother's situation became turbulent, being looped into calls with other friends
1:54.4	of his and advisors that did include some of his staff, I understand why that was a problem for CNN.
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