Media Flunks Econ 101
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
We’re back, folks! Journos do their best to report on the economy, CNN assembles a new morning crew, Brian Stelter lands a new gig and The Washington Post is looking for a new “Social Media Coach”.
Time Stamps:
00:23 Introduction
03:29 Front Page
32:11 Obsessions
48:02 Reader Mail
56:32 Favorite Item of the Week
Show Notes:
Free Beacon: WATCH: Journalists Tout ‘Good News’ of 8.3% Inflation as Stock Market Plummets
Axios: Brian Stelter heads to Harvard while he figures out next gig
WaPo: Social Media Coach
CBS News: Queen Elizabeth's beloved corgis are getting a new home after her death — with Prince Andrew
CNN: Queen Elizabeth's beloved corgis are getting a new home after her death — with Prince Andrew
NPR: BYU bans a fan who yelled a racist slur at a Black volleyball player on Duke's team
WaPo: BYU bans fan, relocates volleyball match after racist slurs, threats
NyTimes: B.Y.U. Says It Found No Evidence of Racial Slurs at Volleyball Match
Common Sense: How the Media Fell for A Racism Sham
Techdirt: Legacy News Orgs’ Hatred Of Google Runs So Deep They’re Willing To Give Up Fair Use To Punish Google
WSJ: Latino Voters, Once Solidly Democratic, Split Along Economic Lines
WSJ: Chess Is in Chaos Over Suspicion That a Player Cheated Against Magnus Carlsen
Reductress: Cute! Queen Elizabeth’s Corgis Prepare to Be Buried Alive With Her
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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 Hatton. |
| 0:18.0 | Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. Hi, I'm Chris Steyerwalt. |
| 0:25.0 | And I'm Eliana Johnson. And welcome back to Ink Stained Wretches. What do we do here? Why, glad you |
| 0:32.7 | asked. We break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American news media. |
| 0:37.3 | Eliana Johnson, the people have spoken. |
| 0:40.5 | I, as I have gone about my business in this world, have heard from the El |
| 0:45.8 | rechos out there that they missed us last week. |
| 0:48.7 | And here we are coming to them late this week. |
| 0:51.9 | Should we explain our absence? |
| 0:53.8 | We don't have to explain ourselves, but I want people to know that we're sorry. |
| 0:59.6 | Yes. |
| 1:00.4 | I got very sick. |
| 1:02.2 | But you're okay. |
| 1:03.2 | I've been ill, but I've bounced back. |
| 1:07.0 | You look great. |
| 1:07.7 | You're on the move. |
| 1:08.4 | You're making it happen. |
| 1:09.4 | Yep. |
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