Media Grinches Steal Christmas

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

With layoffs at Wapo, Tucker attacking Zelenskyy, and an ABC producer going rogue, the holiday season is less than jolly for the media. Tune in to also catch up on Disney drama and the menopause gold rush. If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at [email protected]. Receive show notes directly in your inbox, subscribe to the newsletter here. Time Stamps: 2:12 - Front Page 34:52 - Obsessions 42:08 - Reader Mail 44:50 - Favorite Items of the Week Show Notes: Politico: Playbook PM: WaPo braces for more layoffs Puck: Post-Apocalyptic WaPo: Your 2022 News Print NYT: In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump’s Fraud Claims WSJ: Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup Hollywood Reporter: Disney Analyst: Spinning Off ESPN, ABC Is “Best Path Forward” NPR: She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative Slate: I Think I Found Kyrsten Sinema’s Side Hustle WSJ: The Stanford Guide to Acceptable Words Yahoo: 'Disgusting!': 'New York Times' slammed after crossword puzzle resembles swastika NYT: Welcome to the Menopause Gold Rush Coindesk: Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet The Economist: Crypto’s last man standing WSJ: The 30-Year-Old Spending $1 Billion to Save Crypto Bloomberg: This Crypto CEO Says He Made $20 Billion Just to Give it All Away WSJ: Tech Live summit: What’s Next for Crypto Dispatch: Life Is Too Short For Hating Harry & Meghan New York Magazine: Fall of the Progressive Boy King NY Post: Man with WWI explosive lodged in his rectum sparks bomb scare, hospital evacuation

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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 Pomo is having a moment.
0:22.5	Hello.
0:24.2	I'm Chris Stierwalt.
0:25.2	And I'm Eliana Johnson.
0:26.6	Welcome to Grinch-Stand wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News Media.
0:37.3	Eliana Johnson.
0:39.0	It is Thursday before Christmas here in our nation's capital.
0:44.0	And the zombie apocalypse energy in D.C. is strong.
0:47.6	It's a rainy day.
0:49.2	And I love D.C.
0:50.3	Everything canceled.
0:51.4	I had my main children and I this morning were watching the local news
0:55.5	because I guess I have low standards.
0:58.8	No, I kid, I kid, I kid.
1:00.1	But the number of cancellations today, I'm like, it's just raining.
1:04.6	It's 40 degrees.
1:05.5	What are you doing?
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