Microdosing Lazy Reporting
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
We’re shaking things up and starting the show with praise this week regarding Hunter Biden coverage. After that, we break down the aftermath of Trump’s Fox Interview, RFK Jr., and the benefits of micro dosing.
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Time Stamps:
3:26 Front Page
45:46 Obsessions
52:30 Reader Mail
58:34 Favorite Items
Show Notes:
NBC: Biden warns top aides against offering him political advice about Hunter
NYT: Opinion | The Meaning of Hunter Biden
Politico: Playbook: Mike Pence’s plan to go further on abortion
The Hill: Trump rips ‘nasty’ Bret Baier after Fox News interview
Vanity Fair: Fox News Is Scrambling to Get Donald Trump on the Debate Stage: “He Despises the Murdochs”
WaPo:Jesse Watters gets Tucker Carlson’s 8 p.m. slot in Fox News shake-up
The Atlantic: Inside the Mind of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
NYT: - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Be President. Cheryl Hines Is Along for the Ride.
WSJ: Canada Passes Law Forcing Facebook, Google to Pay Media for Links
AP News: Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities
Scientific American: Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice
The Atlantic: The Comic Strip That Explains the Evolution of American Parenting
Reuters: More Than 100 U.S. Political Elites Have Family Links to Slavery
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candace Millard
NYT: How Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Came to Call It Home
NYT: ‘Hava Nagila,’ the Jewish Folk Song, is a Hit at Clubs, Bars and Even Mets Games
Obsessions:
NYT: Why Did Jenna Lyons Join the Rebooted RHONY?
WSJ: Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley.
Favorite Item:
WSJ: This Small Oil Town Has an Extravagant Obsession: Million-Dollar Home Renovations
Yahoo Sports: US judge throws out high-profile chess cheating lawsuit
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. |
| 0:25.1 | Hi. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm Chris Starwald. |
| 0:27.8 | And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:29.3 | Welcome to Ink Stained Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American news media. |
| 0:38.3 | Chris? |
| 0:39.1 | Madam. |
| 0:40.5 | A couple things right off the top. |
| 0:41.9 | Hit me. |
| 0:42.8 | Neither of which are chit-chat. |
| 0:44.4 | Oh, dear. |
| 0:45.0 | The first is we just got the affirmative action decisions from the Supreme Court. |
| 0:50.5 | You're springing affirmative action news on me. |
| 0:52.8 | Does this mean I'm being replaced on the podcast by someone who is not Appalachian America? |
| 0:56.6 | Am I a diversity higher? |
| 0:57.8 | Given that this is, given that the court has struck it down, |
| 1:02.0 | I wanted to tell our listeners, because we were recording on Thursday morning, |
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