Ocean's 2
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2023
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
John Podhoertz, editor of Commentary Magazine, sits in for Eliana today. We’re diving deep into the media’s 2024 coverage and then jumping into a full business section with news from Buzzfeed, Politico, and more.
Time stamps:
6:40 Front Page
1:16:26 Obsessions
1:22:58 Reader Mail
1:28:37 Favorite Item of the Week
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Show Notes:
The Dispatch: Who Needs the MSM?
Politico: Trump prepares an extensive opposition file on ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’
WaPo: On the trail, freewheeling Donald Trump counters scripted Ron DeSantis
WaPo: Much of the 2024 GOP field focuses on dark, apocalyptic themes
Mediaite: Al Sharpton Floats His New Nickname For Anti-Woke Republicans: 'Well What's The Opposite?'
Vanity Fair: How Rod Dreher’s Blog Got a Little “Too Weird” for The American Conservative | Vanity Fair
Politico: How Biden saved Silicon Valley startups: Inside the 72 hours that transformed U.S. banking
WSJ: Barney Frank Pushed to Ease Financial Regulations After Joining Signature Bank Board
WaPo: Dafna Linzer abruptly steps down as Politico’s executive editor
Puck: Dafna Punk
WSJ: BuzzFeed Encourages Reporters to Write More Stories in Attempt to Turn Profit
Nieman Journalism Lab: The scale of local news destruction in Gannett’s markets is astonishing
Page Six: Gwyneth Paltrow dragged on TikTok over wellness tips
Slate: Why Are All Action Heroes Named Jack, James, or John?
MSNBC: Oscars 2023: Best picture nom ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is slick, but sick
Deadline White House on Twiter: "If Stormy is someone they are going to look as a substantial witness for this case, I am certain that she will do a fantastic job... the facts will prevail and the facts do not benefit the former president" - @MichaelCohen212 w/ @NicolleDWallace
MSNBC: Why Michael Cohen wouldn't be as bad a prosecution witness as some may think
LA Times: How white and affluent drivers are polluting the air breathed by LA's people of color
WaPo: Opinion | Gavin Newsom unfairly punishes Walgreens for its abortion pill policy
CBS New York: City of Newark falls for Sister City scam: "Whose job was it to do a simple Google search?"
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. |
| 0:22.7 | I'm Chris Stierwalt. |
| 0:24.1 | I am not Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to ink-stained wretches where we break down what's going wrong. |
| 0:30.1 | And yes, what is going right with the American news media. |
| 0:35.5 | And who is not Eliana Johnson? |
| 0:37.6 | Most people are not Eliana Johnson, but we are particularly lucky because we have with us |
| 0:42.9 | the man who I credit or blame for doing this podcast, me doing this podcast. |
| 0:49.1 | John Padorett, the editor of comment. |
| 0:50.8 | I had no idea that that was the case. |
| 0:52.5 | So please enlighten me. |
| 0:54.6 | Editor of Commentary Magazine, is that the full title? Are you Editor-in-Chief? |
| 0:57.8 | Are you Regis? Okay. Editor of the great, useful, important commentary magazine, |
| 1:04.2 | opinion writer at the New York Post, veteran of decades of the media wars of America, one of my truly favorite people. |
| 1:13.2 | And when I started doing this podcast with Eliotto, which I originally looked at as just an opportunity to do something with a friend and like, I don't know what I thought it was. |
| 1:22.7 | John, you were one of the first people that when you told me you actually listened to it and you liked it. |
| 1:26.4 | I thought, oh my gosh, I may actually do this. And so I did, thanks to you. I'm honored. I'm honored to |
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