Polly Want A Crisis?
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Rough week for NYT while the attempt to course correct on multiple fronts. We’re also looking at how the inflation is being interpreted amongst various publications and WaPo’s attempt at creating the next George Santos.
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2:08 Front Page
50:15 Obsessions
1:00:30 Reader Mail
1:06:56 Favorite Item of the Week
Show Notes:
Mediaite: NYT Edits Article Calling John Fetterman Health Needs ‘Special'
Hollywood Reporter: Judd Apatow, Gabrielle Union, Tommy Dorfman Accuse The New York Times of “Dangerous Inaccuracies” in Coverage of Trans People
John Hirschauer on Twitter: “The New York Times is bending over backwards to avoid saying the word “Chiefs.”
Reuters: Fox News must face Smartmatic's lawsuit over election-rigging claims
The Hill: GOP senators push back at Biden’s FCC nominee during third hearing
CNBC: Inflation rose 0.5% in January, more than expected and up 6.4% from a year ago
WaPo: US inflation slows to 6.4%, but price pressures re-emerge
WSJ: To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast
WaPo: California fires widen the gap between rich and poor
Vox: Russia, climate, inflation: Are we headed toward a “polycrisis”? The buzzword at Davos, explained.
WaPo: These women journalists were doing their jobs. That made them targets.
WaPo: The Hunter Biden laptop and claims of ‘Russian disinfo’
Washington Examiner: Disinformation Inc: State Department bankrolls group secretly blacklisting conservative media
NyMag: The Only Success Story in Right-Wing Social Media
NyMag: Trump Insult ‘Meatball Ron’ Is Better Than ‘DeSanctimonious’
DW: German director suspended after critic smeared with dog poo
Wapo: Anna Paulina Luna rose to Congress on a compelling life story. It surprised some who knew her.
National Review: What’s going on with the Ohio train crash
A Newspaper Taught Hemingway to Write
Puck: Licht’s Rebound Play
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. |
| 0:23.4 | Hi there. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm Chris Steyerwalt. |
| 0:26.6 | And I'm Aliana Johnson. |
| 0:28.1 | Welcome to Inkstained Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News Media. |
| 0:36.6 | Bump, bum, bum, |
| 0:38.2 | I am committed to never using a weird voice because you very your... |
| 0:47.5 | I like to mix it up a little bit, and I think very serious trailer voice. |
| 0:52.9 | They were two wretches. |
| 0:54.5 | They had a podcast. |
| 0:56.4 | The world was against them. |
| 0:58.2 | And yet they persisted. |
| 1:00.2 | Yeah, we still haven't gotten a sponsorship from those cookies. |
| 1:02.9 | What were they called? |
| 1:03.7 | Last crumb bakery. |
| 1:04.7 | Last crumb. |
| 1:05.4 | Oh. |
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