Posting Losses
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
This week, Chris and Eliana discuss the latest regarding the 2024 election and upcoming debates. We’re also discussing the Wizards and Capitals move to northern Virginia, and a strange new toy. Tune in!
2:06 Front Page
48:13 Obsessions
54:56 Reader Mail
58:02 Favorite Items
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Show Notes
Axios: CNN's GOP debate in Iowa in peril with Nikki Haley noncommittal
Mediaite: Ron DeSantis Asks Sean Hannity to Arrange a Debate Between Him and Trump
Politico: Behind Hunter Biden's unexpected appearance: A surprising ally and a heads-up to his dad
NYTimes: 'Buying Quiet': Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas
NYTimes: As Fury Erupts Over Campus Antisemitism, Conservatives Seize the Moment
NYT: Bill Ackman’s Campaign Against Harvard Followed Years of Resentment
Puck: The Tucker Rule
Awful Announcing: Charles Barkley addresses CNN ratings flop: 'F*** those Nielsen people.'
Puck News: Licht of Arabia
WSJ: Shohei Ohtani Signed a $700 Million Contract. He’s Only Getting Paid $2 Million a Year
WaPo: Monumental, Youngkin announce deal to move Caps, Wizards to Virginia
Slow Boring on Substack: Another brutal year for the media industry
NYT: Hair-Loss TikTok Offers Community, and Dubious Recommendations
NYT: The Strangest Toy on Wish Lists This Year
Obsessions:
NYPost: Harvard's secret plagiarism probe into president Claudine Gay
Daily Mail: 'Utterly terrifying': Shock as news channel announces it'll become first to use AI ANCHORS from next year
Favorite Item:
The Atlantic: Bus Rides Feel Different When You're a New Mother
The Spectator: The Politico story covering for Susanna Gibson is more embarrassing than anything she ever did
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. |
| 0:23.2 | Well, hello. I'm Chris Dyerwald. And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:28.4 | Well, don't we just welcome you all here to ink-stained wretches where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News Media. |
| 0:37.0 | Eliana Johnson, your exercise regime is pushing, you're pushing your boundaries. |
| 0:44.0 | Are you training for something? |
| 0:45.3 | You came in with your gym bag, and I thought maybe you had just summited. |
| 0:50.0 | It's not a gym bag. |
| 0:51.1 | No? |
| 0:51.5 | It's not a gym bag. |
| 0:52.6 | I am heading to New York from here. |
| 0:54.7 | Oh, you're fancy. |
| 0:55.5 | Yes. |
| 0:56.1 | But you were exercising. |
| 0:57.4 | I walked a mile, 1.4 miles on the treadmill before coming here. |
| 1:02.8 | And I just didn't change. |
| 1:04.7 | Are you ramping up into a new exercise regime? |
| 1:07.4 | I don't think I have ever trained for anything in my life, and I don't plan to |
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