Reporters Vs. Influencers at the Correspondents’ Dinner, a Senate Candidate’s Old Tweets, and Katie Baker from the Musk-Altman Trial

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Press Box, Bryan and David start with some follow-up stories on the Russini-Vrabel situation before talking more about the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the work reporters and influencers did at the event (13:12). They also discuss a Michigan Senate candidate's old tweets (28:33), another attempt at cancelling Jimmy Kimmel (38:42), and more. Then, Bryan is joined by Katie Baker, who is at the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial and walks us through her observations of the proceedings (54:06). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline! Read Katie Baker’s piece about the trial here. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerGuest: Katie BakerProducers: Bruce Baldwin, Isaiah Blakely, Jamie Yukich, and Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.5	David?
0:33.7	Yeah?
0:34.9	I got one more update for you.
0:43.3	Just one more update. From the afterlife of the Diana Rusini, Mike Vrabel story. Is it already in the ground?
0:45.3	The story?
0:47.3	Yeah.
0:48.3	I guess phase one is in the ground.
0:52.3	Yeah.
0:53.3	Now we're in phase two.
0:55.4	I feel like people are talking about it more now than they were when all the story broke.
0:59.0	You may be right.
1:01.2	Partly that's because Ryan Glassbeagle had an update over at front office sports.
1:06.0	Mm-hmm.
1:06.9	He says on Wednesday, executive editor Stephen Ginsburg, that's the executive editor of the
1:13.4	Athletic, also known as Silent Stephen Ginsburg, read a statement that he prepared lasting about
1:20.1	10 minutes in which he acknowledged that communications could have been more clear.
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