The A-B-C’s of Losing a Debate
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Watch this episode on YouTube. From missed opportunities to lack of preparation, we break down this week’s debate in today’s episode. We also delve into a new profile of Senator Mike Lee, Prince's lost documentary, and explore the stoicism of George W. Bush. Wretch on!
Time Stamps:
01:38 Front Page
46:00 Obsessions
53:33 Reader Mail
1:01:00 Favorite Items
Show Notes:
New York Times: 67.1 Million People Watched Harris and Trump, Outdrawing Last Debate
The Daily Beast: Trump Demands ABC Be Shut Down for Daring to Fact Check Debate
The Wall Street Journal: Trump Debate Performance Frustrates Republicans
The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus man regrets taking goose photo he says is being weaponized against immigrants
Semafor: Q&A: David Rubenstein on the presidents, and George W. Bush’s theory of populism
The Atlantic: Why Mike Lee Folded
The Free Press: Matti Friedman: When We Started to Lie
The New York Times: Hamas Documents Reveal Tunnel Battle Strategy
The New York Times: N.Y.P.D. Ousts 2 Reporters From Headquarters in Escalation of Tensions
The Atlantic: How Snacks Took Over American Life
The New Yorker: The Longest Yard Sale
The New York Times: The Prince We Never Knew
AP News: New Hampshire governor helps save man choking on lobster roll at eating contest
The Wall Street Journal: The 35-Year-Old CEO Plotting Red Lobster’s Comeback
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 Hatton. |
| 0:18.0 | Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. |
| 0:23.8 | Hi, I'm Chris Stierwald. And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:26.9 | Woo-hoo. Welcome to Inkstained Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American News media. |
| 0:34.6 | Eliana Johnson, all I can say, reunited and it feels so good. |
| 0:39.4 | Welcome back. |
| 0:40.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:41.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:41.6 | We made due in your absence. |
| 0:44.4 | We muddled through. |
| 0:45.7 | Fortunately, we had the services of the great Christine Rosen last week, but it's so great |
| 0:51.5 | to have you back. |
| 0:52.7 | And your timing could not be better. Could not be a more propitious timing to examine the state of the American news media. |
| 1:00.9 | Back for debate week. |
| 1:02.6 | Were you surprised by the debate? |
| 1:07.9 | That's a good question. |
| 1:10.2 | I'm not sure. |
| 1:12.1 | I think I really didn't know what to expect. |
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