The Gaslighting of America, Biden’s Veep, and Coronavirus Media Layoffs | The Press Box
The Press Box
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🗓️ 20 March 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network. |
| 0:04.4 | We hope the Ringer can provide you entertainment and companionship during this time, so as |
| 0:08.3 | always feel free to check out theRinger.com, where we're still covering the latest in sports, |
| 0:13.1 | pop culture, tech, and media, and the Ringer's YouTube channel can provide endless amounts |
| 0:17.2 | of entertainment. |
| 0:18.2 | You can find that at youtube.com slash theRinger. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello media consumers, Brian Curtis and David Schumacher of the Ringer here. |
| 0:37.8 | This is the press box. |
| 0:39.3 | We got lots and lots to get to today. |
| 0:41.5 | If Joe Biden is pretty much a lock to become the Democratic nominee, we're going to talk |
| 0:46.4 | about who he will choose as his running mate. |
| 0:49.5 | Plus, we've already seen several media jobs lost this week thanks to coronavirus. |
| 0:54.2 | Who are the media victims and what will the world look like without them? |
| 0:57.8 | We'll answer some listener mail, plus anoint the overworked Twitter joke of the week. |
| 1:02.8 | But David, I want to start with a topic we can call the gas lighting of America. |
| 1:07.2 | Woo! |
| 1:08.2 | That word is probably overused these days, but gas lighting is precisely the right word |
| 1:15.0 | for what has been happening with President Trump and coronavirus over the last week. |
| 1:20.4 | Here's Donald Trump talking about coronavirus on January 22nd. |
| 1:24.4 | When asked if he was worried about a pandemic? |
| 1:26.8 | No, not at all. |
| 1:28.4 | We have it totally under control. |
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