The High Price of Low Standards

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We have a big episode this week, folks. Starting off with the Fox News and Dominion settlement, jumping over to 2024 coverage and taking a moment to examine the future of humankind. Tune in! Time Stamps: 3:00 Front Page 47:56 Obsessions 54:30 Reader Mail 57:36 Favorite Item of the Week If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at [email protected]. Sign up to receive show notes directly in your inbox Show Notes: Fox News: FOX News Media, Dominion Voting Systems reach agreement over defamation lawsuit Reuters: Exclusive: Fox investors seek records in possible step toward suing directors NYT: Opinion | What Protects Fox News In the Dominion Trial Also Protects Our Democracy WaPo: After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024 The American Conservative: Learning From Vlad the Impaler News Nation: Musk, media reach boiling point over Twitter changes WSJ: Harlan Crow Is ‘Collateral Damage’ of a Smear Campaign Against Clarence Thomas Politico: Playbook: No GOP favors for Feinstein Yahoo News: Meet the ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind WaPo: Choosing not to have a kid out of climate fears? You're not alone. - The Washington Post WaPo: Tax season is getting longer. Blame climate change. MarketWatch: Oklahoma sheriff’s office says recording by McCurtain Gazette-News of talk about killing journalists was illegal WSJ: Prayers, a Glitchy App and a Five-Minute Race for Migrants at Border to Win Entry to U.S. NYTimes:As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings WSJ: Can I Wear Jeans and a White T-Shirt to Work? Plus 8 More Burning Questions On the Classic Men’s Outfit Obsessions: NYT: How a Campaign Against Transgender Rights Mobilized Conservatives WaPo: Boston is a bucket-list marathon. Now nonbinary runners can compete, too. WSJ: A Tense Wait for an Imprisoned Son WSJ: Evan Gershkovich Is Not a Spy Favorite Items: WaPo: Teachers nationwide are flummoxed by students' new chess obsession 104.5 WOKV: Mets broadcasters hilariously explain possum still at large in Athletics' television booth

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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. Hi, I'm Chris Steyerwalt.
0:27.7	And I'm Eliana Johnson. That's dang tootin. Welcome to Inkstein Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what is going right with the American news media.
0:38.5	Eliana Johnson, I brought you something.
0:41.1	What did you bring from Germany?
0:43.4	From Germany, I have brought you the keychain.
0:46.8	Oh, I like it.
0:47.9	It's the TV Tower.
0:49.4	Here you go.
0:50.6	That's great.
0:52.0	TV Tower.
0:53.0	Everybody gets one for Nate and his haircut.
0:56.0	One for a bare-armed sweaterless Colin Chacola.
1:00.9	But this is the TV tower in Berlin, which the East Germans built to broadcast their
1:09.2	propaganda into the West and into the world.
1:12.3	It's very tall and you can go up in it.
1:14.2	And I did.
1:15.5	And it's true.
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