The Massacre at the Capital Gazette, Decision 3.0, and Failing to Report on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | The Press Box (Ep. 490)

The Press Box

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🗓️ 3 July 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker reflect on the tragic shooting at the Capital Gazette last week and how Donald Trump's and Milo Yiannopoulos's comments against the press can stoke violence toward journalists (02:26). Then they talk about the impact LeBron James has had on sports media in light of his recent deal with the Los Angeles Lakers (20:50) and examine Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s surprise win in the New York Congressional Democratic primary last week (37:50). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	David, last week one, Stuttering John Melinda's
0:06.0	Frank called Donald Trump.
0:09.0	What I want to know is, which off-limit celebrity would you like to prank on?
0:14.8	I assume Donald Trump is off-limits for the purposes of this question, because that's been done.
0:20.8	It's been done.
0:21.8	Well, you remind him.
0:22.8	I mean, it immediately goes to...
0:24.8	This is for the press box?
0:26.0	Yes.
0:27.0	It immediately goes to Vlad Putin, but I think there'd be too much of a language.
0:31.1	It would just seem like a gag, even if it was real.
0:33.4	Um...
0:34.4	Ooh, I think it's gotta be...
0:37.4	I think to...
0:38.4	I mean, today it's gotta be Lebron, right?
0:40.4	Ooh.
0:41.4	You get Lebron on the phone?
0:42.4	Maybe Mav Carter, if you could get some more dirt from that.
0:44.9	I mean, it's got...
0:45.9	It's some combination of access and you think has the loosest lips.
0:48.9	Right.
0:49.9	I think it's Lebron, though.
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