The One Where Eliana Has Laryngitis
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Chris takes the lead this week as Eliana rests her vocal cords. This week, we are covering everything from the FCC to the trans sports ban out of the White House, as well as a few items on the Super Bowl and the latest shake from McDonald’s. Wretch on!
Time Stamps:
2:04 - Front Page
52:01 - Obsessions
55:56 - Reader Mail
57:48 - Favorite Items
Show Notes:
The Wall Street Journal: More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Resigned So Far, Short of Target
The Washington Post: Republican ire at USAID finds an unusual target: Politico
The Hill: Politico publishes note ‘to set the record straight’ on government subscription outrage
Axios: Scoop: Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts
NPR: Why CBS stands at the epicenter of Trump's assault on the media
CJR: A Plea for Institutional Modesty
AEI: When Anti-Press Ascendancy Meets FCC Public Interest Regulation
The Wrap: Meta Hires Chief Correspondent From Tucker Carlson-Founded Daily Caller
Semafor: Inside Tom Cotton’s unconventional push for Tulsi Gabbard
The Washington Post: The couple who want to make America procreate again
The New York Times: As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces
AP News: Winging it for the Super Bowl? Broccoli might be a cheaper party snack this year
Poynter: Donald Trump brings back the tradition of the Super Bowl interview
USA Today: Travis Kelce: Trump attending Super Bowl 'cool.' The president said 'I hate Taylor Swift.'
The Hill: Whole Hog Politics: An inflection point for the transgender movement
The Wall Street Journal: Americans Don’t Eat Enough Bacon. The Pork King Has a Plan.
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. |
| 0:23.4 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Chris Steyerwald. |
| 0:26.7 | And I'm Eliana Johnson without a voice today? |
| 0:30.2 | Barely. |
| 0:31.1 | Welcome to Inkstein Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going |
| 0:35.0 | right with the American news media in America. |
| 0:38.4 | Let me tell you, 25% of Eliana Johnson is worth 100% of most people. This is true. But for the |
| 0:47.5 | Eliana Johnson enthusiasts, the people who are Team EJ in our audience, I regret to inform you that because my friend and |
| 0:57.0 | colleague is struggling with a laryngitis situation, you're going to get more Stairwalt than you |
| 1:03.1 | want this week. That's going to be your situation. But rather than doing without Eliana, |
| 1:10.3 | she has gamely agreed to be with us. |
| 1:12.0 | Are you going to be okay? |
| 1:13.8 | I'm going to survive. |
| 1:16.5 | All right. |
| 1:17.0 | It sounds like there's intrigue around your voice. |
| 1:23.1 | It sounds like there's, it sounds like we're doing, we're doing something in a spy novel, so we're |
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