To Know Hur is to Love Hur
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
How dare you question the President’s memory. At the least thats what The New York Times is telling readers this week. We’re breaking down coverage around the Hur report, Tucker and making budget suggestions for CNN. Wretch on!
Time Stamp:
02:39 Front Page
52:53 Obsessions
1:00:25 Reader Mail
1:03:31 Favorite Items
If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com. Sign Up for the Newsletter: https://nebulouspodcasts.com/shows/ink-stained-wretches
Follow us on Instagram @InkStainedWretches
Show Notes:
Axios: Special counsel Robert Hur making plans to testify to GOP panel about Biden
WSJ: Let’s See the Biden-Hur Interview Transcript
NYT: Opinion | Biden Must Win. But How Can He?
NBC News: Biden attacked Hur for asking him when Beau died. That didn't happen, sources say.
NYT: Memory Loss Requires Careful Diagnosis, Scientists Say
Andrew Sullivan on Substack: The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Syndrome
NYPost: Bloodbath at Paramount claims 800 jobs including CBS News journalists embroiled in controversy
Commentary Magazine: Don’t Blame Us. We’re Journalists.
WSJ: Rafah Is Already in a Humanitarian Crisis. Now, an Israeli Offensive Looms.
The Crimson: More Than 30 Harvard Students Hunger Strike for 12 Hours in Solidarity With Brown Protesters
The Hill: Tucker Carlson: Moscow ‘so much nicer than any city in my country’
The Dispatch: The Full Duranty - Kevin D. Williamson
NYT: What Is Solo Polyamory, and Does It Just Mean You’re Single?
Newsweek: Christian Super Bowl Commercial Outrages Conservatives
WSJ: Men Used to Have Wives. Now They Have Personal Stylists
WSJ: What’s the Tooth Fairy Leaving These Days? $100 Bills and Louis Vuitton Bracelets
Obsessions:
The Wrap: CNN Looks to Slash Budgets, Star Salaries as Mark Thompson Digs In
Ap News: Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump's demolition of deal as a 'gift'
Favorite Items:
Commentary: The Power Broke Her
WSJ: The $1 Billion Art Collection That’s Tearing a Family Apart
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 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. Well, hello. I am Chris |
| 0:27.4 | Dyerwald. I'm Eliana Johnson. Welcome to Engstain Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong |
| 0:32.5 | and what's going right with the American News Media, Eliana Johnson. We are recording this the day after Valentine's Day. |
| 0:41.2 | Did you have a nice Valentine's Day? |
| 0:43.1 | I had a wonderful Valentine's Day, actually, which was never, my dad was always like, it's a Hallmark holiday. |
| 0:51.4 | We never did anything for it growing up, and I always told my husband, I was like, I hate flowers or just work. |
| 0:58.4 | You know, you got to cut the stems and put them in the vase and not a chocolates person. |
| 1:03.8 | And finally he just said, I'm doing whatever I want. |
| 1:07.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.9 | And gets me, started getting me flowers and chocolate every year. |
| 1:12.4 | But we went out to a nice dinner the day before. |
| 1:14.7 | Oh, good. |
| 1:15.0 | Which was super nice because it wasn't crowded or anything. |
| 1:18.1 | So we had like such a lovely time. |
| 1:20.4 | Oh, that's so good. |
| 1:21.2 | And I came home and there were flowers and chocolate on the front table and it was really nice. |
| 1:24.2 | Oh, I love to hear it. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nebulous Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Nebulous Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

