Tripping on Narcissism

Ink Stained Wretches

Nebulous Media

News, News Commentary

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Watch this episode on YouTube! Bad news: Eliana is out this week. Good news: The Washington Post’s Megan McCardle is stepping in. We cover everything from The Wall Street Journal’s victory lap on Biden coverage to the drama at BlueSky and the rising role of health in politics. Wretch on! Time Stamps: 5:04 - Front Page 1:20:29 - Obsessions 1:28:41 - Reader Mail 1:32:19 - Favorite Items Show Notes: The Wall Street Journal: How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge Semafor: Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’ The Atlantic: The Wellness Women Are on the March The Dispatch: Trump and the Mainstream Media Resume a Toxic Love Affair The Hill: ABC settles Trump’s defamation suit for $15M Mediaite: EXCLUSIVE: Neil Cavuto Leaving Fox News The Wall Street Journal: MSNBC and CNN Fight to Dig Out of a Postelection Ratings Hole The Times: Australia to charge big tech companies that don’t pay for news Honest Broker: Mainstream Is Now Fringe, and Fringe Is Mainstream The Washington Post: Brian Thompson warned of UnitedHealth’s negative image before shooting The Free Press: The Year of McDonald’s - by Chris Arnade Semafor: Cloudy skies at Bluesky The Atlantic: The Luxury Makeover of the Worst Pastry on Earth I Might Be Wrong on Substack: "Baby It's Cold Outside" is Good, So Bite Me and Happy Holidays The New York Times: The C.E.O.s Are Tripping. Can Psychedelics Help the C-Suite? Compact Magazine: The Cross and the Vine of Death The Atlantic: A Mysterious Health Wave Is Breaking Out Across the U.S. The Wall Street Journal: Not Falling for the Old McRib Ruse? Then Why Are There 12 in Your Freezer? The Hustle: How the weirdest store at the mall survived the retail apocalypse UPI: Detroit-area library rejects return of book overdue 50 years

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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.
0:24.6	Hi, I'm Chris Stierwall.
0:26.6	And I am not Eliana Johnson.
0:28.6	She isn't.
0:29.6	Welcome to Inkstein Wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American news media.
0:35.6	And America, let me tell you something. You are in for a
0:38.8	treat. You are in for a real treat because Megan McArdle is with us today. Megan McArdle is one of the
0:45.2	people in my life when I get to say that the gifts of living in Washington and working in media and
0:52.6	doing all of that stuff. And sometimes I say,
0:55.0	I can't believe I'm actually friends with that person because it's a person who's writing.
0:59.2	I have admired for a long time, a person who has this great public intellectual life and does
1:06.1	all that stuff. And Megan McArdle is one of the people that makes me happy to do what I do.
1:10.9	Megan McArdle is blushing. Well, Megan me happy to do what I do. Megan McArdle is blushing.
1:12.7	Well, Megan McAuerre...
1:13.6	Right back at you, Mr. Stierwell.
1:15.6	You can read Megan McArdle at the Washington Post, where...
1:18.9	How often do you write?
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