With Great Influence Comes No Responsibility
Ink Stained Wretches
Nebulous Media
4.7 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back, El Wretchos. Don't forget to watch us on YouTube.
In this episode, we are sad to report that world famine has NOT been solved. Anyways, this week we have a wide variety of topics, from TikTok coverage and Lara Trump to The Washington Post's condescending piece about all Republicans. Wretch on!
Time Stamps:
2:18 - Front Page
36:18 - Obsessions
43:56 - Reader Mail
51:28 - Favorite Items
SHOW NOTES
Popular Information: Media compounds failure on Hur report
Politico - Playbook: Joe Biden’s secret policy obsession
Wall Street Journal - How TikTok Was Blindsided by U.S. Bill That Could Ban It
NY Books - Who Should Regulate Online Speech?
Mediaiate - Don Lemon Grills Elon Musk About Meeting with Trump: ‘Did He Ask You for Money?’
New York Times - Yep, He Did It Again
Sky News - Princess of Wales: Picture agencies pull Kate photo amid 'manipulation' concerns
The Washington Post - Opinion: My month of living Republicanly
The Washington Post - How worried should we be about the Drunk Elephant tweens?
New York Times - I Said the Era of Famines Might Be Ending. I Was Wrong.
Wall Street Journal - The Hottest New Home Amenity? ‘It’s Brutal.’
New York Times - A Night With New York’s Lesbian and Bisexual Backgammon League
OBSESSIONS:
Financial Times - American politics is undergoing a racial realignment
Wall Street Journal - Biden’s National Security Adviser Navigates a World of Chaos
READER MAIL:
Cal Matters - L.A. County testing AI to get homeless people sheltered
FAVORITES:
Wall Street Journal - Meet the Other Trump Who’s About to Lead the GOP
Wall Street Journal - What’s in a $178,000 Oscars Gift Bag?
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 Hannity. |
| 0:18.0 | Today, Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. |
| 0:24.5 | The springtime tidings, rechos. I am Chris Stierwalt. And I'm Eliana Johnson. |
| 0:31.4 | Facts. Welcome to ink-stained wretches, where we break down what's going wrong and what's going right with the American news media. |
| 0:39.5 | Eliana, this is such a day that as the sun shineth upon your face when you walked outside, |
| 0:45.4 | it would be impossible not to be clothed resplendently in a smile. |
| 0:52.1 | Maybe, but we are currently in a cold basement. |
| 0:57.9 | So I reserve the right to frown. |
| 1:00.7 | But Chris, spring is springing. |
| 1:02.5 | It was wonderful to join you on your Sunday show this past weekend. |
| 1:06.6 | And it was fun. |
| 1:08.9 | And the best part was, other than joining you was the donuts I did I did have |
| 1:14.8 | district donuts delivered and it was great when well I find you had them delivered I'll bring |
| 1:20.8 | them next time I found having I I find paying four dollars and 45 cents for a donut to be |
| 1:26.5 | morally objectionable. |
| 1:27.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.6 | They are very, very good. |
| 1:29.6 | Okay. |
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