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Jun 30, 2021

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Eliana and Chris interview each other about how the heck they ended up sitting next to each other doing a podcast about the media.

Released:

Jun 30, 2021

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Podcast episode

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Eliana Johnson and Chris Stirewalt love the news business but they hate a lot of what’s happening to it these days. Using their decades of experience in print, digital and TV news they tell the story behind the stories, always on the lookout for bias, sloppy reporting and, well, just plain wretched journalism. Every week they help you to be a better, smarter news consumer.

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Bye Felicia: Simone Biles and safety culture come to the Olympics, news reporters take a stand on Jan. 6, and Felicia Sonmez sues her bosses by Ink Stained Wretches
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The Introduction: Eliana and Chris interview each other by Ink Stained Wretches
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Where's the Le Boeuf?: Gruesome Gruden coverage, Katie Couric takes a knee for RBG, and alternative media sources pick up the MSM slack on wokeism by Ink Stained Wretches
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We Knew it Was You, Fredo: Chris Cuomo demonstrates once again that he is unfit for primetime, or anytime, the media botches crime and Omicron coverage, and Chris's Dispatch colleagues hit the exits from Fox News by Ink Stained Wretches
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Manchin Hit by Flurry of Snowflakes: Joe Manchin is no maverick, Kamala can't take the heat in the kitchen, and capes are super, or the Financial Times says by Ink Stained Wretches
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Milley and the Mythmakers: Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley becomes a hero for some, a villain for others by Ink Stained Wretches
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I love your Musk: Pressies panic over Musk’s Twitter acquisition and “harassment” of obscenely wealthy and powerful tech execs, Murdoch’s Facebook grudge lives on – and isn’t newsworthy, and should we care whether Kamala is taking a COVID pill? by Ink Stained Wretches
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Cracking the Whip: The media gets the border-patrol story wrong and can't stop complaining that pretty young white women get too much coverage by Ink Stained Wretches
42 min listen
Little Miss Sunshine: In an off-brand moment for ISW, Eliana is full of praise this week for fact-checkers. We also have journalists down in Uvalde trying to figure out the play-by-play of the horrific shooting, and CNN is hoping to exercise some restraint with the ‘ole breaking news chyron. by Ink Stained Wretches
49 min listen
Dems Get a Wokeup Call: Dems and the MSM try to tell the audience that critical race theory doesn't exist in Virginia, workers of the world unite at Politico, and the New York Times reports Americans are confused by wokesters' evolving language. by Ink Stained Wretches
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Ink Stained Wretches, The Interview: Alex Thompson: POLITICO White House correspondent and author of West Wing Playbook Alex Thompson talks to the wretches about the trials and travails of covering the Biden administration, working for Maureen Dowd, and more by Ink Stained Wretches
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#SyrupConcerns: We break down Roe v. Wade coverage, the “boring” White House beat, and Trump’s role in the GOP primaries. by Ink Stained Wretches
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Dissed-Information: Afghanistan coverage goes off the rails, CNN’s “standards,” and our beef with fact-checkers by Ink Stained Wretches
44 min listen
Bonfire of the Cable News Vanities: Rep. Devin Nunes leaves Congress for MAGA media, surgeon general shrinks the news, much ado about Fox’s torched tinsel by Ink Stained Wretches
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Lost in the Supermarket: Our friend Julie Mason steps in to discuss infighting at Fox, CNN gets a late-night lashing, a new look at the bird watcher of Central Park, and New York Times laments the ethnic food isle by Ink Stained Wretches
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Eliana Vindicated: Mark Milley fails his book report, Ben Smith shreds the Theranos of media, and local news is sending out the alert on pot gummies in your kids’ Halloween candy by Ink Stained Wretches
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