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Ink Stained Wretches

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.

Copyright: © Nebulous Media LLC

Latest Episodes:

Little Miss Sunshine Jun 03, 2022

Show notes

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.

Show Notes:

NYT: Uvalde Teacher Spoke With Husband, a Police Officer, Before She Died

WaPo: Biden’s fantastical claim of $500 in annual utility savings

Fortune: EXCLUSIVE: Sheryl Sandberg, prompted by Roe v Wade, says why she decided to step down from Facebook after historic tenure

Rolling Stone: ‘Men Always Win’: Survivors ‘Sickened’ by the Amber Heard Verdict

NYPost: Repairman who revealed Hunter Biden laptop sues Schiff, CNN, Politico and the Daily Beast

WSJ: Expatriate Executives Flee Saudia Arabia’s Bad Bosses

Caitlin Flanagan: I’m a Coastal Grandmother. Stop Appropriating Our Culture

Time Stamps:

0:23 - Introduction

4:12 - Front Page

34:29 - Obsessions

43:15 - Reader Mail

44:30 - Favorite Items of the Week

If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com

The Media and Mass Shootings May 27, 2022

Show notes

We break down media coverage of the Texas shooting, ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ goes poof, and NPR creates a snitch line.

Show Notes:

LA Times on Chris's big news

Ronald Brownstein on Filibuster

WaPo on Stefanik

WaPo on Monkeypox

CJR on Political Writing

Smithsonian on Small Town papers

WaPo Op-Ed on Trump 2024

WSJ on Depp v Herd Trial trends

NYT on John Fetterman's style

Timestamps:

5:22 - Coverage of Texas Shooting

9:41 - Filibuster

14:40 - NRA mentioned in Media

19:17 - Trump Primary Coverage

29:39 - Stu Varney

32:15 - Sussman Trial

35:00 - Monkeypox

40:04 - NPR Mask Policy

44:00 - Obsessions

44:14 - WaPo on Elise Stefanik

50:40 - CJR on Political Writing

54:39 - Reader Mail

1:00:56 - Smithsonian on small-town paper

1:02:15 - Trends from Depp v Herd trial

1:04:31 - NYT on John Fetterman's style

If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com

Replacement Blame Game May 20, 2022

Show notes

Media makes a hash of the Buffalo shooting, the Biden administration pulls the plug on the Biden administration’s “disinformation” board, and a birder is back.

Show Notes:

WaPo on Stefanik and Buffalo

NYT on Paul Krugman

Malcon Gladwell on Tucker

WaPo's Climate Change Stats

Axios Chart on Depp v Heard Case

WaPo on Disinformation Board

NYT on a birder

Politico on Steve Schmidt

NPR on Pulitzer Debate

Time Stamps

3:50 - Front Page

4:11 - WaPo and Stefanik

13:02 - Paul Krugman and NYT

14:30 - Tucker on Buffalo Shooting

17:45 - "Eye Patch McCain"

20:01 - Gladwell on Tucker

22:01 - Lawerence O'Donnell's crazy cakes

24:05 - CNN+

27:49 - WaPo Rant

32:11 - Amber (Ya) Heard

37:01 - Disinformationn Board Disamebled

40:23 - A Birder is Back

42:55 - Holy Schmidt

48:33 - Kathy Barnette

54:00 - Reader Mail

55:59 - Pultizer Debate

57:30 - Clarence Thomas

If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com

Be Smart: Reap the Whirlwind May 13, 2022

Show notes

Axios gets its comeuppance for allowing reporters to join political protests, Chris has some issues with primary coverage, and the AP misses the real story on corporate silence on Roe decision

Time Stamps:

2:01 - Front Page
2:15 - Axios Employee Policy
8:25 - Roe Effect on Media
11:54 - Mississippi Governor v CNN
16:01 - Politico Doubles Down
23:11 - Fan Mail on AP Article
30:23 - Ugh, Pulitzers
33:37 - Renaming GWU
38:25 - OANN PSA
39:22 - Big (or small?) Moves for Chuck Todd
44:30 - Tom Brady's Big Contract
48:02 - Obsessions
48:20 - New Press Secretary
52:20 - Primary Coverage
59:20 - Reader Mail
1:03:29 - Favorite Items

If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com

#SyrupConcerns May 06, 2022

Show notes

We break down Roe v. Wade coverage, the “boring” White House beat, and Trump’s role in the GOP primaries.

Time Stamps:

4:15 - Roe V Wade

18:40 - Primary Fever

22:00 - White Correspondence Dinner

28:31 - Mr. President's Teleprompter

32:04 - Taylor Lorenz and Drudge Report

37:08 - Madison Cawthorne Video

42:15 - Obsessions

51:30 - Reader Mail

1:00:25 - Say Something Nice

Show Notes:

NYT on Politico's big scoop

Poytner Column

AEI article from the great Samantha Goldstein

Politico article on White House Coverage

Politico article mentioning the teleprompter

NYT's Elon Musk Profile

Email us stories or just say hi: wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com

I love your Musk Apr 29, 2022

Show notes

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?

Show Notes:

WSJ on Sheryl Sandberg putting pressure on Daily Mail

WaPo on Musk twitter attack

Michael Lewis's Podcast

George Will's column

Jeff Maurer in Persuasion

Time Stamps:

2:58 - Kamala has Covid

10:09 - Most Dangerous Man in The World: Rupert Murdoch

15:07 - Facebook v. Murdoch

23:48 - Obsessions

24:05 - Elon boosts online attacks

33:09 - Michael Lewis on Tornados

37:40 - Fan Mail

46:55 - Favorite Items

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Email us stories or just say hi: wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com

CNN Minus Apr 22, 2022

Show notes

CNN scuttles streaming service, Taylor Lorenz plays ding dong ditch, and the journos go nuts over a judge’s ruling on the CDC mask mandate for federal transit.

Show Notes:

Pew research on twitter users
Shawn McCreesh's profile of Joe Kahn
Politico’s coverage of Joe Kahn
Wonderful Fred Smith interview in WSJ

Time Stamps

3:57 - Lorenz Doxxes
14:53 - Chris Licht takes a dig at journos
20:04 - Joe Kahn Profile
27:03 - Fact-checkers check Biden's arm shake
30:25 - Tucker Carlson explores testicle tanning
34:10 - Piers Morgan is something else
36:40 - Rudy is also something else
37:53 - Obsessions
38:20 - RIP CNN+
43:32 - Journos resond to mask ruling
51:05 - Reader Mail
53:51 - Favorite Items of the Week
54:10 - CNN Colleagues being bros
56: 02 - FedEx Founder skirts non-PC comments

Stirewaltian Both-Sidesism Apr 15, 2022

Show notes

How race skews crime coverage, CNN gets owned, and geez, why can’t the NYT or the WaPo tell us what the 1619 Project actually says?

Show Notes:

Freebeacon coverage on the race of murders
NYT coverage on subway shooter
Cuomo's corporate puff piece
Stelter owned
Axios coverage on CNN+
NYT coverage on substack
Lachlan Murdoch makes views clear
NYT on 1619 project
Elon wants twitter
BLM's $6 million mansion
Dianne Feinstein Coverage

Time Stamps:

6:37 - Front Page
2:50 - Coverage of the Subway shooter
12:49 - Chris Cuomo's corporate puff segment
17:57 - Brian Stelter gets caught off guard
23:31 - CNN+ isn't doing hot
30:37 - Substack growing pains
33:01 - Laura Ingraham beefs with Hannity
36:52 - Lachlan Murdoch makes his views clear
41:19 - NYT and Hillsdale
42:55 - What happens if Elon buys twitter?
45:55 - Obsessions
51:12 - Fan Mail
59:28 - SF Chronicle takes on a rough one
1:02:35 - BLM Mansion

Two Masters Apr 08, 2022

Show notes

This week we've got New York Times: #NeverTweet, Gridiron dinner becomes a COVID superspreader, and will Psaki bomb on MSNBC?

Show Notes:

Leaked memo on NYT social media policy
MSNBC interviews Taylor Lorenz
Conservative radio cancels an employee
WaPo editorial board on Hunter Biden
Jen Psaki in talks to join MSNBC
Australian journalist tried in China
Vox covers Elizabeth Warren
Axios and Edelman poll
NYT on Bachelor couples

Time Stamps:

3:18 Dean Baquet. You're a hero, or not?
13:15 Taylor Lorenz goes on MSNBC
18:19 Conservative radio cancels an employee over a tweet
20:44 More Hunter Biden!
28:44 Jen Psaki joins MSNBC
32:51 Pedo weirdness
38:41 Cooking up a superspreader at the Gridiron
Obsessions
44:49 - Elizabeth Warren coverage
48:31 - Axios Poll
53:25 Reader Mail
Favorite Item of the Week
54:39 - Bret Baier's interview with Zelenskyy
55:22- Bachelor Couples who make it work

Hunter’s Laptop: Better Late Than Never? Apr 01, 2022

Show notes

The WaPo investigates the authenticity of Hunter Biden’s laptop, Ginni Thomas pushes Ukraine off the front page, and Chris and Eliana tackle reader e-mail.

Show Notes

GWB letter to kids on business opportunities

Behold! WaPo authenticates Hunter Biden laptop

NYT on Clarence and Ginni Thomas

Ezra Klein interviews Larry Summers

Times

5:03 - Behold! WaPo authenticates the Hunter Biden laptop
18:03 - Media manipulation– bonus Taylor Lorenz content
21:06 - Bedingfield testifies in maiden voyage
24:20 - Lara Logan speaks out
29:43 - Mulvaney hire roils CBS
34:40 - Obsessions
345:05 - Ginni Thomas
45:42 - The Slap
Reader Mail
1:04:211 - Favorite Items of the Week
1:04:31 - Goldilocks coverage of Ukraine
1:06:58 - Ezra Klein on Larry Summers

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