Ink Stained Wretches

Latest Episodes:

Journos Lavish Praise on Each Other Mar 26, 2022

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Mary Katharine Ham is in for Chris. We talk about the latest brouhaha over an NYT editorial, what the heck is up with Axios’s weird new newsletter, and lots of listener mail.

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Axios steps in it

Invasion of the Fact-Checkers

Manchin’s houseboat too homely to be a yacht, experts say

Buy Mary Katharine’s book

Listen to Getting Hammered

Slaves to the Red Light Mar 18, 2022

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Chris Cuomo’s novel defense, emotionally exploitative Ukraine coverage, and Chris makes a star turn on Jon Stewart’s show

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05:20 - Segment: Front Page
05:31 - "They made me do it" - Chris Cuomo
9:49 - Taylor sits down with Obama Bro
16:44 - Chris hangs out Jon Stewart
19:15 - NYT falls for Veritas
22:44 - Exploitative Cable News Coverage on Ukraine
28:02 - Keith Olbermann pitches Keith Olbermann to MSNBC
33:40 - Segment: Obsessions
33:56 - Justin Smith believes the era of the foreign correspondents is over
42:18 - Substack launches a standalone app
46:06 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
46:20 - Emails from our listeners! We are thankful!
47:44 - Mina Kimes owns the bullies

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Chris Cuomo: They made me do it!

Andrew Cuomo wants to make a comeback

First Rule of the NYT: Don’t Talk About the NYT

Mina Kimes defends pretty sports reporters

Can’t be confined by the New York Times Mar 11, 2022

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Taylor Lorenz is just bigger than that, according to Taylor Lorenz, plus the truckers are the left’s Mexican caravan, and a top NYT reporter accidentally says what he really thinks about some of his whiny colleagues

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Shawn McCreesh profiles Taylor Lorenz

***CRINGE*** Taylor Lorenz Twitter thread

NYT’s Matt Rosenberg spills the beans on Jan. 6 and his sissy colleagues in Project Veritas sting

Amazing Ukraine pic

FNC’s Jen Griffin fact-checks her FNC colleagues on Russia/Ukraine

The State of the Union is…Absurd Mar 04, 2022

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Chris goes all-in on why SOTU coverage is ridiculous, journos unite at the altar of Zelensky, and Eliana is doubly obsessed with CNN.

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Axios on Smith-Smith fundraising

Chris Licht’s CNN mandate

WSJ: Drip, drip, drip on CNN

Nikole Hannah-Jones beclowns herself

John Malone on CNN

Ukraine in the Membrane, Baby! Feb 25, 2022

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Eliana talks baby, plus Eliana and Chris dig deep on their obsessions over the past six weeks: the CNN drama, the Washington Post's (mis)understanding of freedom, and the Free Beacon's crack pipe blockbuster.

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Pre-order Chris’s book here!

David Graham piece in Atlantic

WaPo on Clyburn and Biden’s SCOTUS picks, with an epic correction

WaPo on freedom is white supremacy

WFB on crack pipes

WaPo and NYT “fact check” the Washington Free Beacon

80s news screens

Shape covers restless anal syndrome

Ink Stained Wretches, The Interview: Alex Thompson Jan 20, 2022

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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.

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Chris Cadelago and Daniel Lippman's reporting

Alex Thompson's other talent: jumping rope with his arms

Ink Stained Wretches, The Interview: Ben Smith Jan 05, 2022

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In what we didn't know was an exit interview, the recently departed New York Times media writer covers the waterfront on journalism and the news business with Eliana and Chris

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Ben's piece in the New York Times on racecar driver Brandon Brown

A Wretches Year in Review Dec 31, 2021

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Eliana and Chris unpack the best and worst of the media in 2021

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02:18 - The Worst
03:15 - Nicole Wallace on public opinion of President Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal
08:17 - Coverage of critical race theory and the Virginia gubernatorial election
12:58 - Tucker Carlson's January 6 documentary
16:17 - Mainstream media's praise for Simone Biles quitting the summer Olympics
18:48 - The Brothers Cuomo
24:16 - The Best
24:33 - New York Times reporter Michael Powell on the tyranny of the woke in the media
28:48 - PBS's documentary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan
31:00 - Pat McAfee announces FanDuel deal
32:52 - Reid Epstein's piece on long-lost father and son
33:57 - Animals on the loose!
35:28 - Yale Daily News on mental health and Daylight Saving Time

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Reid Epstein's article

Manchin Hit by Flurry of Snowflakes Dec 24, 2021

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Joe Manchin is no maverick, Kamala can't take the heat in the kitchen, and capes are super, or the Financial Times says

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04:26 - Segment: Front Page
04:38 - Joe Manchin kills Build Back Better
12:50 - Chris Wallace's Fox News Sunday replacement
17:06 - Jesse Watters catches flack after saying he wants a "kill shot" interview with Fauci
24:59 - Kamala Harris spends big in a Paris kitchen store
28:46 - Trump's Truth Social won't allow criticism of the network
30:50 - Ben Smith's interview with Brandon Brown of "Let's Go Brandon" fame
34:04 -The New York Times on coronavirus and college students' mental health
39:06 - Segment: Obsessions
39:18 - The obituary of Renay Mandel Corren (Chris)
41:09 - The Wall Street Journal's coverage of the Washington Post grappling with post-Trump subscription decline (Eliana)
47:01 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
41:11 - Wall Street Journal travel columnist Scott McCartney bids adieu (Chris)
48:34 - Capes are in, according to the Financial Times (Eliana)

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Chris's Dispatch article on Joe Manchin

The San Francisco Chronicle's hard-hitting coverage of Kamala Harris

Harris complains about her media coverage (like this piece in the Washington Free Beacon)

Ben Smith of the New York Times interviews Brandon of "Let's Go Brandon" fame

The Wall Street Journal's piece on the Washington Post's post-Trump struggles

Long live the obituary! Rest in peace, Renay Mandel Corren

Wall Street Journal travel columnist Scott McCartney signs off

Not all heroes wear capes. But according to the Financial Times, they're having a moment.

Bonfire of the Cable News Vanities Dec 10, 2021

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Rep. Devin Nunes leaves Congress for MAGA media, surgeon general shrinks the news, much ado about Fox’s torched tinsel

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01:34 - Segment: Front Page
01:40 - Times names Simone Biles Athlete of the Year
05:02 - The Washington Post editorializes the obituary of late editor Fred Hiatt
08:09 - Chris Cuomo fired from CNN, and he prepares to sue
12:23 - The Los Angeles Times on the entertainment nexus of QAnon and Hollywood
13:33 - Politico on Biden foreign policy
16:51 - Politico on inflation
20:57 - Rep. Devin Nunes to retire from Congress to head up Trump's social media company
25:11 - Buzzfeed goes public, and shares tank
27:31 - Supreme Court abortion case coverage focuses on Justice Kavanaugh
30:00 - The surgeon general warns of mental health issues in young people
32:10 - Fox's Christmas tree fire
34:33 - Segment: Obsessions
34:39 - Politico's Jack Shafer blasts cable news (Chris)
38:04 - The New York Times coverage of the withdrawal of Biden's socialist nominee for comptroller of the currency (Eliana)
42:23 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
42:48 - Coverage of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Chris)
45:40 - Wall Street Journal op-ed on crime (Eliana)