Ink Stained Wretches

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Cracking the Whip Sep 24, 2021

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The media gets the border-patrol story wrong and can't stop complaining that pretty young white women get too much coverage

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2:50 - Segment: Front Page
3:06 - The fake news about border patrol whipping Haitians at the border
7:30 - Headlines headache: Business Insider and defaulting on debt
10:13 - CNN uses kids to cast blame on Tucker Carlson
14:17 - Trump sues niece over exposé
16:51 - Elizabeth Holmes' texts
20:34 - Segment: Obsessions
20:47 - Coverage of Gabby Petito and "missing white woman's syndrome"
28:45 - MSM finally authenticates Hunter Biden's laptop
34:21 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
34:39 - The Spokane Spokesman-Review brings back the afternoon newspaper
38:18 - Casey Michel writes on Hunter Biden's forthcoming art show

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Philip Bump's article in the Washington Post on horse whips

Casey Michel's article in The Atlantic on Hunter Biden's art

Milley and the Mythmakers Sep 19, 2021

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Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley becomes a hero for some, a villain for others

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2:36 - Segment: Front Page
2:45 - Biden's hostage crisis in Afghanistan
5:43 - Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Fox News' reboot of Cops
8:11 - Fox and the Vax
11:02 - Max Boot hates the Founding Fathers
15:59 - Ellen Pao on Sexism in the Elizabeth Holmes trial
19:56 - AOC at the Met Gala
22:38 - Segment: Obsessions
23:00 - The Bob's Book on Mark Milley and the end of the Trump administration
35:18 - The New York Times coverage of "climate disinformation"
36:59 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
37:12 - Rest in Peace, Norm MacDonald
39:09 - Politico and Jen Rubin

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Max Boot in the Washington Post on why the the Founding Fathers suck

The New York Times features Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes trial

Politico's West Wing Playbook on Jennifer Rubin

Deworming Covid Coverage Sep 10, 2021

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The MSM can't stop talking about the "horse drug," the WaPo hit piece on Stanley McChrystal, and Tomi Lahren puts us on alert for voter fraud in California

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2:56 - Segment: Front Page
3:10 - Rolling Stone's fake story on ivermectin overdoses in Oklahoma
12:43 - NPR, Matt Taibbi, and the dangers of free speech
15:24 - Stephanie Grisham to release book
18:55 - Gavin Newsom, Tomi Lahren, and the California recall
26:30 - Elizabeth Holmes trial
29:38 - Coverage of the 20th anniversary of 9/11
30:57 - Coda of Afghanistan coverage
32:25 - Segment: Obsessions
32:40 - WaPo's story on US generals (Eliana)
37:46 - WaPo's on Politico's biggest problem: normalizing Republicans (Chris)
42:47 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
43:01 - Naomi Biden engaged to longtime... uh... (Chris)
43:43 - Dana Perino makes an Eliana move and reveals Jessica Tarlov's pregnancy (Chris)
45:05 - The New York Times on Mommy Brain (Eliana)

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WaPo's article on Stanley McChrystal

Perry Bacon's WaPo article on Politico

The New York Times' article on Mommy Brain

Dissed-Information Sep 03, 2021

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Afghanistan coverage goes off the rails, CNN’s “standards,” and our beef with fact-checkers

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0:33 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week
0:44 - Afghanistan coverage
3:20 - Biden Transcript
11:25 - Axel Springer
15:05 - FED and Climate Change
17:20 - Vice News
20:47 - News Trust declines
25:19 - Jeffrey Toobin
28:48 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
27:47 - Harpers
34:05 - Politfact
38:42 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
39:01 - Screenland
40:46 - Michael Powell

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New York Times piece on Tik Tok

New York Times piece on Critical Race Theory in New York public schools

Driving the Day: Politico a Billion-Dollar Company? Aug 27, 2021

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German media giant acquires Politico, the blame game in Afghanistan, and DeSantis dukes it out with the Associated Press

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0:35 - Segment: Front Page
1:08 - Media coverage on Afghanistan evolves
10:00 - Gallup poll on American's satisfaction with the United States
12:15 - Politico sells to Axel Springer for $1 billion
17:44 - ABC producer Michael Corn sued over sexual harassment allegations
20:56 - Talk radio host Larry Elder surges ahead as a Republican contender to California governor Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall
25:00 - Climate activists protests the Federal Reserve
27:40 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
27:57 - Bruhaha between the Associated Press and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
33:00 - Republican Congressional candidate Kim Klacik files a defamation suit against the Daily Wire's Candice Owens
39:17 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
39:21 - Minnesota Star Tribune's coverage of the transgender Mosque bomber
41:04 - The American Conservative's piece on Ohio Senate hopeful J.D. Vance

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Gallup poll on U.S. satisfaction with direction of the country

Bloomberg article on the Federal Reserve and Climate Change

Minnesota Star-Tribune article on the transgender Mosque bomber

The American Conservative article on Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance

The Honeymoon is Over Aug 20, 2021

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Joe Biden faces a media reckoning

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0:34 - Segment: Front Page
0:50 - Biden's media honeymoon is over
13:16 - An update on The Brothers Cuomo (the least successful of Farrelly Brothers' movies)
14:58 - CNN's reminder that racism still exists, in the form of article on the Census results
18:35 - The New York Times piece on Titian
21:08 - Revisiting the Afghanistan crisis and Taliban's media tactics
23:57 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
24:05 - The New York Times coverage of Greg Abbott (Chris)
28:02 - The Current Affairs' Twitter meltdown (Eliana)
31:06 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
31:15 - Beth Macy's book, Dopesick, set to become a movie (Chris)
32:24 - The New York Post's coverage of MAXIM and Playboy's pay-to-play scandal (Eliana)

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CNN's article reminding us that racism still exists

New York Times article taking issue with Titian's paintings

Twitter thread on socialist leadership and unionizing at Current Affairs

New York Post article on Playboy pay-to-play

Lost in the Supermarket Aug 15, 2021

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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

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1:54 - Segment: Front Page
2:10 - Fox's Dan Bongino interviews Donald Trump
6:45 - Stephen Colbert slams Brian Stelter and CNN
10:20 - The media's fawning over Andrew Cuomo
12:15 - National outlets' bias toward covering New York City and Washington, D.C.
16:00 - Ian Leslie's Substack article on the infamous Central Park birdwatching incident
20:40 - Segment: Obsessions
20:55 - The New York Times piece on the ethnic isle (Chris)
29:02 - Scott Brown returns to politics (Julie)
33:15 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
33:38 - Democrats turn on the media (Julie)
37:09 - "Fatal Griz Mauling Linked to Carcass" (Chris)

Links

Listen to Julie Mason Mornings on weekdays from 6 - 9 a.m. EST on Sirius XM's POTUS Channel

Dan Bongino's interview with Donald Trump

Stephen Colbert slams Brian Stelter on The Late Show

Ian Leslie's Susbtack piece on the Central Park birdwatcher, Angels, Demons, and Videotape

New York Times article, "Why Do American Stores Still Have an Ethnic Isle?"

I Knew It Was You, Fredo Aug 06, 2021

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The Cuomo brothers' brouhaha, Tucker Carlson interviews Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán, and NPR greenlights political protests on the part of its reporters so long as they're in favor of "the freedom and dignity of human beings."

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0:34 - Segment: Front Page
0:47 - Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo (Eliana)
5:19 - Best BBQ of Big Sky and Memphis
8:10 - Donald Trump and Ralph Northam
14:00 - Tucker Carlson's defense of Viktor Orbán (Chris)
18:28 - Andrew Napolitano out at Fox over sexual harassment allegations (Chris)
22:14 - New York Times piece: "Three (White Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is it a Moment?" (Eliana)
27:15 -The Atlantic piece on Yale Law Professor Amy Chua (Chris)
30:51 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
31:12 - Race and Vaccinations (Chris)
38:38 - NPR gives reporters the greenlight to protest (Eliana)
42:53 - Politico writers want to unionize (Eliana)
43:48 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
44:18 - Gallup Poll on preferred terms for racial groups (Chris)
46:30 - Illegal immigrant beheads American in Minneapolis, as reported by Eliana's dad, Scott Johnson (Eliana)

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"Jewish Girl in the Wild:" Check out videos of Eliana trap shooting in Big Sky, Montana, via Instagram

Appendix of report on sexual assault allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, featuring advice from brother and CNN host Chris Cuomo

Riverhouse BBQ in Blue Sky and Cozy Corner BBQ in Memphis

James Kirchick on Viktor Orbán in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post

Politico article on sexual assault allegations facing Judge Andrew Napolitano

New York Times article, "Three (White Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is it a Moment?"

Elizabeth Bruenig's article in The Atlantic on Yale Professor Amy Chua (shoutout to listener Karen Billups for sending!)

Scott Johnson's coverage on an illegal Cuban immigrant, Alexis Saborit, who beheaded an American in Minnesota, from the Power Line Blog

Bye Felicia Jul 30, 2021

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Simone Biles and safety culture come to the Olympics, news reporters take a stand on Jan. 6, and Felicia Sonmez sues her bosses

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00:39 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week
00:45 - Simone Biles
08:50 - NYT JD Tweets
10:46 - Racial Disparities in COVID Learning
16:38 - Tucker NSA
18:47 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
19:09 - Craiglist vs Local Papers
22:52 - Suit against Washington Post
29:53 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
30:17 - AEI Panel
31:47 - Matt Lauer Home Listing

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The Atlantic piece by Caitlin Flanagan, The University of California Is Lying to Us

AEI Event on Post-Journalism

NY Post report on Matt Lauer's Hamptons house

Swooning for Superspreaders Jul 23, 2021

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The Texas Democrats’ big adventure gets MSM treatment, Fox News goes pro-vax, and Michael Wolff drops a truth bomb on CNN’s Brian Stelter

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0:32 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week
0:35 - Texas Democrats Flee State to Protest Voting Restrictions, Turn DC Trip to Superspreader Event (Eliana)
8:50 - Fox Flips on Vaccines (Chris)
10:50 - Tucker Bucks Fox Flip on Vaccine Flip (Eliana)
15:20 - Authoritarian Governments Use Israeli Spyware to Target Heads of State, Journalists (Chris)
17:51 - NPR's Attempted Dunk on Ben Shapiro (Eliana)
21:25 - Kaitlan Collins' Bylines Disappear from Daily Caller Website and Mysteriously Reappear (Eliana)
25:10 - Buffalo Bylines
27:25 - Segment: Obsessions
27:33 - The Need for a Renaissance in Local News and the "Phoniness" of Circulation Statistics (Chris)
30:35 - Michael Wolff Promotes Book, Drops Truth Bomb on Brian Stelter's Show (Eliana)
40:38 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
40:45 - Michael Wolff Gives His Reason for Going on CNN
41:20 - The Atlantic's Coverage of Uyghur Camps in China
42:20 - Close

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Story mentioned from The Atlantic

Washington Free Beacon piece on CNN+ - "EXCLUSIVE: An Inside Look at CNN+, the Cable Network’s Premium Streaming Service Launching in 2022"

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