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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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.

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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?

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

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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.

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GWB letter to kids on business opportunities

Behold! WaPo authenticates Hunter Biden laptop

NYT on Clarence and Ginni Thomas

Ezra Klein interviews Larry Summers

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