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

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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.

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

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.

Show Notes: 

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

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

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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

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

Show Notes:

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

WSJ: Drip, drip, drip on CNN

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.

Links

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