Ink Stained Wretches

By Nebulous Media

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 sto

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December 10, 2021Bonfire of the Cable News Vanities
Rep. Devin Nunes leaves Congress for MAGA media, surgeon general shrinks the news, much ado about Fox’s torched tinsel

Times
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)

Links
Times names Simone Biles Athlete of the Year
New York Post article on Chris Cuomo suing CNN
Los Angeles Times piece on QAnon and Hollywood
Politico article on Biden
Politico article on inflation
Jack Shafer's piece on cable news
Ghislaine Maxwell trial coverage, via Poynter
Wall Street Journal op-ed on crime
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50min
December 03, 2021We Knew it Was You, Fredo
Chris Cuomo demonstrates once again that he is unfit for primetime, or anytime, the media botches crime and Omicron coverage, and Chris's Dispatch colleagues hit the exits from Fox News

Times
03:26 - Segment: Front Page
03:34 - The return of The Brothers Cuomo
11:38 - The Daily Beast reports on drama at Politico
13:27 - Chris's colleagues Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes leave Fox News
22:53 - The New York Times can't explain the nationwide spike in violent crimes
29:07 - Crisis coverage of climate change and the Smithsonian, via the New York Times
31:28 - The Yale Daily News publishes the greatest story ever written
35:08 - Segment: Obsessions
35:18 - New York Magazine piece on Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports (Chris)
40:09 - The media coverage of the Omicron coronavirus variant (Eliana)
46:26 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
46:50 - Chris's favorite headline (Chris)
47:21 - Erik Wemple's Washington Post article on Chris Cuomo and CNN boss Jeff Zucker

Links
Daily Beast article on drama at Politico
The New York Times article on climate change and the Smithsonian
The best article ever, à la the Yale Daily News
Chris's favorite headline ever
Erik Wemple's article on CNN
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49min
November 26, 2021 Thanksgiving Special
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you enjoy the greatest hits of Ink Stained Wretches

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1h 22min
November 19, 2021Free Speech: Not a ‘Straw Man’
The Aspen Institute takes on “misinformation,” the left wants in on the right’s media “dominance,” and POLITICO fills us in on the mental health travails of State Department employees
Times
03:45 - Segment: Front Page
03:53 - The federal investigation into Project Veritas and First Amendment questions
07:31 - Substack CEO's interview with Substacker Mike Solana
11:25 - Aspen Institute commission on disinformation
15:17 - One America News Network backs Gigi Sohn, Biden's left-wing nominee to the FCC
18:26 - The Daily Beast reports that Newsmax is eyeing former Fox News talent
23:15 - Rupert Murdoch bashes Trump for focusing on the past
26:15 - Politico's report on Democrats launching left-wing media outlets
31:49 - CNN's report on Kamala Harris's tumultuous relationship with the West Wing
38:44 - The Washington Post headline on Trump's bureau of land management and racism
42:42 - Segment: Obsessions
42:53 - Former New York Times CEO says TV news is in "dead trouble" (Chris)
47:05 - Politico on State Department officials' mental health the Afghanistan withdraw (Eliana)
51:38 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
51:53 - Importance of obituaries (Chris)
54:23 - John Malone blasts CNN during CNBC interview (Eliana)

Links
The Washington Post article on Project Veritas and James O'Keefe
Substack CEO's sound off
Politico article on State Department officials' mental health post-Afghanistan withdraw
Poynter article on obituaries
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57min
November 12, 2021Study: The Future is Not Female
Plus, MSNBC grapples with big changes, the New York Times gives us chef's kiss climate summit coverage, and we dig into how the media beclowned itself with the Steele dossier
Times
02:28 - Segment: Front Page
02:38 - The future of MSNBC
09:51 - Nieman Lab study on the gender distribution of bylines
12:16 - The New York Times on women running the climate change movement
15:23 - FBI raids Project Veritas's office, related to Ashley Biden diary investigation
20:49 - President Biden's awkward interview with a local news anchor
24:34 - President Biden's pick for the FCC: Gigi Sohn
27:40 - Spending package includes $1.6 billion tax credit to news outlets
29:14 - The Virginia election and the Lincoln Project stunt
35:40 - Segment: Obsessions
36:50 - Coverage of the Ahmaud Arbery trial versus the Kyle Rittenhouse trial (Chris)
40:34 - Indictment of a Steele Dossier analyst, and fawning Steele coverage circa 2018 (Eliana)
47:40 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
47:52 - Kevin William's National Review piece on Texas (Chris)
48:44 - The Miami Herald hires a bot writer for real estate beat (Eliana)

Links
Our very own Eliana Johnson's article on Rachel Maddow circa 2014
The New York Times article on young women leading the movement against climate change
The National Review article on Texas
The New York Post article on the Miami Herald hiring bot writers
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51min
November 05, 2021Dems Get a Wokeup Call
Dems and the MSM try to tell the audience that critical race theory doesn't exist in Virginia, workers of the world unite at Politico, and the New York Times reports Americans are confused by wokesters' evolving language.

Times
02:02 - Segment: Front Page
02:15 - Democrats' messaging around the Virginia gubernatorial race
18:04 - Tucker Carlson's January 6 series airs on Fox Nation
23:05 - Politico employees unionize
27:37 - To read or not to read the comment section
30:19 - Segment: Obsessions
30:39 - New York Times' piece on wokespeak (Eliana)
33:56 - Jeff Maurer's Substack (Chris)
40:42 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
40:51 - Mark Perry on suicide statistics (Chris)
42:52 - New York Post coverage of the Glasgow climate summit (Eliana)

Links
Columbia Journalism Review article on CNN
Poynter article on web comments
New York Times' article on wokespeak
AEI’s Mark Perry research on suicide among white men -
VIPs fly private to climate summit in Glasgow
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45min
October 31, 2021It's a Matter of Trust
Facebook ignites a moral panic in the media, Tucker Carlson prepares to air special on Jan. 6 as "false flag," and the NYT tells us how and why Gen Z is owning the millennials.
Times
4:23 - Segment: Front Page
4:31 - Trailer for Tucker Carlson's Fox Nation special
10:44 - National Institute of Health funded gain-of-function research
13:31 - Wall Street Journal publishes Donald Trump letter
14:00 - The Facebook Papers
19:09 - Newsbusters on media outlets "hiding" coverage of Virginia governor's race
23:54 - Norah O'Donnell is on the chopping block at CBS News
25:35 - Tweet from CNN's Kasie Hunt on the reconciliation bill
28:49 - Segment: Obsessions
28:59 - New York Magazine on Matt Taibbi (Chris)
34:09 - Media outlets adopt lucrative advertising model (Eliana)
38:00 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
38:12 - AEI Virginia Conversation (Chris)
38:50 - Millennials afraid of GenZ (Eliana)

Links
Check out these great Halloween costumes for kids
New York Magazine article on Matt Taibbi
New York Times article on millennials vs. Gen-Z in the office
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44min
October 22, 2021Streaming Disservice
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos half caves, but speaks to an important truth, Pete Buttigieg's paternity brouhaha, and David Corn vs. Joe Manchin

Times
01:49 - Segment: Front Page
01:53 - Politico's scoop on Pete Buttigieg's paternity leave
07:15 - Mother Jones's "scoop on Joe Manchin leaving the Democratic Party
14:54 - Donald Trump's new social media platform
20:37 - Bari Weiss slams CNN's Brian Stelter over his network's Covid coverate
26:54 - Politico says Biden dodges print interviews
30:42 - Update on Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez's sexual assault allegations
35:41 - Politco's paywall
37:37 - Segment: Obsessions
37:54 - The Washington Post article on a black zookeeper (Chris)
45:13 - Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and the Dave Chappelle Netflix comedy special (Eliana)
50:37 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
50:46 - Jeff Mauer's Substack article on columnists' avatars (Chris)
54:02 - Katie Couric apologizes for editing her interview with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Eliana)

Links
Mother Jones's Joe Manchin "scoop"
The Washington Posts's article on the black zookeeper
Netflix CEO TED Sarandos apologizes, according to the Wall Street Journal
Jeff Maurer's Substack article on columnists' avatars
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58min
October 15, 2021Where's the Le Boeuf?
Gruesome Gruden coverage, Katie Couric takes a knee for RBG, and alternative media sources pick up the MSM slack on wokeism

Times
03:26 - Segment: Front Page
03:35 - Jon Gruden's horrific emails
10:19 - Katie Couric's admits to editing an interview with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
14:40 - The New York Times' critical race theory coverage
20:08 - Sanjay Gupta on why he likes to be famous
21:50 - WaPo's fake French food critic
25:35 - Tucker Carlson and Fox News' vaccine mandate
27:34 - WaPo's article on quitting Facebook
30:23 - Segment: Obsessions
30:32 - Jonah Goldberg's article on the populist GOP (Chris)
33:35 - Bari Weiss's coverage of the excesses of wokeism (Eliana)
39:04 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week
39:28 - Reid Epstein's tear jerker of a story (Chris)
41:02 - Conan O'Brien's Podcasting network (Eliana)

Links
The other Katie Couric edit, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon
The Atlantic article on Gannett
Jonah Goldberg's article on the "Trumpified" GOP
Cancelled MIT professor Dorian Abbot and suspended UCLA professor Gordon Klein share their stories on Bari Weiss's Substack
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44min
October 08, 2021The Problem With Jon Stewart
Stirewalt sounds off on Jon Stewart’s new show, the problems with the media coverage of the Facebook whistleblower, and Katie Couric is eviscerated

Times
2:35 - Segment: Front Page
2:50 - Ozy Media
7:50 - OANN cut funding deal with AT&T
14:00 - People paying for news
17:53 - AP fact checker
20:13 - Segment: Obsessions
20:19 - John Stewart: the problem
25:35 - Facebook whistleblower
34:00- Segment: Favorite Item(s) of the Week
34:17 - WSJ piece on management of the Mafia
35:10 - NY Post review of Katie Couric

Links
Ozy Media shutting down, oh wait
AT&T bankrolling OANN
AP tries its had at “factchecking”
WSJ on mob management
NY Post Katie Couric review
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39min

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