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 story behind the stories, always on the lookout for bias, sloppy reporting and, well, just plain wretched journalism. Every week they help you to be a better, smarter news consumer.
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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 story behind the stories, always on the lookout for bias, sloppy reporting and, well, just plain wretched journalism. Every week they help you to be a better, smarter news consumer.
Today, we bid bon voyage to the Biden administration by reflecting on President Biden’s farewell address, Jill Biden’s exit interview with The Washington Post, and KJP’s final appearance in the White House Press Room. We’re also diving into media coverage of the L.A. wildfires, drama at The Washington Post, and an Obama lawyer’s $20 million mansion fiasco. Wretch on!
TIME STAMPS
2:03 - Front Page
54:54 - Obsessions
1:06:01 - Reader Mail
1:08:26 - Favorites
Salon: "It threatens our entire democracy”: Biden takes aim at tech oligarchs like Musk in farewell address
The Wall Street Journal: Biden’s Claim He Would Have Beaten Trump Opens Rift With Harris
The Washington Post: Jill Biden still hopes for a good ending
Deadline: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Holds Final Briefing, Says “Give And Take” With Reporters “Is Part Of Our Democracy”
The Hill: Biden on if Trump will get credit over him for ceasefire deal: ‘Is that a joke?’
National Review: 60 Minutes Humiliates Itself on Israel
The New York Times: A Euphoric Tech Industry Is Ready to Celebrate Trump and Itself
The New York Times: Joni Ernst Says She Will Vote to Confirm Pete Hegseth
The New York Times: ‘Will Pay Any Amount’: Private Firefighters Are in Demand in L.A.
The New York Times: Before Taking Office, L.A.’s Mayor Said She Would Not Go Abroad
The New York TImes: Black Women Defend Mayor Karen Bass Amid Criticism of Wildfire Response
The Daily Beast: Star Washington Post Columnist Torches Bezos on Her Way Out the Door
Variety: Rashida Jones to Exit MSNBC; Rebecca Kutler Named Interim President
NPR: Will Lewis' first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus
The New York Times: How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem
Gallup: U.S. Political Parties Historically Polarized Ideologically
The Wall Street Journal: Fighting Fires—and the Rumor Mill—as L.A. Burns
The Wall Street Journal: The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
The Washington Free Beacon: American Tragedy: Obama Terror Lawyer Clashed With Aspen Bureaucrats Over $20 Million Home Expansion
Ink Stained Wretches
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 story behind the stories, always on the lookout for bias, sloppy reporting and, well, just plain wretched journalism. Every week they help you to be a better, smarter news consumer.
