Ink Stained Wretches
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 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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jul 16, 2021 • 41min
Says Who?
Find Chris on TikTok: chris.stirewalt For information on the post-Journalism panel at AEI on July 28, go here.Times
0:51 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week
1:00 - Michael Wolf Book on Fox’s Arizona Call (Eliana)
5:27 - Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Book on the Decline in the Trump Presidency (Chris)
12:16 - NBC News report on The Atlantic struggle for subscriptions (Eliana)
19:56 - New York Times corrections (Chris)
21:12 - Segment: Obsessions
21:37 - Newsmax Benny Johnson compares Trump to Batman (Chris)
26:27 - Former NYT Freelance editor Lauren Wolfe “Bias Journalist” (Eliana)
34:39 - Segment: Favorite items of the Week
34:54 - Keith Olbermann TikTok (Chris)
37:20 - New Yorker article on Robin DiAngelo
Jul 9, 2021 • 33min
Critical Base Theory
Tucker vs. the NSA, Media covers the media’s Jan. 6 heroes, and CNN goes all-in on Critical Race TheoryTimes
0:53 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week
1:00 - Henry Suing Fox News, Tucker and the NSA (Eliana)
8:35 - NPR Not reading the declaration of independence this year (Eliana)
11:59 - Vice News Expose on reporters who “survived” the Capitol Riot (Eliana)
14:04 - Gallup poll of happiness (Chris)
15:33 - New York Times “How will climate change affect your elite childs summer camp experience (Chris)
18:03 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week
18:20 - Max Boot “Republicans are going to kill us with Vax denial” (Chris)
22:30 - CNN “Critical Race Theory” Coverage (Eliana)
27:32 - Segment: Favorite Items
28:18 - Kaitlin Flannagin (SP?) The Atlantic “Why to Quit Twitter” (Chris)
31:44 - Corey Sitcha (SP?) The real reason he left the Times (Eliana)
Jun 30, 2021 • 35min
The Introduction
Eliana and Chris interview each other about how the heck they ended up sitting next to each other doing a podcast about the media.
Jun 25, 2021 • 1min
Trailer
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.
