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McCarthyites, Amirite?

Ink Stained Wretches

English - November 11, 2023 09:45 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 608 ratings
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Previous Episode: True False Equivalence

We are lucky to have Christine Rosen, of Commentary Magazine and AEI, return as a guest host this week. She helps Chris break down this week’s GOP debate, Tuesday’s election results and a new era at the Washington Post. Wretch on!

3:57 Front Page
57:42 Obsessions
1:03:01 Reader Mail
1:05:15 Favorite Items

Show Notes:
WaPo: RNC shifts away from establishment media for the fourth GOP debate 
NBC News: Key takeaways from the 2023 elections: Democrats show strength beyond Biden
The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s Gift to Adam Schiff 
WaPo: In Israeli-Palestinian battle to sway Congress, only one side wins
NYT: Jewish Viewers Find a Refuge in Fox News
WaPo: Washington Post deletes editorial cartoon criticized as racist 
NYT: Will Lewis Named C.E.O. of The Washington Post
Gothamist: In Greenpoint, a man with severe mental illness is harming neighbors. No one knows what to do.
WaPo: Dink, dink, ka-ching: The pickleball industry fights to cash in
Obsessions:
AEI: Of Drones and Journalists: Balancing Personal Privacy with Press Freedom While Juggling Federal and State Regulations | American Enterprise Institute 
Reader mail:
WSJ: The Michigan Superfan Who Became a Michigan Coach—and the Center of a Michigan Scandal
Favorite Item: 
NYT: The War Stories Their Families Never Forgot
WSJ: His Job Was to Make Instagram Safe for Teens. His 14-Year-Old Showed Him What the App Was Really Like.


We are lucky to have Christine Rosen, of Commentary Magazine and AEI, return as a guest host this week. She helps Chris break down this week’s GOP debate, Tuesday’s election results and a new era at the Washington Post. Wretch on!


3:57 Front Page

57:42 Obsessions

1:03:01 Reader Mail

1:05:15 Favorite Items


Show Notes:

WaPo: RNC shifts away from establishment media for the fourth GOP debate 

NBC News: Key takeaways from the 2023 elections: Democrats show strength beyond Biden

The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s Gift to Adam Schiff 

WaPo: In Israeli-Palestinian battle to sway Congress, only one side wins

NYT: Jewish Viewers Find a Refuge in Fox News

WaPo: Washington Post deletes editorial cartoon criticized as racist 

NYT: Will Lewis Named C.E.O. of The Washington Post

Gothamist: In Greenpoint, a man with severe mental illness is harming neighbors. No one knows what to do.

WaPo: Dink, dink, ka-ching: The pickleball industry fights to cash in

Obsessions:

AEI: Of Drones and Journalists: Balancing Personal Privacy with Press Freedom While Juggling Federal and State Regulations | American Enterprise Institute 

Reader mail:

WSJ: The Michigan Superfan Who Became a Michigan Coach—and the Center of a Michigan Scandal

Favorite Item: 

NYT: The War Stories Their Families Never Forgot

WSJ: His Job Was to Make Instagram Safe for Teens. His 14-Year-Old Showed Him What the App Was Really Like.