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Dec 27, 2023
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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.
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Don’t Say Goodbye, Say Wretch You Later
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May 30, 2025 |
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Amber Alert: Dem Joe Rogan
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May 23, 2025 |
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Chair Force One
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May 16, 2025 |
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Deep Dish on The Pope
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May 09, 2025 |
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Dudes, man
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May 02, 2025 |
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The Interview: Lahav Harkov on News Coverage of the Israel-Gaza War
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Legion of Wretches
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Just Joshing
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Take a Whiff of This Tariff
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Mixed Signal
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Plutocrats & Populists
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Actually, it’s a Digital Beanie Baby Reserve
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Of Fools in Pools
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Murdoch Outfoxed?
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Gulf of Sighs
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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The One Where Eliana Has Laryngitis
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Rescission: Impossible
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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$WRETCHCOIN
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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A Farewell That Harms
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Fact Checkers Go Up in A Blaze
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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The Best of 2024
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Tripping on Narcissism
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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A Thorn in The Desert
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Justice for Hunter deButts
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Gravy Emergency
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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McRibbing The Libs
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Dems In The Doge House
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Garbage In, Garbage Out
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Birtherism, meet Burgerism
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Campaign Economics For Dummies
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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CBS Mournings
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Apolitical Campaigning
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Kamala’s Holistic Interview
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Meatfluencers Draw the Line at Pets
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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The A-B-C’s of Losing a Debate
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Mandatory Joy
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Fact Check: Hypocrisy is Good
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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The Lee Greenwood Democrats
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Sparking Joy
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Kamala's Vow of Silence
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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The Raw Talent of a Once-in-a-Generation Cackle
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Don’t Say Czar
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Hillbilly Entropy
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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The Post-Debate Dance
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Food Journalism in America
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Debate Doozy
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Hot Mic Summer
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Rodent Boys, Panda Meat and Wild Bulls
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Biden: Also Old In Front of Closed Doors
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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The Interview: Jonah Goldberg
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May 31, 2024 |
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So I Married a Flag Flyer
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May 24, 2024 |
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McInformation
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May 17, 2024 |
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Worming Our Way In
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May 11, 2024 |
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Bros vs. Schmoes
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May 03, 2024 |
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Take That, Hippies
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Newsroom Rebellions
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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A Forest of Facile
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Biden’s Drama-dan
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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They Don’t Wanna Ronna
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Balls in Your Court, Media
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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With Great Influence Comes No Responsibility
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Upside of Caveman ADHD
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Skin in the Game
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Bad Takes, Some Say
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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To Know Hur is to Love Hur
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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What A Bunch of Dips
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Failing Models, Chasing Clicks
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Bad Vibes Only
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Chevron Offense
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Baked and Fried
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Gay Old Time
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Consider the Source
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Posting Losses
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Debate Aftermath
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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A Feast of Facile
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Favorite Stories of 2023
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Vibe Check in the Quiet Car
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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McCarthyites, Amirite?
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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True False Equivalence
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Speaker Who?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Treating Israel and Hamas as Equals
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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War Brings Clarity (Mostly)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Washington Goes to the Dogs
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Debate or Detroit
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Eat My Shorts . . . and My Hoodie
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Hanoi Joe
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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When Libs Own Libs
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Unblemished Record of Heterosexuality
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Meat Bag Flow
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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RICO Suave
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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The Fate of The Debate
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Our Favorite Books and Films About Journalism
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Media Bites Back at Biden
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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The Interview: Andrew Sullivan
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Biden Blow-Back
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Go Injunct Yourself
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Microdosing Lazy Reporting
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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A Nugget of Truth
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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The Interview: Jon Ward
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Goodbye, Other Chris
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Let The Pride Wars Begin
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Media Dunks on DeSantis
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May 26, 2023 |
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The Veganism of Sexual Practices
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May 19, 2023 |
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A Troubled Town Hall
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May 12, 2023 |
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Trump and CNN, Frenemies Again
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May 05, 2023 |
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Tuckered Out
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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The High Price of Low Standards
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Leaker, Not Whistleblower
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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2015 All Over Again
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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The Beige Lady
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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The Interview: Shawn McCreesh
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Ocean's 2
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Womyn in the Nyews
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Fox’s Bruh Moment
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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At Fox and CNN, Talent Runs Amok
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Polly Want A Crisis?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Sour (Don) Lemon
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Trying to Check the Box
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Quarter Zip, Full Freakout: Press nuts for Santos
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Getting “Fake” Tough on Biden
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Documents for Me, But Not for Thee
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Wretches, Lies, and the Videotape
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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The Interview: Chris Cuomo
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Media Grinches Steal Christmas
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Failing Upwards
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Problematic Sharks
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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The Media’s Musky Odor
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Favorite Stories from 2022
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Will the Trump Rerun Rate?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Media's Midterm Misses
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Paul Pelosi and Unlimited Outrage
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Ableists on the Attack
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Democracy Doomsayers
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Jews in the News
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Practice Safe News
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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How to Win Friends and Influence Coverage
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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Media Flunks Econ 101
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Beat the Press
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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In the Presence of a Published Author: The Stirewalt Book Episode
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Mar-a-Lago: Stupid Takes And Asininities
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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The Interview: Matthew Continetti
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Primary Schooled
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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The Interview: Walter Russell Mead
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Performative Politics
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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The Uvalde Tapes
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Biden Replacement Theory
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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The Media Does Roe
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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For the Media, It’s 2024 Already
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Woke Whoppers
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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KinderCare at The Washington Post
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Little Miss Sunshine
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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The Media and Mass Shootings
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May 27, 2022 |
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Replacement Blame Game
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May 20, 2022 |
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Be Smart: Reap the Whirlwind
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May 13, 2022 |
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#SyrupConcerns
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May 06, 2022 |
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I love your Musk
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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CNN Minus
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Stirewaltian Both-Sidesism
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Two Masters
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Hunter’s Laptop: Better Late Than Never?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Journos Lavish Praise on Each Other
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Slaves to the Red Light
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Can’t be confined by the New York Times
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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The State of the Union is…Absurd
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Ukraine in the Membrane, Baby!
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Ink Stained Wretches, The Interview: Alex Thompson
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ink Stained Wretches, The Interview: Ben Smith
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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A Wretches Year in Review
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Manchin Hit by Flurry of Snowflakes
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Bonfire of the Cable News Vanities
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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We Knew it Was You, Fredo
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Thanksgiving Special
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Free Speech: Not a ‘Straw Man’
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Study: The Future is Not Female
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Dems Get a Wokeup Call
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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It's a Matter of Trust
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Streaming Disservice
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Where's the Le Boeuf?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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The Problem With Jon Stewart
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Eliana Vindicated
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Cracking the Whip
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Milley and the Mythmakers
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Deworming Covid Coverage
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Dissed-Information
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Driving the Day: Politico a Billion-Dollar Company?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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The Honeymoon is Over
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Lost in the Supermarket
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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I Knew It Was You, Fredo
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Bye Felicia
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Swooning for Superspreaders
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Says Who?
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Critical Base Theory
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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The Introduction
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Trailer
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Jun 25, 2021 |