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#394 w/ Jamie Kirchick "Hammer Time, Larry Craig 2024, TLDR SOTU"

The Fifth Column

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Is It a Real Failure of the Journalists Who Were Meant to Cover This Story?

"I agree with you entirely that this was a real failure of the journalists who were meant to cover these things," he says. "They just go for the most salacious details, like child sexual abuse and a suicide attempt ... they're really not grappling with their failures here." He adds: "Maybe I had two high expectations, but it has been an interesting lesson"

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