The Fifth Column

#396 w/ Chris Stirewalt "Fired by Fox, Fixing the News, Eating a McRib"

Mar 1, 2023

01:54:13

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The Misinformation Standard Is an Impossible One

01:24

The Importance of Ideology in Political History

05:26

The Future of the Republican Party

01:51

Introduction

2min

Why Chris Stierwald Thinks the News Is Broken?

1min

Is the News Broken? Is It Broken?

6min

The Big Hire at Fox Business

2min

Sean Hannity Texts Hannity, Please Get Her Fired

2min

Sean Hannity - Is He a Partisan?

5min

What's the Story on the Call in Ohio?

3min

What I Did Not Expect Was the Percentage of People Who Would Sincerely Believe Donald Trump

5min

Are You a Journalist?

1min

10.

You're a Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation Supporter

5min

11.

Media Critique Is Asbestos Abatement

5min

12.

What Are We Going to Do About It?

2min

13.

Donuts in the Parking Lot

4min

14.

Alex Jones and the ACLU and Skokie

3min

15.

The New York Times, Hating Donald Trump, Is a Good Idea?

5min

16.

The Misinformation Standard Is an Impossible One

1min

17.

The Global Disinformation Index

5min

18.

What's Your Response to the Arizona Call?

2min

19.

We Were Right for the Right Reason

5min

20.

The Sullivan Standard Is a Bad Thing, Right?

3min

21.

Weak Parties, Strong Partisanship

5min

22.

The Leaks Don't Make a Right

2min

23.

The Future of the Republican Party

2min

24.

The Importance of Ideology in Political History

5min

25.

The Battle for Ideas, the Importance of the Battle for White Papers

1min

26.

What's the Difference Between Donald Trump and Mitt Romney?

1min

27.

The Crazies Are More Important Than the Democratic Party Right Now

5min

28.

You're Too Smart for Fox, but You'll Learn in Homunculus

2min

29.

Media Critique

3min

30.

The Rage Machine Is Not the Tone of the Book

2min

31.

COVID Pandemic

2min

32.

The New Version of COVID

4min

33.

The 100 Biden Laptop Story

4min

34.

The New York Times Article - China, China and Kim Jong-Un

4min

35.

Why You Shouldn't Say These Things to People You Don't Like

3min

36.

Are You Trying to Get Madonna Tickets?

2min

* Stirewalt on calling Arizona for Biden and the Dominion lawsuit

* On getting fired by Fox News

* How journalism collapsed

* Sean Hannity is not a conservative (he’s a Republican)

* The Joe Manchin effect

* This wouldn’t have happened under Roger Ailes

* Overestimating the media’s influence

* The inevitable conversation about mis- and disinformation

* Would Chris cancel Alex Jones?

* Cruz v. Carlson: the most excruciating interview ever?

* Will Reaganism return??

* Post-game: lab leak lollapalooza

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The Fifth Column

#396 w/ Chris Stirewalt "Fired by Fox, Fixing the News, Eating a McRib"

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The Misinformation Standard Is an Impossible One

The Importance of Ideology in Political History

The Future of the Republican Party

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