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Mark Milley fails his book report, Ben Smith shreds the Theranos of media, and local news is sending out the alert on put gummies in your kids' Halloween candyTimes 1:16 - Segment: Front Page 1:25 - Mark Milley's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing 8:30 - Spending Bill 10:55 - Chris Cuomo, like his older brother, faces allegations of sexual harassment 15:42 - Anonymously-sourced report on South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem 24:27 - Stephanie Grisham's gives her reasoning for not holding press briefings 26:19 - Portland News' mental health day 27:45 - Local news sounds the alarm on pot gummies in kids' Halloween candy 30:27 - Segment: Obsessions 30:37 - Social media as news media (Chris) 33:05 - Ben Smith's story on Ozy Media, the Theranos of news media (Eliana) 36:55 - Segment: Favorite Item(s) of the Week 37:00 - Kudos to Simone Biles (Chris) 38:15 - Gunman who killed five Capitol Gazette employees convicted (Chris) 38:47 - Ben Smith's story (Eliana) 39:15 - "Fallatious" gorillas at the Bronx Zoo (guess who) LinksPoynter article on journalism and traumaOops I gave the kids edibles Ben Smith shreds Ozy MediaThe New York Post's story on the Bronx Zoo gorillas

The media gets the border-patrol story wrong and can't stop complaining that pretty young white women get too much coverageTimes 2:50 - Segment: Front Page 3:06 - The fake news about border patrol whipping Haitians at the border 7:30 - Headlines headache: Business Insider and defaulting on debt 10:13 - CNN uses kids to cast blame on Tucker Carlson 14:17 - Trump sues niece over exposé 16:51 - Elizabeth Holmes' texts 20:34 - Segment: Obsessions 20:47 - Coverage of Gabby Petito and "missing white woman's syndrome" 28:45 - MSM finally authenticates Hunter Biden's laptop 34:21 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 34:39 - The Spokane Spokesman-Review brings back the afternoon newspaper 38:18 - Casey Michel writes on Hunter Biden's forthcoming art show LinksPhilip Bump's article in the Washington Post on horse whipsCasey Michel's article in The Atlantic on Hunter Biden's art

Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley becomes a hero for some, a villain for othersTimes 2:36 - Segment: Front Page 2:45 - Biden's hostage crisis in Afghanistan 5:43 - Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Fox News' reboot of Cops 8:11 - Fox and the Vax 11:02 - Max Boot hates the Founding Fathers 15:59 - Ellen Pao on Sexism in the Elizabeth Holmes trial 19:56 - AOC at the Met Gala 22:38 - Segment: Obsessions 23:00 - The Bob's Book on Mark Milley and the end of the Trump administration 35:18 - The New York Times coverage of "climate disinformation" 36:59 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 37:12 - Rest in Peace, Norm MacDonald 39:09 - Politico and Jen Rubin LinksMax Boot in the Washington Post on why the the Founding Fathers suckThe New York Times features Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes trialPolitico's West Wing Playbook on Jennifer Rubin

The MSM can't stop talking about the "horse drug," the WaPo hit piece on Stanley McChrystal, and Tomi Lahren puts us on alert for voter fraud in CaliforniaTimes 2:56 - Segment: Front Page 3:10 - Rolling Stone's fake story on ivermectin overdoses in Oklahoma 12:43 - NPR, Matt Taibbi, and the dangers of free speech 15:24 - Stephanie Grisham to release book 18:55 - Gavin Newsom, Tomi Lahren, and the California recall 26:30 - Elizabeth Holmes trial 29:38 - Coverage of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 30:57 - Coda of Afghanistan coverage 32:25 - Segment: Obsessions 32:40 - WaPo's story on US generals (Eliana) 37:46 - WaPo's on Politico's biggest problem: normalizing Republicans (Chris) 42:47 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 43:01 - Naomi Biden engaged to longtime... uh... (Chris) 43:43 - Dana Perino makes an Eliana move and reveals Jessica Tarlov's pregnancy (Chris) 45:05 - The New York Times on Mommy Brain (Eliana) LinksWaPo's article on Stanley McChrystalPerry Bacon's WaPo article on PoliticoThe New York Times' article on Mommy Brain

Afghanistan coverage goes off the rails, CNN’s “standards,” and our beef with fact-checkers Times 0:33 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week 0:44 - Afghanistan coverage 3:20 - Biden Transcript 11:25 - Axel Springer 15:05 - FED and Climate Change 17:20 - Vice News 20:47 - News Trust declines 25:19 - Jeffrey Toobin 28:48 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week 27:47 - Harpers 34:05 - Politfact 38:42 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 39:01 - Screenland 40:46 - Michael Powell LinksNew York Times piece on Tik TokNew York Times piece on Critical Race Theory in New York public schools

German media giant acquires Politico, the blame game in Afghanistan, and DeSantis dukes it out with the Associated PressTimes 0:35 - Segment: Front Page 1:08 - Media coverage on Afghanistan evolves 10:00 - Gallup poll on American's satisfaction with the United States 12:15 - Politico sells to Axel Springer for $1 billion 17:44 - ABC producer Michael Corn sued over sexual harassment allegations 20:56 - Talk radio host Larry Elder surges ahead as a Republican contender to California governor Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall 25:00 - Climate activists protests the Federal Reserve 27:40 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week 27:57 - Bruhaha between the Associated Press and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis 33:00 - Republican Congressional candidate Kim Klacik files a defamation suit against the Daily Wire's Candice Owens 39:17 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 39:21 - Minnesota Star Tribune's coverage of the transgender Mosque bomber 41:04 - The American Conservative's piece on Ohio Senate hopeful J.D. Vance LinksGallup poll on U.S. satisfaction with direction of the countryBloomberg article on the Federal Reserve and Climate ChangeMinnesota Star-Tribune article on the transgender Mosque bomberThe American Conservative article on Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance

Joe Biden faces a media reckoningTimes 0:34 - Segment: Front Page 0:50 - Biden's media honeymoon is over 13:16 - An update on The Brothers Cuomo (the least successful of Farrelly Brothers' movies) 14:58 - CNN's reminder that racism still exists, in the form of article on the Census results 18:35 - The New York Times piece on Titian 21:08 - Revisiting the Afghanistan crisis and Taliban's media tactics  23:57 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week 24:05 - The New York Times coverage of Greg Abbott (Chris) 28:02 - The Current Affairs' Twitter meltdown (Eliana) 31:06 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 31:15 - Beth Macy's book, Dopesick, set to become a movie (Chris) 32:24 - The New York Post's coverage of MAXIM and Playboy's pay-to-play scandal (Eliana) LinksCNN's article reminding us that racism still existsNew York Times article taking issue with Titian's paintingsTwitter thread on socialist leadership and unionizing at Current AffairsNew York Post article on Playboy pay-to-play

Our friend Julie Mason steps in to discuss infighting at Fox, CNN gets a late-night lashing, a new look at the bird watcher of Central Park, and New York Times laments the ethnic food isle Times 1:54 - Segment: Front Page 2:10 - Fox's Dan Bongino interviews Donald Trump 6:45 - Stephen Colbert slams Brian Stelter and CNN 10:20 - The media's fawning over Andrew Cuomo 12:15 - National outlets' bias toward covering New York City and Washington, D.C. 16:00 - Ian Leslie's Substack article on the infamous Central Park birdwatching incident 20:40 - Segment: Obsessions 20:55 - The New York Times piece on the ethnic isle (Chris) 29:02 - Scott Brown returns to politics (Julie) 33:15 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 33:38 - Democrats turn on the media (Julie) 37:09 - "Fatal Griz Mauling Linked to Carcass" (Chris) LinksListen to Julie Mason Mornings on weekdays from 6 - 9 a.m. EST on Sirius XM's POTUS ChannelDan Bongino's interview with Donald TrumpStephen Colbert slams Brian Stelter on The Late ShowIan Leslie's Susbtack piece on the Central Park birdwatcher, Angels, Demons, and VideotapeNew York Times article, "Why Do American Stores Still Have an Ethnic Isle?"

The Cuomo brothers' brouhaha, Tucker Carlson interviews Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán, and NPR greenlights political protests on the part of its reporters so long as they're in favor of "the freedom and dignity of human beings."Times 0:34 - Segment: Front Page 0:47 - Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo (Eliana) 5:19 - Best BBQ of Big Sky and Memphis 8:10 - Donald Trump and Ralph Northam 14:00 - Tucker Carlson's defense of Viktor Orbán (Chris) 18:28 - Andrew Napolitano out at Fox over sexual harassment allegations (Chris) 22:14 - New York Times piece: "Three (White Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is it a Moment?" (Eliana) 27:15 -The Atlantic piece on Yale Law Professor Amy Chua (Chris) 30:51 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week 31:12 - Race and Vaccinations (Chris) 38:38 - NPR gives reporters the greenlight to protest (Eliana) 42:53 - Politico writers want to unionize (Eliana) 43:48 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 44:18 - Gallup Poll on preferred terms for racial groups (Chris) 46:30 - Illegal immigrant beheads American in Minneapolis, as reported by Eliana's dad, Scott Johnson (Eliana) Links"Jewish Girl in the Wild:" Check out videos of Eliana trap shooting in Big Sky, Montana, via InstagramAppendix of report on sexual assault allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, featuring advice from brother and CNN host Chris CuomoRiverhouse BBQ in Blue Sky and Cozy Corner BBQ in MemphisJames Kirchick on Viktor Orbán in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington PostPolitico article on sexual assault allegations facing Judge Andrew NapolitanoNew York Times article, "Three (White Male) Tough Guys Sign Off. Is it a Moment?"Elizabeth Bruenig's article in The Atlantic on Yale Professor Amy Chua (shoutout to listener Karen Billups for sending!)Scott Johnson's coverage on an illegal Cuban immigrant, Alexis Saborit, who beheaded an American in Minnesota, from the Power Line Blog

Simone Biles and safety culture come to the Olympics, news reporters take a stand on Jan. 6, and Felicia Sonmez sues her bossesTimes 00:39 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week 00:45 - Simone Biles 08:50 - NYT JD Tweets  10:46 - Racial Disparities in COVID Learning 16:38 - Tucker NSA 18:47 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week 19:09 - Craiglist vs Local Papers 22:52 - Suit against Washington Post 29:53 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 30:17 - AEI Panel 31:47 - Matt Lauer Home Listing  LinksThe Atlantic piece by Caitlin Flanagan, The University of California Is Lying to UsAEI Event on Post-Journalism NY Post report on Matt Lauer's Hamptons house