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The Texas Democrats’ big adventure gets MSM treatment, Fox News goes pro-vax, and Michael Wolff drops a truth bomb on CNN’s Brian Stelter Times 0:32 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week 0:35 - Texas Democrats Flee State to Protest Voting Restrictions, Turn DC Trip to Superspreader Event (Eliana) 8:50 - Fox Flips on Vaccines (Chris) 10:50 - Tucker Bucks Fox Flip on Vaccine Flip (Eliana) 15:20 - Authoritarian Governments Use Israeli Spyware to Target Heads of State, Journalists (Chris) 17:51 - NPR's Attempted Dunk on Ben Shapiro (Eliana) 21:25 - Kaitlan Collins' Bylines Disappear from Daily Caller Website and Mysteriously Reappear (Eliana) 25:10 - Buffalo Bylines  27:25 - Segment: Obsessions 27:33 - The Need for a Renaissance in Local News and the "Phoniness" of Circulation Statistics (Chris) 30:35 - Michael Wolff Promotes Book, Drops Truth Bomb on Brian Stelter's Show (Eliana) 40:38 - Segment: Favorite Item of the Week 40:45 - Michael Wolff Gives His Reason for Going on CNN 41:20 - The Atlantic's Coverage of Uyghur Camps in China 42:20 - Close LinksStory mentioned from The AtlanticWashington Free Beacon piece on CNN+ - "EXCLUSIVE: An Inside Look at CNN+, the Cable Network’s Premium Streaming Service Launching in 2022"

Find Chris on TikTok: chris.stirewalt For information on the post-Journalism panel at AEI on July 28, go here.Times 0:51 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week 1:00 - Michael Wolf Book on Fox’s Arizona Call (Eliana) 5:27 - Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Book on the Decline in the Trump Presidency (Chris) 12:16 - NBC News report on The Atlantic struggle for subscriptions (Eliana) 19:56 - New York Times corrections (Chris) 21:12 - Segment: Obsessions 21:37 - Newsmax Benny Johnson compares Trump to Batman (Chris) 26:27 - Former NYT Freelance editor Lauren Wolfe “Bias Journalist” (Eliana) 34:39 - Segment: Favorite items of the Week 34:54 - Keith Olbermann TikTok (Chris) 37:20 - New Yorker article on Robin DiAngelo

Tucker vs. the NSA, Media covers the media’s Jan. 6 heroes, and CNN goes all-in on Critical Race TheoryTimes 0:53 - Segment: Most Important Stories of the Week 1:00 - Henry Suing Fox News, Tucker and the NSA (Eliana) 8:35 - NPR Not reading the declaration of independence this year (Eliana) 11:59 - Vice News Expose on reporters who “survived” the Capitol Riot (Eliana) 14:04 - Gallup poll of happiness (Chris) 15:33 - New York Times “How will climate change affect your elite childs summer camp experience (Chris) 18:03 - Segment: Obsessions of the Week 18:20 - Max Boot “Republicans are going to kill us with Vax denial” (Chris) 22:30 - CNN “Critical Race Theory” Coverage (Eliana) 27:32 - Segment: Favorite Items 28:18 - Kaitlin Flannagin (SP?) The Atlantic “Why to Quit Twitter” (Chris) 31:44 - Corey Sitcha (SP?) The real reason he left the Times (Eliana)

Eliana and Chris interview each other about how the heck they ended up sitting next to each other doing a podcast about the media. 

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.