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"Not Serious People": On the Succession Finale, and Children Who Never Grew Up
Predicting Succession's finale, based on a show about stunted emotional growth
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Ben Smith | Steele Dossier and Media's Trump Coverage, Gawker and BuzzFeed's Legacy
Listen now (47 min) | Fourth Watch Podcast episode 44, with the Semafor editor and "Traffic" author.
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Selective Interest
Gun violence continues to bring the most frustrating sort of corporate media hypocrisy
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Rabbit Hole: COVID Explains Everything
Thought experiment: Can every single thing that's happened over the past three years be traced back to COVID and the pandemic response?
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Jacob Siegel | Media Hypocrisy and "Disinformation" Hoaxes
Listen now (44 min) | Episode 43 with the author of "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century"
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No Business Like Show Business
Trying to make sense of the shock Tucker Carlson firing, and more
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April 2023
Mary Katharine Ham | Tucker and Lemon, Leaving CNN, Keeping Perspective
Listen now (44 min) | Fourth Watch Podcast, episode 42
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Plugging the Leak
Members of the media became literal partners with the FBI in tracking down the Pentagon leaker, because some information is bad, apparently
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Chris Balfe | Conservative Media, Top Talent Traits, Future of Podcasts
Listen now (51 min) | Fourth Watch Podcast with the Red Seat Ventures co-founder
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Rabbit Hole: AI Will Replace the Bad Journalists
Media should be one industry protected from the AI wave. But only if the journalists stick to their principles.
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Broken Brains
What Mehdi Hasan’s embarrassing exchange with Matt Taibbi reveals about the corporate press
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Here We Go Again
The Trump addicts in the corporate press await a mug shot, and rejoice in their next fix
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