Hillbilly Entropy
If you're assuming we will be covering the media's response to the attempted assassination, Biden's re-election bid, and the RNC, you'd be correct. However, if you're considering plastic surgery or $1000 sneakers, we have you covered this week. We have much to catch up on, wretches. Join us.
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Show Notes
If you're assuming we will be covering the media's response to the attempted assassination, Biden's re-election bid, and the RNC, you'd be correct. However, if you're considering plastic surgery or $1000 sneakers, we have you completely covered this week. We have much to catch up on, wretches. Join us.
Time Stamps:
3:15 Front Page
57:01 Style Section
1:04:33 Obsessions
1:11:24 Reader Mail
1:12:46 Favorite Items
The Atlantic: Evan Vucci's Trump Image Is a Legendary American Photograph
WaPo: Trump allies immediately blame Biden, Democrats for spurring rally shooting
Real Clear Markets: Is It Beyond the Pale To Ask If the Trump Shooter Was Simply Crazy?
Semafor: Top Democratic strategist pushed reporters to consider 'staged' shooting
Mediaite: Oliver Darcy Calls Out CNN For Airing 'Lie-Filled' RNC Speeches With 'Little-To-No' Push Back
The Atlantic: Trump Is Planning for a Landslide Win
NYT: Usha Vance and the Iconography of the Trump Women
Puck News: Biden’s Saturday Zoom Call With House Dems Goes Off the Rails
Semafor: Donors’ cash is drying up, Jeffrey Katzenberg warns Biden in private meeting
NYT: Biden Called ‘More Receptive’ to Hearing Pleas to Step Aside
NYT: How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza: Tunnels, Traps and Ambushes
NYT: Rescued Hostage Describes Months of Uncertainty and Terror in Gaza
Wall Street: Wall Street Journal fires Hong Kong reporter who headed embattled press club
WSJ: Is This $1,100 Shoe the Next Men’s Status Sneaker?
Obsessions:
NYT: How Yale Propelled J.D. Vance’s Career
The Dispatch: ‘Ordinary Americans’ Can Be Wrong, Too
Reader Mail:
WaPo: The short answer on office shorts: No
Favorite Items:
Poynter: Technology has fundamentally changed how reporters cover political conventions — for the better
The Daily Beast: Ex-CIA Analyst Worked for South Korea in Exchange for Louis Vuitton Handbag: Prosecutors