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The CBS Disaster and NFL Sound, The New Yorker Turns 100, and More Tales of Journalistic Failure

The CBS Disaster and NFL Sound, The New Yorker Turns 100, and More Tales of Journalistic Failure

The Press Box

January 27, 20251h 0m

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Show Notes


Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the week by discussing The New Yorker turning 100 and what it has been throughout time (0:00). Then they get into the sounds of the NFL playoffs:

  • Strangest moment from the Eagles-Commanders … from the referee (32:00)
  • Tom Brady on his future in the broadcast booth (40:34)
  • The CBS disaster with the phantom flag in the Bills-Chiefs game (44:12)

Then in the Notebook Dump they follow up Thursday’s episode of how failed profiles came apart with a couple of stories from listeners (50:32).

Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters


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