We’re kicking off with the biggest story in American news media: the Murdoch family. We’re also discussing Hamas, Ukraine, and Mayor Karen Bass’s masterclass in spin. Wretch on!

Timestamps: 

4:28 - Front Page

46:35 - Obsessions

55:55 - Reader Mail

57:21 - Favorite Items

Show Notes: 

The Atlantic: Growing Up Murdoch

The New York Times: ‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama 

The New York Times: Hamas Releases What It Said Were the Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages

Free Beacon: WATCH: As Gazans Celebrate the Murder of Jewish Women and Children, NPR Calls the Scenes 'More Somber and Much Less Celebratory' 

Commentary Magazine: What Did Trump Just Say About Ukraine? WHAT??? 

The Wall Street Journal: How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza 

The New York Times: How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025

The Hill: Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order

Jeremy Barr on X: NBCUniversal is settling a lawsuit filed by obstetrician gynecologist Mahendra Amin

Collin Rug on X: NEW: LA Mayor Karen Bass says she’s investigating why she was allowed to go on a trip to Ghana days before the LA fires.

The New York Times: As a White Man, Can I Date Women of Color to Advance My Antiracism?

NPR: Performers protest Trump leadership at Kennedy Center with dance 

CBS News: Online searches for gambling addiction surge as sports betting expands, study finds

The New York Times: What Should I Wear to Protest an Unspoken Dress Code? 

The Telegraph: Margaret Brennan's CBS humiliation exposed everything that's wrong with the Left-wing media 

The New York Post: CBS News exec Adrienne Roark, who reprimanded anchor over Israel interview, plans to exit network 

The Wall Street Journal: Inside Amazon’s Messy Push to Bring Everyone Back to the Office 

I Might Be Wrong on Substack: I’m Such a Hopeless Libtard That It Bothers Me When We Side With the Authoritarian Predator State 

The New York Times: Art Adviser. Friend. Thief.