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Jim VandeHei

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675 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Again, foreseen, foreseeable.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Let it persist for far too long, despite everybody begging and pleading with him to just at least take a look at what's happening and see if you come to the same appraisal that they were.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I don't know.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I don't know.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I mean if you wanted to be conspiratorial, you'd say he's just worried about pissing off the president of the United States.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

So he's trying to go light on Republicans and doesn't really care if the Post loses its mojo and he'll play the long game.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I don't know.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Again, we have no proof that that's the motivation, but I think it's fair for you to have that conspiratorial appraisal of it until he steps in and explains what the hell is he doing.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Like he could sell it.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Somebody would buy it.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

It is an important Washington institution.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

There are people that would go to work and try to make it work.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

They would take it off of his hands and he doesn't have to deal with this.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Then he could focus on Blue Origin if that's where his emphasis is.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

And

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

And everybody comes out a winner, right?

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

So, like, is he really get that much?

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Is Trump really going to care that much if he sells the Washington Post to a group of Washington locals?

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

I doubt it.

Plain English with Derek Thompson
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Yeah, I'd start by stop doing all the things that you're doing.