Walter Kirn
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1,232 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 24 Nov
Walter Kirn’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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CBS News, next to The New York Times, is the historic crown jewel of what is called the establishment liberal media.
Back to the days of Bill Paley, whatever.
And that it could have a change in its executive leader and in its editorial policy, I don't think is appreciated as the sea change it really is.
That's the last thing they wanted to go.
That's their tiara.
It's called a ride because you weren't steering.
Is that what you're suggesting?
I'm a former professor of English and I can't think of another word for what she did.
Is there some other word besides ride?
It was a mission to talk about a ride as though it were a mission.
That was the mission.
It was a propaganda mission based on a fair world.
The most expensive carnival ride in history, which is what it was.
What does she actually do there again?
I mean, I'm not clear.
What is her role?
You know, she just comes around and flavors the background or appears, you know, as an ad hoc, improvised president.
You know, it's really hard to report on the media when you no longer watch it, but I do my best.
Right, right.
But so many of these people are kind of exotic at this point because they're not the central figures they used to be.
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