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You saw the pictures! The walls are finally closing in; or maybe it’s the floor that’ll finally move in on Trump! Or maybe everyone should cool their jets, as our guest Bill Barr might recommend. The former Attorney General joins us again to discuss what we know (and don’t know) about the latest legal troubles for the former president. Without getting ahead of the facts, Barr thinks through the search itself; partisanship in the Justice Department; and the kind of fighters the Republican Party needs.

And John O’Sullivan joins the gang at the top to remember his and Peter’s old foe, Mikhail Gorbachev. They dispel the lefty fantasy that Gorby was the real hero of the Cold War, but also give credit where it’s due. Plus, Peter recounts the time he got the man to scribble on a baseball.

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  1. DrewInWisconsin, Oik Member
    DrewInWisconsin, Oik
    @DrewInWisconsin
    7:10 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    From over a decade ago.

    I’m sure it’s far worse now.

    • #61
  2. Taras Coolidge
    Taras
    @Taras
    11:10 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    Bishop Wash (View Comment):

    Miffed White Male (View Comment):

    Taras (View Comment):
    America is a Republican country with Democratic media. When the media think the Dems already have it won, as in 1988 and 2016, they don’t put out a maximum effort for them, and the Republicans can win.

    I vaguely recall reading about a study some group did 20 or so years ago where they attempted to adjust public opinion for the effects of media bias, and found that in the absence of said media bias, the country on average would vote about like the state of Utah does.

    I have absolutely no memory of what their methodology was, or how they came to that conclusion, or if it had any credibility at all.

    Which Democrat campaign consultant said that the media arm of the DNC gave them a five point advantage?

    “In 2004, Evan Thomas, then an editor at Newsweek said that media bias in that election was worth 15% to Democrats. He later corrected himself[*], and agreed bias was only good for maybe 5% in the election. 5%. In 2004. That’s the difference between winning and losing in virtually every election in modern American history. And that’s in 2004.”

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/boreing-the-media-rigged-the-electionhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/boreing-the-media-rigged-the-election

    *That is, other liberals attacked him for giving the game away.

    • #62
  3. RufusRJones Member
    RufusRJones
    @RufusRJones
    11:11 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    All Journalists Are Statists™

    • #63
  4. Bishop Wash Member
    Bishop Wash
    @BishopWash
    11:59 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    Taras (View Comment):

    Bishop Wash (View Comment):

    Miffed White Male (View Comment):

    Taras (View Comment):
    America is a Republican country with Democratic media. When the media think the Dems already have it won, as in 1988 and 2016, they don’t put out a maximum effort for them, and the Republicans can win.

    I vaguely recall reading about a study some group did 20 or so years ago where they attempted to adjust public opinion for the effects of media bias, and found that in the absence of said media bias, the country on average would vote about like the state of Utah does.

    I have absolutely no memory of what their methodology was, or how they came to that conclusion, or if it had any credibility at all.

    Which Democrat campaign consultant said that the media arm of the DNC gave them a five point advantage?

    “In 2004, Evan Thomas, then an editor at Newsweek said that media bias in that election was worth 15% to Democrats. He later corrected himself[*], and agreed bias was only good for maybe 5% in the election. 5%. In 2004. That’s the difference between winning and losing in virtually every election in modern American history. And that’s in 2004.”

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/boreing-the-media-rigged-the-electionhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/boreing-the-media-rigged-the-election

    *That is, other liberals attacked him for giving the game away.

    Much appreciated. I was drawing a blank on the name and my searching skills were failing me.  The returns were focusing on 2016 and 2020 and I knew it was older than that.

    • #64
  5. DrewInWisconsin, Oik Member
    DrewInWisconsin, Oik
    @DrewInWisconsin
    12:00 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    Taras (View Comment):

    “In 2004, EvanThomas, then an editor at Newsweek . . .

    I remembered it was someone at Newsweek, and I could even remember the name “Evan” but my brain kept settling on “Evan Meacham.”

     

    • #65
  6. Taras Coolidge
    Taras
    @Taras
    1:10 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    DrewInWisconsin, Oik (View Comment):

    Taras (View Comment):

    “In 2004, EvanThomas, then an editor at Newsweek . . .

    I remembered it was someone at Newsweek, and I could even remember the name “Evan” but my brain kept settling on “Evan Meacham.”

     

    I couldn’t remember Jon Meacham’s name either.  Could be he said something similar.

    • #66
  7. DrewInWisconsin, Oik Member
    DrewInWisconsin, Oik
    @DrewInWisconsin
    1:15 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 13, 2022

    Taras (View Comment):

    DrewInWisconsin, Oik (View Comment):

    Taras (View Comment):

    “In 2004, EvanThomas, then an editor at Newsweek . . .

    I remembered it was someone at Newsweek, and I could even remember the name “Evan” but my brain kept settling on “Evan Meacham.”

     

    I couldn’t remember Jon Meacham’s name either. Could be he said something similar.

    Jon Meacham came to mind, too.

    • #67
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