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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 19m

He's right there. I was mostly talking about the Funny SportsCenter anchor archetype.

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 5h

MSNBC's Jen Psaki on the Katie Porter interview:

"a case study they may show in school about how not to do an interview"

The full Psaki interview, on the Dems and cable news, will be on tomorrow's Press Box.
open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 1d

Parade celebrates the life of Robert Redford.

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Misty Mountain Haute @heywhoopiecat.bsky.social · 1d

@thepressbox.bsky.social "bucking tradition and legal precedent" is a great only in (terrible) journalism phrase

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 2d

Ask and ye shall receive. bsky.app/profile/inst...

Instrumental Communications @instrumentalcomms.bsky.social · 2d

@bryancurtis.bsky.social & @davidshoemaker.bsky.social here you go!

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 2d

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social:

Bari Weiss's First Day at CBS
Mark Sanchez Reporting
People Doesn't Trust the Media. Now What?
Football Audio
Chris Berman
America's Softest Target
open.spotify.com/episode/2C1W...

Bari Weiss’s First Day at CBS, Reporting on Mark Sanchez, and the GOAT-dom of Chris Berman

open.spotify.com

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 5d

Our first Jolabokaflod gift of the year comes from listener Jeremy Da Rosa, who sent us a copy of The Left Handed Dictionary.

It includes an excellent definition of an Only in Journalism classic: “conflagration.”

Thanks, Jeremy!

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 5d

Can ESPN’s Paul Finebaum matriculate to the U.S. Senate?

And what would a GOP primary do to the tao of Paul?

We discuss on a new episode: open.spotify.com/episode/7sqZ...

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 5d

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

The Ezra Klein-Ta-Nehisi Coates Showdown
Can Paul Finebaum Go to Washington?
The Meaning of Kamala’s Book Sales
J School
A Peacetime Visit to Cracker Barrel
open.spotify.com/episode/7sqZ...

The Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates Showdown, Floating Paul Finebaum for Senate, and the Meaning of Kamala’s Book Sales

open.spotify.com

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 5d

Nodding... via @markmoseley.bsky.social

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 5d

Karl Ravech just went there!

Mark Moseley @markmoseley.bsky.social · 5d

I can't wait to see how the New York Post substitutes "Schlitt" for "Shit" in a headline tomorrow @thepressbox.bsky.social @bryancurtis.bsky.social

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 6d

New pod w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

Ezra Klein/Ta-Nehisi Coates
Senator Paul Finebaum (R-AL)
The Meaning of Kamala’s Book Sales
J School
A Peacetime Visit to Cracker Barrel
open.spotify.com/episode/7sqZ...

The Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates Showdown, Floating Paul Finebaum for Senate, and the Meaning of Kamala’s Book Sales

open.spotify.com

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Sekou Bermiss @sekoubermiss.bsky.social · 6d

Overall trust in #media continues to slide in US, dipping below 30% in recent poll. More telling is the ideological divide: 8% for Republicans and 51% for Democrats.

I grapple to contemplate what this looks like for the US in 10 years.

@thepressbox.bsky.social

www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

Americans’ trust in media hits new low, poll finds

Only 28% of US adults told Gallup they have a ‘great deal’ or ‘fair amount’ of trust that mass media will report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.

www.semafor.com

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 7d

Can journalism school replace the apprenticeship reporters used to have with a cigar-chomping city editor?

@joelanderson.bsky.social’s full interview with Columbia’s @jelaniya.bsky.social here: open.spotify.com/episode/3PIU...

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 7d

Hello media consumers:

@joelanderson.bsky.social and @bryancurtis.bsky.social are back THURSDAY to talk about the Klein/Coates pod, Paul Finebaum for Senate, and *much* more.

Join us.

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LAB21 @lab21.bsky.social · 8d

@thepressbox.bsky.social "Excoriate" an only in journalism word?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

“.. Judge William Young concluded, in a scathing, 161-page opinion that he described as the most crucial he’s delivered in his 30 years on the bench.”

@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 7d

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social

A 25 for 25 double feature:

@jelaniya.bsky.social on the Future of Journalism School

@edsbs.bsky.social on the Weird Internet
open.spotify.com/episode/3PIU...

A 25 for 25 Double Feature: Dean Jelani Cobb on the Future of J-School. Plus, Spencer Hall on “Weird Internet.”

open.spotify.com

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 8d

New PRESS BOX:

A Report from Cowboys Packers
w/ an assist from @bobbybelttx.bsky.social
Rise of the Bernie Bios
How the Celebrity Interview Sausage Gets Made
Golf Twitter's Finest Moment
Texas Barbecue Notes
open.spotify.com/episode/18hx...

A Report From the Cowboys-Packers Tie, the Rise of the Bernie Bio, and Barbecue Notes From Texas

open.spotify.com

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kickpuncher.bsky.social @kickpuncher.bsky.social · 9d

@thepressbox.bsky.social A rare case of "Now they don't tell us, because they're also all stumped". www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

How the Mets lost their groove: Inside baseball’s biggest collapse

Talented, yes, but this year's Mets lacked sizzle. They were MLB's only team never to mount a ninth-inning comeback.

www.nytimes.com

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 8d

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social:

A Report From the Cowboys-Packers Game
Bernie Bios
Ryder Cup + Golf Twitter
How the Celebrity Interview Sausage Gets Made
BBQ Notes from Texas
open.spotify.com/episode/18hx...

A Report From the Cowboys-Packers Tie, the Rise of the Bernie Bio, and Barbecue Notes From Texas

open.spotify.com

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 9d

New column from me:

I went to the Cowboys-Packers tie last night and wrote about what revenge games are really about. www.theringer.com/2025/09/29/n...

The Micah Parsons Revenge Game Wasn’t Really About Jerry Jones

Packers-Cowboys was billed as the final reckoning of the preseason trade that sent Parsons to Green Bay. Instead, the tie was much more about former teammates—and missed opportunities.

www.theringer.com

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PatrizioA.bsky.social @patrizioa.bsky.social · 11d

@thepressbox.bsky.social Listening to the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast this morning and we have another submission for media piss test.

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The Press Box @thepressbox.bsky.social · 12d

Nodding... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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