Category: Analysis
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Tucker Carlson is out, is this the death throes of Fox News?
Dexter Tarbox and A. J. Kierstead discuss the firing of Tucker Carlson and the dumpster fire that is the cable news industry, especially Fox News.
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Does the Trump indictment matter or is this just a waste of time?
A. J. Kierstead and Dexter Tarbox discuss the political idiocy around the Donald J. Trump indictment in New York. Read the FiveThirtyEight article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-indictment-2024-election/
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A very bad day for the progressive media outlet NPR
10% of NPR’s staff and 4 podcasts are on the chopping block today as they face a $30 million shortfall. Bad management and ill fitting content are likely to blame. Sources Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/npr-layoffs-invisibilia.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=vulture Breitbart: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/24/taxpayer-funded-npr-fire-10-staff-after-30m-budget-gap-largest-layoff-since-2008/
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Is it too Stupid? Rian Johnson’s inconsistent movie problem
A. J. Kierstead and Jess Place compare Rian Johnson’s Knives Out and Glass Onion. Is the cartoonish nature of Glass Onion too stupid? Maybe. Is Rian a killer of franchises? Probably. https://thenewenglandtake.com Follow the show on https://facebook.com/newenglandtake, https://twitter.com/newenglandtake, https://instagram.com/newenglandtake
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Watch Top Gun: Maverick, a rare action movie sequel that doesn’t suck
Give that mediocre Paramount Plus subscription a test and check out Top Gun Maverick and Top Gun (in that order). https://thenewenglandtake.com Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, and Pocket Casts. Follow the show on https://facebook.com/newenglandtake, https://twitter.com/newenglandtake, https://instagram.com/newenglandtake