The Best of 2024

This week, we are looking back on 2024 to see how we got here. We’re revisiting the rise of Trump 2.0, the decline of mainstream outlets like MSNBC, and the other biggest moments in American news media this year. Wretch on, and we’ll see you in the new year. Show Notes: The New York Times: 5 Takeaways From the Haley-DeSantis Debate and Trump’s Town Hall The New York Times: This Again? In Frozen Iowa, the Press Corps Ponders a Slog of a Campaign. The Atlantic: Why Attacks on Trump’s Mental Acuity Don’t Land CNN: NBC News journalists vexed by MSNBC’s move to hire White House press secretary Jen Psaki  Semafor: NBC braces for the backlash to the backlash after hiring and firing top Republican The New York Times: Fast Food Forever: How McHaters Lost the Culture War The Washington Post: Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it The New York Times: Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own  The Wall Street Journal: Biden’s Frailty Isn’t Breaking News The New York Post: Obama doesn’t believe Kamala Harris can beat Trump, which is why he hasn’t endorsed her: sources The New York Times: The Endless Downfall of a Crypto Power Couple