Episode 99: How Slate Became An Embarrassing Basket-Case Shell Of Its Former Self (With Mike Pesca)
After Katie and Jesse discuss their nonconsensual Yassifications, they bring on Mike Pesca to discuss the time he was forced out at Slate because… well, hard to say! If you’re a premium subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, click here.
Show notes/Links:
The Yassification incident: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/s5ee24/the_yassification_of_jesse_singal_and_katie_herzog/
The Daily Beast’s bad coverage of the Donald McNeil, Jr. incident:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-comments…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.