Enten works w/ Cillizza so the content is suspect
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“I give Chris Cillizza two out of ten pork pie hats for lazy journalism. (Just look for what Adam Jentleson has said about Cillizza never reaching out to Senator Harry Reid’s offices for comment before publishing many pieces on Reid as then-Senate Majority Leader.) POW! P-P-POWER RANKINGS!
Harry Enten is certainly good at crunching numbers and considering data, hence why he joined CNN after spending last cycle with 538. His cohosts are even better on the pod than he is. But I have to dock two stars, only one because Enten seems on a slippery slope toward hackery with his current pairing. (Anyone else remember how much better “hotline” Chuck Todd was?)
Aside from *the podcast frequently being released just in time for new polls to make it irrelevant* (as I write this, “And Then There Were Five” came out simultaneously with Tom Steyer qualifying for the January Democratic debate), I have to dock a second star because Cillizza is one of the worst hacks on any mainstream platform. I get that you don’t always reflect on your colleagues, but it’s pretty bad for anyone who regularly collaborates with him to offer neutral analysis.
FWIW, I don’t even think Cillizza is particularly slanted in any given ideological direction. He’s just a shoddy conventional wisdom spigot whose best career move was filling Halperin’s vacuum. If this show were produced in a silo from him, the mud on CNN’s cheek wouldn’t be so glaring, but Harry even cites the work he does with Cillizza assigning ordinal probability rankings via gut feeling and studying entrails on the pod. The mud is only getting smeared around as a result.
CNN, you have a good analyst in Enten - I hope he’s used better in the future.”
Memphis Jay via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/10/20
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“First show was good. Would be better if it was a little more casual and didn’t sound/feel like a CNN talking head panel.”
Brandonmontoyaz via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/02/18
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“I look forward to listening.”
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United States of America ·
10/02/18
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“Great to hear new stuff in the politics podcast arena. Keep up the good work.”
Newbie2234 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/02/18
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