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“I have listened to nearly every episode of The Gist since it launched, and I always liked Mike’s reporting from his NPR days. One reason I have stuck with it is even though I often disagree with his takes (and always presenting himself as the smartest and wittiest person in the room), he challenged my own notions of the world and made sure I wasn’t always in a news/ideological bubble. However, over the years I find him most off putting when he glazes over things he gets wrong (assertions of fact, style critiques of media or even minor things like names and dates) as the cost of doing business in a daily podcast. He like all journalists (including myself) make mistakes. That is expected. And his occasional antantwig segments sort of account for that. But even then I think he glosses over how many mistakes he makes with a kind of “Oh well, it’s podcasting. Waddaya gonna do?” explanation. I have never gotten the sense that he “regrets the error” in the journalism parlance or that he wants to take any real steps to lessen errors in the future. I don’t think he takes seriously how media credibility hinges on trying to prevent errors and how contrite one is after making them. Everyone needs an editor, even daily opinion/interview podcasters. I think Mike would do well to consider some of the criticisms he makes of other media outlets and journalists and whether he would benefit from other people challenging his ideas and scripts before they go live.”
RegretTheError via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/27/24
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“Mike Pesca has been a highlight of everything he’s been on through the years, but he has always had to shine through the time, language and sensibility filters of NPR, etc. Now, the filter is off, and I couldn’t be happier!”
rlpape via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/07/14
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“Love that Pesca can choose what he wants. Interesting topics and like the overall format.”
Elon from brooklyn via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/07/14
“Mike has an excellent wit, is fast with a cultural reference and the topics presented are varied and interesting. All this and I can tell after a couple of weeks the show is still getting better and tighter. Keep it up.”
mmascolino via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/20/14
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