Philip Bump

pbump.com

13 September 2026 21:17

One time, and I promise this is true, Bush gave a flip remark about violence while playing golf and it became a defining moment for his legacy. This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.

Peter Sagal

petersagal.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:17

I also appreciate Jon’s confession that the one time he went into an interview with the attitude “I’m going to get this guy” — Donald Rumsfeld — it was a disaster.

Peter Sagal

petersagal.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:17

At the end, Swan says he no longer does on camera interviews because of the conundrum that if you do it right, and are appropriately adversarial in a way that serves the public, people stop agreeing to do them with you.

Peter Sagal

petersagal.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:17

This conversation with Jon Stewart and Jonathan Swan, initially about the President, became an interesting conversation about journalism, interviews, and the incentives for both sides. youtu.be/9PNBKR09_BY?...

Big John

dcbigjohn.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:17

Whyyyyyyy would you call that play