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Stephen Colbert’s Kamala Harris Interview Brought Together Two Beleaguered Symbols of Embattled Institutions Kamala Harris sat down with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show for a conversation between two beleaguered symbols of embattled institutions.

@thepressbox.bsky.social courtesy Variety, it's "beleaguered" and "embattled" in the same headline!

Are we running out of only in journalism words, so the challenge now for headline writers is to stack them?

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@thepressbox.bsky.social here's your strained pun headline this week 🙂

This was awesome.

Listen up for great stuff on Shannon Sharpe, Gilbert Arenas, the end of the general-interest sports show, Bomani's no-co-host era, and so much more.

An Upgraded Breaking of Silence, via Matt McKenna:

Thank you!

Back in Black: Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton Break Their Silence on ‘Wednesday’ Season 2

I don't have a lot of hard fast rules about headlines but I do think "break their silence" is an odd choice for an interview conducted during a... promotional tour?

@thepressbox.bsky.social I don't know if "stricken" *quite* qualifies as only in journalism, but its on the precipice at least

The Fall of Shannon Sharpe, the End of Sports and Late-Night TV, and the 2025 Media Diet With Bomani Jones The Press Box · Episode

New @thepressbox.bsky.social w/@bomani-jones.bsky.social
The fall of Shannon Sharpe
How much trouble is Gil Arenas really in?
The End of Sports TV
The End of Late-Night TV
Staying out of the gender wars game
Bomani's perfect co-host (not me)
A lightning round!
open.spotify.com/episode/3HGz...

Hulk Hogan Vs. Gawker, Bill Belichick Fever, and the New Washington Post Exodus The Press Box · Episode

New PRESS BOX:

Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker
Bill Belichick's Media Blitz
People Are *Still* Fleeing the Washington Post
The Paramount Merger Price Tag
Did the Mavs Change the Luka Conversation?
My Adventures (with Bears) on the East Coast
open.spotify.com/episode/7HpT...

Let me tell you about my visit to the wonderful Brattle Book Shop in Boston, as seen in the movie The Holdovers...

As we were saying... open.spotify.com/episode/7HpT...

Mentioned this in the pod!

The Press Box Podcast · The Ringer · The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker catch you up on the biggest media stories, from sports to politics and everything in between.

New PRESS BOX w/ @davidshoemaker.bsky.social:

Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker
Bill Belichick's Media Blitz
People Are *Still* Leaving the Washington Post
Did the Mavs Change the Luka Conversation?
My Adventures (with Bears) on the East Coast
open.spotify.com/show/4aBkZbD...

Most of us can only dream of getting an obit headline like this. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...

Hello media consumers:

David and Bryan are back TOMORROW to talk about Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker and why journalists are *still* fleeing the Washington Post.

Plus, Bryan's further adventures on the East Coast. Bears were involved.

Join us.

Puns. @thepressbox.bsky.social

Why is Hunter Biden talking?

And why is he talking for three-plus hours to Andrew Callaghan?

We discuss here: open.spotify.com/episode/3zkE...

@thepressbox.bsky.social overworked joke of the week commentary.

To answer a question posed on yesterday’s pod:

Yes, Hulk Hogan’s obit did run on Page A1 of the New York Times. open.spotify.com/episode/3zkE...

The ESPN-NFL Wedding, Hunter Biden Speaks, and Pat McAfee’s Apology The Press Box · Episode

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

J School
ESPN and the NFL Renew Their Vows
The Real Story of the Epstein Files
Hunter Biden Unplugged
Pat McAfee's Apology
Jon Stewart's Monologue
open.spotify.com/episode/3zkE...

Good question. I would guess probably so.

The ESPN-NFL Wedding, Hunter Biden Speaks, and Pat McAfee’s Apology The Press Box · Episode

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social:

J School
--celebrity profiles, the Hulkster
The ESPN-NFL Wedding
What Is the Epstein Story Really About?
Hunter Biden Speaks
McAfee's Apology
Stewart's Monologue
open.spotify.com/episode/3zkE...

BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in the 80s – in pictures As a teenager, Russell Newell photographed the Peckham estates where he lived, and his images – unseen for 40 years – document his friends, his community and life in this vibrant part of south-east Lo...

An alliterative headline rule of three
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

@thepressbox.bsky.social I came across a pun headline from 1996 that was too good not to share with you.

Nodding...

In many parts of the country, public media *is* the media.

More on the defunding of PBS and NPR here: open.spotify.com/episode/1fUy...

Headline Catch-Up: Colbert Is Canceled, NPR and PBS Are Defunded and FS1's Barstool Shake-Up. Plus, 25 for 25: NYT's David Marchese on the Future of Interviewing The Press Box · Episode

New PRESS BOX on Stephen Colbert's cancellation, the Wall Street Journal's Epstein scoop, NPR/PBS, and FS1/Barstool.

Plus: New York Times interviewer David Marchese on the art of asking questions.
open.spotify.com/episode/1fUy...

For a child, we would also accept "tow-headed."

An Only in Journalism nominee for @thepressbox.bsky.social : “flaxen-haired”