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The Ringer&#039;s Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker sit down to sift through the blame game regarding children being separated from their parents at the border and how the media writes about &#034;lies&#034; (04:15), the Justice Department seizing &#039;New York Times&#039; reporter Ali Watkins&#039;s emails and cell phone data (14:00), the recent profile of ESPN&#039;s Stephen A. Smith in &#039;The New Yorker&#039; (28:00), and how the media handles celebrity suicide (37:00).

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Hosted by: <a href="https://twitter.com/bryancurtis" rel="nofollow">Bryan Curtis</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidShoemaker" rel="nofollow">David Shoemaker</a>
Produced by: <a href="https://twitter.com/J1MCUNN1NGHAM" rel="nofollow">Jim Cunningham</a>
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Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of ‘The Press Box’ podcast. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he's written for The New Republic, Slate, Play, and Grantland. He plays a deejay in a movie about the end of the world.

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David Shoemaker is the host of The Masked Man Show With Kaz and the author of ‘The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling.’

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