Back to episode — Episode 2909 CWSA 07/26/25
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now. But I have to admit, since I'm in my own little bubble, I don't often see everything that the other side is thinking. I stopped for a while and I thought about this. Is it true that Trump is sort of maybe it looks like it's a bunch of coincidences, but is the media becoming more pro-Trump? So CBS maybe, we don't know yet. We know Media Matters is having some issues. They might run out of mon…
← Previous segment →they got caught on the cam where everybody at the stadium gets to see them and then he ducked down because they were caught in the act and eventually very soon after that he resigned.
The company that he resigned from is called Astronomer and they sell some kind of technology product that I don't understand but today they launched a commercial featuring Gwyneth Paltrow who used to be married to the Coldplay frontman. Right. So the first thing you notice is wait a minute that's a weird connection. They hired the ex-wife of the Coldplay guy who called out the cheaters and that's why they're in the news and she says that she has a very temporary assignment, very temporary meaning just making that one video I think, and she pretends that she's there to answer questions that all of you have.
Now what is clever about it is that you instantly believe that the question she's going to answer is something about the scandal of the CEO and then you see the question starting to form on the screen. You know, the word, the type is forming on the screen, but before it completes the sentence, she cuts away and gives you a little commercial about something their company does and it's funny and it doesn't last too long and the commercial isn't painful because it's Gwyneth Paltrow and it's in the
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context of almost a practical joke because you're sure they're going to talk about that drama but they never do. They make you think about it and it's why the thing is so damn clever. So it's all tongue in cheek, but they get in their whole commercial and it's viral as heck because they did it so well. It's just really well done and it's the play of the day. People are impressed by it. Well, acc…
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