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Ben Shapiro Labels Debate Against Liberal Social Media Star ‘Fascinating’

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Ben Shapiro recently participated in an online debate against social media star Destiny, which was hosted on Lex Fridman’s podcast. Shapiro called the interaction fascinating.

Destiny is a popular liberal streamer, who often debates politics with other right-wing fixtures. But his debate against Shapiro was the highest profile yet, with The Daily Wire co-founder sharing his thoughts a little more than a week after the discussion.

“He’s got a big following online,” Shapiro said. “Frankly, I hadn’t heard much about him or viewed his videos much until I agreed to debate him on Lex Fridman’s show. It’s really worth a listen. I think it’s a couple of hours long.

“The reason it’s sort of fascinating is because we covered a lot of ground.”

During the more than two-hour debate, Shapiro and Destiny mainly debated the usual right versus left talking points, focusing specifically on whether or not former President Donald Trump is fit for office and whether or not he should be disqualified for his role in the January 6th Insurrection.

As of publication, the debate between Ben Shapiro and Destiny had garnered more than 3.5 million views on YouTube.

Clay Travis: MSNBC Will Use Same Tropes From 2016 and 2020 to Cover Donald Trump in 2024

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Clay Travis: MSNBC Will Use Same Tropes From 2016 and 2020 to Cover Donald Trump in 2024

MSNBC has not been shy about its reluctance to air speeches from Donald Trump live after the Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Clay Travis argues that cable news viewers are in for another yearlong smear campaign from the news network.

Travis played a clip of MSNBC anchor Joy Reid comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler during Thursday’s edition of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show and shared his belief that 2024 will be no different for the cable news giant in its coverage of the former President.

“They’re really gonna run back the ‘Trump is Hitler’, as if it is the hit that they can’t keep playing,” said Travi.s “And I just think it doesn’t resonate, right?”

That’s when co-host Buck Sexton agreed.

“I think they may have exhausted the public’s willingness — other than people who are truly deranged — exhausted the public’s willingness to continue to hear there’s at least a segment of the population that they’re trying to win over for votes. It’s absurd,” Sexton said. “It’s silly, and it’s kind of sad, but it’s also bothersome because the fact that any person could be on a television show in America and say this, and not have universal mockery of it, is a little troubling.”

Jason Rantz: I Don’t Need to Go Viral to Get on Fox News

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770 KTTH host Jason Rantz often promotes and publishes exclusive stories related to Seattle on social media. However, he says he’s often misunderstood for his motivations.

During The Jason Rantz Show, the Seattle host shared that he often sees an elderly man carrying a handful of items across the street from the station’s studios. He argued that no one ever helps the man enter the building, and that’s just one example of how Seattle has fallen as a city. He said while he’ll often post stories about the suffering some in the city face, it isn’t because he hopes to go viral.

“The people who are refusing to help are the ones who tell us that their position is compassionate and we’re the ones who lack compassion, and that drives me mad,” said Rantz. “These are human beings who are suffering. Sometimes, I will take photos or video of the suffering and I’ll post them online. I’ll post them on my X account and every so often, I will hear from the folks in the very camp that I cannot stand. The ones who tell me ‘Oh, look at you. You’re looking at human misery and you’re trying to get some clicks off of it.’, ‘Oh, you’ll get on Fox News.’

“I don’t need to help to get on Fox News. I don’t need to have images posted to my X account at all. I don’t need to have an X account to get on Fox, or to do my radio show, or to write my blogs, or to write my book. I don’t need it,” Rantz said. “The reason why I do it is because I don’t know how many people who live in an echo chamber in Seattle realize how bad certain parts of the city are. And I don’t think they realize the amount of suffering that’s happening on our streets in their name.”

Rantz currently makes regular appearances on Fox News as an interview subject.

Westwood One to Broadcast NFL Conference Championship Sunday Doubleheader

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Westwood One to Broadcast NFL Conference Championship Sunday Doubleheader

Westwood One, the Cumulus Media-owned audio network and official network audio partner of the National Football League, will present live game broadcasts of the league’s conference championship games on Sunday, Jan. 28. Doubleheader coverage for the contests will commence with a pregame show at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST leading up to the Kansas City Chiefs visit to M&T Bank Stadium to face the Baltimore Ravens. The winner of the game will receive the Lamar Hunt Trophy as AFC conference champions and a coveted spot in Super Bowl LVIII, slated to take place on Sunday, Feb. 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle will be on the call for the Chiefs and Ravens game, and he will be joined by twin brothers Jason and Devin McCourty as analysts. Eagle has called games throughout the year for Westwood One and the NFL on CBS while also retaining his basketball responsibilities as the lead play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn Nets on YES Network and a member of the NBA on TNT rotation.

Jason McCourty has been on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football since last year, while his brother, Devin, joined Football Night in America on NBC Sports starting this season. The twin brothers also participated in an alternate broadcast together for New England Patriots preseason games broadcast on local linear outlets and streamed online. Ross Tucker will join the broadcast as its sideline reporter, continuing his multifaceted role with various entities including CBS Sports and Audacy.

Following the Chiefs-Ravens matchup, the Detroit Lions will face the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at 6:30 p.m. EST/3:30 p.m. PST. Kevin Harlan will serve as the play-by-play announcer for the game, continuing his role as the primary voice of Westwood One’s Monday Night Football broadcasts. Outside of Westwood One, Harlan also works as a play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS and NBA on TNT.

Harlan will be joined by NFL veteran quarterback Kurt Warner, the outlet’s lead color commentator with whom he works regularly on Monday night broadcasts. Sideline reporter Laura Okmin will join the broadcast, continuing her work after the conclusion of her slate of games on the NFL on FOX for this season. The winner of this game will receive the George Halas Trophy and the other spot in Super Bowl LVIII.

Scott Graham will host the pregame, halftime and postgame shows for both matchups on Westwood One. Fans can listen to the contest on approximately 500 terrestrial radio stations around the country and online at Westwood One’s official website. Additionally, the audio feeds are available on SiriusXM, NFL+ and on the NFL app.

Sean Pendergast on Jim Nantz and Tony Romo: ‘I Don’t Think They Like Each Other.’

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Sean Pendergast on Jim Nantz and Tony Romo: ‘I Don’t Think They Like Each Other.’

Payne and Pendergast hosts Seth Payne and Sean Pendergast spent time this morning on SportsRadio 610 in Houston on the recent negative press surrounding CBS duo Jim Nantz and Tony Romo. The topic has been addressed by several sports media outlets, including Barrett Sports Media and by New York Post sports media columnist Andrew Marchand.

Sean Pendergast doesn’t think the chemistry is there between Nantz and Romo. “I don’t think they like each other,” he said. “I think Jim Nantz wants to be so many other places right now other than doing a game with Tony Romo.”

Seth Payne talked about Romo being lauded in his first few years with CBS, when he would often predict plays before they happened. Payne noted the prognosticating wasn’t all Romo was bringing to the telecasts. “He does give a boatload insight,” Payne said.

As far as the current day criticism of the Romo and Nantz, Payne said, “It’s like they are moving further and further apart. It’s almost like Romo is getting goofier and more childish as Nantz is turning in to a grumpy old man.”

Payne shared a sentiment others have said about Romo, which is the further he gets away from having played, the less information he seems to be able to give the viewers.

After reading a few of the sentences in Marchand’s column, Pendergast did mention the shade being thrown at Romo is coming more from media members and not necessarily from the general public. “The ratings aren’t suffering because Tony Romo is on there,” he pointed out. “It’s probably people that are more in tuned with actual football and looking more for analaysis that don’t really like Romo’s broadcast.”

He added, “It’s uncomfortable to listen to. If you have any sort of ear for it, you can tell that Jim Nantz doesn’t seem to enjoy doing these broadcasts with Tony Romo.”

As for CBS making a decision to make a change in the short-term, Pendergast said, “They’re committed to Romo for another six years. I don’t think they’re going to pay him $18M a year to bump him down to the C-team or fire him.”

Megyn Kelly: ‘The Collapse of the Mainstream Media is Not Bad’

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Layoffs dominated the news in the media industry this week. Several publications announced widespread cuts, including organizations like Business Insider, the Los Angeles Times, and Paramount Global, among others. Megyn Kelly believes those developments are a positive.

During The Megyn Kelly Show Thursday, the former cable news host questioned what led to the mass layoffs at the outlets, before noting she isn’t sorry so to see the industry suffer through the current issues.

“With all due respect to those who lost their jobs, I have empathy for them, but I do think the collapse of the mainstream media is not bad,” Kelly remarked.

“It’s led to some meltdowns by people who still think that they’re at the top of the influence cycle and don’t wanna see any sort of consequences for the way these outlets have covered the news over the past few years.”

Kelly then played a viral video from The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz, which dissected cuts in the media industry. The SiriusXM host took issue with Lorenz saying “radio is basically dead, aside from NPR, which has been gutted.”

“(She has) no clue that there is any huge and thriving right-wing ecosystem. SiriusXM? Thriving. We’re not close to closing our doors like some of the outlets she suggests. It’s like if Taylor doesn’t listen to it, it doesn’t exist.”

Like many other media organizations, SiriusXM underwent widespread cuts in 2023, dropping 8% of its global workforce in a round of reductions last March.

Salem Media Group Sells Former Headquarters to Combat Organizational Debt

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Salem Media Group has sold its former corporate California headquarters for more than $6 million and will use the new funds to pay down its debt.

The company moved its headquarters from the Los Angeles suburb of Camarillo to the Dallas suburb of Irving in 2021.

Under the new deal, Salem Media Group agreed to sell the location, but continue to lease the building for $500,000 per year.

The sale is the latest in a string of moves by Salem to pay down its debt. It recently sold both its publishing and church products divisions. The Christian and conservative broadcaster also recently delisted itself from the Nasdaq market.

“We’re looking at pretty much all parcels that we own if there’s an opportunity to sell the land for reasonable value and either move somewhere or diplex (radio towers) at another location that we have,” Salem Media Group CEO David Santrella said during the company’s earnings call, according to Inside Radio.

Keith Olbermann: I Advised Rachel Maddow to Take A Year Off Instead of Only Monday Schedule

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Earlier this week, Jon Stewart announced he would return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on a one-show-per-week basis. The schedule mimics that of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, and Keith Olbermann doesn’t like it.

During his Countdown with Keith Olbermann podcast, the former cable news host shared that when Rachel Maddow began questioning her future with MSNBC, he advised her to simply take a year off, rather than take the Monday-only schedule she currently employs.

“Two years ago, I actually sent her a note pleading with her not to cut back to one day a week, but to take a sabbatical for a year, or even two, and return full-time as the 2024 primary season began,” Olbermann said.

Olbermann was motivated to broach the subject after discussing the return of Jon Stewart, who he shared his disdain for. The former cable news host claims Stewart holds a grudge from a 2003 episode of The Daily Show when Olbermann canceled an appearance on the program in order to host his own show for MSNBC that evening.

“If you think that feels like a long time to hold a grudge, you don’t know Jon Stewart,” Olbermann said.

Mike Tirico to Waddle & Silvy: If Bill Belichick Does TV ‘He Will Be Awesome’

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Mike Tirico of NBC was a guest yesterday afternoon with Waddle & Silvy on ESPN Chicago. Tirico’s football duties have come to an end for the season and he was preparing to head off for a few days of “golf therapy” in Florida.

One of the topics was Bill Belichick having not gotten one of the open NFL head coaching jobs this offseason thus far. Tirico was emphatic when he stated, “If he does decide to do TV…he’ll be really good.”

Tirico was not just simply offering an opinion as he has spent time working with Belichik, as an analyst, in the past.

“Super Bowl XL aired on ABC, I was at ESPN and we did the pregame show for the ABC broadcast,” he said. “Bill was on the set with me for the game…and he was terrific on the air.”

Tirico also pointed out Belichick’s work with the NFL Network on the NFL 100 All-Time Team series and added, “If he ends up not getting a job and does TV for a year or more, he will be awesome. He will be the guy who everyone shuts up and listens to. I promise you.”

Another topic Tom Waddle and Marc “Silvy” Silverman brought up with Tirico, was his opportunity to call two Detroit Lions home playoff games. Tirico has lived in Detroit for two and half decades and his wife is from the area.

“It’s nice to see somebody who has been down for so long have a moment and come along and have a chance, it makes it fun,” Tirico said. “I’ll be brutally honest with you guys, it was really cool because I have lived here for twenty-five years and before I was doing the NFL, when they opened up Ford Field, we bought season tickets. You can feel appreciation for something without..rooting for a team. I have the greatest appreciation…of what this meant to the people. That, to me is the story.”

It was clear on the broadcasts, the energy level the fans had was off the charts. Tirico noted a lot of those were long suffering fans who had waited a long time for this. “For the fans who have filled that place when the teams werent good – I feel great for them.,” he said. “The energy was real, it was legit, it was impactful and they brought it for eight straight quarters. It was a neat experience and one I truly will never forget being a part of.”

White Sox Announcer John Schriffen on 670 The Score: I’m Filling a Seat That Has Been Filled By Legendary Broadcasters

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White Sox Announcer John Schriffen on 670 The Score: I’m Filling a Seat That Has Been Filled By Legendary Broadcasters

New Chicago White Sox television play-by-play voice John Schriffen was a guest during Parkins & Spiegel on 670 The Score in Chicago with host Danny Parkins and guest co-host Anthony Herron. The White Sox made it official yesterday the 39-year-old Schriffen would be the replacement for Jason Benetti. Benetti left after eight seasons to call games for the Detroit Tigers.

Schriffen, who has worked for ESPN and also ABC News, said everything happened fast. He was in Arizona having dinner with White Sox analyst Steve Stone and then met with team owner Jerry Reinsdorf. He found out he got the position on Tuesday.

“It still hasn’t really hit me,” he said. “I’m going to be the next voice of the Chicago White Sox in one of the best cities in the world.”

Schriffen has done plenty of sports coverage and play-by-play with ESPN and CBS. However, it is not often a team introduces a new broadcaster with a background as a correspondent for ABC News.

“My dream was always to get to the majors,” Schriffen told Parkins and Herron. “I thought it was going to be as a pitcher. All these years later I’m getting to the majors as a broadcaster, and it’s wild, my path and my arc and how it happened, but I’ve always wanted to be here.”

Schriffen was a pitcher at Dartmouth College but got hurt during his freshman season. The team broadcaster invited him to come to the broadcast booth for an inning and it was love at first sight.

“I got in the booth and I knew at that moment it was the closest I was ever going to get to the playing field again,” said Schriffen. “I was in my happy place, and from that moment on, in college, my goal was always to be in that zone, my happy place and get to the majors. To have it happen with the Chicago White Sox is a dream come true.”

The plan is for Schriffen to be full-time with the White Sox, calling most of the games on NBC Sports Chicago. Schriffen realizes he has big shoes to fill and not just in replacing Benetti.

“The seat that I am filling has been legendary broadcasters for a long time,” Schriffen said. “You go back to Harry Caray, Hawk Harrelson, there’s so many legendary broadcasters who have been in this seat. When I first found out about the job, that’s one of the things that appealed to me the most – just the expecation that whoever is calling White Sox games is one of the best broadcasters in the entire country.”

When asked about his broadcasting style, Schriffen did not hesitate to say, “I’m going to bring the heat. I’m bringing the energy. As soon as there is a crazy play, you are going to hear it, you are going to feel it. Im a passionate person.”

Schriffen also mentioned getting to work with analyst Steve Stone was a big selling point of the position for him. “He is, I think, one of the best analysts in the business as a legend,” he said. “I think it’s going to be a pretty smooth transition to work with him on a daily basis becuase he has so much knowledge.”

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