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Greg Kelly: MSNBC, CNN Failed Viewers By Refusing to Air Trump’s Victory Speech

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Greg Kelly: MSNBC, CNN Failed Viewers By Refusing to Air Trump’s Victory Speech

Both CNN and MSNBC continue to take heat for failing to air former President Donald Trump’s speech after winning the Iowa Caucus Monday. 77WABC host Greg Kelly said he was relying on cable news as a viewer to see the speech, and was failed by the networks.

During The Greg Kelly Show Wednesday, the New York host said he was interested in viewing the speech but was surprised to later learn that the networks refused to air the comments made by Trump.

“There’s one night really where you just kind of give up on the media criticism, right? I mean, you just savor the victory. You enjoy it, and you laugh at the media for being so wrong about everything,” Kelly began. “And in my rush to kind of take it all in, I wanted to see the Trump’s speech. So I went immediately to where I could see it. I don’t watch CNN. I don’t watch MSNBC. You know, I find a place that doesn’t play games that I basically trust and I watched the speech.”

Kelly continued by noting his perceived hypocrisy of the networks, who build entire content strategies around Donald Trump, but then refuse to air his comments live.

“But my God, what the fake news did. Did you know they talk about Trump? Night and day, night and day, that’s what they live for. They live for criticizing him,” said Kelly. “Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump all day long.”

He then went through the cable news channels on the in-studio television and mentioned whether or not the outlets were discussing Trump at that moment in time. Both CNN and MSNBC had Trump topics on at that moment.

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Rebranding to TNT Sports

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Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Rebranding to TNT Sports

Austin Karp of the Sports Business Journal is reporting Warner Bros. Discovery is officially rebranding WBD Sports to TNT Sports. Karp reports WBD has made an effort, globally, to use the TNT branding, having done so already in Latin America, Great Britain and Ireland.

The TNT Sports umbrella will also include other WBD properties such as Bleacher Report and Golf Digest, according to the report.

Known as Turner Sports from when it was founded in 1995 until 2022, at which time the division became known as Waner Bros. Discovery Sports.

FOX Sports Hires Former St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Adam Wainwright as a Full-Time Analyst

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FOX Sports Hires Former St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Adam Wainwright as a Full-Time Analyst

FOX Sports has a new ace up their sleeves for MLB telecasts — former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright. The man the company affectionately called “Waino” in a post on X will commentate a “full slate” of regular season and postseason games, including the first game of the 2024 MLB World Tour: London Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Wainwright’s schedule will call for him to work about 15 total games, although what the other games will be and who he will work with are still unknown.

“For more than a decade, Adam has been one of baseball’s biggest and most successful stars both on and off the field,” said FOX Sports president of production & operations/executive producer Brad Zager. “His connection not only to fans in St. Louis but really across the entire sport is what makes him a perfect fit at FOX Sports. As he transitions to the next phase of his career, we are looking forward to him entertaining and educating viewers from the booth all season long.”

Wainwright joined FOX colleagues Adam Amin and AJ Pierzynski in the booth for postseason coverage in 2020, 2021, and 2023 and will now be a full-time member of the FOX team. Before this, he pitched 18 seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, where he finished his career with 2,202 strikeouts – second to only Bob Gibson (3,117) in Cardinals franchise history. Wainwright earned the Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award in 2020 and was a four-time Cardinals nominee.

“I’m excited to join the FOX Sports family,” Wainwright said. “I love the game of baseball, and I really enjoy talking about the chess match that goes on between the pitcher and the hitter. Hopefully, my experience on the field will allow me the opportunity to share the game I love in a unique and deep way, bringing viewers closer to the game.”

Howie Carr: MSNBC Admitted to Censoring Donald Trump and Doesn’t Care Who Knows It

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Howie Carr: MSNBC Admitted to Censoring Donald Trump and Doesn’t Care Who Knows It

Earlier this week, MSNBC refused to air a speech from former President Donald Trump after his victory in the Iowa Caucus. Howie Carr said that wasn’t the most shocking part of their admission.

During his Morning Minute Thursday, Carr took exception not only to the “censorship” by MSNBC, but also the brazen admission from Maddow that it will continue.

“The worst part of MSNBC’s censorship of Donald Trump is not that Rachel Maddow unabashedly admits to it on live television. It’s that she admits to a pattern of it,” said Carr. “For eight years now, the deep state operatives in the media have been filtering what is said by the former president, and they will come right out and tell you.”

While announcing the network wouldn’t air Trump’s victory speech, Maddow argued “There is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered Live platform to remarks by former President Trump it is not out of spite it is not a decision that we relish it is a decision that we regularly revisit and honestly earnestly it is not an easy decision. But there is a cost to us as a news organization of knowingly broadcasting untrue things.”

In response, Howie Carr claimed Maddow “and her fellow comrades” are fearful of Trump.

“(They) are afraid Trump’s raw words might inspire you but they’re afraid he might rekindle your patriotic spark. They’re afraid you might like him! They’ll suppress the opposition before they have any of that,” Carr concluded.

FS1’s ‘The Herd with Colin Cowherd’ Boasts Most-Watched Episode Ever

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FS1’s ‘The Herd with Colin Cowherd’ Boasts Most-Watched Episode Ever

The Herd with Colin Cowherd is riding high this football season and just posted the highest viewership in its history. According to FOX Sports, The Herd‘s Jan. 15 edition was its most-viewed episode ever.

The Jan. 15 show garnered 318,000 viewers, making it the most-watched live episode of The Herd to air on FS1. This edition of the show was up 35 percent compared to last year’s average January viewership. Unsurprisingly, Monday’s edition of The Herd was powered by NFL playoff talk, covering the four games from the weekend and previewing the two that were yet to be played.

The Herd was among the FS1 studio shows that posted record growth in 2023. The show’s viewership was up 19 percent in 2023 year-over-year and had its most-watched month ever in December, 2023. It also had viewership growth for 13 consecutive months.

Eric Von Haessler: Reporters Under 40 Don’t Do Enough Research

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Eric Von Haessler: Reporters Under 40 Don’t Do Enough Research

A question at an NFL press conference about the bitter cold in Detroit — despite the Lions playing their games indoors — went viral earlier this week. That prompted 95.5 WSB afternoon host Eric Von Haessler to lament the downfall of reporting.

During a Tampa Bay Buccaneers press conference, a reporter asked head coach Todd Bowles what preparations the team had made to play in Detroit this weekend, with temperatures struggling to reach the 20s. Bowles politely answered that the game would be held indoors and that the team only needed to deal with the cold temps for the 20 seconds it took to get off the bus and into the stadium.

With the clip going viral, Eric Von Haessler took the opportunity to share his opinion on the lack of research reporters do for stories, noting that the reporter who asked the question “failed”.

“Her only job is to ask questions. What I want to say to you listening is that’s a little window, apply it to the reporters on the street on CNN, on Fox News, apply it to any reporter under the age of 40,” The Von Haessler Doctrine host said. “And I guarantee you when they’re talking to you about war, deficits, debt, government shutdowns, they know little more of the background than that young lady did that the Detroit Lions play indoors.”

NAB Report Details AM Radio’s Importance During Times of Crisis

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The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has released a report showcasing the importance of AM Radio in regard to the Emergency Alert System.

72 stations serve as “entry point “primary entry points” for the Emergency Alert System, with the NAB claiming the “vast majority of which are AM” signals. The EAS can also allow the U.S. President the opportunity to address the entire nation in less than 10 minutes of an emergency or disaster if needed.

“When disaster strikes, AM radio has proven time and again its invaluable role as a source of factual, authoritative, up-to-the-minute information that saves lives,” said NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt.

“It is also a home to a diversity of programming that is often unavailable on other mediums and particularly important to otherwise underserved communities. It is critical that Congress address the need for AM radio capability in vehicles to ensure Americans can turn to local AM stations when they need them the most.”

In its seven-page report, the NAB pointed to natural disasters in Hawaii, California, and Arkansas as crises that could have resulted in much higher casualties and deaths if not for the EAS and AM Radio.

Finally, the organization touted the backing of more than 240 members of Congress, emergency management officials, and other policymakers for the proposed AM for Every Vehicle Act, which would require automakers to include the band in new and electric vehicle models.

Salem Radio Network Host’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Allowed to Continue

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Salem Radio Network Host’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Allowed to Continue

Salem Radio Network host Mark Walters will be allowed to proceed with a defamation lawsuit against OpenAI, a Georiga judge has ruled.

OpenAI had filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, but a judge sent the case back to the Superior Court of Gwinnett County after the company failed to provide requested details from the court, according to Inside Radio.

Host of Armed American Radio, Mark Walters originally sued OpenAI last June after revealing ChatGPT claimed he was embezzling money from the Second Amendment Foundation. He argues the information provided by ChatGPT is a “complete fabrication”, and is suing for damages.

In response, OpenAI claims there was “no actual malice” from the information provided by the artificial intelligence technology.

David Samson: NFL Focused on Milking Streaming Money For All It Can

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David Samson: NFL Focused on Milking Streaming Money For All It Can

While NBC championed the viewership of their Peacock-exclusive NFL playoff game last weekend, David Samson told Dan Le Batatrd, “Let’s not get too crazy.”

Samson was a guest on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Wednesday and was asked about what he made of the fact that a reported 23 million people tuned in to watch the Chiefs beat the Dolphins.

Aside from being skeptical that the audience was actually 23 million, Samson said the more interesting stat is the number of Peacock memberships retained.

“I want to know how many both signed up for Peacock and then kept it,” Samson said. “That is where the money is. The 23 million also is an incorrect number, because that number also includes all the people in Miami and Kansas City.”

David Samson said the actual number measuring the audience will probably never be known.

There was a lot of pushback on the NFL and NBC for making the game unavailable on TV outside of Kansas City and Miami. Also part of the pushback was from folks not hip to streaming or folks who couldn’t afford to buy a Peacock membership. But Samson said those people weren’t who the league was going after when it made the deal.

“The NFL could not care less about that demographic and having them understand where to find games,” he said.

“They’re focused on getting as many possible entities to bid for the right,” Samson added. “Peacock paid a hundred million dollars just for that game. Extrapolate that over an extended playoffs. Extrapolate that over a regular season, and you’re talking about a huge amount of money going to these owners.”

The success of the streaming-only game, Samson said, hopefully helped inform people that more and more games will be only available on a streaming service. He echoed a prediction by Meadowlark Media co-founder John Skipper in that eventually, the Super Bowl will be put behind a paywall. Samson told football fans to buckle up.

“It’s coming, and it’s coming soon,” he said.

Dave Portnoy ‘Wasn’t Caught Off Guard’ By Exit of Barstool CEO Erika Ayers Badan

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The big news out of Barstool Sports this week has been the departure of CEO Erika Ayers Badan, and while the timing of Ayers Badan’s exit came across as a surprise, Barstool founder Dave Portnoy had been in the loop behind the scenes for some time.

Portnoy called into Barstool Radio on Wednesday and told hosts Kelly Keegs and Francis Ellis he’s been handling tasks that Ayers Badan did well before the news broke.

“I wasn’t caught off guard by it. So I knew it was coming,” Portnoy said of Erika’s exit. “I’ve been doing more work for the past couple months.”

Dave Portnoy said he’s never considered himself a sad or sentimental person, and while he developed a great personal and professional relationship with Ayers Badan, he doesn’t have the time to mourn or be mad about Erika leaving.

“You deal with what’s in front of you, and you adjust,” said Portnoy. “I’m already mentally ready for the next part, which is me doing a lot more of the business side.”

When asked how things have been going in terms of taking on more business side work, Portnoy said it’s gone better than expected.

“I like the people that I’m dealing with, and I had no real interaction with the finance guy, Aaron, or like the lawyer, Paul, or Kim in HR. But I’ve become far more acquainted with them recently, and I like all of them,” he said. “Those are all Erika hires, so like one of the first things that I was concerned with or wondering about was, ‘Well if Erika’s leaving, are these people leaving?’”

“They’ve all adjusted to me yelling and hanging up on them or whatever it may be pretty good,” Portnoy added. “So that’s a positive. If I don’t hire you, and you’re not familiar with me, you may not love the way that I communicate all the time. But they seem all to be in very good spirits with it and used to it. I’ve been pleasantly surprised.”

Dave Portnoy said while the transition has been a net positive, contract negotiations while acting as the CEO has been a bit of a drawback. But it’s always been that way in Portnoy’s eyes.

“Our company lives in like a fantasy land that no other company lives in where everyone walks in at the end of the year and it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s time for a 50% raise right?’” he said. “So dealing with contracts and all that shit absolutely sucks.”

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