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Mike Tirico: I Sound Like I Want to Be At The Game Because I Do

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Mike Tirico has received high marks from critics for his work over the closing weeks of the NFL season, as well as his initial playoff game that saw the Bengals defeat the Baltimore Ravens in thrilling fashion. He told ESPN 1000’s Waddle & Silvy he has been blessed with nice compliments.

“They’re fun. They’re why you do this. It’s why you’re sitting there on a Tuesday night at 10 o’clock asking ‘Do I have to watch another game of Jacksonville’s?’ It pays off. People have been very kind. The nicest thing that I’ve received from people that has made me– to be brutally honest with you — feel good is that people have said ‘When we watch the game, we feel like you want to be there,’ and I do.

“Other than being at home with my family, there’s no place I’d rather be. And every week, before I do the game, I take a little picture on my phone during the national anthem from our spot. It’s just great to look back. You’re sitting in the best spot, with all these cameras and all these TVs and all these stats. A 17-time Emmy Award winner in Cris Collinsworth right next to you. You are so lucky to do this, and I enjoy every second of it.”

Tirico’s excitement and enthusiasm were compared to his NBC cohort Al Michaels, who received heavy criticism for a perceived lack of enthusiasm as the Jacksonville Jaguars completed one of the largest comebacks in NFL history to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers in the Super Wild Card Round. Michaels dismissed the criticism as “internet compost“.

Tom Brady To Take a Month Before Deciding To Return to NFL or Go to FOX

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Tom Brady is 45 years old. His future will be a source of speculation every year at the end of the NFL season. The end of the current season is no different, but a 10-year, $375 million deal with FOX is an element that has not been in the mix before. Jordan Schultz says that could stretch out the timeline before we get any certainty from the GOAT.

“He wants to take a month or two to really evaluate everything he has,” The Score’s NFL insider told Pat McAfee on Friday. “That means on the field, off the field, I think there are a couple of really important things to consider.”

Those things for Tom Brady are his family and his goals. Schultz pointed out that Brady has two kids living in Miami, which makes the Dolphins a realistic option for next season. He also has a son living in New York, so the Jets cannot be ruled out. The Las Vegas Raiders were also mentioned as a potential landing spot.

Schultz described Brady’s deal with FOX as “the elephant in the room” right now. The dollar figure is making the decision hard, but it likely will not be the determining factor.

“The thing you miss the most is the guys and the camaraderie, maybe not the grind of football, but those guys and those experiences,” Schultz said. “You don’t get that in the booth, but you do get the money and the lack of stress.”

Complicating the decision is the fact that Brady is not under a time crunch with FOX. The network doesn’t appear to be taking the offer off the table if he is not in the booth alongside Kevin Burkhardt by a pre-determined date.

“Maybe he doesn’t want to broadcast, and that’s a standing offer. It’s not like he has to take it right now.”

Jordan Schultz says that based on what he has heard, it is more likely that FOX will have to keep waiting. While it isn’t clear exactly what Brady’s goal for 2023 is, Schultz said he would be surprised to see Brady retire now.

MLB Network Devoting 9 Hours to Hall of Fame Vote Coverage

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MLB Network Devoting 9 Hours to Hall of Fame Vote Coverage

Sports fans will find out who is in the 2023 induction class for the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. MLB Network is going to make sure that no other media outlet offers more in-depth coverage before and after the names are revealed.

At 9:00 AM on Tuesday, the network will begin nine hours of coverage devoted exclusively to the voting results. Hot Stove, High Heat, and MLB Now — which will originate from the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY from Monday through Wednesday — will all discuss who is most likely to hear their name called.

MLB Network will air a four-hour special to announce the names. Greg Amsinger, Brian Kenny, and Lauren Shehadi will anchor the proceedings. National Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch will read the names of the newly elected live from Cooperstown on the show. Bob Costas, Harold Reynolds, ESPN baseball columnist Joon Lee, Jon Morosi, Joel Sherman, Tom Verducci, and Jayson Stark will be part of the coverage as well.

MLB Network has been the exclusive home of the annual Hall of Fame class announcement since 2009.

Jim Nantz Knew Tony Romo Would Be A Great Analyst As A Player

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For the last six years, Jim Nantz and Tony Romo have been the lead team for NFL coverage on CBS. Even when Romo was the Dallas Cowboy starting quarterback, Nantz knew that Romo was going to do big things based off of the production meetings.

On the latest episode of The Ryen Russillo Podcast, Nantz was a guest and told Russillo about how the production meetings with Romo were always filled with entertainment.

“Tony was the biggest show. That’s what first kind of tipped me off that this was something that was going to be his calling. It was a show. He would get up out of his seat, he would talk about his throwing motion, running plays with imaginary receivers. He walked through everything and you couldn’t help but think man if that guy could bring that to television, he would be extraordinary and he is.”

Over the years, Romo has received criticism for his broadcasting style and while Romo doesn’t predict as many plays as he did when he started, Nantz said that his partner wants to show he can do more in the booth and getting nitpicked by people comes with the exposure they get.

“It’s year 6 for the two of us. It’s now well over 100 games and it’s a high exposure. We had 30 some odd million people watching our game last week. When you are in someone’s living room that often, people can start to nitpick a little bit. I think the guy’s a genius. He’s one of my best friends and I love hanging out with him.”

Jesse Watters: It’s About Time CNN Criticized The Biden Administration

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It’s been a long couple of weeks for the Biden administration after a classified documents scandal. Fox News host Jesse Watters said it is about time CNN joined other media outlets in criticizing the administration.

“The media has let Biden get away with too much for too long,” the Jesse Watters Primetime host said. “They ignored inflation, gas prices, crime, the border, and they didn’t care. Those were your problems. But finally, the media’s mad about something. Why now? Because they were lied to about the only thing Washington takes seriously: classified documents.”

Watters then turned his attention to a report from CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy, who profiled the White House press corps growing discontent with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

“CNN just put a hit-piece out on The Binder (Jean-Pierre) saying she’s not well-equipped. She’s the least effective White House Press Secretary of the TV era, they say. CNN is even bashing The Binder for her binder, saying she struggles to take questions in the briefing room, and relies on her binder of talking points to respond to a simple question. Is the media frustrated with The Binder? Because The Binder has been babbling for a year, and the media said nothing.”

Darcy’s report detailed several members of the media’s frustration with Jean-Pierre. “I think you can tell the temperature has gone up a lot in the last few days,” one source told Darcy after the Press Secretary fielded questions about whether or not she lied to reporters after claiming there were no more classified documents from Biden’s time as the Vice President to be concerned about. 48 hours later, more documents were discovered that Jean-Pierre reportedly knew about.

“Are you upset that you came out to this podium on Friday with incomplete and inaccurate information? And are you concerned that it affects your credibility up here?” NPR correspondent Tamara Keith asked Jean-Pierre.

One White House reporter told Darcy they feel as if the press briefings from Jean-Pierre are “a painful waste of time”.

Twitter, Facebook, Reddit Among Tech Firms Asking Supreme Court to Not Hear Case Against Algorithms

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Twitter, Facebook, Reddit Among Tech Firms Asking Supreme Court to Not Hear Case Against Algorithms

A variety of interested parties defended “Big Tech’s” liability in a Supreme Court case about algorithms Thursday, with some contending that restricting AI-recommended algorithms would cause several changes to the way Americans utilize the internet.

Tech companies like Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Yelp filed briefs stating that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is “vital to the basic function of the web” according to CNN.

Section 230 has been used as a de-facto shield by social media platforms and publishing websites alike to protect itself from content users publish.

The Supreme Court is considering hearing Gonzalez v. Google in which the tech company is being sued for providing pro-ISIS videos to YouTube users through its algorithm. Google has defended itself by saying Section 230 protects it from being held liable for the videos being recommended to users. The Gonzalez family saw one of its members killed in an ISIS attack in Paris in 2015, and are arguing YouTube’s recommended videos can be held responsible for the attack due to anti-terrorism laws.

“If merely displaying third-party content in a user’s feed qualifies as ‘recommending’ it, then many services will face potential liability for virtually all the third-party content they host,” Facebook parent company Meta wrote in a filing, “because nearly all decisions about how to sort, pick, organize, and display third-party content could be construed as ‘recommending’ that content.”

Twitter argued it would take the average user 181 million years to download the data from the internet today to parse through to ensure that each publisher wasn’t responsible for content curated on its platform.

Ben Shapiro: If My Show Loses The Daily Wire Money, I Lose Money

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A now public feud between The Daily Wire and conservative commentator Steven Crowder has many in news media discussing the contract proposed by the conservative digital outlet, with Ben Shapiro — co-founder of the company — now weighing in.

Crowder publicly blasted a contract offer he received after becoming a free agent. He claimed the offer featured not only “unreasonable demands for control, but what I would argue are immoral terms that actually punish conservative content creators on behalf of big tech.”

The Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing subsequently admitted in a YouTube video that the offer came from his organization. He claimed he was “really miserable” making the video, transparently going through the entire contract offered to the former Blaze Media star.

Shapiro went on the attack Thursday, claiming nothing in Crowder’s contract offer was out of the ordinary, saying many of the same provisions are in his own contract.

“If my show loses money, and it loses The Daily Wire money, I lose money,” said Shapiro. “It would’ve been precisely the same thing. If he had lost money in the ad space, and his show had lost money, then he also would’ve lost money because that’s how a joint venture works.”

Shapiro continued to ask his audience to support Crowder’s new efforts, but did say the conservative pundit was in the wrong for so harshly sharing so many details about the contract publicly.

“There is something rather nasty about attacking people who have been friends for over a decade…on the basis of your own misinterpretation of a document that offers you $50 million over the course of 4 years,” Shapiro concluded.

Sweeny Murti Departing WFAN

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WFAN New York Yankees beat reporter Sweeny Murti has announced today is his final day with the radio station.

In a tweet announcing the move, Murti said “I tried to bring the right amounts of confidence and humility on the air. I strived to hold my own with the great hosts on our station and just tried to make good radio with every appearance.”

Sweeny started as a producer at WFAN in 1993, before eventually ascending to the role of the station’s Yankees reporter in 2001. He was grateful to his colleagues and friends for his time at the New York station.

“Thanks to everyone who helped to bring me here, keep me here, and thrive here. Thanks to so many wonderful friends and colleagues who made going to work fun. And thanks to every one of you for listening and taking this ride with me. It has truly been my honor, and I hope you will join me on the next adventure.

Sweeny Murti did not disclose what his next move would entail.

‘CNN This Morning’ Executive Producer Moving to Late Night Role

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Eric Hall — the Executive Producer of CNN This Morning — is departing that role to move to the network’s late-night program. A report from The New York Post called Hall’s departure from the show a “reassignment”.

Hall is moving to CNN Tonight during the 11:00 PM hour after less than three months piloting CNN’s revamped morning show. CNN This Morning launched in November after pairing Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins.

The revamped morning show was the pet project of new CNN CEO Chris Licht. After launching on November 1st, the new show has actually seen a slight decrease in viewership compared to that of its predecessor New Day — previously anchored by Alisyn Camerota and John Berman. According to Deadline — who originally reported the news of Hall’s departure — CNN This Morning has averaged roughly 400,000 viewers per day, down from the 412,000 viewers that watched the Camerota and Berman anchored morning show.

The departure of Hall comes after CNN is reportedly interested in shuffling its nighttime lineup. A report from Semafor earlier this week claimed the network is interested in adding a comedian to host a “non-traditional version of the news”. Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Arsenio Hall, and Jon Stewart were all names floated.

Licht’s previous work history lends itself to a comedian in the nighttime slot. He previously worked as the Executive Producer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

TikTok Testing Podcast Feature

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TikTok is reportedly beginning a test of a podcast feature inside its short-form video app.

A report from Business Insider claims the social media app is testing a new “podcasts” feature that will allow users to continue listening to a video’s audio even while the app is not displayed on a user’s phone screen.

The feature was brought to the forefront after a user noticed she was part of a beta test that asked if she was interested in continuing to listen to the video she was watching as a podcast. After clicking “yes”, the video continued as a thumbnail accompanied by a message that read “audio will continue playing even after switching app to background”.

TikTok has yet to comment on the newly-developed feature.

It becomes the latest social media app to attempt a run at a podcasting space. Previously, both Facebook and Twitter had created areas inside their apps for podcasts, with limited results.

Facebook closed its podcast efforts in May of last year after a long effort to integrate audio into its app. Twitter has seen more success with its Twitter Spaces area, but has continually struggled to gain a foothold with users in the podcast arena on its mobile app.

The feature from TikTok comes as the social media platform’s future in the United States remains uncertain. Several lawmakers have pushed to remove the app as questions abound about its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. Several states — as well as branches of the United States military — have placed restrictions on allowing the app on mobile devices.

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