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Ben Shapiro: 60 Minutes Interviewed a Doomsday Scientist Who is Always Wrong

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News magazine show “60 Minutes” is under criticism for an interview it conducted last weekend with a doomsday scientist who has an alleged track record of making false apocalyptic predictions.  

Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro said Tuesday that Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford biologist, has zero credibility when it comes to predicting end-of-life events. Shapiro stated that “60 Minutes” most likely knew what it was getting into with Ehrlich but chose to ignore his pattern of misinforming the public.

“60 Minutes featured him (Ehrlich) talking about how we are about to reach the end of civilization. This is the equivalent of ESPN having a sports handicapper who’s gotten wrong every single game that he has ever picked on the air,” said Shapiro. 

Shapiro said “60 Minutes” was likely motivated by the need to sell a doom and gloom story. 

“They are having him on because you need the wisdom and the old visage of a pseudo-scientist to tell you doom is coming unless you engage in the socialistic redistribution programs that the left loves,” he said. 

Shapiro said Ehrlich has been advocating for population control for decades. Ehrlich authored a book called The Population Bomb. Written in the late 1960s, Ehrlich predicted that billions of people would die in the 1970s and 1980s of starvation. 

“The wisdom of Paul Ehrlich has been disproven over and over in a single generation,” added Shapiro.

How Much Time Should The Sunday Shows Devote To Damar Hamlin?

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How Much Time Should The Sunday Shows Devote To Damar Hamlin?

Damar Hamlin has been on the minds of the entire nation this week. Why shouldn’t he be? The scene in Cincinnati as he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field felt like the first thing we have experienced as a nation in real-time in ages. Tuesday, the incident and his health are all any show talked about. By Wednesday, some shows began talking about the biggest storylines with their local teams. What will we see by Sunday?

I fully expect that Hamlin will get some spotlight, but time, as the saying goes, waits for no man. If the NFL really does play its full, scheduled slate on Sunday, how can CBS, ESPN, FOX, NBC or NFL Network devote a full show to the topic? They will all have a job to do.

What is reasonable to expect? Well, that largely depends. What story is there to tell?

As I write this, things seem to be going positively for Hamlin, all things considered. The amount of oxygen that he is receiving is dropping, but he is still in critical condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He isn’t conscious. If that is still the case come Sunday, what stories make sense to tell?

Certainly, producers have been racing to book some or all of the first responders that were part of the life-saving effort on Monday night. I would imagine the spokesman for Damar Hamlin’s family will be on one show (probably more than one). There will be package pieces about the outpouring of support to Hamlin’s charity toy drive and about his story of making it onto an NFL roster.

The NFL office in New York will want a presence I am sure. I would be shocked if Roger Goodell doesn’t make time to go on each show. There will likely be conversations with the people in charge of innovation and player safety.

Maybe we will see some tougher questions asked. Will any network be bold enough to talk about the things Garrett Bush covered in his impassioned rant on The Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show this week? Bush took the league to task for rolling back the already paltry payments the league makes for player insurance and pension and painted a disheartening picture of the support Hamlin will need that likely won’t exist.

If there is no major change in Hamlin’s status in the ICU, those are all viable ways to talk about him and the incident beyond what we know will happen, which is former players and coaches reflecting on the fact that each week, we ask these guys to put their lives on the line to entertain us. The networks will likely also make room for a health expert, maybe more than one.

There are good, meaningful conversations to be had and those Sunday pregame shows are the ideal forum. I would imagine the multi-hour shows would make Damar Hamlin an hourly or semi-hourly focus. It is worthy of attention, but if we are playing football, so is the football.

Now, let’s consider whether or not there is a major change and Hamlin is alert and awake. All of my previous suggestions are still viable. There would be the added possibility of him giving an interview.

If I understand the reports correctly, it is a virtual certainty that when Damar Hamlin wakes up, he will not be ready to walk right out of the hospital. It’s also highly likely that he won’t feel like reflecting on what happened or having a deep conversation for the world to see as soon as Sunday.

That doesn’t mean producers won’t be trying. And you know what? They should try. It would be the biggest thing on TV if it were to happen.

What should we expect? Honestly, I have no idea. Just like on Tuesday morning across the country, no one has really had to plan a sports show like this before. I hope that Damar Hamlin and the issues Monday night brought up have a place on the pregame shows. They are important, but I recognize that the Packers and Lions could be playing for a playoff spot and homefield advantage in both conferences could be in play. If we are indeed playing games, those things are important too.

Jesse Palmer: I Don’t Know What My Media Career Is If I Wasn’t a Giant

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Jesse Palmer: I Don’t Know What My Media Career Is If I Wasn’t a Giant


Jesse Palmer has been at ESPN for 14 years and has both analyzed college football games in the broadcast booth or in the studio. Before he joined ESPN, Palmer was playing quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL, wondering what his future would be. 

Palmer was a guest on the Soup With Coop podcast and he said to Cooper Manning that he did reach out to other people about when he should take the next step from the playing field to the TV booth: 

“My whole plan was to play 15 years in the NFL and just have that type of career. I talked to Troy Aikman, Jason Garrett, and some other guys that had started playing QB and had gone into TV a little bit about hey, when should you leave?”

“In 2007, when I signed with ESPN, I came to that fork in the road where I was offered a job. I called some NFL games for FOX at the end of the 2006 season, I got offered by FOX and ESPN, one for pro, one for college. I was playing in the CFL at the time and was having so much fun. I thought, do I really want to walk away from the game now?”

While Palmer got some good advice, he also knew that as a player, he had to take the opportunity to join TV whenever he could because it might not necessarily be there later on: 

“The advice I was getting from everybody was just play as long as you can, TV will always be there. The reality for us as players I think is every year Brett Favre is going to retire, Drew Brees is soon going to retire. If Drew Brees says I want to do TV, I would kind of like a seat, guess who is going to get the seat? There’s a Heisman Trophy winner that’s going to retire every year.”

“There are a limited amount of seats and I just felt like hey, I should capitalize on this opportunity, give it a honest shot. Worked at ESPN, did that for a year, loved it. I still felt attached to the game that I love. Really, the rest is history. It’s crazy. It’s been 14 years at ESPN now. The time has flown.”

Manning did ask Palmer if he was a backup quarterback in a market other than for the New York Giants (drafted in the 4th Round in 2001), did he think he would have the chance at the many media opportunities he has now whether it’s been being on The Bachelor or hosting shows on Food Network: 

I almost got drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs twice before the Giants picked me. Often times I wonder what would have happened. I got super lucky getting drafted to this media market where we had a huge media presence in our locker room at all times, tons of personalities in our locker room. Lot of guys that ended up being on TV from those Giants teams. In this city, I was able to tap into a lot of passions now with food…College is something we have control over, you can pick where you want to go. The NFL Draft, you have zero control over.”

Brad Thompson Gives Up Full-Time Role At 101 ESPN

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The people of St. Louis will be hearing a little less from Brad Thompson. The former Cardinals pitcher has announced that he will not be on The Fast Lane each weekday any longer. He will stay at 101 ESPN in a part-time capacity.

“It was difficult the last couple of years just family-wise, not being around enough,” he explained to listeners. “I get to be around the family a little bit more.”

Thompson spent six years in Major Leagues Baseball. He won a World Series as a relief pitcher for the Cardinals in 2006. He has been with the station since 2013.

“Dude, this is the first real job that I’ve had since I was 16 years old if you don’t count baseball. I’ve been blessed enough to do it for a decade now, but I have made the decision to step back from doing this full-time.”

He thanked all of his current and past co-hosts and producers on The Fast Lane. He also told listeners that they have made the show feel like a family since day 1. He will miss talking to them every day.

Brad Thompson will continue to work on the Cardinals’ television broadcasts on Bally Sports Midwest. He teased that his role will be expanding next season.

Adam Schefter: ‘No One Is At Fault’ On Five Minute Warmup Report

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What happened on the field in Cincinnati on Monday night is unprecedented. That is what Adam Schefter wants you to remember as everyone debates whether or not the NFL really wanted Bills and Bengals players to begin warming up after an ambulance containing an unconscious Damar Hamlin left the field.

Making his weekly appearance on The John Kincade Show on Wednesday, ESPN’s NFL insider described his night on Monday Night Football. He and Booger McFarland were having dinner when Hamlin collapsed on the field. They rushed to the set knowing that they and Suzy Kolber would be needed if there was an extended delay.

There has been some dispute in the wake of Troy Vincent denying that the NFL was ever considering making players return to action after a five minute warmup. Joe Buck has said he stands by the report, which was first delivered on air by ESPN’s rules expert John Parry. Schefter echoed the sentiment.

“I stand behind John Parry, he told Kincade. “John Parry said it on air on the telecast. John Parry was told that – that the game would resume in five minutes.”

Adam Schefter added that he thought people were too focused on whether that is something the NFL was ever considering. He said that the five minute warmup before resuming action is the standard procedure for the league after an extended delay.

It makes sense that following that plan would have been the first instinct of someone in charge. Schefter says that NFL employees are human. Just like everyone at home, they needed time to realize how out of the ordinary the situation was.

“No one was at fault here,” he said. “I know there was at least one person that said [the game would resume] and so what? So they did? They thought ‘well this is how we’ve done it,’ but this is a different circumstance and it didn’t take long for people to recognize that.”

Mark Simone: Many Great Myths Surround Barbara Walters

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Mark Simone: Many Great Myths Surround Barbara Walters

Television news reporter Barbara Walters died late last week, and many remembered the legendary news personality fondly. 710 WOR midday host Mark Simone was in the camp who had nice things to say about Walters, but believed the story being told about her wasn’t entirely accurate.

“She was a great woman, a great television figure. She created The View, and if you say ‘That’s the worst, most awful, disgusting, awful show’, it was fine until she left so give her credit for that. Once she left it turned into a cesspool of hatred, but when she was there it was fine,” Simone said before launching into his perceived myths about the venerable reporter.

“She was not much of an interviewer. You could watch those shows and see a great interview, but it wasn’t like Larry King where you go on live for an hour with no note in front of you and interview the guy. She would spend three weeks preparing, 20 people write questions for her. They’d tape eight hours, and then cut it down to eight minutes to get a great interview. She was a very hard worker, a great producer…but if you put her on live, she couldn’t have done it.”

Simone then took issue with the reaction from the public after she died, disputing that she was not a trailblazer.

“This was all you heard about when she died: she was this great pioneer who broke the glass ceiling. Absolutely not true. Not even close. Plenty of women did everything she did long before she did it…there were a million of these women who did what she did before she did it.”

The WOR host concluded by saying Walters was “great” and “tough” but was not the big breakthrough female news personality she made herself out to be.

Craig Carton: Bart Scott Opinion of Damar Hamlin Situation A ‘Sad Attention Grab’

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ESPN NFL analyst Bart Scott made waves yesterday by insinuating that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins was partially responsible for the injury that saw Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin collapse on the field due to cardiac arrest. WFAN afternoon host Craig Carton viewed that opinion as preposterous.

A caller into Carton & Roberts tried to agree with Scott’s claim, before the hosts disagreed with the point.

“Look, with respect — I respect Bart — he played the game, you and I didn’t,” Carton said to co-host Evan Roberts. “But I watched, you’ve watched it a hundred times. There’s nothing wrong with what Tee Higgins did. And to try now to find blame in a situation that’s like a unicorn, that will most likely — knock on wood, at least — never happen again and hasn’t happened in the history of the NFL, to me, I think, I don’t wanna say outrageous but its kind of a sad attention grab. What did Tee Higgins do? He didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t even think it’s relevant to what happened,” Roberts argued.

“There’s nothing special — one way or the other — about the violence of the hit or the tackle,” Carton said. “So why are we looking to blame somebody for — what appears to be — a very unique situation that nobody could have seen coming? He didn’t spear him, he didn’t target him, it wasn’t a hit to the head, it wasn’t a hit with the head. It didn’t go against any of the many rules that are in place to protect players.”

Carton later admitted he didn’t hear the exact comments made by Scott, but reiterated his point that there doesn’t always have to be someone to blame for a situation. He added the focus should have remained on the personnel who rushed to save Hamlin’s life and not try find blame in blameless situation.

Roberts added that Higgins — in addition to being a football player — is a human being, and has likely been greatly affected by the situation.

“Everyone’s gotta make it about them,” Carton concluded. “That’s the world we live in now. Let me be the guy that’s out there, and instead of talking about what happened, you’re talking about me. That’s one of the worst parts of the media today. It’s just ‘Let me say something that makes me the story now’. And we’ve been watching that online last night, and all day today,” alluding to the reaction to the tweet from Skip Bayless that the FS1 host claims was misconstrued and misrepresented.

Learfield To End Suspension For NC State’s Gary Hahn On January 14

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Gary Hahn was suspended indefinitely as the voice of North Carolina State sports on December 30. While several speculated, there is no termination coming. ABC 11 reported on Wednesday that Hahn will be back behind the microphone on January 14.

During the radio broadcast of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, which NC State lost to Maryland, Hahn updated what was happening in El Paso at the Sun Bowl.

“And amongst all the illegal aliens down in El Paso, it’s UCLA 14 and Pittsburgh 6; that’s with 11:15 to go in the second quarter,” he said.

Learfield, which distributes the school’s radio broadcasts, announced after the game that Gary Hahn had been suspended. Hahn has been the voice of the NC State Wolfpack for the last 31 years.

Nielsen Sets Launch Date For New Viewership Measurement Project

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Nielsen Sets Launch Date For New Viewership Measurement Project

Nielsen has set the launch date for Nielsen One Ads, the latest measurement product from the company.

On January 11th, the company will launch the cross-platform measurement device that will track linear TV, streaming services, mobile devices, and desktop computer viewing habits.

“Ultimately, Nielsen One will allow advertisers and publishers to plan and transact using a single metric across linear and digital that is reliable, independent and standardized across the industry,” the company told The Hollywood Reporter.

TV networks, streaming services, and media buyers have asked for a more precise measuring service from the company, with many companies striking deals with other data measurement offerings.

“Audiences today control what they watch, when they watch, and how they watch it. As the media landscape becomes more varied and complicated, Nielsen is committed to working with the industry to bring clarity and simplicity to media buying and selling through Nielsen One,” said Nielsen CEO of Audience Measurement Karthik Rao.

The new measurement tool will track viewers by the second with it’s “always-on” digital dashboard.

Barstool Sports Looking At More Live Sports Offerings in 2023

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Barstool Sports Looking At More Live Sports Offerings in 2023

Coming off a successful broadcast of the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl, the digital media company is hoping for an expanded live sports offering in 2023.

Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini told CNN’s Oliver Darcy that the company will look for more live events in 2023 after Barstool.TV saw nearly 1 million total views of the bowl game that pitted Ohio against Wyoming.

According to figures released by the outlet to Front Office Sports, the Arizona Bowl broadcast saw 500,000 unique viewers, and peaked at 130,000 concurrent viewers.

“We are streaming first,” Barstool Sports head of media technology and production Peter Overmyer told FOS. “Everything that we’ve built, everything that we’ve done, is to deliver content over the internet. We’re proud of that and proud of being a destination for a younger audience that is used to consuming their sports over the internet.”

Barstool is currently slated to broadcast the 49th annual FDNY vs NYPD hockey game. It also currently broadcasts its owned and operated Rough N Rowdy amateur boxing series, alongside its several other digital television productions.

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