NewsByte

NewsByte

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NewsByte episodes

  • Social Distancing, Going Stir Crazy and Kibitzing from a Bunker
    Social Distancing and cough etiquette have become the words of the day with the President getting his hand slapped on Fox for getting too close to a host and Joe Biden being read the riot act on CNN for not coughing into his arm. New York Governor Cuomo warns people about mental health in this time of social distancing then goes off a cliff. Finally Joe Biden gives a good imitation of a man whose lost his train of thought while criticizing the President from his basement bunker.

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    28 min
  • Playing Politics with a Pandemic
    Instead of pulling together, it seems a lot of folks from politicians to the news media are trying to use the Covid-19 virus pandemic as a basis for claims of racism and ineptitude. Is this what you want to see from your national and local leaders at a time of global crisis?

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    31 min
  • The First Black President, Fraying Tempers and So Long To A Cable News Fixture
    President Trump is called the first black president by an African-american former NFL player and CNN loses its mind. Then tempers start flaring at the Democrat National Party when republicans suggest Bernie Sanders is getting a short shrift again in order to avoid a brokered convention followed by Chris Matthews bids his show adieu after he compares Bernie Sanders win in the Nevada caucus to the Nazi invasion of France.

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    33 min
  • A Brain Hiccup, a Media Meltdown, and a Cluster@#$ Debate.
    This week more than one candidate makes a surprising statement from the podium, the Nevada Caucus triggers a meltdown for one cable news host, and then there was the melee also titled the South Carolina Democrat Debate on CBS.....

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    33 min
  • Fisticuffs in Nevada and Haunting Statements
    It was an all out brawl in Nevada for former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's first democratic debate. The Mayor is also facing a number of angry potential voters over recently surfaced past statements on refusing medical care for the elderly, referring to members of the trans community as it, slamming the brain power of farmers and factory workers, and appearing as Mary Poppins.

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    31 min
  • And the Winner Of The Most Stupid Comment This Week Is.....
    Liz Warren wants to have nine year olds vet cabinet members, Nancy Pelosi wants to disbar defense attorneys and Pete Buttigieg is not really sure what sport Kobe Bryant played. There were some real lulu comments made this week and we want to now which one you think is the most ridiculous.

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    29 min
  • Crumbling In The Spotlight
    Two democratic presidential candidates had a difficult week. Former Vice-President Joe Biden went on record as saying illegal immigrants are more american than Americans while Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has a record of avoiding candor, espoused that Americans would not vote for a liar.

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    22 min

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Two newsroom veterans ask the question "Did they really say that?" responding to the week's oddest sound cuts from politics, entertainment, sports and the world.

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