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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. Nancy Shack - A newsroom editor, writer and anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston. She is a former talk show host and talk radio producer in New England with two National Radio Hall of Fame Shows to her credit. Ben Parker - A radio news anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston, Ben has been honored with Associated Press awards for news coverage and was part of the team that received a Peabody Award for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings....

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Philly Uprising, Final Week Faux Pas, and Bidenisms 02.11.2020

The Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf appears to believe that the recent riots after the shooting of Walter Wallace are peaceful protests. Also both the Trump Administration and the Biden Campaign appear to be making some basic missteps as we approach D-Day. Finally, did Joe Biden really mean to say he had put together the biggest voter fraud organization? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Censorship, The New York Post, and Joe Biden 26.10.2020

Social media giants Twitter and Facebook have taken it upon themselves to run interference for the democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden and have censored a story from the nation's oldest newspaper The New York Post that purported to have proof of the Biden family selling influence to foreign governments. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee calls this election tampering and is issuing subpoena...

The 25th, Court Packing, and Epic Meltdowns 19.10.2020

Nancy Pelosi starts angling for to give the Congress power to remove any president, Joe Biden says the American voters don't deserve to know his stand on court packing aka diluting the Supreme Court by adding members, and a couple of democrat operatives have massive public meltdowns when they are called into account. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Good and Bad Responses to the President's Covid Diagnosis, UMass Professor Gives an Ugly Lecture, and Joe is at it Again 12.10.2020

The President and First Lady's Covid diagnosis has brought out the best and worst in the media and fellow politicians from gracious well wishes to ginning up fear in the American people that the President was dying or was acting like a fascist dictator. A University of Massachusetts psychology professor uses her class to call conservatives Nazis and declares that President Trump brags about having...

Insults All Around Us, SCOTUS Derangement Syndrome and the Biden's Gaffe Train Continues 05.10.2020

Insults were the order of the day this week flying from both the left and the right. The attacks have begun against Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett and despite Jill Biden's protestations that we are done with Joe's gaffes...we have a few more for you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Supreme Court Whiplash and Court Packing - The New Progressive Derangement Syndrome 28.09.2020

Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton seem to only support waiting for an election cycle when nominating for the U.S. Supreme Court when a republican is in the White House and we have the audio cuts to prove it! Both are now hinting that Biden needs to win the oval office seat so that their party has the opportunity to pack the court with like minded justices, something that Ruth Bader Ginsberg herself sa...

Doomsday in America, Biden Goes Off Script, and Freudian Slips 21.09.2020

Joe Biden describes the California wildfires as a climate doomsday which he predictably tries to lay at the feet of President Trump. He also had some interesting off the cuff moments at a Veterans round table in which he become fixated on the ladies department and tells the story of an off the rails marine with PTSD who murdered a woman and her dog. There were also some very interesting Freudian s...

Bidenisms, Trump and Woodward, and Caught on Camera 14.09.2020

Former Vice-President Joe Biden seems to have trouble whether he is on a teleprompter or not. President Trump's free association gets him in trouble and teachers get recorded letting their true feelings out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Biden Causes Whiplash, A Lack of Empathy from the Left, and Pelosi Gets Caught with Blown Dry Hair 07.09.2020

Since he rejoined the living on the campaign trail, presidential candidate and former Vice-President Joe Biden has been reversing himself over and over and over again on issues such as fracking, the lockdown and the national mask mandate. Antifa protesters make a bad showing by gleefully celebrating a bystander's death, and Nancy Pelosi say she is owed an apology after she is caught breaking lockd...

Jaw Dropping Moments at the RNC, Protests and Polling, and the NBA Virtue Signals 31.08.2020

The Republican Convention showcases a few new stars - non of which were politicians. The Democrats finally start noticing the riots as they start to effect poll numbers and the NBA virtue signals with a boycott - that is until players realize they will lose money if they don't play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Democrat Convention Goes Tone Deaf and A Sportscaster Implodes His Career on Air 24.08.2020

On two of its three nights, the Democrat Convention had either an out of touch or tone deaf awkward open followed by snippets of recorded party line videos with surprise visits by the candidate himself Joe Biden. Then in Cincinnati, a veteran sportscaster destroyed his career with a 4 second hot mic moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And the Divisive Element is.....The Media 17.08.2020

A Gallup Poll says 86% of Americans think the media is responsible for the great political divide in the U.S. We have some examples of coverage that could be responsible for this growing wariness of the public regarding their favorite news outlets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Biden Picking a Communist for VP, Pelosi Turns on Dr. Birx, and the CDC Lets the Cat Out of the Bag 10.08.2020

Biden VP short lister Karen Bass tries to explain her sorrow at Castro's passing, Dr. Birx sya there is hope on the Covid front causing Nancy Pelosi to turn on her like a honeybadger , and the CDC director admits to Congress that hospital get money for boosting their Covid infection rates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hearing Smackdown, Perpetual Rioting, and Fauci MaskGate 03.08.2020

The House Judiciary Committee hearing with U.S. Att. Gen Bill Barr will go down in the annals as the most partisan abusive committee hearing in history with Chairman Nadler even going so far as to refuse the witness a bathroom break. Meanwhile the Antifa inspired rioting that Chairman Nadler calls a myth continues to chalk up casualties and Dr. Anthony Fauci gets caught not wearing a mask or socia...

The Trump Wallace Smackdown and Just Who is Hillary Talking About? 27.07.2020

There was an interesting exchange between President Trump and Fox News' Chris Wallace on the Oval Office balcony where they argued about senility tests and whether Joe Biden wants to reallocate police funding. Then Hillary Clinton slams someone...we don't know who...but could it be Joe Biden? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nooses 20.07.2020

A plethora of noose sighting have appeared lately as the topic of racism becomes all consuming across the country. So far the instances have been of mistaken identity and none of the ropes in question have been determined to be threats. Are people looking for hate crimes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When is a Joke...Not a Joke? 13.07.2020

One person's joke can be another person's insult. A number of highly visible politicians have discovered this including President Trump, former Vice-President Biden and former Secretary of State John Kerry. The laughs are on us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To Mask or Not to Mask, Social Distancing Hypocrisy, and Twittergate at the Villages 06.07.2020

The party lines are drawn between those who will mask and those who refuse making the issue of a federal mask order the topic of the day. Also on tap, why is lack of social distancing okay at a Black Lives Matter protest but not at a campaign rally and things get hot at a retirement community then even hotter after the President tweets about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHAZ, CHOP, and the Summer of Love? 29.06.2020

From Washington Governor Inslee denying any knowledge of protesters taking over public streets and buildings, a police chief saying it wasn't her fault the precinct fell, a mayor sending in supplies and calling the occupation of her city the summer of love and the President of the United States threatening military intervention to quell armed vigilantes threatening to kill police while committing...

President Trump Needs To Think First, Biden Needs to Stay In The Basement and Behar Backs Down 22.06.2020

President Trump needs to stay away from descriptive adjectives...and Abraham Lincoln. Joe Biden needs to stay away from notes, MLK and voter fraud. And Joe Behar needs to just stay away..... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hope of Spacex 15.06.2020

During all the fear and unrest in our country between pandemic lockdowns, and peaceful protests over the horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis devolving into ANTIFA inspred riots - there was a bright point - it launched out of Cape Canaveral and is now at the International Space Station in the form of two american astronauts on the first private public sector partnership for exploring spac...

Mistakes, Riots and Racism 08.06.2020

The whole horrible cycle of violence started when police received a 911 call that a man had passed fake bills at a convenience store to buy cigarettes. When police arrived the suspect, a man named George Floyd was still sitting in his car outside the store , apparently having consumed alcohol . Police removed from the car - 4 officers were there. George was black, two officers were white and two w...

Open Mouth, Insert Foot, and Chew, Hypocrisy Thy Name is MSNBC, and The Scarborough Effect 01.06.2020

Former Vice-President Biden accidentally insults all black voters everywhere - including in his own campaign. Also on tap, MSNBC is caught flat footed by a passerby while trying to mask shame beach goers in Wisconsin and Mika Brezinski should ask her husband about a 2004 clip with Imus before excoriating the President on air about his Twitter accusations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Hydroxy Double Dare and Joe Biden Explores Irony from the Basement 25.05.2020

The President unleashed a furor this week by announcing he is taking a course of Hydroxycholoraquin as a preventaive for Covid-19. Reaction ranged from NY Sen. Schumer calling him a liar, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling him fat and Fox News anchor Neal Cavuto saying he is killing people. Meanwhile former Vice-President Joe Biden, still in his basement, is having more memory issues about Tara Re...

A First Lady Makes A Surprising Statement, A Bizarre SCOTUS Oral Argument, and a News Anchor Plays Fast and Loose with the Facts 18.05.2020

Former First Lady Michelle Obama says children were a concession to her ambition (Who thinks of being First Lady as settling?), a Ren and Stimpy moment during a Supreme Court oral argument, and NBC's Chuck Todd gets caught fibbing in a live broadcast after editing a tape to prove his lie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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