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NPR TV Critic/Media analyst. Author: "Race-Baiter: How Media Wield Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation." Adjunct prof., Duke University. Drummer. Bassist. Blerd.

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Wow. Police have declined to charge ex-Florida GOP leader Christian Ziegler with rape, but instead want to charge him with illegally making a video recording of the sexual encounter which sparked the rape allegation. READ: loom.ly/86_wz80

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Ron DeSantis is blaming everyone - including the media - for his zombified campaign, except himself. I guess its tough to admit you're losing to a guy facing more than 90 felony counts because, the more voters got to see you, the less they liked you. loom.ly/4RUME2w

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Ron DeSantis seems to be blaming everyone - including the media - for his zombified campaign, except himself. I guess its tough to admit that you're losing to a guy facing more than 90 felony counts because, the more voters got to see of you, the less they liked you.…

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Between this, the end of Real Sports and the NFL buying a stake in ESPN, you have to wonder where the great sports journalism is going to come from now.

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Put down the Kool Aid and look at the actual situation. Valued academics will avoid the state. And student here will have valuable sociology classes and departments de-emphasized. And for what? To soothe the fears of people who will probably never face the consequences of those…

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My state keeps finding new ways to embarrass itself: Florida Education Board votes to end diversity efforts at state colleges and downgrade sociology classes for fear they could “radicalize” students. As if these terrible decisions won’t do that already. loom.ly/QXwnbm0

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As a parent with a child at FSU, this is what I’m concerned with. I’d love it if you would respect that and me in this space.

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Florida State has a deficit for 2023 despite revenue from its athletic department at nearly $170 million. Every part of that sentence is staggering.

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Really beautiful with a lot of wonderful facilities. I was impressed with the school and the downtown area…

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I have no idea who the reporter is. But I have a lot of sympathy and tolerance for someone who makes a good faith effort to ask a good question and just makes a mistake. If you have covered enough press conferences, you have probably done something similar.

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In case you missed, CBS has put After Midnight, the Taylor Tomlinson-hosted faux game show that replaced James Corden's Late Late Show, on YouTube. Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. Is this the future of late night TV? WATCH: loom.ly/35M6AfQ

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Fox says early ratings for the peg the total audience at 4.3 million viewers -- a historic low, down from 5.9 million in 2022, which was also a historic low. On Monday, of course, the show aired at the same time as an NFL playoff game. Full viewership available tomorrow.

Fox says early ratings for the #Emmys peg the total audience at 4.3 million viewers -- a historic low, down from 5.9 million in 2022, which was also a historic low. On Monday, of course, the show aired at the same time as an NFL playoff game. Full viewership available tomorrow.
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Wow. Ron DeSantis, who often shuns mainstream media for conservative platforms which treat him kinder, now complains those same conservative media outlets have been too kind to GOP front runner Donald Trump. Not sure irony is a strong enough word. loom.ly/D6BSN2k

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