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Phil Valentine Update: Focus is on His Lungs

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Barrett News Media has been reporting updates on news/talk radio host Phil Valentine of SuperTalk 99.7 in Nashville, when available.

Earlier this week, Dan Mandis, who works with Valentine, posted the following message on the family’s behalf:

“They are working on his lungs, that’s the critical issue right now. Other problems will come along but right now the focus is on his lungs. I’m hoping to have another update soon. #PrayForPhil.”

Valentine made headlines as an anti-vaccine voice behind the microphone, constantly speaking out against them on his show. However, after his mid-July diagnosis, admitted he wished he received a dose.

Phil’s brother, Mark, who was also opposed to being vaccinated, received the shot after seeing the effects the virus had on brother.

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  1. eldorado789

    August 14, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Get your head out of your azz, report the news accurately! I listen to Phil all the time, he is and never was anti vaccine! When he was on the air, before he got sick, he would preach that if you are the most vulnerable to getting very sick or dying of Covid, then you probably should get the vaccine. Other than that you should get educated, make an informed decision on whether or not you should get the vaccine. Quit spreading your leftist, political BS! You know the truth, do your job!

  2. eldorado789

    August 14, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Get your head out of your azz, report the news accurately! I listen to Phil all the time, he is and never was anti vaccine! When he was on the air, before he got sick, he would preach that if you are the most vulnerable to getting very sick or dying of Covid, then you probably should get the vaccine. Other than that you should get educated, make an informed decision on whether or not you should get the vaccine. Quit spreading your leftist, political BS! You know the truth, do your job!

  3. Ms Independent

    August 15, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    Phil has NEVER been anti vaccine. If you truly listened to his show you would know this but you chose to lie. Shame on you!!

  4. Ms Independent

    August 15, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    Phil has NEVER been anti vaccine. If you truly listened to his show you would know this but you chose to lie. Shame on you!!

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Buck Sexton: If Candidates Aren’t Coming On Our Show, They’re Not Serious

“If you’re not going to go on the biggest radio shows in the country, as a Republican, I don’t think it’s fair to say that you’re serious.”

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The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show is one of the largest radio programs in the nation. The show recently eclipsed the 500 affiliates mark. With that stature comes an expectation that conservative political candidates would want to appear on the show. Sexton argues that’s not always the case.

During Thursday’s show, Sexton mentioned that the program has begun working on landing interviews with as many prospective 2024 Republican presidential nominees.

“We are already reaching out to Mike Pence to try to get him to come on the show,” Sexton said. “Hopefully, we’ll get him in the next couple of weeks. We’ve already got Nikki Haley coming on next Tuesday. People have said ‘What about RFK Jr?’. I’ve said I’ve got to talk to him myself. We’re going to reach out again. We’ll have to have Vivek (Ramaswamy) again. You’re going to get to hear from everyone.”

Sexton then said the show would likely not feature an interview with former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson because “we do have to set some kind of a cap”. He then mentioned that former New Jersey governor Chris Christie would be someone the program would speak with.

“I think we should have Chris Christie coming on…the team just told me we’ve reached out to Chris Christie’s team several times. No response. Which, to me, says if you’re not gonna come on this show, you’re not really running as a Republican President. That’s my opinion. If you’re not going to go on the biggest radio shows in the country, as a Republican, I don’t think it’s fair to say that you’re serious.”

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Sid Rosenberg: White Men Hosting TV News ‘is Over in America’

“NBC and every station across this country is so caught up in diversity. That’s all they care about.”

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To end Meet The Press Sunday, moderator Chuck Todd revealed he is departing the program after nearly a decade of piloting the show. 77 WABC host Sid Rosenberg believes Todd’s exit is part of a larger shift in American media.

During a conversation with Todd on Sid and Friends in the Morning Friday, Rosenberg said the days of a white male like Todd hosting a news program solo are over.

“Look, I don’t expect you to comment on this part, but I’m gonna say it because I’m number one for a reason,” Rosenberg said. “There was a long run — Tim Russert, David Gregory, Chuck Todd — that’s a lot of very smart, white men sitting behind the mic at Meet The Press. NBC and every station across this country is so caught up in diversity. That’s all they care about.

“Whenever you left — and as much as I liked Kristen, nice girl — the move to heart didn’t surprise me. It seems to me like the white male sitting behind the desk is over in America and I can’t stand that.”

Todd did not comment on Rosenberg’s stance.

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AM 560 The Answer Host Resigns After ‘Racist Rhetoric’ Rant From Colleague

“I cannot in good conscience continue hosting my radio show, sharing a microphone and a studio with an individual that’s so full of anger – and can say such terrible things.”

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AM 560 The Answer weekend host Mark Vargas has departed the station after a verbal altercation with the station’s weekday afternoon host Shaun Thompson.

During the Black and Right program last weekend, Thompson called host Verlon Galloway a “moron with the taffy apple head” and repeatedly called him an “idiot”, “moron”, and “stupid”.

“As a minority, I was shocked to hear Shaun Thompson, host of The Shaun Thompson Show, call into Black and Right Radio this past Saturday evening and spew despicable and racist rhetoric aimed at co-host Verlon Galloway – referring to him as a ‘moron with the taffy apple head,” Vargas said. 

“I cannot in good conscience continue hosting my radio show, sharing a microphone and a studio with an individual that’s so full of anger – and can say such terrible things. Therefore, I resign, effective immediately.”

Thompson and Galloway have defended their interaction, saying that they are very good friends.

In a Facebook video, Thompson admitted “it wasn’t a good look for us”, adding that the argument between him and Galloway should have been reserved “for our conversations at the cigar shop”. He noted that it “didn’t belong on the radio”.

Galloway has argued that he didn’t view the conduct from Thompson as racist.

“I cannot in good conscience sit back and let the scarlet ‘R-word’ be weighted around your neck,” Galloway said. “I just want to tell the people to stop it. Two guys can buck on air without the white guy being called a racist.”

The two discussed their friendship in the video.

“I could punch you in the face, and you could punch me in the face, and if a grenade flew in, we’d jump on it,” Thompson said.

“Damn right,” Galloway agreed.

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