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James Golden: Rush Limbaugh and I Clicked, After that, I Never Left

Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” served as Limbaugh’s call screener and producer for 30 years. He recently sat down with RT America’s Steve Malzberg on “Eat the Press.”

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New York talk radio host James Golden shared his feelings about the late Rush Limbaugh, the hatred that was directed towards the former radio host on the day of his death, and how social justice messages have impacted the NFL. 

Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” served as Limbaugh’s call screener and producer for 30 years. He recently sat down with RT America’s Steve Malzberg on “Eat the Press.”

Malzberg and Golden have known each other for 40 years and worked together at WABC; Golden now has a daily show there, it’s also where he first met and worked with Rush. Golden said Limbaugh’s original agreement with WABC was that the station would supply him with a call screener and an engineer. 

“There were two other scenarios, and no one remembers them because they didn’t last long, and I was rotated onto his show,” Golden said. “Rush, and I clicked, and once that happened, I never left.” 

Golden told Malzberg that he doesn’t pay much attention to what’s written on social media. The same goes for left-leaning pundits like MSNBC’s Joy Ried, who accused Golden of providing cover for Limbaugh “to be able to do that outright racist stuff.”

“I heard about the remark, other people were outraged about the remark, and this is the first time I’ve seen it,” Golden said, referring to the clip played by Malzberg. “I could care less what a little rated show on a very low rated station with a bitter, angry woman has to say about me.” 

Golden said he didn’t watch the Super Bowl and hasn’t watched it for years. 

“After this whole kneeling business started, I was out,” Golden said. “I am tired of seeing these very well-paid people who are living the American Dream bending on a knee complaining about America. And so that was it for me. And some of them would not be able to translate their skills into anything else but football.”

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Nick Kayal: ‘CNN is Done’ After Chris Licht Ouster

“They are never getting out of third place, or last place, if that’s how you want to look at it.”

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The shocking, while not surprising, announcement that CNN CEO Chris Licht would leave the company Wednesday morning is the talk of the news media world. 1210 WPHT morning man Nick Kayal believes Licht’s departure signals a death knell for CNN.

“It confirms a lot of things for me, personally. I think CNN is done. I think they are dead. They are never getting out of third place, or last place, if that’s how you want to look at it,” the Kayal and Company host said Wednesday morning.

“Looking up at MSNBC, who does their type of news coverage at a much more consumed level than CNN, and certainly looking up at Fox News, the leader in cable news…he makes it a year and a month and Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, says ‘You know what? We’ve seen enough’.”

Kayal said the situation at CNN was untenable with some employees still being loyal to former CEO Jeff Zucker, but said one situation in particular led to Licht’s downfall.

“There always seems to be some drama there,” said Kayal. “I started thinking about this last night, and now with his departure, here’s the thing: if you’re the boss — especially at these networks — you should not be part of the talking head show fodder…I’ve always felt like if you were one of these guys, and I can only do it from a talk radio — sports or news — perspective, nobody wants to know who you are. By and large, if you are about creating the brand, the content, the image, the personas, you do that behind the scenes and you really do that behind the scenes and don’t be someone your opposing rivals can talk about.”

Kayal argued that Licht stepped into a “crummy” situation, and was likely destined to fail.

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KFI-AM 640 Debuts Podcast Series on Rise of Antisemitism

The podcast description says the limited series will examine “where Antisemitism originated and why it continues to grow.”

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KFI-AM 640 has launched a podcast series exploring the rise of antisemitism in America.

HATE: Modern Antisemitism is produced by Steve Gregory and Jacob Gonzalez. Guests include American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, and American Jewish University curator Dr. Michael Berenbaum.

Other guests include a Jewish school principal, an Asian-American artist who paints murals honoring silent heroes of the Holocaust, and a District Attorney.

“I, along with others, recently watched in horror as anti-Semitic protesters were seen making Nazi salutes to passersby on the 405 freeway,” KFI-AM 640 Program Director Robin Bertolucci said.

“As broadcasters, it is our duty to educate and inform our listeners and this podcast brings attention to the unseemly underbelly of Antisemitism which is sadly alive and well online and in our communities.”

The podcast description says the limited series will examine “where Antisemitism originated and why it continues to grow.”

HATE: Modern Antisemitism is available on the iHeartRadio app.

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Mike Gallagher Mesmerized By Reach of ‘Tucker on Twitter’

“He is going to reach more people on Twitter than he ever did with his TV show.”

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson debuted his digital video program Tucker on Twitter Tuesday, and radio host Mike Gallagher shared his surprise at the reach of the program on the social media platform.

“He is back on Twitter. He had a scathing takedown of the mainstream media. More than 10 million people have viewed it already. It is unbelievable,” The Mike Gallagher Show host shared Wednesday. “He is going to reach more people on Twitter than he ever did with his TV show.”

Gallagher then played a clip of Carlson’s discussing the lack of reporting about where the money the US government has sent to Ukraine to fight the war against Russia has been allocated. Carlson said the media’s lack of interest in the story is disappointing, claiming “in journalism, curiosity is the gravest crime.”

“What a profound thing. Typical Tucker Carlson. In journalism, curiosity is the big crime. You are not allowed to be curious about COVID. We’re not allowed to ask about a vaccine. How dare you say anything about election integrity,” said Gallagher. “No, that is the greatest crime and you need to be shut down. You need to be shut down big time.”

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