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Clay Travis: Brookings Institute Trying To Smear Show With ‘Misinformation’ Label

“This article was designed to attack this program and keep us from being widely distributed.”

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1 month ago

February 15, 2023

Outkick founder and syndicated talk show host Clay Travis accused the Brookings Institute and the New York Times of teaming up to smear “The Clay & Buck Show” by labeling it a purveyor of misinformation. Travis resoundingly pushed back, claiming that the accusations were baseless and a deliberate attempt to silence their conservative viewpoints.

The claims were made in an analysis conducted by Brookings using data gathered from 79 popular political podcasters, comprising 36,603 episodes and 17,061 evaluations. The findings were then published in the New York Times. Researchers focused on several conservative podcasts, such as Clay & Buck, Dan Bongino, and Sean Hannity among others.

The Brookings Institute and The New York Times are independent organizations, but Brookings experts have written op-eds and articles for the paper on a wide variety of topics.

“They put this list on the front page of the New York Times business,” said Travis on Tuesday. “Buck and I endeavor every single day to be as honest and transparent with you as we can. Opinions are obviously only as good as the facts upon which they are based. So, if you get a fact wrong it only undercuts your own opinion because it’s built on a foundation of inaccuracy, that’s a basic explanation for what we try to do.”

Travis commented on the story, observing that it not only referred to the “Clay and Buck” show but also mentioned the “Rush Limbaugh Show.” He raised some concerns about the study’s credibility, given that Limbaugh had been deceased for two years, and Premiere Networks had been employing guest hosts until Rush’s time slot was permanently filled.

“My first thought is why are they tying Rush’s show into our show,” he said. “My second thought was, what in the world are they classifying as misinformation? This is the very definition of not only fake news but old news.”

Travis pointed out that Brookings Institute had only sampled his radio show for a period of six months. Travis mentioned that he had invited researchers to the show with the purpose of explaining how Clay and Buck were conveying misinformation to their audience.

“Brookings Institute finally got back to us last night and said they are not available for an interview,” he said. “We offered them any day this week and said we will make time for them and your lead researcher who is familiar with the findings.”

“This article was designed to attack this program and keep us from being widely distributed,” Travis added.

Prior to co-hosting “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show,” Clay hosted FOX Sports Radio’s weekday morning-drive program, Outkick the Coverage

Ryan Hedrick

Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. Prior to WFMD, he hosted an afternoon program at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. He has also worked at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, earning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. To connect with Ryan, find him on Twitter @SureToCover.

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Keith Olbermann: Funny How Newsmax CEO Changed His Tune About DirecTV After New Agreement

“Newsmax gave the channel for free to DirecTV and then one day Newsmax said to DirecTV ‘Look, instead of free, we’d like you to give us $13 million a year’. DirecTV said ‘Are you kidding? For that crap?'”

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March 24, 2023

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Earlier this week, conservative cable news channel Newsmax struck a deal with DirecTV to return the network to the satellite provider after a monthslong back and forth that see each company take shots at the other. Keith Olbermann couldn’t help but notice those shots have ceased.

“Greta Van Susteren called for a Congressional investigation. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote a letter threatening dire consequences and insisted this was liberal censorship,” The Countdown with Keith Olbermann host said. “DirecTV dropped Newsmax and the whiny butthurt snowflake fascists like Cruz demanded, I don’t know? Firing squads?”

The former cable news host then said it was clear during the dispute that the problem was about business, not politics.

“We all told them no, it’s not censorship, Newsmax gave its channel for free to DirecTV and then one day Newsmax said to DirecTV ‘Look, instead of free, we’d like you to give us $13 million a year’. DirecTV said ‘Are you kidding? For that crap?’ Direct TV and Newsmax have now made a deal. Terms were not disclosed, but Newsmax will be back on the satellite provider.”

Olbermann then turned his attention to Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy’s change in messaging. Previously, Ruddy — like others Olbermann had mentioned — was adamant that the network was removed due to conservative censorship.

However, now that a deal between the two parties has been struck, he believes that DirecTV “clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones”.

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Sean Hannity: Not Surprising Media Backtracking on Donald Trump Indictment Date Predictions

“The media is now kind of trying to hint that Donald Trump’s arrest announcement was a hoax.”

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1 day ago

March 24, 2023

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Late last week, former President Donald Trump claimed he would be arrested on Tuesday. That date came and went without any indication of when — or if — Trump would be indicted. Sean Hannity wasn’t surprised by the media coverage surrounding the story.

During The Sean Hannity Show Thursday, the host claimed the media has backtracked on its reporting, but added that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is more to blame than the media is.

“This is the funniest news aspect of the day regarding this is that you know, the media is now kind of trying to hint that Donald Trump’s arrest announcement was a hoax,” Hannity said. “Now we find out that Alvin Bragg is openly blaming Donald Trump for creating the false expectation that he would be indicted. Bragg’s direct accusation is a lot stronger than any media hinting about a Trump indictment.”

Hannity then took credit for what he viewed as a drop in the likelihood that Trump is indicted due to information released on his Fox News program.

“Now a lot of it is due to new information we got this week, some of which was broken on my television show, with my interview with Bob Costello. I think it’s devastating. A direct contradiction to a convict by the name of Michael Cohen. Admitted liar. Serial liar, you can even say, and you have this guy, Bob Costello, contradicting everything that Cohen is saying.

“Cohen is supposed to be the star witness in this case. You have a convicted felon admitted liar as your star witness. Good luck with that. Juries don’t like liars.”

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101.7 The Truth Adding 2 New Shows To Weekday Lineup

“Both shows debut on April 3.”

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1 day ago

March 24, 2023

BNM Staff

Two new shows are coming to 101.7 The Truth. The Milwaukee talk station announced that Denise Thomas, Telly Hughes, and Melanie Ricks will be joining its weekday lineup.

Hughes and Thomas will partner for Truth Be Told. It will air weekday mornings from 7 until 9. The duo brings some serious influence to the airwaves. The Milwaukee Business Journal calls Thomas a “top 50 power broker” in the city while Hughes has two Emmy Awards to his name.

Ricks will be at the center of a one hour show called Nothing But the Truth. The show will air at noon. Ricks serves as the in-game host for the Milwaukee Bucks, who call WTMJ, a sister station of 101.7 The Truth, their radio flagship.

Both shows debut on April 3. Starting that day, the station’s daytime lineup will be as follows:

7 – 9 a.m. Truth Be Told with Denise Thomas & Telly Hughes

9 – Noon The Truth with Sherwin Hughes

Noon – 1 p.m. Nothin’ But the Truth with Melanie Ricks

1 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Tory Lowe Show

4 – 6 p.m. The Truth in the Afternoon with Ken Harris

“We’re excited to bring a new lineup of voices to our listeners,” Cherie Harris, the general manager of Good Karma Brands’ Milwaukee cluster, said in a press release. “Our new hosts are passionate and knowledgeable about the issues that matter most to the black community. We aim to provide a platform for authentic and unfiltered discussion, and we’re confident that our new lineup will deliver for our partners and fans.”

BNM Staff