Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker break down the firings of Matt Lauer (03:00) and Garrison Keillor (11:15). Then they recognize the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week (19:00) before getting into the University of Tennessee’s handling of the Greg Schiano situation (23:00), the ESPN layoffs (31:00), the failed attempt to bust The Washington Post by James O’Keefe and Project Veritas (38:00), and the purchase of Time Inc. by the Meredith Corporation (44:00).
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Bryan and David sift through yet another week of media bombshells
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