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Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon Out, the ESPN Layoffs, and RIP BuzzFeed News

The guys also discuss Ron DeSantis’s chances in a Republican primary against Donald Trump

By Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker
Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images


Bryan and David dive into recent news that Tucker Carlson and Fox News, as well as Don Lemon and CNN, have parted ways (0:42), and they discuss what this means for all parties involved. Then, they provide more details behind ESPN’s layoffs (23:21) and the announcement that BuzzFeed News will be shutting down (35:52), before weighing in on the media’s current stance on Ron DeSantis’s chances in a Republican primary against Trump (43:00). They then wrap things up with an NBA conversation focused on the need for a new word for “midsection” (52:55). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

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Producer: Erika Cervantes

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