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📣 Driving the Conversation…
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What Matters: A glimpse inside the business of media
New Media Voices: Clancy, Ossoff, and Arday
Leading FOX: Karmelo Anthony, Tyler Robinson, and Rosie O’Donnell
Trending: El-Sayed and Charlie Kirk
What the Right is Writing: Hasan Piker, Hayden Panettiere, Byron Donalds
✍️ WHAT MATTERS AND WHERE WE’RE GOING…
Nathan’s quick take on where we’re headed…
We love media entrepreneurs.
Clay Travis is back with a candid look at the future of media as he announces his new publication, Sport & State. Having sold Outkick to FOX five years ago, he left the media giant earlier this summer when his contract wrapped up (more on that here).
He says the new venture will be “70% sports, 15% pop culture, and 15% where politics intersects with sports.”
Even more interesting than the launch is Clay’s 4,000-word retrospective and roadmap for the industry. He shares thoughts on FOX, sports and conservative media, ownership, AI, sports betting, live events, and written content.
If you have any interest in the business of media, it’s worth a browse. - NRB
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🎙️ NEW MEDIA VOICES
The Ben Shapiro Show - 8/18
Shapiro condemns the “lib women on TikTok” for spreading the conspiracy blaming husband Patrick Clancy for the murder of his children, not the mother Lindsay Clancy
He emphasizes the critical distinction between postpartum depression and the far rarer postpartum psychosis, and that pleading insanity doesn’t mean Lindsay is innocent
Shapiro says it’s right to question whether Lindsay received proper mental health care in time before doing the unthinkable
He criticizes some conservative men who dismissed all forms of postpartum depression as just selfishness
Shapiro concludes with a review of the failed dating app Bumble, which was supposed to give women an advantage online
The Matt Walsh Show - 8/18
Walsh disparages the vigil for Jason Arday in London, which he characterized as a “mass psychosis” and “anti-white” display
He argues Arday, a Cambridge University professor who committed suicide, was a “fraudster” who fabricated data, plagiarized, and held an unearned position
Walsh says far-left leaders like Lord Simon Woolley are using his death to push a “bankrupt ideology” of “social engineering” on racial disparities
He reports some of the activists are demanding government regulation of media for exposing Arday’s fraud
The Sara Gonzales Show - 8/18
Gonzales slams the radical ideology of Eman Abdelhadi, sister of Abdul El-Sayed, who uses her professor position to advocate for replacing capitalist societies with communes
She exposed the “socialism with a smile” strategy employed by figures like Zohran Mamdani, AOC, and Ilhan Omar
Gonzales points out the hypocrisy of marxist streamer Hasan Piker for speaking out against the rich while accumulating wealth himself
She condemns the comments made by Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff about President Trump and aide Natalie Harp, a cancer patient whose life was saved by Trump’s Right to Try legislation
The Liz Wheeler Show - 8/18
Wheeler believes Elon Musk is rightly obsessed with guest Dr. Gad Saad’s research on “suicidal empathy” as the decline of the West
She praises Mark Cuban’s defense of Musk’s wealth, highlighting the economic benefits of billionaires on job rates
Saad explains how “maladaptively irrational altruism” fuels disastrous policies, from open borders to the “blank slate felon” concept which led to the death of Iryna Zarutska and countless others
Wheeler argues religion is necessary to establish a baseline for right versus wrong, so it can’t be twisted to fit the needs of each person
Wheeler says a spiritual revival rooted in Edmund Burke’s concept of an ordered society and God-given rights is necessary to defend freedom
📺 LEADING FOX NEWS
The Five
James Carville claims he’s not worried about the DSA takeover because they’re a “pack of fools,” despite socialists winning the party primary even in Florida
Sen. Jon Ossoff makes a sexist claim that a female White House aide is having an affair with President Trump
Charlamagne tha God makes fun of the WNBA and Democrats for panicking over the trans athletes debate
Rosie O’Donnell complains about moving to Ireland over Trump during her Jimmy Kimmel guest appearance
All-you-can-eat buffets are closing nationwide due to lack of popularity
FOX & Friends
Tyler Robinson’s defense attorneys are trying to claim the shooting posed no risk to the crowd at Utah Valley University
Former Meta executives admits safety was an afterthought when designing online products
Despite not even raising $1 million, socialist Angie Nixon wins the Florida Democrat Senate nomination against Alex Vindman
Gen Z is reporting they struggle to repay friends
Guest PA AG Dave Sunday explains how fraternity members ran a drug ring at Penn State, 14 charged
Lindsay Clancy searched “postpartum psychosis symptoms” just three days before allegedly murdering her children
A new ultrasound treatment is healing Parkinson’s tremors
Police report rioting is ruining chances of families enjoying sporting events, as seen in New York City and Chicago
Hayden Panettiere’s ex-boyfriend is visited by police, gives authorities her medication
Dozens of looters steal from a singular liquor store in Los Angeles, while a man vandalized a Berkeley, CA church and attacked contractors with a metal pipe
The family of Karmelo Anthony, sentenced for the murder of Austin Metcalf, demands a retrial
A driver plunged into a Massachusetts swimming pool
Data centers are the latest target by the far left in the AI race against China
At least 95% of America is fiber-deficient, causing early-onset colon cancer
Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is facing a recall effort as crime skyrockets
🍿 TRENDING AND POUNCING
Tomorrow’s news today…
Drag queens hosted an event where they mocked the brutal ass*ssination of Charlie Kirk. These people are in a death cult. [X, LibsofTikTok]
The man who murdered a mother in Democrat Fairfax County, Virginia is confirmed as an illegal alien from El Salvador, let into the country under Biden. [X, Daugherty]
🗞️ WHAT THE RIGHT IS WRITING
FOX News Digital
Far-left socialist wins massive Florida upset: Key takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries [FOX News]
Republicans poised to sweep nearly every open statewide office amid unusual turnover [FOX News]
Polling firm closes its doors after admitting bombshell election surveys were a hoax [FOX News]
Breitbart
Trump Doubles Down on Hormuz Territory Claim as Iran Threatens Blockade [Breitbart]
White House Lambastes ‘Theater Kid’ Sen. Jon Ossoff [Breitbart]
Republican Pollster Finds Long-Term Trend of Polls Overestimating Democrats [Breitbart]
Wall Street Journal Editorials
Disney Strikes Back Against the FCC [WSJ Ed]
The Economic Case for European Air Conditioning [WSJ Ed]
High Anxiety in the Bond Market [WSJ Ed]
Medicaid and Transgender Treatments for Kids [WSJ Ed]
New York Post
Trump admin moves to cut illegal immigrants off from four big tax credits [NYP]
Cops pay visit to Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend Brian Hickerson’s family home days after actress’ death [NYP]
LA teacher claims she suffered serious health issues after getting fired for anti-Trump post: suit [NYP]
Washington Free Beacon
Hasan Piker’s Wingman Brother Is Space Engineer With Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear ‘Doomsday Plane’ for Boeing [WFB]
Washington Reporter
Why the Washington Reporter backs Byron Donalds to be Florida’s next governor [Reporter]
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