Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is not shy in his radio appearances. I've had conversations with Mr. Bevin since his 2013 senate primary challenge to incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell. Gov. Bevin and I usually go long form on a variety of issues. This time we talked about Saturday Night Live's skewering of Kentuckians, expected tax overhaul plans, alleged political corruption by both parties, and secrecy surrounding the governor's new Anchorage home. A few members of the media took offense to a comment Bevin made about Courier-Journal Frankfort bureau chief Tom Loftus. I spoke with Loftus about it the next morning and he simply laughed off the governor's dig. .@TomLoftus_CJ was covering Kentucky before @GovMattBevin knew where Frankfort was on a
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Kellyanne Conway and Terry Meiners: the love is real
On the launch day of the Republican healthcare plan to replace Obamacare, the White House communications office offered me an interview with Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Donald Trump. -----Original Message----- From: REDACTED Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 10:04 AM To: MEINERS, TERRY A Cc: Vertrees, Ian Subject: Kellyanne on today Hi Terry, We'd like to schedule an interview with Kellyanne Conway on the show this afternoon to discuss Obamacare repeal/place. Please advise if this is possible. Thank you, REDACTED Director of Radio White House Communications 202-REDACTED ----------------- I suppose our show was chosen to counter Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's negative response to the plan his party was trying to advance. It was a spirited conversation to put it mildly. But it wasn't mild. Conway, after being combative toward Meiners: "I don't feel
When podiums attack
NBC's Saturday Night Live perfectly chronicled the strange war between the media and the Trump presidential team. Melissa McCarthy is masterful as White House spokesman Sean Spicer. After a blistering week of bizarre statements from Spicer and Kellyanne Conway, the pushback is that many media outlets are publishing incorrect information. Dude. I'm a media guy. If we are going to press forward, let's at least get our facts straight.
The Cal Cast: united we stand after all
THE BEASMAN January 19. 2017 I BEEN SICK TO MY STOMACH ALL DAY LISSENIN’ TO COACH CAL’S PRODCAST TAWKIN TO THAT LOWDOWN U OF SMELL TRAITOR TURNCOAT SLICK RICK. HERE I WAS ALL BUCITED THAT COACH CAL WAS FINALLY GONNA GIT ON THE PRODCAST RADIO STATION AND RIP A NEW ONE INTO THAT NO COUNT U OF SMELL COACH BUT NAWWWWW….THEY WAS TAWKIN ALL SWEETY-PIE TO EACH OTHER. “YOU IS SO GREAT.” “THANK YOU, AND YOU IS SO GREAT, TOO.” BARF! I TUNED IN HOPIN IT WAS GONNA BE COACH CAL LAUGHIN AT SLICK RICK’S BALD SPOT AND HOW U UH KAY DOMMERATES THEM LITTLE BROTHER CARDINAL CRYBABIES ALMOST EVER TIME! AND COACH CAL
Ruh roh! Call the Scooby Van!
ALTERNATE HEADLINE: pneumonia-stricken grandmother breathes on random child A gaggle of reporters two hours after Hillary Clinton stumbled and fainted even as her aides held her arms: "Mrs. Clinton, what happened?" Hillary: "It's a great day in New York!" The muted response out of rival Donald Trump: "I hope she gets well soon." We all know Hillary Clinton fell and hit her head in 2012, leaving a host of complications that her doctors claimed have all cleared. She's healthy, they tell us. Internet sleuths are trying to foist the notion that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is a puppet being dragged around by nefarious "handlers" directed by a higher order. Whatevs. Hillary clearly has some medical issues. Her staggering, weak-kneed faint while
Cop must pay for leaking audio of distressed actress caught car humping
The Los Angeles police department's ethics commission has declared that one of its officers must pay $10,000 for leaking audio to TMZ. The body camera audio proved that he did not disrespect a distraught African American actress who was detained after failing to offer identification. LAPD responded to a 911 call indicating that Daniele Watts, an actress best known from the film Django Unchained, was having sex in an open car in broad daylight. Sgt. Jim Parker is heard on the audio tape calmly explaining to Ms. Watts that he needed to see her ID. She refused citing police harassment of black people. Watts and her boyfriend were ultimately charged with disturbing the peace and forced to
Underpaid deejays and the changing broadcast game
Is radio dead? Is TV dead? Nope. But there is a reframing of information flow. A recent poll lists broadcasting as one of today's worst career choices. You may be surprised to learn how little most TV and radio people earn. Others predict the end of talk radio following the 2016 elections. No way. Local talk shows allow each city's residents to weigh in on local issues. The local radio station is the kitchen table where everyone can throw in their two cents or at least eavesdrop on those who do. I completely love my 40 year broadcast career and have rarely regretted choosing it. I have learned 10 million things by talking with a zillion people on
Trump is Megyn all the wrong moves
Cranky old white guys unite! The Donald needs every single one of your GET OFF MY LAWN, sexist, racist, xenophobic, mobility scooterized FIX ME A SAMMICH votes. (cranky old white guys love ALL CAPS to express their disdain) When Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly opened the GOP presidential debate quizzing Trump on his use of harsh language to describe women, Trump responded with venom. He kept slamming Kelly in subsequent interviews as his minions attacked Kelly online. @terrymeiners Bull Shit Meiners !!— Mike Stratton (@bgpirate49) August 7, 2015 Kelly refused Trump's demand for her to apologize, saying would continue to do her job "without fear or favor." The Washington Post FACT CHECKER affirmed that Trump made all of the slurs Kelly referenced.
He’s been there. He’ll be there. He’ll do his best to remember what happened.
Suddenly, NBC news anchor Brian Williams is on a self-imposed hiatus. I'm not sure that I believe the self-imposed part of this story. It keeps getting worse for America's top rated news anchor. The lies are stacking up. NBC news anchor Brian Williams, celebrated in NBC promos as an anchor who has "been there" and "will be there," is being roundly mocked online after the revelation that his decade old war story was a massive lie. "The View" co-host Rosie O'Donnell isn't having any part of Lyin' Brian Williams' story. Others now claim Williams lied during his award-winning broadcasts during the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in New Orleans. Slate.com offers a timeline of NBC and Brian Williams advancing the same untrue story of the
It’s what we do. Correction. It’s what we did.