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MEDIA BUZZmeter

Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': Trump Insists Economy is Great in Cheerleading Speech, Media Slam False and Exaggerated Claims

MEDIA BUZZmeter

FOX News Podcasts

News, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.1582 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on December 18th, 2025… Howie Kurtz on President Trump’s address to the nation, House Republicans offering an alternative to Obamacare, and Secretary RFK Jr. terminating grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics over federal vaccine policy disagreements. Follow Howie on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HowardKurtz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more #MediaBuzz click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.2

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0:17.8

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0:21.6

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0:26.6

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0:29.6

It's the Media Buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.

0:34.6

Well, who needs television?

0:39.1

After 50 years, the Oscars will be abandoning ABC

0:42.7

and appearing on YouTube in a couple of years.

0:46.8

The digital world is just taking over.

0:49.8

YouTube, obviously, becoming this incredible force

0:53.6

where even other competing media organizations have to play YouTube's game because the traffic is so incredible.

1:02.7

Well, at least we don't have to read any more pieces about how boring the Oscars have gotten and what a fiasco the whole thing is.

1:09.8

But last year, ticked up in the ratings about 20 million.

1:13.5

That's a lot in today's world.

1:16.1

A note from the world of rock, the Rolling Stones, have canceled a planned European tour

1:21.5

for next year because Keith Richards can't keep up with the pace.

1:25.8

I think that's it for live touring by the Stones because you can't have the stones without Keith Richards.'t keep up with the pace. I think that's it. For live touring by the stones,

1:28.0

because you can't have the stones without Keith Richards. All right, story number one.

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