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Sid & Friends In The Morning

Charles Gasparino | Economic Journalist | 02-18-26

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, Comedy, News

4.2828 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Economic Journalist Charles Gasparino joins the program to discuss his criticism of the Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny and discusses his column arguing the NFL believes it is “bulletproof” compared with other companies that “go woke, go broke.” Gasparino says the league cynically assumes its core football audience is highly addicted—especially through fantasy sports and online gambling—so it can virtue signal to attract new demographics, including international and Spanish-speaking audiences as it expands games abroad. He cites Super Bowl viewership declines after the halftime show and contrasts it with an alternative broadcast that drew about 6 million viewers versus roughly 135 million for the Super Bowl. The conversation then shifts to New York City finances, where Gasparino warns that under the Financial Emergency Control Act of 1975 the city must balance its budget using GAAP; if it ends the year in deficit and the mayor cannot raise income taxes or cut spending, the state could take over the city’s finances, potentially transferring key control to Governor Kathy Hochul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:12.7

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0:16.5

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0:22.6

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0:27.8

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0:30.0

Charlie Gasparino, I love Charlie.

0:32.3

We got a bone to pick with Charlie first.

0:34.7

Charlie's a genius.

0:35.6

He's the smartest money guy.

0:37.6

And I'll be honest, he's one of the smartest people that I know.

0:41.8

But Charlie, you may not know this, but as soon as the Super Bowl was over, I was live on television, live.

0:49.8

Yes, on Brian Kilmead's One Nation show, One Fox News.

0:53.6

And I was the very, very first person before

0:56.1

Megan Kelly, before all the politicians before you, who on live television went after

1:02.7

a bad bunny for doing the whole halftime show in English outside of saying, God bless America,

1:08.0

in Spanish, I should say, outside of saying God bless America,

1:11.1

twice English, it was a middle finger to every football-loving American, it was disgusting.

1:17.0

But we know, of course, that it was a money deal between the NFL, Amazon, and bad bunny,

1:22.0

and that's all that matters.

1:22.9

They don't care about the 80% of us who can't speak Spanish.

1:25.4

It was a joke.

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