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MEDIA BUZZmeter

Hegseth Blames Fake News, Disgruntled Ex-Aides for Turmoil Amid Disputed Reports Trump is Weighing Replacements

MEDIA BUZZmeter

FOX News Podcasts

News, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.1582 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Howie Kurtz on Sec. Hegseth throwing blame on everyone but himself for Signal chat leak, DOGE getting secret access to data on millions of migrants and Trump sending mixed messages over making daylight saving time permanent. 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

It's the media buzz meter with Howard Kurtz.

0:05.7

You know who really wants to be on TV?

0:09.2

Chris Matthews.

0:10.9

Now, that's not happening, but he is launching what he calls a digital version of hardball.

0:18.1

He likes to ask tough questions.

0:20.0

He'll probably get some good guests. Only doing it once a week. I mean, you want to get in the game, Chris. He likes to ask tough questions. He'll probably get some good guests.

0:21.5

Only doing it once a week. I mean, you want to get in the game, Chris. You've got to be there

0:25.6

every day, like certain podcasts along the lines of the one that you are listening to.

0:32.6

But, you know, when you look back, I mean, in a different era, Matthews said some things that made women

0:42.8

uncomfortable, and he made some factual errors. And MSNBC decided that his time had come.

0:52.7

I think it's good that Morning Joe is back having him on once or twice a week.

0:57.3

He's just got this gut feel for politics, having once worked for House Speaker Tip O'Neill.

1:05.1

And it's fascinating how Substack is, you know, becoming this haven for so many people,

1:15.5

some of whom have other jobs,

1:17.0

some of whom are using it as their main platform.

1:23.5

You know about the Christie-Ome case, right?

1:27.3

Secret Service now looking into it. Homeland Security

1:31.1

Secretary, Christy Knoem, fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown D.C.

1:38.3

restaurant. And she was asked about this at the White House Easter egg roll.

1:46.0

She acknowledged the incident that it hadn't been resolved.

1:50.8

Secret Service reviewing security camera footage at the Capitol Burger restaurant.

1:56.1

So an unknown white male wearing a medical mask, steal her bag, and leave the restaurant. Got away with her driver's

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