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Sid & Friends In The Morning

K.T. McFarland | Former Deputy National Security Advisor | 03-13-26

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Comedy, Sports, News

4.2828 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Former Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland joins Sid for her weekly Friday morning appearance to talk about the death of New York anchor Ernie Anastos, praising him as an old-school journalist focused on reporting rather than political agendas, and contrasts him with today’s more openly partisan network anchors. She argues ego and agenda-driven media fuel relentless criticism of President Trump, including over the Iran war, and rejects claims the conflict is “Israel’s war,” saying Iran seeks leverage through economic pressure and threats like closing the Strait of Hormuz. McFarland criticizes figures such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson for framing Trump as donor-driven and tying U.S. actions to Israel. She also cites recent U.S. terror incidents and contends officials and Democrats face little consequence, while praising the FBI and DOJ for taking threats seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.6

worked for four presidents, including the great weekgo and one we got right now, President Trump. She's also on Fox News all the time and visits us every Friday morning. KT. McFarland, good morning, KT. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be with you. It's an honor to have you. So, look, you're into this journalism field now.

1:16.5

After all those great years of politics, you've been doing this a long time radio with I miss years ago on television for a long time, and you're a New Yorker.

1:20.7

So when you see the news that Ernie and I asked the way, I'm compelled to ask you how you

1:26.5

felt.

1:28.4

You know, he was a real class act. It's a business, as you know, where a lot of people

1:33.5

are preening for the cameras and they take themselves very seriously and it's all about them.

1:39.3

But you always got the feeling with Ernie and NASA City was there to tell you the story.

1:43.3

He was there to give you the news. Who knows what politics he had? Nobody knew because he was an old school

1:49.9

guy. And the interview that you've just played with him, it says it all. It says a lot about

1:55.7

you, but it says a lot about Ernie Anastis of what he was interested in. He was interested in a whole lot more

2:02.4

than the headlines of the day. And he sure as heck was interested in somebody other than Ernie

2:06.9

onassis. It's a dying breed. It's an old school. And when you hear the passing of someone

2:12.4

like that, all you can do is mourn to think, wow, where are the Ernie Anastasis of today?

2:17.5

They don't exist. And I'm guilty of that. I'm partisan. Man, am I partisan? I really can't stand Democrats. Can't do it. Can't look to find those one or two moderate Democrats that exist. John Betterman, maybe Marty Dolan, I don't know. They don't exist. I can't stand them. I hate them. So I'm guilty, okay?

2:35.0

I'm a partisan hack, if you want to call me that.

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