The Hiring (and Firing) of Kevin D. Williamson, 'The Simpsons' and the Problem With Apu, and Sinclair's Propaganda Machine | The Press Box (Ep. 452)

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🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Ringer's Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker sit down to unpack 'The Atlantic' severing ties with Kevin D. Williamson (02:00), how 'The Simpsons' responded to criticism of Apu's character (25:45), and the statement that news anchors on Sinclair-owned stations read (37:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	David, this week Jimmy Kimmel and Sean Hannity
0:05.1	brokered a kind of truce.
0:07.6	What I want to know is, is there anyone in media
0:10.4	you'd like to broker a truce with?
0:13.2	I mean, I would love to broker a truce
0:14.4	with Sean Hannity too, just for the attention.
0:17.0	I mean, I...
0:18.6	I mean, you know, there's definitely some people
0:20.2	that on behalf of the Ranger, it'd be fun
0:21.8	to broker the truce with.
0:23.6	Any names?
0:24.8	I don't know if I'm gonna name any names.
0:26.0	What's your answer to this question?
0:27.2	Well, there's this one guy on Twitter,
0:28.7	and every time I write a bad ESPN, he says,
0:31.1	Simmons has ordered Curtis to attack ESPN again.
0:34.0	And I think I'd like to move toward Day-Tont
0:36.9	by suggesting that he's wrong about me.
0:38.8	Yeah.
0:39.7	And I'm right, and that we should move on
0:41.6	to more fruitful topics like my liberal bias.
0:43.7	Yeah, I think that would make a lot more sense.
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