Trump and CNN’s Fate, Another Telos-Novela, and the New Diddy Documentary

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel start the show by discussing the future of CNN, including President Trump’s possible involvement in its sale, the assurances David Ellison reportedly made to Trump if he bought it, and what an Ellison-owned CNN would look like (01:10). Next, the guys talk about the Laura Rutledge—Justin Herbert post-game situation, and Bryan explains how he would fix the post-game interview (13:25). Then, Bryan and Joel dissect Part 5 of Ryan Lizza’s Telos-Novela (29:02), before giving their takes on the media outrage towards the College Football Playoff bracket (39:46). Lastly, the show ends with Bryan and Joel diving into their thoughts on the new Diddy documentary, 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning.' (50:23) Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel Anderson Producer: Bruce Baldwin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.8	Hello media consumers. Welcome to Pressbox Thursday. It's Brian Curtis. It's Joel Anderson. It's producer Bruce Baldwin. Coming up on the podcast, Donald Trump has entered the negotiations about the fate of CNN. Laura Rutledge tried to get an interview with Justin Herbert. We have another year of Kimmel. We have more hating on the college football playoff.
0:56.0	And we have a breakdown of the new Netflix doc,
0:59.7	Sean Combs,
1:01.4	The Reckoning.
1:13.3	Tell you smiling about that one?
1:14.2	Yeah, man.
1:16.9	I got in jazzed by watching it.
1:21.6	When we get to it, I'll tell you, but I feel inspired in some ways.
1:25.3	I can't wait for all the questions you're going to ask me once we're doing there.
1:27.6	I've been rehearsing them in my head, Brian,
1:29.0	what's your favorite Bad Roy song?
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