It's the Media Buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.

Eric Clapton has just turned 81.

How is that possible?

You know, Clapton was the only major musician

to join the Fab Four on a Beatles record.

He was invited by his friend George Harrison for the song,

While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

And Harrison just felt he didn't have the overpowering guitar that the song needed,

so he brought in Eric.

And, you know, if you've listened to that song a few times, you know how it goes.

Well, my guitar gently wheeze.

Ba-B-Bah-Bah, ba-ba-pah-ba-pah-ba. You know, Clapton's incredible.

The only other example came later during the Let It Be sessions when Billy Preston was brought in on electric

piano and really helped make some of those songs.

I've reposted the link today of my chat with Guy Benson yesterday.

We talked about everything from Tiger Woods to high-tech issues to Gavin Newsom.

And I guess the most newsworthy thing that Guy said was that he felt that

it's almost as if much of the media rooting against Trump in the Iran war out of what he called

blind hatred for the president and also for Israel.

So I've reposed that link if you want to check it out.

Speaking of Gavin Newsom, Anderson Cooper went on CNN the other day and objected to Trump saying that Gavin Newsom, who writes proudly in his book about how he battles dyslexia every day,

can't read a speech, has to memorize it and so forth,

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