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MEDIA BUZZmeter

Trump Proclaimed He Didn’t Care About Oil Blockade, Now Drops F-Bomb Unless Iran Opens the Strait of Hormuz

MEDIA BUZZmeter

FOX News Podcasts

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4.1582 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Howie Kurtz on the rescue of a missing American airman in Iran using a CIA deception campaign, the firing of Pam Bondi and potential appointment of Todd Blanche as her successor, and the Artemis mission’s flight to the dark side of the moon featuring new "Earthrise" photography. 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.

0:05.0

When I got up early yesterday and happy Easter to those who've been celebrating,

0:12.0

to appear on Fox News Sunday, I instantly saw that the world had changed.

0:17.0

The president, hours earlier, had announced that that missing American crewman had been found

0:24.2

and rescued.

0:25.3

You recall that the plane was shot down.

0:28.7

One pilot was rescued.

0:29.7

The other crew member missing.

0:31.4

And I have to admit, I was pessimistic that this person would be found before the Iranians got

0:37.2

him.

0:37.6

And the story is just incredible.

0:39.7

I mean, as I said on the air, what a relief and what bravery on the part of the special ops team

0:44.9

going into enemy territory, finding this guy hidden in a mountain ridge after he had sent

0:52.2

an encrypted signal, signaling his location, using the CIA

0:56.0

for diversionary purposes and bringing them back home.

1:01.6

That is the best of the military.

1:03.1

That is the best of America.

1:05.3

And it doesn't change the fact that Iran has had more success than we would like in shooting down planes. There was a second

1:12.5

plane, the A-10. The first plane was an F-15. This is the A-10 that was shot down, but that pilot,

1:18.9

fortunately, was rescued right away. And what I said on the air was, you know, all Americans

1:25.3

should be grateful. It was kind of an Easter miracle,

1:29.4

but I can't say enough about the courage of people who brought our guy back home. Now,

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