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It's the media buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.

So the New York Knickerbockers, after a nine-day layoff, looked rusty and missing all kinds of shots against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first game of their NBA conference final series.

And in the fourth quarter, the Knicks were trailing by

22 points. And I, to my everlasting embarrassment and shame, turned off the game and went to sleep.

Because I have to get up early to do the podcast, etc. Wake up this morning, the Knicks mounted

some furious comeback, got the game to overtime, wiped, et cetera. Wake up this morning, the Knicks mounted some furious comeback,

got the game to overtime, wiped out the calves in overtime,

and took game on at Madison Square Garden.

I mean, that is miraculous.

I wouldn't think it was possible to make up that much ground

in that short period of time.

So Madison Square Garden was rocking. Joe Biden may be a little tired

of seeing all these stories about how the party has forgotten him and has moved on and he's kind of a

non-person because he gave an interview to USA Today. You know, could you have won re-election?

It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes, Biden said.

He talked about some polling he had reviewed.

It wasn't specific about that.

Listen, he was trailing badly when he got out of the race.

Kamala Harris did better than he would have

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