Trump’s Fox News Campaign, Beat Writing in the Bubble, and Ben Widdicombe on Gossip

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Trump gave two speeches during July 4 weekend, and Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss how Trump's reelection campaign and how Fox News is involved (2:10). Next, Curtis and Shoemaker take a look at what sports beat writing looks like in the age of COVID-19 (20:00). Ben Widdicombe, author and former writer for the New York Post’s Page Six and TMZ, joins to discuss his career as a gossip columnist (32:50). Plus: the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the ringer, I'm Tyler Aratoms.
0:04.5	When I spoke to NFL star Cam Newton in January, his mindset was clear.
0:09.6	I'm my whole career to being in a Charlotte.
0:12.8	Cam won't be getting that wish.
0:14.6	He was released by the Carolina Panthers in March.
0:17.8	Cam is a complex figure, and my interest in him goes far beyond his exuberant smile and transcendent style of play.
0:24.9	Cam broke the glass seal in American athletics,
0:28.2	a sentence to a place in the sport that few black quarterbacks have ever reached.
0:32.6	Making his fall that much more dramatic.
0:37.7	Over the past year, I've traveled the country speaking to coaches and teammates, friends and family, reporters,
0:43.6	and even briefly to the man himself, trying to unravel the enigma that is Cam Newton.
0:50.1	I'm covered contradictions at every turn.
0:52.6	How can the hardest work on the team be depicted as a bad leader?
0:56.3	And how can a franchise icon, with the NFL MVP and Super Bowl appearance on his resume,
1:01.7	be so abruptly cast aside?
1:05.3	The ringer NFL show presents the Cam Chronicles, the series premieres Monday, July 13th.
1:27.2	Hello media consumers.
1:29.8	You've got the press box.
1:31.0	Brian Curtis, a David Schumaker of the ringer here.
1:33.9	We got a lot of fun stuff for you today.
1:35.8	We'll take an early glimpse at what sports beat riding looks like in the age of COVID-19.
1:41.4	How does standing six to eight feet away from athletes change the texture of sports riding?
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