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The Press Box

Trump's "Lies," the Strange Case of Ali Watkins, and Stephen A. Smith | The Press Box (Ep. 484)

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker sit down to sift through the blame game regarding children being separated from their parents at the border and how the media writes about "lies" (04:15), the Justice Department seizing 'New York Times' reporter Ali Watkins's emails and cell phone data (14:00), the recent profile of ESPN's Stephen A. Smith in 'The New Yorker' (28:00), and how the media handles celebrity suicide (37:00). Credits: Hosted by: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Produced by: Jim Cunningham Brought to you by: The Ringer Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This summer there is a huge soccer tournament, David, and if you are watching this weekend,

0:05.1

you might have seen Iceland come out with a one-one draw against Argentina.

0:11.6

So the U.S. men's team didn't make it.

0:14.4

But Iceland did, and I can see all this fandom transferring from the American team now with

0:19.9

a draw under their belt to Iceland.

0:21.9

So you can't cheer for the U.S. we must raise a glass of Reka vodka and cheer for

0:26.8

Iceland. Go to reka.com, r-e-y-k-a.com to get team Iceland gear and find a viewing party

0:33.3

near you.

0:34.7

Real fans drink responsibly. That's Reka vodka, 40% alcohol by volume 80 proof, distilled from

0:40.1

grain copyright 2018, William Grant and sons, New York, New York.

0:47.8

David, we learned this week that after 27 years, that landmark of 90s culture, the Jerry

0:55.5

Springer show may come to an end. What I want to know is, what was your favorite memory

1:02.1

of watching Springer?

1:04.1

Oh, man. It did so much of my, so much of, so many of my formative years were just filled

1:11.6

with Springer.

1:12.6

Yeah, specifically like three o'clock on a weekday for a lot of years.

1:16.6

It was timed perfectly for like a college kid to get out of class before you go to the

1:21.5

dining hall to come back and just like, you never turn it on.

1:25.2

It's just like on in the dorm.

1:27.4

Just a seemingly eternal way on.

1:29.2

I'm scrolling through right now and just like, I'm just the names of YouTube videos are

1:33.2

enough to keep me, I mean enough to like, I'm going to spend the rest of the day doing

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