Tuesday, April 25th, 2023

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Today's headlines: Tucker Carlson abruptly left his top-rated primetime Fox News show, following Fox settling defamation claims from Dominion Voting Systems. CNN anchor Don Lemon also tweeted that he has been terminated, while CNN refutes his characterization of events. The New York Times reported that the air national guardsman who leaked classified Pentagon documents on Discord shared more sensitive intelligence than previously known. In South Florida, a man shot at Instacart delivery workers who accidentally drove onto his property. Myles Cosgrove, the former Louisville police officer who killed Breonna Taylor, has been rehired as a police officer in Carroll County, Kentucky. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: The Washington Post: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after Dominion lawsuit disclosures The Washington Post: CNN fires longtime host and anchor Don Lemon NY Times: Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known NPR: A South Florida man shot at 2 Instacart delivery workers who went to the wrong house NPR: Louisville officer who killed Breonna Taylor hired by police force in nearby county Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Check out our latest promo codes here: https://betches.com/promos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, April 25th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:05.3	by Becht's media.
0:06.3	I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown
0:10.1	of the headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:14.5	show there is.
0:15.7	Our government.
0:16.7	This episode is brought to you by Thrive Cosmetics, beauty products that are certified 100% vegan, cruelty-free,
0:23.2	without parabens, sulfates, or thalates, all without compromising performance.
0:31.0	Yesterday morning's breaking news revolved around the sudden departure of two major cable
0:35.5	news anchors.
0:36.7	Tucker Carlson is abruptly leaving his top-rated primetime Fox News show, after giving no
0:41.3	indication during his Friday show that he would be leaving.
0:44.7	He was not in his anchor chair last night, meaning that Tucker had no chance to impart
0:48.6	a goodbye grievance message to his proud fanboys.
0:52.0	His departure comes a few days after Fox settled their defamation claims from dominion
0:55.6	voting systems for almost $800 billion.
0:58.8	A process which resulted in a number of Tucker's text messages being made public, that were
1:03.2	quite embarrassing for the network, like saying he didn't believe the 2020 election
1:07.4	fraud claims, and that he passionately hates Donald Trump.
1:11.5	In a similarly shocking announcement that came just moments after Tucker's, CNN anchor
1:16.0	Don Lemon tweeted that he had been informed by his agent that his contract was terminated.
1:20.7	He did not hold back in his statement, saying, quote,
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