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MEDIA BUZZmeter

U.S. Attacks Iranian Ship As Shaky Ceasefire Blows Up and Murderous Dictators Say They’re Nowhere Near a Deal

MEDIA BUZZmeter

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4.1582 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Howie Kurtz on the breakdown of the Iran ceasefire following the seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, the Department of Justice’s removal of a lead prosecutor in the investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, and the recent surge of AI-generated pro-Trump influencers on TikTok and social media.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5

It's the media buzz meter with Howard Kurtz.

0:36.8

The news out of Iran in the last 48 hours has not been good.

0:40.9

I don't even know if you can call it a ceasefire anymore.

0:44.6

It looks like we're back to war.

0:47.0

And in fact, oil prices have shot up today a clear indication that after the record breaking stock market highs, investors at least are now

0:57.2

not convinced that this war is ending anytime soon. So story number one, American force is actually

1:05.3

seizing an Iranian flag cargo ship. You know, you have this double blockade going on. Despite the agreement

1:12.7

to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranians have closed it because they don't like the fact

1:19.6

that the United States is blockading Iranian ports. And so when the announcement came yesterday from Donald Trump that American

1:32.0

forces have seized an Iranian flag cargo ship after a charge to bypass the U.S. blockade,

1:40.2

you can see why that was not very good news. And so there were multiple warnings to this ship to stop.

1:50.0

The ship ignored those warnings.

1:53.0

And what the Marines did was to disable the ship by blowing a hole in its engine room.

1:59.0

The kind of thing you'd do, yes, in wartime.

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