#57 - John Boruk: THE STATE OF TV MEDIA & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; THE POLITICIAN PROBLEM IN AMERICA; SPORTS & POLITICS; JOHN'S EXIT FROM CSNPHILLY

John Boruk is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning broadcast anchor. Most notably, he spent 13 years at Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia where he served in various roles including: lead anchor, beat reporter, and writer.

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3:42 - How money changes athletes; Tom Brady, Kobe, & “The Thing”

14:02 - The state of TV Sports Media; Bing on TV in an online world; The conflict of interests in media; Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s relationship with the Philadelphia sports teams; That time Michael Barkann went in on then Flyers owner, Ed Snyder; The Incentive in media to “move up”

33:20 - John tells a wild Detroit story; Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s pardon from Trump

44:04 - John discusses covering the George Floyd protests in June 2020; Cops vs. Politicians in societal issues; What Occupy Wall Street & The Tea Party tried to tell everyone; The failure of the 2 Party System

1:00:43 - Second Amendment; The CIA, NSA, FBI & their scope of power; Edward Snowden’s warning to everyone

1:17:16 - Discussing past presidents; “People vote with their wallets”; Victims in society

1:34:50 - The Hope and purpose crisis; Fear of failure or thrive on perfection?; Amazon vs. The Government;  Section 230 & Tech Companies

1:50:29 - Daryl Morey & the Hong Kong Controversy; The NBA’s relationship with China; How the media sells catastrophe in exchange for emotion

2:10:32 - The state of politics in sports; Colin Kaepernick; The extremist ideologies that permeate the two political factions of society today; Protecting unpopular speech due to the slippery slope implications; Revisiting the Capitol Riot on January 6

2:31:38 - John’s exit from CSNPhilly and how it all went down; “I like to tell great stories”; What’s next for John

2:45:54 - The power of building your own platform; John talks about a story he covered that was pulled before airing
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