MEDIA BUZZmeter
FOX News Podcasts
Howie Kurtz picks five stories from the most important, to the most entertaining, to the buzziest. And, he will sound off on what they tell us about the media culture: Are they fair, fascinating or a flop?
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Dec 30, 2025 • 28min
Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': I Knew Rob Reiner. Why the Tragedy Has Us Feeling His Loss So Acutely
This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on December 16th, 2025… Howie Kurtz on the ongoing investigation into the stabbing death of Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele, the antisemitic attack in Australia, and the investigation into the widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer funds intended for Somali children in Minnesota.
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Dec 29, 2025 • 34min
Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': Supremes Leaning Toward Unchecked Trump Power Over Independent Agencies
This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on December 10th, 2025 …Howie Kurtz on President Trump's recent rally despite media criticism of his health, the release of records related to the Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein investigation, and Netflix's $72 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Dec 26, 2025 • 24min
Best of the 'MediaBuzz Meter': Trump Insists Any Warner Bros. Deal Include New Owner for CNN
This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on December 11th, 2025… Howie Kurtz on the growing speculation of the potential departure of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix, and the U.S. seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
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Dec 25, 2025 • 30min
Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': Netflix Wins Melodrama for Warner Brothers Discovery But Trump Says He’ll Intervene
This 'Media Buzz Meter' first aired on December 8th, 2025… Howie Kurtz on President Trump weighing in on Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Marjorie Taylor Greene advocating for the release of Epstein files and her disagreement with President Trump on the issue, and the dismissal of journalist Olivia Nuzzi from Vanity Fair.
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Dec 24, 2025 • 34min
Trump Trashes Stephen Colbert as Dead Man Walking, Says CBS, ABC and NBC Should Lose Their Licenses
Howie Kurtz on newly released Epstein emails making some serious accusations toward President Trump, SCOTUS ruling that the President cannot deploy the national guard to Chicago, and the latest in the drama over newly appointed CBS Editor-in-Chief pulling a segment about brutal conditions in an El Salvador prison used to house illegal immigrants.
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Dec 23, 2025 • 39min
The ‘60 Minutes’ Segment That Was Yanked at Last Minute: Totally One-Sided and Anti-Trump
Howie Kurtz on '60 Minutes' pulling a story about President Trump's deportation policy at the last minute, the appointment of a special US envoy to Greenland, and Uber's background check practices and the incidents of sexual assault by Uber drivers.
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Dec 22, 2025 • 34min
A Media Explosion as Bari Weiss Pulls a 60 Minutes Story on Trump and Deportation Just Before Airtime
Howie Kurtz on '60 Minutes' pulling a story about President Trump's deportation policy at the last minute, the release of new photos and documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, and MAGA infighting erupts at Turning Point USA's convention.
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Dec 19, 2025 • 33min
Trump Sticks His Name on Kennedy Center, But Only Congress Can Make the Change
Howie Kurtz on the extremely low approval rating of the Democrat Party and the decision by the DNC not to release an autopsy report on the 2024 election, Dan Bongino resigning as FBI Deputy Director after only 9 months on the job, and the conviction of a federal judge in Wisconsin for obstructing the arrest of an illegal immigrant.
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Dec 18, 2025 • 34min
Trump Insists Economy is Great in Cheerleading Speech, Media Slam False and Exaggerated Claims
Howie Kurtz on President Trump’s address to the nation, House Republicans offering an alternative to Obamacare, and Secretary RFK Jr. terminating grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics over federal vaccine policy disagreements.
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Dec 17, 2025 • 33min
Huge Backlash Against Susie Wiles Over Blistering Vanity Fair Interview, But Trump Gives Her a Pass
Howie Kurtz on President Trump's controversial comments about the tragic death of Rob Reiner and his wife, the passing of Norman Podhoretz, a prominent neoconservative thinker and writer, and the FDA's expanded approval of a drug aimed at boosting female libido.
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