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Ouch. A very heated exchange between Joy and Meghan at the end this clip, with Whoopi cutting to an early commercial break because things got so nasty. Shades of Rosie and Hasselbeck.

“Into the Night” (and its video) is super creepy, though, even if it’s a great vocal performance. That said, I don’t really hear it that much anymore.

ESPN has given up on tennis, yeah. The season is over, and perhaps outlets simply don’t care if it’s not about a name like Federer or Serena? I know Wertheim won’t cover it for SI because of his TC employment. Still, it’s a bad look for journalists to not even seriously engage the story.

You’d think the current cultural climate would force TC’s hand on this, as more powerful people have been fired for less recently. But Sinclair owns TC, so you never know.

This thread is a good response to that:

Saw this re: the Kesha/Dr. Luke case:

This is getting ridiculous. Why is the Telegraph the only major outlet covering this story? They’ve had a steady stream of information, a lot of it publicly available. Ben Rothenberg says that the NYT assigned it to another reporter, but nada on any of the recent developments. Unless they are planning a bigger piece requiring further research, this is gobsmacking.

Next up, Neil DeGrasse Tyson:

Updated with statement Why is the Telegraph the only major outlet other than the initial LAT report to really cover this? Tennis journalism continues to disappoint.

Wow.