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Doyel: IU and Mike Woodson had to part ways. As usual, Woodson was the last to know. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2025/02/07/indiana-basketball-asked-mike-woodson-to-resign-then-told-him-its-over-iu-step-down-retirement-fired/78344378007/

Trump Is Flat-Out Lying About the 60 Minutes Interview With Harris https://reason.com/2025/02/06/trump-is-flat-out-lying-about-the-60-minutes-interview-with-harris/ The Face the Nation promo used the first sentence, while the interview as aired on 60 Minutes used the last sentence. In other words, the latter show's producers were telling the truth when they said they had used the "same question" and the "same answer" but "a different portion of the response." Harris did not come across as especially forthright, articulate, or intelligent in either version, although the one that 60 Minutes showed was a little more concise. This is what Trump thinks (or claims to think) amounted to "a giant Fake News Scam" and "the biggest Broadcasting SCANDAL in History." After Trump sued CBS, the network insisted that "the interview was not doctored" and noted that 60 Minutes "did not hide any part of Vice President Kamala Harris's answer to the question at issue." After all, Trump was aware of this supposed "SCANDAL" only because CBS aired both parts of her response. The full transcript removes any doubt about who is telling the truth in this case and who is just making shit up. Trump's lawsuit claims that CBS "cross[ed] the line from the exercise of judgment in reporting to deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news." Even if that were true, it would not qualify as consumer fraud under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, as the lawsuit asserts, for reasons I explained in detail last week. Trump did not suffer any cognizable damages under that statute, let alone damages amounting to "at least" $10 billion, as he risibly claims. In fact, however, CBS did not engage in "deceitful, deceptive manipulation of news," which means it cannot possibly be guilty of broadcast news distortion, which requires "evidence showing that the broadcast news report was deliberately intended to mislead viewers or listeners." When the FCC rejected that claim last month, Jessica Rosenworcel, its Biden-appointed chairwoman, rightly said "the FCC should not be the President's speech police" or "journalism's censor-in-chief." But her Trump-appointed replacement, Brendan Carr, whose avowed dedication to freedom of speech and freedom of the press is curiously selective, revived the complaint and has indicated that it will figure in the FCC's review of the deal between Paramount and Skydance. Carr's interest in reconsidering the frivolous complaint against CBS in this context is a chilling illustration of how executive power can be abused in service of the president's personal vendettas. It helps explain why Paramount is keen to appease Trump by settling his laughable lawsuit, which CBS accurately described as "completely without merit." The FCC complaint is equally groundless. As Nathan Simington, another Trump-appointed FCC commissioner, noted in October, "broadcast news distortion is an extraordinarily narrow complaint category." He added that "CBS could easily remove the predicate for any further discussion by releasing the transcript" of the Harris interview. Carr himself said something similar around the same time. "In my view," he told Glenn Beck, "the best way forward" would be to "release the transcript," which would mean "there's no reason to have this before the FCC." Now that CBS has released the transcript, it should be obvious to Carr that 60 Minutes did nothing close to intentional misrepresentation or deliberate distortion of the news. But in truth, there was "no reason to have this before the FCC" at all. Based on the constitutionally dubious distinction between broadcast journalism and journalism in every other medium, the commission is second-guessing editorial judgments that are indisputably protected by the First Amendment, even when they are sloppy, mistaken, irresponsible, or unethical—none of which is true in this case. The FCC is scrutinizing CBS at the behest of a vindictive president who reflexively alleges nonexistent torts, crimes, or regulatory violations based on news coverage he views as unfair to him. Trump's petty, wildly hyperbolic grievances do not deserve a respectful hearing from any rational person, let alone from a government agency with the power to punish news outlets for journalism that irks him. Trump is the world's biggest narcissist, bar none.

That's a Mike Ditka quote, chief. In regards to George Halas and how he ran his team. And yes, worm food.

The Bears Matriarch has passed away: https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/02/06/virginia-mccaskey-bears-obit-dies-102-halas

The city of Frankfort says welcome to the club.

? Looks like I have forum fan/stalker.

Go Wildkats.

I'm too old for that crap. A youngling like yourself would do a bang up job: https://www.applitrack.com/wabash/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackPostingSearch=location:"Frankfort+High+School"

Most likely. The former head coach recently turned in his resignation as a teacher in the school corporation, and I have heard zero concerning the hiring of a new head coach. Who would really want this job?

Here is a powerhouse schedule for a supposed "4A" school:

Oh, I agree on the capitalizing on their recent success. Don't just call an fee/surcharge a "donation" where it's clear it is not. Just rubs me as being dishonest.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/02/02/indiana-football-is-introducing-personal-seat-donations-for-2025-to-drive-revenue/77931932007/?tbref=hp Sorry, if something, say the paying of monies, is now mandatory in order to receive a good/service it no longer a donation. Stop pussyfooting around and call it what it is, a 'good seat' fee or surcharge.

Once a gold standard, Michigan football's response to NCAA violations shows it's just a common cheat https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2025/01/30/michigan-ncaa-allegations-response-sherrone-moore-jim-harbaugh-connor-stalions/78053836007/?tbref=hp How sad for the Champions of the West.

Good luck. Could be tough following a legend, especially one who was forced out by the Sheridan administration.

Good question. The latest description of a Colts lease agreement I could quickly find was from 2005: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/colts-stadium-deal-who-gets-what/531-7af19a1b-d9bd-4160-b152-325649ab4da3 I would suspect any newer lease agreements to have similar wording. And I really don't care about the NBA, and this is the best I could quickly find regarding the Pacers latest deal with the Indianapolis CIB: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26507246/pacers-reach-deal-keep-team-indianapolis

I have some nice 18+ Lego sets I got for Christmas that need built. I can do that while listening to old episodes of Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell.

Here is a section of an ACTIVE union teacher's contract in the state of Michigan. Forgive me if I think the standard should be a bit higher:

I'm not watching the game, but hope the Eagles win. If for no other reason it would allow Mr. Barkley to get a Super Bowl win after wasting all those years playing for crappy Giants teams.

I subscribe to to the NFL is rigged and the officials are in on it narrative. And it currently because of two words: Taylor Swift. https://www.sportico.com/personalities/people/2024/taylor-swift-effect-nfl-attendance-girls-social-marketing-1234798352/

Google "AI" to rescue:

Yep. That incident truly showed what a whiny bully Kelce is. He loves to try and intimidate those smaller than him but when somebody his size or larger shows up he becomes a big pussy.

As long as their is zero public money involved. Good luck.................

Yes. And the whiny little bitches that are Patrick Mahomes and Tavis Kelce.

If the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl I will not be watching.