MEDIA BUZZmeter
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?
Latest Episode
Grand Jury Refuses to Re-Indict New York’s Letitia James, Trump’s Top Target, After a Judge Already Threw Out the Case (05.12.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Arrested As Trump Goes on a Pardon Spree
- White House Uses Tabloid to Counterattack on Trump’s Schedule, Even As He Repeatedly Closes His Eyes at Cabinet Meeting
- Donald Trump Called Isolated, Stops Doing Rallies, As He Pardons Ex-Honduran President Serving 45 Years for Drug and Weapons Charges
- Trump Halts Migration from Third World After Guard Shooting, Calls Reporter Stupid, As Fani Willis Case Implodes
- Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': Trump Going After More Political Opponents After Orchestrating Comey Indictment
- Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': How Young Socialist Toppled Andrew Cuomo to Become National Figure in New York Mayor's Race
- Trump Slams N.Y. Times, Calls Female Reporter Ugly, Over Piece on His Aging and Shorter Schedule
- Why Judge Tossed Out Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James, Citing Unconstitutional Appointment of Rookie White House Lawyer
- Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Quit, Pushed Out by Trump, And Now Leads the Breakaway MAGA Forces
- Trump Says He Wants Some Democrats Executed for Saying Soldiers Shouldn’t Follow Illegal Orders
- Comey Case in Trouble As Trump’s Rookie Prosecutor Doesn’t Show Indictment to Most Grand Jurors
- Hill Passes Bill to Release Epstein Files As Trump Entertains Saudi Prince and Rips Reporters
- Larry Summers, “Ashamed,” Withdraws from Public Life Over Humiliating Emails with Jeffrey Epstein
- Trump Flips, Backs Release of Epstein Files Before a Vote He Would Lose in Embarrassing Fashion
- Trump Battling MAGA Base As Epstein Disclosures Overshadow His Economic Plans
- Government Shutdown Ends Amid Furor Over Epstein Emails
- Best of the 'Media Buzz Meter': NBA Scandal, With Coach and Star Player Charged with Illegal Gambling, and Mafia Involvement, Will Taint Sport Forever
- Democrats Livid at Defectors, But Letting the Shutdown Last Another Month Would Have Inflicted More Pain
- Dems Defect on Shutdown As Trump Threatens States Offering Food Stamps to Hungry Families
- Frustrations Mount as Shutdown Prompts Trump Team to Cancel Thousands of Flights
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