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
Trump Battling MAGA Base As Epstein Disclosures Overshadow His Economic Plans (14.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 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
- Democrats Get Big Psychological Boost But Trump Still Holds All the Power
- Huge Win for Democrats, Trump Says It’s Because He Wasn’t on the Ballot
- Trump Endorses Cuomo at 11th Hour, But Does that Help or Hurt in NYC?
- Trump Skips Elections, Democrats Some Struggle, As Republicans Run Against Mamdani
- Trump Resuming Nuclear Testing and Wants “Nuclear Option”—Abolishing Filibuster to End Shutdown
- Trump De-Escalates Trade War with Xi, Praises Him As ‘Great Leader’
- Trump Admits He Can’t Run for a Third Term, After Months of Trolling the Press
- Elon Musk Launches Grokipedia, A Copy of Wikipedia But With a Right-Leaning Slant
- Ben Shapiro Slams Trump Over $630 Million Demand from DOJ As He Teases a Potential Third Term
- NBA Scandal, With Coach and Star Player Charged with Illegal Gambling, and Mafia Involvement, Will Taint Sport Forever
- Trump Defends Total Demolition of East Wing As Jarring Images Constantly Played on Television
- Trump Wants $230 Million in Damages for His Past Investigations, Now Says Will Give It to Charity
- Trump Tears Down Part of White House for His Ballroom, After Promising He Wouldn’t
- Trump Responds to Protests with AI Image Showing the Crowned President Dropping Feces on Crowd
- John Bolton Indictment: Evidence of Classified Documents or Political Payback?
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