May 11, 2024 • 34 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – Thoughts on USC’s decision to share a redacted copy of USC’s silenced valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s commencement speech AND Elon Musk’s belief that the 2024 election will be the last one that’s ‘actually decided by US citizens’…PLUS – Remembrances of longtime KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, who has passed at the age of 64 - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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It's later with Mo Kelly. It'sFriday. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app. It's named that movie calledClassic Evening, and yes, we're going
to get into it in the nineo'clock hour, and it's all about Mother's
out there. Mom's Mother's Day weekend. You know how we do it.
It was graduation day. It wasprom day for some, but also graduation
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day. USC you see, hadsome thirty different graduations today as most of
their classes, excuse me, mostof their schools and classes had their graduations
at the coliseum as opposed to onthe campus proper. And if you wonder,
well what happened to their valedictorian?Was there any acknowledgment of her?
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Yes, and no, it wasweird. Get this? Her speech was
published by the Edinburgh Media and theDaily Trojan. Well kind of sort of
quote. The speech is published aswas written and shared by Tobosan. Edinburgh
Media and the Daily Trojan did notwrite, edit or change the speech or
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its presentation. That was what wassaid. But if you actually looked at
what was posted it quote it ismy honor to stand before you today as
your valedictorian. I am filled withgratitude to have the privilege of which was
followed by ten paragraphs of redactions.Ten they said they didn't edit it,
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they didn't change it when they postedit, but they were ten paragraphs which
were redacted, and then it endedwith congratulations class from twenty twenty four,
Thank you. If you really wantedto have her present her valedictorian speech or
post it in the way that itwas meant to be presented, then have
her read it either on stage orhave her read it videotape it. You
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would know in advance that wouldn't beany type of curve balls, And then
you could have posted it on socialmedia. If you were trying to split
the baby to have it both waysto satisfy those who wanted to hear her
voice on graduation day, you wouldhave her delivering the speech if you will,
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and it'll be available on social media. Everyone can see it, and
everyone could know that you overreacted forno reason but to post the speech and
redact ten paragraphs. That's adding insultto insult to insult to injury. Were
you trying to make the point uscthat there were some objectionable things in it
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that you did not feel comfortable withor were you trying to make the point
that USC was heavy handed and stilldid not want you Annenberg Media of USC
to post a speech. I'm curious. I'm not sure what point you are
trying to make, because it seemsto me that USC you're stepping into it
again. You're giving yourself another reasonto be roundly criticized when the controversy should
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be over. You made the decisionwe could have two weeks ago. You
know that you've already pulled the rugout from under asthma tabasm. She doesn't
get the opportunity to actually deliver herspeech. You want to add inso to
injury and say, oh, we'regoing to post your speech with ten paragraphs
for a dacted. Now. Idon't know how long that speech was,
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but you take ten paragraphs out ofany speech, that's about three or four
pages. I'm guestimating three or fourpages. Are you hoping to satisfy?
Who were you hoping to piss off? Who were you hoping to appease?
What point were you trying to make? You could have allowed her the opportunity,
and I don't know why she didn'tdo it on her personal social media,
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but that's for her to say ornot to say. But you took
it upon yourself to post her speech. Had the dirty nerve to say.
We didn't change it or edit it. We just blocked out ten paragraphs of
it. Who are you trying tofool? What point are you trying to
make? I don't get it.I don't get it at all. And
I remember when I graduated many manymany years ago. It was an important
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day. When you're twenty one,twenty two, you think it is the
whole world. You think that thereis nothing more important than graduation, be
at high school, be at college, whatever, it's a really important day.
I thought USC was wrong at howthey handled it. They said that
they prevented her from speaking solely outof safety concerns, safety concerns that to
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this day we have no idea whatthey are. They didn't even throw out
a theory, some sort of ideaof what could have gone wrong with They
were worried about preventing and it seemslike they were just making an example out
of her. And then they camebehind it, as you remember, and
said, well, we're not goingto allow any other speakers. And those
other speakers were filmmaker John Chew.He was supposed to be a commencement speaker,
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the main commencement speaker. Honorary degreeswere expected to be presented to Chew,
National and Dominant for the Arts ChairMaria Rosario, Jackson Tennis legend Billy
Jean King, and National Academy ofSciences President Marcia McNutt. All those people
were scheduled to speak. None ofthem did, and it would leave a
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bad taste in my mouth if Iwent to USC, It would really leave
a bad taste in my mouth becauseI know having that graduation ceremony or some
semblance of it at the Coliseum wasnot what I signed up for as a
student. I know I didn't signup for that. As a valedictorian.
I worked all those years, didall that work, and I finished at
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the top of my class, andI'm supposed to be valedictorian. It's supposed
to be my moment, my day, and you know what, I only
get one tenth of it for reasonswhich had nothing to do with me,
not anything I actually did, somenonspecific fears over safety which were never even
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acknowledged publicly. But here was hermoment as Toperson, as we'll graduate with
a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering, molecular and cellular engineering and a minor
resistance to genocide. Kind of smart, kind of smart. And you notice
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she has had not one mumbling wordto say out of all this. She
has been above it all. Ifthere's someone to find fault with, it's
not her. She has done nothingto escalate this. She has said nothing
about the university to my knowledge.She may have made a comment when they
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first let her know that she wouldn'tbe able to speak, but she has
been the adult in the room.Okay, so they did censure the university
president and the provost that that thatthat's not a good enough consolation prize.
USC messed this up. They gotit wrong, and they can't make it
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right. All they can do nowis hope that they don't make it worse
in the coming days. Oh,very quickly, before we go to break
to all, I'm gonna put yourbusiness out there. Someone had prompt tonight.
Right Oh yeah, yeahed, oh'sthe problem? Right? No?
No, no, yeah, no, our son Mason, today's prom day
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and it has been a long,long day already, just running around getting
his hair done. Right, Yes, wait, day. The guys are
getting their hair done. Now lookhe had look because his mother braided his
hair, and it is beautiful.I just posted on my Facebook page some
prom picks. His hairstyle is justabsolutely stunning. His suit and I looked
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at all the suits that were there. Everyone has the classic black. He
showed up in this royal money greenjust absolutely beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Wait,
and also it's a Friday. Isthat new that they're doing proms on
Friday? I don't remember prom beingon Friday. I don't remember that at
all. Jehan, was your problemon a Friday? I was gonna say,
yeah, mine was on Saturday.Yeah, most of them. Even
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at the shop when we were pickingup the suit and the guys there there
saying, okay, so your prommis a Saturday. Your promise Sunday,
Sunday, bring it back Monday.Yeah, there are some people we got
a Sunday. So I don't know. Maybe maybe they're trying to break it
up. I have no idea.Your high school prom always a Saturday.
Mine was all. I didn't goto my problem, but my schools was
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always on a Saturday. Yeah,we had Stadies Hawkins on Fridays. We
had Sadie Hawkins on a Saturday.Didn't go to that either. Yeah,
Ronna, good evening. Hello Mo. You don't seem like the prom type.
But no, I went, ohyou did? Yeah? What day?
I don't remember the day, butI can tell you nobody did my
hair. It seems kind of low. It's low like my whole life.
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Sharp as his last name. Hewas clean. I want to see pictures.
You haven't shown us any pictures,he said, he posted him.
We know how to find him.I want him to stand with me like
like a friend. And I showedme the pot. I will come in
and show you the photos. Asa proud father, I will show them
all. You just go to mycorporate social media page and you can see
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he doesn't have a corporate social mediapage. He has a personal social media
Okay, okay, all right,this Later with Moke Kelly. Hey,
if I aim Since forty, we'relive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and we
have an LA City Council update.Should be unsurprising, but it's worth noting.
You're listening to Later with Moe Kellyon demand from KFI AM six forty.
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And I always feel like I needto say this because people always get
the wrong idea. They make theseassumptions, they say things which are patently
untrue regarding me. So let mejust reset. I am a registered independent.
I vote for both parties. Ivote for Republicans, I vote for
Democrats. I believe in right andwrong, not right and left. I
do have my pet political issues.I don't tell people how to vote.
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You can vote for whomever you want. I do not give a damn.
But at the same time, donot try to tell me who I need
to vote for or why I shouldvote for this, that or the other.
You have never ever heard a showin which I said, Hey,
I think you should vote for this. Hey I need you to vote for
that. Hey, why is ityou have never heard that from me?
I say that because this is goingto speak to that. LA City Council
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members Current Price and Kevin dal Leone. They are back on several of the
committees they held before they got themselvesinto hot water. Current Price had stepped
down from his committees. I thinkwas back in June. Why, oh,
I don't know, had something todo with being charged with embezzlement,
perjury, and conflict of interest.Current Price says he's innocent, and he
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is. He is legally innocent.Unless he is convicted in a court of
law. He is presumed innocent.That is not untrue. Kevin deal leone,
he was never accused of any crime, but he was removed from his
committees back in twenty twenty two.You probably heard about that secretly recorded conversation.
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He had a whole bunch of racistremarks. Was not cool, not
cool at all. But he wassuccessfully re elected. He was re elected
by the people who supported him.We don't have to like him, We
don't have to like anything he's done. He was re elected. People did
decide. But I have been takingin media in a general sense. I've
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been listening to what has been saidon various outlets, have been watching what
has been said on various outlets,and it's strange to me because people are
upsetified. Oh my gosh, howcould Kevin DLive one? Why is it
this person is still in office,or why is it they got their committees
see to back. It's like,well, are we going to be consistent?
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Are we upset that these two particularpoliticians and elected officials haven't resigned or
allowed to sit on committees or resumetheir duties, or are we upset about
all of them? Are we onlyupset about Current Price because he is accused
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and charged, or are we alsogoing to be upset about anyone else who's
accused in charge. I'm asking youa very simple question, because if it's
going to come down to, well, I believe so and so is innocent,
and I believe so and so isguilty, or I believe that's a
political prosecution, but that one that'sa real one, then I can't have
a conversation with you. I can'ttake you seriously. I can't because you're
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unprincipled. I need you to beconsistent. If the dividing line is someone
accused of a crime, someone chargedwith a felony, someone betraying the public
trust, someone who's been lying tothe public, then I don't care if
that person is a Democrat or Republican. I do not care if that person
is a member of city council oras a former president. Either we have
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rules and expectations and a standard,or we don't. I can't get upset
about Kevin dal Leone and Current Pricefor whatever reason and not get upset about
Donald Trump. In my mind,it's the same thing. Now, we
may have different views of the specificcrimes in which they may be accused of
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which to charge with, But ifwe are supposedly holding our officials to a
higher standard of behavior, then thereshould be no distinction made. If you're
only talking about one set of politicians, if we're only going to talk about
Congressman Queller who recently got indicted,and we're not going to talk about the
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guy who's on trial right now forthe hush money, then I can't take
you seriously. I can't I personallyhold elected officials to a higher standard in
the way I hold I would say, preachers and people of a clergy to
a higher standard because they represent usand we entrust with them more, I
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then expect more of them. Iexpect more of them as people. I
know we're all soluble. I knowthat we're all cracked vessels. I know
that we all fall short. Butthe person who's working the fries and the
person who's president of the United States, or the person who's going to be
head of the PTA, or theperson who's the president of the La City
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Council, they're not all the same. They are not all the same.
Higher job, higher responsibility. Iwould say a loftier set of ethics,
morals, and values are required.If you're mad today that current Price and
Kevin de le Owner are back onseveral committees where you better be mad about
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everyone engaging in either allegedly criminal behavioror allegedly racist behavior, or allegedly unacceptable
behavior. Either it is or itisn't. If it's only the people in
the party you don't like, Ican't take you seriously and I can't have
a serious conversation with you because you'rejust talking politics. I talk about politics.
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I don't love politics, know andI mean this sincerely. I don't
emotionally invest myself in any of this. If Donald Trump becomes president, that
will be the decision of the Americanpeople with respect to the electoral college system.
And I put that addendum in therebecause he can still become president and
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not win the popular vote. Sowith respect to the electoral college system,
the people who re elected Kevin dalLeone, that's the choice that they made.
I don't have to I have toaccept it, but I don't have
to necessarily support it. And justbecause someone is elected, it does not
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justify their behavior. It does notjustify their acts. It does not in
any way absolve them of anything inwhich they may have been accused of.
Either we believe in the justice systemor we do not. I have all
sorts of criticisms and critiques of thejustice system, but I'm not going to
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say, oh, my goodness,the LA City Council, they have all
these criminals, they've been charged withall these crimes, from a Current Price
to Mark Ridley Thomas to Mitch Englandor Oh but but you know, Donald
Trump, that's all political. That'sa witch hunt. None of that's real.
That's all politics. Can't have itboth ways. Cannot have it both
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ways. And what I mean bythat is we're all still talking about both
federal crimes and local crimes allegedly,either that it matters or it does not.
I'm not going to cry any tearsabout Kevin dal Leone and Current Price
if you're not gonna will also dropsome tears because of Donald Trump. If
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it's a witch hunt over there,it's a witch hunt over here. I
just need you to make a decision. I'm not gonna lose any sleep either
way. But I just noticed Ionly hear just about certain people like I'm
stupid or something. Wait a minute, wait, wait, okay, So
this person charged with embezzled or briberyor fraud, that's real on the basis
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and strength of the allegations alone.But that person, it's all a witch
hunt because you like that. Dude. Let me just say it again.
I was born at night, butnot last night. You're listening to Later
with Moe Kelly on demand from KFIAM six forty. Elon Musk is a
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polarizing individual, but he's also apowerful individual. He has a lot to
say on a number of items.We may talk about him here on Later
with Mo Kelly. He is atransformative individual. If you look at his
contributions to science, love him orloathe him, you can't talk about him
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and not also include his contributions,be it Tesla, be it SpaceX,
or be it his contributions to thelarger conversations going on in America and around
the world. You know, hepurchased Twitter for forty four billion dollars and
in the time I think it's maybemaybe two years mark two years since he's
had it, something like that.He's in the two years that he's had
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Twitter, he's transformed it into apersonal megaphone. Not the free speech,
air quotes public square that he promised, but a megaphone in which to broadcast
his personal, professional, and politicalopinions. Not that there's anything wrong with
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that, but it's fair to discussit, and it's fair to characterize it
as such. Elon Musk spent fortyfour billion dollars changed the algorithms of Twitter.
It's been widely reported, reported,and he admitted as much. To
feature his tweets slash ex posts tomake sure that more people see them manipulating
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the algorithms. That's why it's amegaphone. This is not organic in nature.
He wants to feature his thoughts,his opinions and make sure that they're
seen and read by as many peopleas possible. Here's what Elon Musk had
to say most recently, and itbears mentioning and commentary. He has claimed
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that the twenty twenty four presidential electioncoming up in about six months fewer than
six months, would likely be thelast to be decided by US citizens.
What he means is that future electionswill be determined and decided by illegal immigrants
being allowed to vote. He hasno evidence to support that, but that
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is what he believes, and thatis what he's using his megaphone to say.
And he's couching his remarks surrounding abill that was voted down in the
House. Quote unanimous Democrat opposition torequiring citizenship for apportionment of House seats and
presidential electoral college votes. Says itall close. Quote well, the electoral
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college has to do with actual states. That's the first part. The House
presently is controlled by Republicans. TheRepublicans do not need one vote from Democrats,
not one, to pass anything theywant in the House. If something
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does not pass, it's because thereis not unanimous say it with me Republican
support. Be it saving a speakerof the House, be it passing a
bill, anything, that's the wholepoint of having the speaker of the House.
That means that your party has themajority. The Republicans have the majority.
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Anything they want to pass they canpass. Doesn't mean you'll pass the
Senate. But as far as theHouse goes, they don't even have unanimous
Republican support. He goes on,quote the Democratic Party goal is to disenfranchise
US citizens by importing as many illegalimmigrants as possible. Given the massive influx
of illegals from every country on Earth, twenty twenty four will probably be the
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last election actually decided by US citizens. Close quote. I'm just going to
speak to my experience as far asmy friends, specifically in the Hispanic and
Latino community. That's not the same, if you know what you're talking about,
it's not the same Hispanic and Latinocommunity. Some of them were born
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in other countries. Some of themgot their citizenship later. Some of them
are not citizens, and they're fromdifferent countries. Guatemala, El Salvador,
Mexico, obviously, Venezuela, Cuba. It's a large sampling. And I've
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yet to meet one person one ofthat group who was an illegal immigrant who
desired to vote illegally. Not aone. Let's say I was wrong and
they were all lying. There's nota multitude, plurality majority of them who
want to would risk imprisonment to Andlet's not forget remember that I was talking
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about the low turnout during the primaries, some eighteen percent. How are we
supposedly worried about elections when we don'teven vote, We don't even turn out
to vote, we don't even getour ass out of the chair and go
to the polls or put in ourmail in ballot. Eighteen to twenty percent
are voting. And Elon Musk issaying that our elections are going to be
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be decided by illegal immigrants when wedon't even vote, and there's no even
evidence to support the idea as racistas it is, the idea that illegals
are voting and mass in numbers whichare going to swing elections, having nothing
to do with how our elections actuallywork. If you want to talk about
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the states which have the most illegalimmigrants, did you know that former President
Trump lost California by some three millionvotes? Is that what they call a
swing state? Is that a battlegroundstate? What are we talking about here?
Texas is solidly read. Is thata battleground state? We're talking about
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border states. It's a dishonesty inour discourse. Let me get back to
Elon Musks before I go to break. Elon Musk is fine to do whatever
he wants with his platform, butlet's view it through the proper prism.
He is using Twitter slash x asa megaphone because he wants to impart his
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personal politics on all of us.And if people like his politics, then
they like him. But they areinaccurate. They are they are obviously impolitic,
they are factually inaccurate. They arewrong when he says that illegal immigrants
are going to decide elections after twentytwenty four, when citizens don't even want
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to decide elections in twenty twenty four. And I would bet the people who
are concerned about illegal immigrants voting,I would say sixty five percent of them
didn't even vote. It's Later withMo Kelly caff I AM six forty five
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Andwhen we come back, we're going to
say goodbye to an industry legend,Sam Rubin, you know, at this
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point has passed unexpectedly at the ageof sixty four, and we'll have thoughts
about his passing, his impact,and his legacy. You're listening to Later
with Moe Kelly on demand from KFIAM six forty And I was driving into
work today, got a text message, and I can have my text messages
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read through my bluetooth, so it'snot like I have to look at my
phone. They're read audibly. Thatwas from Talla Shark. He said,
Moe, we have to talk aboutSam Rubin today. I said, what
are you talking about? What happened? Because I didn't know at that point
that he had passed. I didnot get the message. And he told
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me that he had passed, andI was taken him back because if you've
lived well, I look at producerKeianna Kennon, she is not even old
enough to remember the fullness of SamRuben's career. Sam Ruben started at KTLA
before you were born. I thinkStephan with maybe barely born. I had
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remember him. Okay, how oldare you? Thirty five? Okay,
well he was here in ninety one, all right, so just barely,
just barely. And I had runinto Sam Rubin, who actually when I
was in college, predating his timehere at KTLA, he was doing this
show called Fox Personalities. He wasinterviewing Jesse Jackson and I and I ran
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into him then decades ago. Hehas been a staple of Los Angeles entertainment
for more than thirty years. Inthis business, when someone has that type
of longevity, that means people trusthim, people think about him as a
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family member in many ways, becausethat person is on TV in their homes
day after day after day, weekafter week, month and year, decade
after decade, we feel that weknow him, even though we may not
actually know him personally. And SamRubin was legend in this business. He
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was a legend in Los Angeles.And to get to news that he had
passed suddenly, TMZ had reported thathe passed due to a heart attack,
which says to me, well,it speaks to me on three levels.
Personally, it's another painful reminder thattomorrow is not promised. I don't know
about Sam Rubin's health in the precedingweeks or months, but I don't know
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of any indication that he was havingissues or there was declining health. And
from the news coverage it's been ashock to just about everyone. Personally,
I'm reminded tomorrow's not promise. Professionally, there is a great loss because working
in this business of entertainment, thereis a level of camaraderie that's hard to
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explain. We run in the samecircles, we know the same people,
we talk about the same things,we come across each other at all the
same events, and so there's aprofessional loss there as well. And there's
a void which is not going tobe filled because Sam Ruben was a giant
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and this clip I want to playfor you is part part of the KTLA
coverage which has been going on allnight long. They haven't discussed anything but
Sam Rubin, and I think that'sappropriate. But Karean Winter, one of
the news personalities over at KTLA,she says it best where it's one thing
to talk about the news, it'sanother thing to talk about the news of
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a colleague who's passing. And thenthere was the more formal remembrance of Sam
Ruben by KTLA. Listen to this. Gene is doing his reporting Korean.
You've been talking to people right outsideof the station here. Kareen Winter is
with us. We've been talking topeople. My phone has been blowing up,
just with people in disbelief, absolutedisbelief. We are at a loss
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for words. It's been a toughday here at KTLA. Our hearts are
broken. Sam Rubin had a heartof gold and he meant so much to
us, and we are still It'sreally important for viewers to know when we
sit here or we're out in thefield, we're trained right. We get
to hold it together and we candeliver whatever we want to tell you.
I am here to tell you personally, it's been so difficult. I don't
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know how Frank, you and Erichave been holding up. But in that
newsroom around the station, people arebroken, they're tears, people are in
shock. So we are still processingthis as you probably are at home.
But we want to do justice toSam's life and you know, to show
you what he's meant for Los Angeles. He was beloved, he was a
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talent and he delivered entertainment unlike anyother. Take a look, always very
exciting. Channel five, the flagshipaffiliates is infectious Smile twenty twenty four Rammy
nomination's spirited laughter as we've been doingthis for a long time and high energy.
Is that the forget all these awardsfor decades since nineteen ninety one,
audiences all across the south Land wokeup to this familiar face and that twenty
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eleven has featured a slew of badmovies. Sam Ruben, he was a
staple on the Katayley Morning News,but for viewers he was much more,
so much more. From the Critics'Choice Awards. An important award is for
Best Foreign Language Film the ninety firstAcademy Awards. As a fixture in Hollywood.
You'd often catch him schmoozing with celebson the red carpet or chatting it
up with stars on set. Sam'swelcoming demeanor made everyone feel comfortable. It
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really was like talking to a friend. The TV veteran didn't just deliver stories
and conduct interviews. He captivated viewerswith a signature style that made him an
industry legend. Most fans first becamefamiliar with Penny Marshall from Award Show Critics
Choice Awards, We're Here at BarkerAnger to reporting on Blockbuster News involving celebrities.
Sam covered the entertainment industry like noother journalists here in Los Angeles.
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He was experienced, he was trusted, and so beloved. Sunday Night here
in Beverly Hills, Sam launched hisown production company, Say, Inc.
Which produced hundreds of hours of broadcastand cable programming. He received numerous awards
over his lengthy career, including aLifetime Achievement Award from the Southern California Broadcasters
Association. Sam also had a passionoff air, something dar to his heart.
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The MS one fifty Bede a biketour which helped literacy programs and supported
Ellie's schools. And among the nicethings about working here for a little bit
is your kids. Of course,perhaps Sam's biggest love his family, who
he always beamed about. His wifeLeslie and their children Colby and Darcy,
and former wife Julie and their daughtersParry and Rory. Sam lived and worked
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here in southern California almost his entirelife. He was born in San Diego
in nineteen sixty, went to OccidentalCollege, and would eventually make his amazing
career right here on Channel five reportingfrom the Oscars. I'm Sam Rubin.
Sam Rubin became Channel five in manyways the heart and soul of KTLA,
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a more than three decades long ruewhen you used to dress up to go
on the play like a big deal. This was his last show appearance this
week, and in typical Sam fashion, he cracked jokes and flashed smiles.
Many will remember him as a newsicon, but to those who truly knew
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his talent, the bigger than lifepersonality, Sam Rubin represented so much more.
He lived life to the fullest,owning every moment, the highs and
lows, while bringing others along forthe ride. In the newsroom, I'm
Sam Rubin. Rest well Sam.It's later with Mo Kelly caf I AM
six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadioapp. Chock Bullets Stimulating Time K S
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It's later with Mo Kelly. It'sFriday. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app. It's named that movie calledClassic Evening, and yes, we're going
to get into it in the nineo'clock hour, and it's all about Mother's
out there. Mom's Mother's Day weekend. You know how we do it.
It was graduation day. It wasprom day for some, but also graduation
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day. USC you see, hadsome thirty different graduations today as most of
their classes, excuse me, mostof their schools and classes had their graduations
at the coliseum as opposed to onthe campus proper. And if you wonder,
well what happened to their valedictorian?Was there any acknowledgment of her?
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Yes, and no, it wasweird. Get this? Her speech was
published by the Edinburgh Media and theDaily Trojan. Well kind of sort of
quote. The speech is published aswas written and shared by Tobosan. Edinburgh
Media and the Daily Trojan did notwrite, edit or change the speech or
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its presentation. That was what wassaid. But if you actually looked at
what was posted it quote it ismy honor to stand before you today as
your valedictorian. I am filled withgratitude to have the privilege of which was
followed by ten paragraphs of redactions.Ten they said they didn't edit it,
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they didn't change it when they postedit, but they were ten paragraphs which
were redacted, and then it endedwith congratulations class from twenty twenty four,
Thank you. If you really wantedto have her present her valedictorian speech or
post it in the way that itwas meant to be presented, then have
her read it either on stage orhave her read it videotape it. You
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would know in advance that wouldn't beany type of curve balls, And then
you could have posted it on socialmedia. If you were trying to split
the baby to have it both waysto satisfy those who wanted to hear her
voice on graduation day, you wouldhave her delivering the speech if you will,
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and it'll be available on social media. Everyone can see it, and
everyone could know that you overreacted forno reason but to post the speech and
redact ten paragraphs. That's adding insultto insult to insult to injury. Were
you trying to make the point uscthat there were some objectionable things in it
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that you did not feel comfortable withor were you trying to make the point
that USC was heavy handed and stilldid not want you Annenberg Media of USC
to post a speech. I'm curious. I'm not sure what point you are
trying to make, because it seemsto me that USC you're stepping into it
again. You're giving yourself another reasonto be roundly criticized when the controversy should
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be over. You made the decisionwe could have two weeks ago. You
know that you've already pulled the rugout from under asthma tabasm. She doesn't
get the opportunity to actually deliver herspeech. You want to add inso to
injury and say, oh, we'regoing to post your speech with ten paragraphs
for a dacted. Now. Idon't know how long that speech was,
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but you take ten paragraphs out ofany speech, that's about three or four
pages. I'm guestimating three or fourpages. Are you hoping to satisfy?
Who were you hoping to piss off? Who were you hoping to appease?
What point were you trying to make? You could have allowed her the opportunity,
and I don't know why she didn'tdo it on her personal social media,
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but that's for her to say ornot to say. But you took
it upon yourself to post her speech. Had the dirty nerve to say.
We didn't change it or edit it. We just blocked out ten paragraphs of
it. Who are you trying tofool? What point are you trying to
make? I don't get it.I don't get it at all. And
I remember when I graduated many manymany years ago. It was an important
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day. When you're twenty one,twenty two, you think it is the
whole world. You think that thereis nothing more important than graduation, be
at high school, be at college, whatever, it's a really important day.
I thought USC was wrong at howthey handled it. They said that
they prevented her from speaking solely outof safety concerns, safety concerns that to
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this day we have no idea whatthey are. They didn't even throw out
a theory, some sort of ideaof what could have gone wrong with They
were worried about preventing and it seemslike they were just making an example out
of her. And then they camebehind it, as you remember, and
said, well, we're not goingto allow any other speakers. And those
other speakers were filmmaker John Chew.He was supposed to be a commencement speaker,
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the main commencement speaker. Honorary degreeswere expected to be presented to Chew,
National and Dominant for the Arts ChairMaria Rosario, Jackson Tennis legend Billy
Jean King, and National Academy ofSciences President Marcia McNutt. All those people
were scheduled to speak. None ofthem did, and it would leave a
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bad taste in my mouth if Iwent to USC, It would really leave
a bad taste in my mouth becauseI know having that graduation ceremony or some
semblance of it at the Coliseum wasnot what I signed up for as a
student. I know I didn't signup for that. As a valedictorian.
I worked all those years, didall that work, and I finished at
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the top of my class, andI'm supposed to be valedictorian. It's supposed
to be my moment, my day, and you know what, I only
get one tenth of it for reasonswhich had nothing to do with me,
not anything I actually did, somenonspecific fears over safety which were never even
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acknowledged publicly. But here was hermoment as Toperson, as we'll graduate with
a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering, molecular and cellular engineering and a minor
resistance to genocide. Kind of smart, kind of smart. And you notice
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she has had not one mumbling wordto say out of all this. She
has been above it all. Ifthere's someone to find fault with, it's
not her. She has done nothingto escalate this. She has said nothing
about the university to my knowledge.She may have made a comment when they
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first let her know that she wouldn'tbe able to speak, but she has
been the adult in the room.Okay, so they did censure the university
president and the provost that that thatthat's not a good enough consolation prize.
USC messed this up. They gotit wrong, and they can't make it
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right. All they can do nowis hope that they don't make it worse
in the coming days. Oh,very quickly, before we go to break
to all, I'm gonna put yourbusiness out there. Someone had prompt tonight.
Right Oh yeah, yeahed, oh'sthe problem? Right? No?
No, no, yeah, no, our son Mason, today's prom day
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and it has been a long,long day already, just running around getting
his hair done. Right, Yes, wait, day. The guys are
getting their hair done. Now lookhe had look because his mother braided his
hair, and it is beautiful.I just posted on my Facebook page some
prom picks. His hairstyle is justabsolutely stunning. His suit and I looked
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at all the suits that were there. Everyone has the classic black. He
showed up in this royal money greenjust absolutely beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Wait,
and also it's a Friday. Isthat new that they're doing proms on
Friday? I don't remember prom beingon Friday. I don't remember that at
all. Jehan, was your problemon a Friday? I was gonna say,
yeah, mine was on Saturday.Yeah, most of them. Even
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at the shop when we were pickingup the suit and the guys there there
saying, okay, so your prommis a Saturday. Your promise Sunday,
Sunday, bring it back Monday.Yeah, there are some people we got
a Sunday. So I don't know. Maybe maybe they're trying to break it
up. I have no idea.Your high school prom always a Saturday.
Mine was all. I didn't goto my problem, but my schools was
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always on a Saturday. Yeah,we had Stadies Hawkins on Fridays. We
had Sadie Hawkins on a Saturday.Didn't go to that either. Yeah,
Ronna, good evening. Hello Mo. You don't seem like the prom type.
But no, I went, ohyou did? Yeah? What day?
I don't remember the day, butI can tell you nobody did my
hair. It seems kind of low. It's low like my whole life.
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Sharp as his last name. Hewas clean. I want to see pictures.
You haven't shown us any pictures,he said, he posted him.
We know how to find him.I want him to stand with me like
like a friend. And I showedme the pot. I will come in
and show you the photos. Asa proud father, I will show them
all. You just go to mycorporate social media page and you can see
(09:48):
he doesn't have a corporate social mediapage. He has a personal social media
Okay, okay, all right,this Later with Moke Kelly. Hey,
if I aim Since forty, we'relive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and we
have an LA City Council update.Should be unsurprising, but it's worth noting.
You're listening to Later with Moe Kellyon demand from KFI AM six forty.
(10:09):
And I always feel like I needto say this because people always get
the wrong idea. They make theseassumptions, they say things which are patently
untrue regarding me. So let mejust reset. I am a registered independent.
I vote for both parties. Ivote for Republicans, I vote for
Democrats. I believe in right andwrong, not right and left. I
do have my pet political issues.I don't tell people how to vote.
(10:33):
You can vote for whomever you want. I do not give a damn.
But at the same time, donot try to tell me who I need
to vote for or why I shouldvote for this, that or the other.
You have never ever heard a showin which I said, Hey,
I think you should vote for this. Hey I need you to vote for
that. Hey, why is ityou have never heard that from me?
I say that because this is goingto speak to that. LA City Council
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members Current Price and Kevin dal Leone. They are back on several of the
committees they held before they got themselvesinto hot water. Current Price had stepped
down from his committees. I thinkwas back in June. Why, oh,
I don't know, had something todo with being charged with embezzlement,
perjury, and conflict of interest.Current Price says he's innocent, and he
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is. He is legally innocent.Unless he is convicted in a court of
law. He is presumed innocent.That is not untrue. Kevin deal leone,
he was never accused of any crime, but he was removed from his
committees back in twenty twenty two.You probably heard about that secretly recorded conversation.
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He had a whole bunch of racistremarks. Was not cool, not
cool at all. But he wassuccessfully re elected. He was re elected
by the people who supported him.We don't have to like him, We
don't have to like anything he's done. He was re elected. People did
decide. But I have been takingin media in a general sense. I've
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been listening to what has been saidon various outlets, have been watching what
has been said on various outlets,and it's strange to me because people are
upsetified. Oh my gosh, howcould Kevin DLive one? Why is it
this person is still in office,or why is it they got their committees
see to back. It's like,well, are we going to be consistent?
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Are we upset that these two particularpoliticians and elected officials haven't resigned or
allowed to sit on committees or resumetheir duties, or are we upset about
all of them? Are we onlyupset about Current Price because he is accused
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and charged, or are we alsogoing to be upset about anyone else who's
accused in charge. I'm asking youa very simple question, because if it's
going to come down to, well, I believe so and so is innocent,
and I believe so and so isguilty, or I believe that's a
political prosecution, but that one that'sa real one, then I can't have
a conversation with you. I can'ttake you seriously. I can't because you're
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unprincipled. I need you to beconsistent. If the dividing line is someone
accused of a crime, someone chargedwith a felony, someone betraying the public
trust, someone who's been lying tothe public, then I don't care if
that person is a Democrat or Republican. I do not care if that person
is a member of city council oras a former president. Either we have
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rules and expectations and a standard,or we don't. I can't get upset
about Kevin dal Leone and Current Pricefor whatever reason and not get upset about
Donald Trump. In my mind,it's the same thing. Now, we
may have different views of the specificcrimes in which they may be accused of
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which to charge with, But ifwe are supposedly holding our officials to a
higher standard of behavior, then thereshould be no distinction made. If you're
only talking about one set of politicians, if we're only going to talk about
Congressman Queller who recently got indicted,and we're not going to talk about the
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guy who's on trial right now forthe hush money, then I can't take
you seriously. I can't I personallyhold elected officials to a higher standard in
the way I hold I would say, preachers and people of a clergy to
a higher standard because they represent usand we entrust with them more, I
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then expect more of them. Iexpect more of them as people. I
know we're all soluble. I knowthat we're all cracked vessels. I know
that we all fall short. Butthe person who's working the fries and the
person who's president of the United States, or the person who's going to be
head of the PTA, or theperson who's the president of the La City
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Council, they're not all the same. They are not all the same.
Higher job, higher responsibility. Iwould say a loftier set of ethics,
morals, and values are required.If you're mad today that current Price and
Kevin de le Owner are back onseveral committees where you better be mad about
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everyone engaging in either allegedly criminal behavioror allegedly racist behavior, or allegedly unacceptable
behavior. Either it is or itisn't. If it's only the people in
the party you don't like, Ican't take you seriously and I can't have
a serious conversation with you because you'rejust talking politics. I talk about politics.
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I don't love politics, know andI mean this sincerely. I don't
emotionally invest myself in any of this. If Donald Trump becomes president, that
will be the decision of the Americanpeople with respect to the electoral college system.
And I put that addendum in therebecause he can still become president and
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not win the popular vote. Sowith respect to the electoral college system,
the people who re elected Kevin dalLeone, that's the choice that they made.
I don't have to I have toaccept it, but I don't have
to necessarily support it. And justbecause someone is elected, it does not
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justify their behavior. It does notjustify their acts. It does not in
any way absolve them of anything inwhich they may have been accused of.
Either we believe in the justice systemor we do not. I have all
sorts of criticisms and critiques of thejustice system, but I'm not going to
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say, oh, my goodness,the LA City Council, they have all
these criminals, they've been charged withall these crimes, from a Current Price
to Mark Ridley Thomas to Mitch Englandor Oh but but you know, Donald
Trump, that's all political. That'sa witch hunt. None of that's real.
That's all politics. Can't have itboth ways. Cannot have it both
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ways. And what I mean bythat is we're all still talking about both
federal crimes and local crimes allegedly,either that it matters or it does not.
I'm not going to cry any tearsabout Kevin dal Leone and Current Price
if you're not gonna will also dropsome tears because of Donald Trump. If
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it's a witch hunt over there,it's a witch hunt over here. I
just need you to make a decision. I'm not gonna lose any sleep either
way. But I just noticed Ionly hear just about certain people like I'm
stupid or something. Wait a minute, wait, wait, okay, So
this person charged with embezzled or briberyor fraud, that's real on the basis
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and strength of the allegations alone.But that person, it's all a witch
hunt because you like that. Dude. Let me just say it again.
I was born at night, butnot last night. You're listening to Later
with Moe Kelly on demand from KFIAM six forty. Elon Musk is a
(18:26):
polarizing individual, but he's also apowerful individual. He has a lot to
say on a number of items.We may talk about him here on Later
with Mo Kelly. He is atransformative individual. If you look at his
contributions to science, love him orloathe him, you can't talk about him
(18:47):
and not also include his contributions,be it Tesla, be it SpaceX,
or be it his contributions to thelarger conversations going on in America and around
the world. You know, hepurchased Twitter for forty four billion dollars and
in the time I think it's maybemaybe two years mark two years since he's
had it, something like that.He's in the two years that he's had
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Twitter, he's transformed it into apersonal megaphone. Not the free speech,
air quotes public square that he promised, but a megaphone in which to broadcast
his personal, professional, and politicalopinions. Not that there's anything wrong with
(19:33):
that, but it's fair to discussit, and it's fair to characterize it
as such. Elon Musk spent fortyfour billion dollars changed the algorithms of Twitter.
It's been widely reported, reported,and he admitted as much. To
feature his tweets slash ex posts tomake sure that more people see them manipulating
(19:59):
the algorithms. That's why it's amegaphone. This is not organic in nature.
He wants to feature his thoughts,his opinions and make sure that they're
seen and read by as many peopleas possible. Here's what Elon Musk had
to say most recently, and itbears mentioning and commentary. He has claimed
(20:21):
that the twenty twenty four presidential electioncoming up in about six months fewer than
six months, would likely be thelast to be decided by US citizens.
What he means is that future electionswill be determined and decided by illegal immigrants
being allowed to vote. He hasno evidence to support that, but that
(20:45):
is what he believes, and thatis what he's using his megaphone to say.
And he's couching his remarks surrounding abill that was voted down in the
House. Quote unanimous Democrat opposition torequiring citizenship for apportionment of House seats and
presidential electoral college votes. Says itall close. Quote well, the electoral
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college has to do with actual states. That's the first part. The House
presently is controlled by Republicans. TheRepublicans do not need one vote from Democrats,
not one, to pass anything theywant in the House. If something
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does not pass, it's because thereis not unanimous say it with me Republican
support. Be it saving a speakerof the House, be it passing a
bill, anything, that's the wholepoint of having the speaker of the House.
That means that your party has themajority. The Republicans have the majority.
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Anything they want to pass they canpass. Doesn't mean you'll pass the
Senate. But as far as theHouse goes, they don't even have unanimous
Republican support. He goes on,quote the Democratic Party goal is to disenfranchise
US citizens by importing as many illegalimmigrants as possible. Given the massive influx
of illegals from every country on Earth, twenty twenty four will probably be the
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last election actually decided by US citizens. Close quote. I'm just going to
speak to my experience as far asmy friends, specifically in the Hispanic and
Latino community. That's not the same, if you know what you're talking about,
it's not the same Hispanic and Latinocommunity. Some of them were born
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in other countries. Some of themgot their citizenship later. Some of them
are not citizens, and they're fromdifferent countries. Guatemala, El Salvador,
Mexico, obviously, Venezuela, Cuba. It's a large sampling. And I've
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yet to meet one person one ofthat group who was an illegal immigrant who
desired to vote illegally. Not aone. Let's say I was wrong and
they were all lying. There's nota multitude, plurality majority of them who
want to would risk imprisonment to Andlet's not forget remember that I was talking
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about the low turnout during the primaries, some eighteen percent. How are we
supposedly worried about elections when we don'teven vote, We don't even turn out
to vote, we don't even getour ass out of the chair and go
to the polls or put in ourmail in ballot. Eighteen to twenty percent
are voting. And Elon Musk issaying that our elections are going to be
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be decided by illegal immigrants when wedon't even vote, and there's no even
evidence to support the idea as racistas it is, the idea that illegals
are voting and mass in numbers whichare going to swing elections, having nothing
to do with how our elections actuallywork. If you want to talk about
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the states which have the most illegalimmigrants, did you know that former President
Trump lost California by some three millionvotes? Is that what they call a
swing state? Is that a battlegroundstate? What are we talking about here?
Texas is solidly read. Is thata battleground state? We're talking about
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border states. It's a dishonesty inour discourse. Let me get back to
Elon Musks before I go to break. Elon Musk is fine to do whatever
he wants with his platform, butlet's view it through the proper prism.
He is using Twitter slash x asa megaphone because he wants to impart his
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personal politics on all of us.And if people like his politics, then
they like him. But they areinaccurate. They are they are obviously impolitic,
they are factually inaccurate. They arewrong when he says that illegal immigrants
are going to decide elections after twentytwenty four, when citizens don't even want
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to decide elections in twenty twenty four. And I would bet the people who
are concerned about illegal immigrants voting,I would say sixty five percent of them
didn't even vote. It's Later withMo Kelly caff I AM six forty five
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Andwhen we come back, we're going to
say goodbye to an industry legend,Sam Rubin, you know, at this
(25:57):
point has passed unexpectedly at the ageof sixty four, and we'll have thoughts
about his passing, his impact,and his legacy. You're listening to Later
with Moe Kelly on demand from KFIAM six forty And I was driving into
work today, got a text message, and I can have my text messages
(26:19):
read through my bluetooth, so it'snot like I have to look at my
phone. They're read audibly. Thatwas from Talla Shark. He said,
Moe, we have to talk aboutSam Rubin today. I said, what
are you talking about? What happened? Because I didn't know at that point
that he had passed. I didnot get the message. And he told
(26:40):
me that he had passed, andI was taken him back because if you've
lived well, I look at producerKeianna Kennon, she is not even old
enough to remember the fullness of SamRuben's career. Sam Ruben started at KTLA
before you were born. I thinkStephan with maybe barely born. I had
(27:02):
remember him. Okay, how oldare you? Thirty five? Okay,
well he was here in ninety one, all right, so just barely,
just barely. And I had runinto Sam Rubin, who actually when I
was in college, predating his timehere at KTLA, he was doing this
show called Fox Personalities. He wasinterviewing Jesse Jackson and I and I ran
(27:25):
into him then decades ago. Hehas been a staple of Los Angeles entertainment
for more than thirty years. Inthis business, when someone has that type
of longevity, that means people trusthim, people think about him as a
(27:47):
family member in many ways, becausethat person is on TV in their homes
day after day after day, weekafter week, month and year, decade
after decade, we feel that weknow him, even though we may not
actually know him personally. And SamRubin was legend in this business. He
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was a legend in Los Angeles.And to get to news that he had
passed suddenly, TMZ had reported thathe passed due to a heart attack,
which says to me, well,it speaks to me on three levels.
Personally, it's another painful reminder thattomorrow is not promised. I don't know
about Sam Rubin's health in the precedingweeks or months, but I don't know
(28:32):
of any indication that he was havingissues or there was declining health. And
from the news coverage it's been ashock to just about everyone. Personally,
I'm reminded tomorrow's not promise. Professionally, there is a great loss because working
in this business of entertainment, thereis a level of camaraderie that's hard to
(28:52):
explain. We run in the samecircles, we know the same people,
we talk about the same things,we come across each other at all the
same events, and so there's aprofessional loss there as well. And there's
a void which is not going tobe filled because Sam Ruben was a giant
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and this clip I want to playfor you is part part of the KTLA
coverage which has been going on allnight long. They haven't discussed anything but
Sam Rubin, and I think that'sappropriate. But Karean Winter, one of
the news personalities over at KTLA,she says it best where it's one thing
to talk about the news, it'sanother thing to talk about the news of
(29:41):
a colleague who's passing. And thenthere was the more formal remembrance of Sam
Ruben by KTLA. Listen to this. Gene is doing his reporting Korean.
You've been talking to people right outsideof the station here. Kareen Winter is
with us. We've been talking topeople. My phone has been blowing up,
just with people in disbelief, absolutedisbelief. We are at a loss
(30:03):
for words. It's been a toughday here at KTLA. Our hearts are
broken. Sam Rubin had a heartof gold and he meant so much to
us, and we are still It'sreally important for viewers to know when we
sit here or we're out in thefield, we're trained right. We get
to hold it together and we candeliver whatever we want to tell you.
I am here to tell you personally, it's been so difficult. I don't
(30:26):
know how Frank, you and Erichave been holding up. But in that
newsroom around the station, people arebroken, they're tears, people are in
shock. So we are still processingthis as you probably are at home.
But we want to do justice toSam's life and you know, to show
you what he's meant for Los Angeles. He was beloved, he was a
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talent and he delivered entertainment unlike anyother. Take a look, always very
exciting. Channel five, the flagshipaffiliates is infectious Smile twenty twenty four Rammy
nomination's spirited laughter as we've been doingthis for a long time and high energy.
Is that the forget all these awardsfor decades since nineteen ninety one,
audiences all across the south Land wokeup to this familiar face and that twenty
(31:14):
eleven has featured a slew of badmovies. Sam Ruben, he was a
staple on the Katayley Morning News,but for viewers he was much more,
so much more. From the Critics'Choice Awards. An important award is for
Best Foreign Language Film the ninety firstAcademy Awards. As a fixture in Hollywood.
You'd often catch him schmoozing with celebson the red carpet or chatting it
up with stars on set. Sam'swelcoming demeanor made everyone feel comfortable. It
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really was like talking to a friend. The TV veteran didn't just deliver stories
and conduct interviews. He captivated viewerswith a signature style that made him an
industry legend. Most fans first becamefamiliar with Penny Marshall from Award Show Critics
Choice Awards, We're Here at BarkerAnger to reporting on Blockbuster News involving celebrities.
Sam covered the entertainment industry like noother journalists here in Los Angeles.
(32:05):
He was experienced, he was trusted, and so beloved. Sunday Night here
in Beverly Hills, Sam launched hisown production company, Say, Inc.
Which produced hundreds of hours of broadcastand cable programming. He received numerous awards
over his lengthy career, including aLifetime Achievement Award from the Southern California Broadcasters
Association. Sam also had a passionoff air, something dar to his heart.
(32:30):
The MS one fifty Bede a biketour which helped literacy programs and supported
Ellie's schools. And among the nicethings about working here for a little bit
is your kids. Of course,perhaps Sam's biggest love his family, who
he always beamed about. His wifeLeslie and their children Colby and Darcy,
and former wife Julie and their daughtersParry and Rory. Sam lived and worked
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here in southern California almost his entirelife. He was born in San Diego
in nineteen sixty, went to OccidentalCollege, and would eventually make his amazing
career right here on Channel five reportingfrom the Oscars. I'm Sam Rubin.
Sam Rubin became Channel five in manyways the heart and soul of KTLA,
(33:13):
a more than three decades long ruewhen you used to dress up to go
on the play like a big deal. This was his last show appearance this
week, and in typical Sam fashion, he cracked jokes and flashed smiles.
Many will remember him as a newsicon, but to those who truly knew
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his talent, the bigger than lifepersonality, Sam Rubin represented so much more.
He lived life to the fullest,owning every moment, the highs and
lows, while bringing others along forthe ride. In the newsroom, I'm
Sam Rubin. Rest well Sam.It's later with Mo Kelly caf I AM
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