(KMN) 9.24: Selective Outrage - Hour 2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy hump Day, Welcome in. It is Kentucky and it's
morning News, coffee and company with you here on a
wet Wednesday. And I would assume that it's fair to
say that this accident that apparently just recently happened within
the last twenty minutes, maybe weather was a factor. So
we do have one accident that's causing some issues early
on here. It is on the Waterston East at Bell's
at Bell's Lane, So it looks like there was a

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two vehicle crash that took place just before six am
that is causing some delays and of course, has more
people get up on the roadways, they'll be probably more
impacted by this. But the left shoulder, left lane, and
right shoulder are currently blocked, so be advised. Again. That's
the Waterson East at Bell's Lane. All right, don't forget.
You could take us with you wherever you go. Listen

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live on the iHeartRadio. I've also listened live at whas
dot com. Jimmy Kimmel made his return last night, but
not to everyone because there are two big carriers of
ABC that are yet to yet to feel comfortable bringing
his show back to their ABC stations. So Initially it

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was Sinclair Broadcasting that decided they were not ready to
bring him back, despite ABC and Disney's decision to do that.
But now Next Star they later said yesterday afternoon, I
believe it was, or maybe it was early on in
the day at some point it was. All I know
is it was after we were off the air that
they also were not ready to bring the Kimmel Show

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back to their stations yet. So with those two specifically,
they it looks like they reach about twenty five percent
of us household, So still many were able to watch
it if they wanted to. And if you're Jimmy Kimmel
and you're trying to, I guess, you know, find some
type of positive from the last week and a half

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or so, you'll have more people wanting to watch you
than ever right now? Will they stick around? Will they
actually listen to you? Some of them won't. Because he
is right about this. The people who already have their
mind made up, already have their mind made up. And
I'm not saying that they're wrong for that or whatever
their mind wherever their minds has landed on this whole thing.

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I'm not saying they're wrong. They're entitled to their opinion,
but there are many on both sides that it didn't
matter what he said. They are going to either defend
him and say he was a victim and he was
wronged by his employer, or that he's going to try
to walk it back. But what he did was inexcusable
and he should never have a platform like ABC. Again,

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so I think if you just let's if we be
real with ourselves. I think that's pretty obvious, to be
honest with you. But here's what he had to say
about Charlie Kirk's wife, who, of course, what she said
on Sunday in front of the thousands upon thousands that
showed up, Well that's for that service that I think
was the biggest takeaway for a lot of people. And

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here's Jimmy Kimmel breaking down his thoughts on just how
she was. And I'll let you I'll just let you
hear for itself for yourself if you haven't heard it
just yet. And again, many think this is not sincere.
And again I'm sure some people will will say that
it is and he's a great man, or maybe some

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just don't really they just want to hear for themselves
and make their own opinion, and if that's the case,
I totally get it.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Over the weekend a very beautiful moment. I don't know
if you saw this on Sunday, Eric or Kirk forgave
the man who shot her husband. She forgave him. That
is an example we should follow if you believe in
the teachings of Jesus as I do. There it was,

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that's it, a selfless act of grace forgiveness from a
grieving widow. It touched me deeply and I hope that
it touches money. And if there's anything we should take
from this tragedy to carry forward, I hope it can
be that and not this. So thank you for listening.

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And Alan Morris say when we come back.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
So I think he didn't need to say it. I
think most people listen to what she said, and there's
a clear reason why it became I think the most
talked about thing from Sunday's big event in Arizona. But
for me, one of the other things he said, I'm
going to tie these two together, the mentioning of I

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mean you could the fact that what she said can't
just be brought up and left at that. That's what
sucks for me because I get why we're we are
the way we are as far as just there being
such there's such divisiveness going on, but I do feel
like we used to be like it used to be
a thing to where what happened on a couple of
weeks ago with Charlie Kirk, which that's not something that

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randomly happens. Again, political violence is a growing issue, and
it's certainly something that that exists to a certain level.
So there's no way to say, you know, it happens
every day, and I wish we had a different reaction
to it. But I feel like not that long ago,
maybe ten years ago, had something like that happened, there
would have been far fewer that would have even thought

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about anything politically. Now, again, it's hard to do that
whenever you feel like it's clearly politically motivated. But just
the heinous assassination of a man who excuse me, who
has young children, a wife, a family, I mean that'll
like we used to be able to just have genuine
compassion and sympathy without any element of politics, and that

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was what And now that we're about two weeks removed
from the whole situation, that's what's really stood out to
me is that we're clearly not at a point where
we can do that anymore. And again, he spoke very
very passionately about his beliefs. That's what made him such
a powerful figure. But there are people who have wronged me,

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not in a level to where like I'm you know,
like it's something substantial, but like people that I genuinely
don't like and I don't think are good people. And
and I've had experiences that that that let me know
that that i'm I'm I'm correct to to have my
opinion of said person. But like if they were to
be awfully murdered like this, this into like Charlie Kirk was,
I wouldn't think about those awful things. I would just
think about man, that's that's that's that's that's that's terrible,

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what a tragic situation. So again, Kimmel's response was going
to be received the way it was going to be
received by a lot of folks. But again, I choose
to believe that there are many that really don't think
about it all that much because they just live their lives.
They're not consumed by it as much as others, and
maybe they just wanted to hear it for themselves and
make their own opinion. And I get it. We should,

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we should, we should do that more. All right, quick
update on traffick and weather again. We'll see how the
roadways are looking. We already have one crash we're following
here and that's the Waterson East at Bell's Lane. So
just be advised, so go anywhere, keep it locked right
here on there's radio Way forty whas one of the
things you hear when it comes to college programs, rather

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it be college football, colleg basketball, really any sport. Hiring
one of your own is a special thing when it
works out, but it's a slippery slope and it's a
real nightmare situation whenever it doesn't work out, more so
than if it doesn't work out with any other random
coach with no connection. We of course have learned that

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around here, I mean Kenny Payne. I say this without
trying to make a joke. We were fortunate that it
was as bad as it was to where there really
wasn't any conversation as far as what needed to happen, right,
because had it been you know, bad, but not all
time bad, there may have been more that felt like, Okay,
let's give this guy more time. He's our guy. He
played here. What a title. Well again, Kenny was consistent

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from day one, and we knew that it didn't work.
WHI j at Brom. I don't see any scenario where
things fall apart and there's thought of him needing to
not be the coach around here anymore. But if in
fact that ever did happen, that would be difficult because
not only is he one of our own I mean
the Brom family, the first family of Lovell football. So
I say all that to understand why Oklahoma State fired

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Mike Gundy yesterday after twenty years. But man, that has
to be tough on everybody involved, given the fact that
Mike Gundhy, I mean, he is Oklahoma State football. This
is one of the craziest things I've ever heard when
it comes to an individual's direct involvement and not just

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a lot of success that took place at a program.
Really the only success at a high level that took
place at a program my Gundhy. He has been. There
have been eleven ten wins seasons at Oklahoma State. Mike
Gundy is responsible for ten of them, eight as a coach.
Two as the starting quarterback. I mean, that guy any

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level of legitimate success within Oklahoma State, he's got fingerprints
on it, his DNA. I mean, he is absolutely a
He's part of it. And to have to move on
from him again, Why they did it? They're awful. They
every year there's there's one program of the Power Conference
level that is bad, bad to where they could literally

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play anybody and lose. And Louisville was that program in
Bobby's last year. So it's tough, and they had it
was worth it, clearly, they had a lot of great times,
but I know that they had to be tough for
everybody involved. And I also I also choose to believe
that they they waited to do it yesterday and not Monday,

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and it's because Monday was the anniversary of his of
his legendary rant. I mean, fire him on the day
where he you know, on the end of what was
it the twenty and it was eighteen year anniversary. I
think it was where he said, come after me. I'm
a man, I'm forty, So yeah, I was.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
He's sixty eight now right he says eighteen year anniversary.

Speaker 1 (09:49):
Fifty eight, fifty eight, excuse me, and it's crazy to
go back and look at the he looks a lot younger.
But yeah, that's that's I don't know if there's a
more from a college football standpoint. I'm not sure if
there is a coach who you had a rant that
more people are familiar with than than that one. All right,
let's let's get to a quick time out. We've got
traffic and weather updates on the way. Also, we've got

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another crash it looks like, so stick around. We'll get
more information on that. And of course we've got a
sports ubate coming up as well right here on news
Radio eight forty. Whas I can't confirm free of charge,
which sometimes whenever I hear from those that that really
just want me to know how much they disapprove of
me even having a platform. I mean, I'm sure many

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people think that it's just that's just that's that's part
of it. I learned to accept that long ago. But
sometimes I want to say, okay, well, can I see
your receipt, let me, let me, let me give you
a refund. But again, you know it's free free of charge,
so take it or leave it, and I hope that
you choose to take it. Meaning that you you, you know,
you stick around and you let us be a part
of your morning. It is six thirty five here at

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news Radio eight forty whas this is not really a
huge shock, but of course it's getting a lot of reaction.
Apple TV they have pulled the plug on a show
that was expected to come out I believe this Friday.
So they've pulled the plug on a show called The Savant.

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It is a Jessica Chastain led limited series, and they're
doing this because of what happened with Charlie Kirk. So
The Savant follows Chastain as a covert investigator who infiltrates
online hate groups to stop violent plots before they begin.
The network set in a statement, quote, after careful consideration,
we've made the decision to postpone The Savant. We look
forward to releasing the series at a later date.

Speaker 2 (11:33):
Now.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
Of course, this delay comes as there are heightened tensions
surrounding Kirk's killing. Although the show storyline does not directly
parallel what that situation was, it's still I guess in
their mind, meaning Apple TV, they feel as if it
would be just poor timing. And I mean I get it,

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I do I mean, you've got folks that realize, hey,
reading the room here right, show a little sensitivity, No
need to drop a show whenever it clearly part of
the show is political violence in the middle of us
having the realization here that we, you know, political violence,
which again any level of it is awful, but right

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now poor timing. I think to have that as entertainment content.
I won't act like I would be bothered by watching
it or that it would, you know, but I get it.
That makes sense and this is not that uncommon if
you think about it. Spider Man in two thousand and one,
after of course nine to eleven took place, Sony pulled
a teaser trailer that showed Spider Man trapping a helicopter

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between the two twin towers. You can understand that, right,
just the visual of that would be would be poor taste.
You had another movie same year, Collateral Damage, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
the action film. It was about terrorism. It was set
to be released shortly after nine to eleven happened. Timing
not great, so Warner was delayed by several months because

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again the plot it just hit too close to home.
In twenty twelve, there's a movie called The Watch. It
was originally titled Neighborhood Watch. It's Ben Stiller Jonah Hill,
but it was rebranded after Trayvon Martin was shot in Florida,
and they really did a lot of changes to the
marketing material In fact, they were completely redid the marketing

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materials for that entire entire event. I mean, there's another
one that this is a TV reboot, a show called Heathers.
I suppose that's what it's called on Paramount, but they
scrapped the entire season after multiple US school shootings, and
of course the plot in that show was around high
school violence. So this is not uncommon by any means.

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And not to say that that I'm somebody that you
know would be totally bothered by, because I choose to
think that I can view something and understand that it
is in fact not real, and I think it in
a way, yes, it is viewed entertainment. But maybe putting
a movie or a TV show that is clearly based

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off of things that we truly know are really happening
in real life like that may make it a little
bit more real for people to where maybe it could
spark more acknowledgment, more awareness and potentially change. I mean,
you never know. But also I'd say it's always understandable
to kind of play it safe and just say, yeah,
well we'll hold off and again, this show on Apple TV,

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I mean, don't I don't know a whole lot about it.
The only reason I know that it exists because there
was news yesterday that they're going to postpone it. But like,
it wouldn't shock me if they just never end up
putting it out that that happens sometimes. But by the way,
Apple TV, I always tell people this, if you've yet
to get a subscription, I get it. They don't really
market it.

Speaker 2 (14:49):
Well.

Speaker 1 (14:50):
Apple is somebody who has an iPhone, and I'd never change.
I'm not loyal to Apple. I'm just loyal to iPhone
because it's all I've ever had. Because Apple, I think
at times they have a little arrogance about themselves to
where they don't really feel like they need They feel
as if they have no competition, and they do so.
The streaming service is the best example of that because

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they have great content. They have really really good original
shows that a lot of people don't even know about
because they just assume, well, we don't really need to
put the marketing push that Netflix and Hulu and Paramount
and Amazon Prime they do. Because we're Apple, people are
just gonna come here, and that doesn't work that way.
You're late to the game. You are entering a very

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competitive space with competitors that have been doing this a
lot longer than you. So if you've yet to check
it out, I'd recommend it. I think it's worth the
subscription because of the great shows that they have, but
you probably don't know a lot about them. Same thing
with sports. You know, they obtained live sports broadcasting rights
for certain games and nobody's watching them as far as
you know what their investment was. I mean, clearly they

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made an investment to get people to watch to where
they could monetize it. And I think Apple just doesn't
realize that, you know, you got to You're entering a
space that you still don't come to mind when it
comes to streaming content like a Netflix or a Hulu
or something like that. All right, quick break, we'll come
back on the other side and keep this thing rolling along.
But first let's get to an update on traffic in
a weather right here on News Radio eight forty whas

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Coffee and Company with you here on news Radio eight
forty whas so wet Wednesday to get things started. Looks
like the rain could be coming and going for the
next twenty four hours or so, stay safe. We do
have some accidents out there on the roadways that are
causing some issues, so we'll get another update for you
coming up here in just a few minutes. But it
does look like one of those more recent accidents as

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a crash that took place on I sixty five North
at Fern Valley Road. So looks like there are two
vehicles involved in that crash that's causing some issues, so
be advised. Center lanes are blocked, which sounds like a mess.
So again here's a head that it's part of your commute,
sixty sixty five north. Be advised you're likely going to

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be in a little bit of of a mess this
morning if you're heading that way anytime soon. And it
also looks like we have another serious crash that took
place within the hour here on I seventy one that
is near the Waterson and looks like in fact, yeah,
all lanes blocked, so I seventy one North, it's at

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mile marker five at I two sixty four so I
guess right to where sixty four where seventy one and
the Waterson meet. Looks like there's I don't know the
exact situation, but a crash that has left all lanes
block left shoulder, right shoulder in all lanes. So yeah,
we're off to a rough start here when it comes
to accidents. But so stay safe and again we'll have

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another update coming for you here in just a couple
of minutes.

Speaker 2 (17:45):
All right.

Speaker 1 (17:46):
So AI is one of the most talked about things
seemingly in the world today, just because it's it's scary
in one aspect, it's also unbelievably impressive in another. And
what that means for the future nobody really knows. But
of course a lot of folks are speculating about it.
And we have one one person that is that wants

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us to believe that with AI superintelligence, we may all
just be gone. Which there's a new book. If anyone
builds it, everyone dies. It's by a scientist and he
takes a grim look at the AI race. The authors
of this book argue that the global scramble to create

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superhuman AI has put humanity on a path to extinction.
They're warning the world is wholly unprepared for the societal
and existential risks that could come with superintelligence, which I
I hope they're not right, but it is kind of
scary when you really consider it from that, From that aspect,

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I mean, the power of it as of right now
is scary to some, understandably so. But it's still a baby.
It's like an infant, right It's it's in the early
stages of existence. And I don't say that like it
started yesterday, even in like it's been around longer than
you know, a year, to be honest with you, But

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it's grown rapidly and the way in which it can
be used is changing every day, becoming more powerful, powerful,
becoming more useful. But what that eventually looks like in
you know, five years, ten years, nobody knows. And that's
that is that is certainly a scary thing to think about.
So again, I don't have any interest in reading that

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book because that'll just scare me. But I'm sure many will, Uh,
we'll check it out because there's no doubt there's it.
Even if you're somebody that just wants to avoid it
because you don't you don't trust it, you don't believe it.
You you know, you don't care, you don't you don't see
yourself ever utilizing it. Fair enough, but it's it's not
going anywhere, and it's only going to become more prevalent

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in society and there'll be benefits from that, and then
there'll be some real down you know, some some negative
side effects as well. All right, let's get you caught
up on how the roadways are looking again. We've got
a few accidents to cause them some issues so far
and that's not good. So again, we'll get to that. Also,
a weather update. We've got a sports update coming your
way as well with Scott in about five minutes right
here on news Radio. Wait forty whas