The NFL, Fox, and CBS have reason to celebrate after the two conference championship games scored massive ratings over the weekend, with more than 50 million viewers each, a first in the last ten years.
The AFC Championship Game on CBS featuring the Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; 17-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens brought in 55.4 million viewers, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nfc-afc-championship-tv-ratings-sunday-jan-28-2024-1235809921/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. CBS&#8217;s numbers were the largest ever for an AFC title game. At one point, viewership for the AFC showdown peaked at more than 64 million viewers, making Sunday&#8217;s game the most-watched non-Super Bowl program on the network in 30 years.
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NFC, AFC Championships Huge: TV Ratings Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024 – The Hollywood Reporter. The audience peaked at almost 59 million viewers (58.97 million) from 9:15-9:30 p.m. ET, late in the San Francisco 49ers’ 34-31 victory over the Detroit Lions. <a href="https://t.co/fbmq6svDV6">https://t.co/fbmq6svDV6</a>
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The NFC Championship over on Fox generated even better numbers with the San Francisco 49ers come-from-behind 34-31 victory against the Detroit Lions, recording 56 million viewers, with the viewership hit nearly 59 million at one point. Fox had its biggest audience for an NFC title game since 2012 with the New York Giants 20-17 win in overtime against San Francisco. 
In Detroit, where Lions fans had hoped to see the team advance to its first-ever Super Bowl, the NFC title game had a 46.3 rating and 79 share.
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THR noted that the huge ratings score was the first time since 2014 that both conference championship games averaged more than 50 million viewers (out-of-home ratings weren&#8217;t part of Nielsen’s same-day reporting until 2020).
The NFL&#8217;s viewership was up over the last few years, with the numbers being the best the league has seen since 2015, <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/chiefs-bills-nfl-divisional-playoff-ratings-1235802215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.
NFL games in 2023 made up 93 out of 100 of the top broadcasts of the year, that&#8217;s up from the 82 it had last year, <a href="https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/nfl-us-tv-most-watched-broadcasts-top-100-2023-super-bowl-viewership/?zephr_sso_ott=d1XSG1#:~:text=National%20Football%20League%20(NFL)%20games,top%20ten%20being%20playoff%20games." target="_blank" rel="noopener">SportsProMedia</a> noted.
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Writers on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-simpsons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Simpsons</a>” seem to have hinted that one classic joke is officially done.
In the third <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> of Season 35, “McMansion &amp; Wife,” Homer meets his new neighbor and tells him he doesn’t plan on choking Bart anymore. 
When the neighbor says Homer has a firm handshake, the Simpson family patriarch responds, &#8220;See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off,” but follows up by saying, &#8220;Just kidding, I don’t do that anymore. Times have changed.&#8221;
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The Simpsons seemingly confirm that they have retired their long-running gag of Homer strangling Bart in the latest episode:
“See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off. Just kidding, I don’t do that anymore. Times have changed.” <a href="https://t.co/EHQWUdOHgZ">pic.twitter.com/EHQWUdOHgZ</a>
&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1721665216578994321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Fans understood this as creators of the long-running <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">animated show</a> laying this gag to rest. The strangling had previously been addressed in Season 22 when Homer goes to therapy and learns of the harm he’s been doing to Bart.
Homer has choked Bart on some new episodes since then, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/11/06/homer-wont-strangle-bart-simpsons-times-have-changed/">TMZ</a>, but last did it during Season 31, which aired from 2019-20. If the latest episode is factual, then Homer may be done with that form of discipline.
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Fans were divided on the update, with some saying it was a welcome change or didn’t matter and others arguing that the bit was always “<a href="https://twitter.com/LordExtinction1/status/1721345048829149554" target="_blank" rel="noopener">funny and harmless</a>.”
This isn’t the first change “The Simpsons” made to appeal to modern audiences. Actor Hank Azaria apologized for voicing the Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hank-azaria-apologizes-to-every-indian-for-voicing-apu-the-character-is-practically-a-slur" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“I was speaking at my son’s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,” Azaria said. “A 17-year-old … he’s never even seen ‘The Simpsons’ but knows what Apu means. It’s practically a slur at this point. All he knows is that is how his people are thought of and represented to many people in this country.”
“I really do apologize,” the actor continued. “It’s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.”
In February 2021, it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-simpsons-recasts-voice-of-black-doctor-after-31-years-played-by-white-actor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the long-running character Dr. Hibbert, who is black, would be recast with Kevin Michael Richardson after decades of being voiced by the white voice actor Harry Shearer.

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Matt Walsh obtained internal documents from Fox News employees showing that Fox Corp. encourages employees to support radical LGBTQ organizations and has deployed “woke AI” that tracks people’s commitment to DEI principles. 
A screenshot of a Fox employee portal shared by Walsh showed that the company encourages employees to donate to the Trevor Project, the Ali Forney Center, and the L.A. LGBT Center. Fox also encourages employees to read explicit LGBTQ books like one that gives a sexually explicit description of a “glory hole” and another that describes pornographic scenes between two gay characters.
“Do the executives and owners just not know what’s happening in their company?” Walsh asked. “Are they trying to comply with some onerous New York State Law? Do they not care?  Do they actually support this nonsense? Fox News’ audience deserves to know.” 
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🧵1/ BREAKING: We&#39;ve obtained internal docs from <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> employees. Fox Corp is celebrating Pride by encouraging employees to read about “glory holes,” supporting a group that gives sterilizing hormones to homeless youth, &amp; deployed woke AI to monitor everyone. EXPLICIT CONTENT:
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1669457286677291008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The Fox employee portal pushes employees to the Trevor Project, an organization that Walsh said “hosts a sexually explicit chat room that connects children as young as 13 years old with ‘LGBT’ adults.”
The Ali Forney Center supports injecting children with cross-sex hormones, and Fox praises the organization for helping “homeless LGBT youth.” The media company also praises the Los Angeles LGBT Center, an organization that posted a video of a mother “surprising” her “trans daughter” with her first doses of hormones. While YouTube removed the video for violating terms of service, a screenshot of the video can still be seen on Twitter, according to Walsh.  
One of the books that Fox says will “expand your perspective” delves into gay erotica, Walsh said, sharing a page that goes into explicit detail about a sexual encounter between two gay characters. 
Fox’s LGBTQ push doesn’t stop with adults, Walsh added, tweeting that Fox “also suggested a pride rainbow-filled kid’s book with a character who comes out as a unicorn, presumably symbolizing coming out as gay or transgender.”  
Walsh suggested that many people at Fox are not on board with the company’s embrace of leftist ideas, but leadership has introduced an AI program that monitors employees. Fox executives told employees to sign up for Eskalera, an AI program that helps people “engage in activities that will deepen” their “understanding of identity” and “explore more nuanced D&amp;I concepts.”
“Eskalera says it pulls in data from various sources, including the email and payroll systems. It generates a ‘peer comfort index’ and a ‘diversity index,’ based in part on how often employees ‘practice micro-affirmations,’” Walsh said.
The Daily Wire host wondered how a news organization that has positioned itself as a conservative platform could allow LGBTQ and DEI principles to take over.
“Maybe Fox leadership isn’t concerned with how the audience feels because they’re not really beholden to those viewers at all.  Like YouTube, some of Fox’s largest shareholders are enormous institutional investors, [BlackRock] and [Vanguard],” Walsh said. “These massive funds consolidate the wealth of millions of Americans, and then use their combined voting power to pursue a radical agenda most of those Americans oppose. They are Fox’s real customers. And they’re getting exactly what they want.”

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Fox Corp. Encourages Employees To Support Radical LGBTQ Organizations, Uses ‘Woke AI’ To Track Commitment To DEI, Matt Walsh Reveals

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Media mogul <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rupert-murdoch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rupert Murdoch</a> is engaged to be married for the fifth time, less than a year after his last divorce.
Murdoch, the 92-year-old chairman of the vast News Corporation empire, reportedly plans to tie the knot this time with Ann Lesley Smith, 66, sometime in the summer.
“I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy,&#8221; Murdoch told one of his news outlets, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>, which noted he proposed to Smith on Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day in New York City with a personally selected Asscher-cut diamond solitaire ring.
“I’m one-fourth Irish,&#8221; Murdoch quipped.
Smith, identified in the report as a former San Francisco police chaplain, appears to have been married twice before.
Her first coupling was with a wealthy man she identified as &#8220;John,&#8221; whom she <a href="https://www1.cbn.com/700club/riches-rags-redemption-salvation-ann-lesley-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged in an interview</a> with the Christian Broadcasting Network had become abusive when he drank alcohol.
Smith then married Chester Smith, a country music singer and media executive who <a href="https://www.marinij.com/2008/08/12/tv-station-owner-chester-smith-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died of heart failure at the age of 78</a> in 2008. The two recorded an album together, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Captured-Love-Chester-Smith-Lesley/dp/B000BGQXFY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Captured By Love,&#8221;</a> in 2005.
Murdoch and Smith reportedly met last year at Murdoch&#8217;s vineyard Moraga in Bel Air, California.
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“For us both it’s a gift from God. We met last September,&#8221; Smith said. “I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs.&#8221;
Murdoch has been married four times before and has six children. He last tied the knot with model Jerry Hall. The two were married for six years until their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rupert-murdoch-91-reportedly-facing-divorce-with-model-and-actress-jerry-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorce was finalized in August</a>.
Both Murdoch and Smith both said they look forward to settling down for &#8220;the second half&#8221; of their lives.
“In perspective, it’s not my first rodeo. Getting near 70 means being in the last half. I waited for the right time. Friends are happy for me,&#8221; Smith said.
“We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,&#8221; Murdoch said.

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Veteran Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews admitted during a recent podcast that she had one &#8220;massive fear&#8221; going into live coverage of the upcoming Super Bowl LVII: that she would drop an &#8220;f-bomb&#8221; on the air.
Andrews discussed the issue with fellow Fox Sports reporter Charissa Thompson on their &#8220;Calm Down&#8221; podcast after a fan question sparked a conversation about staying calm on the sidelines when games got intense.
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/ErinAndrews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ErinAndrews</a> biggest fear while on TV 😰 Accidentally dropping an F-Bomb 🤬😆<a href="https://twitter.com/CharissaT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CharissaT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/calmdownpodcast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@calmdownpodcast</a> <a href="https://t.co/IoAZeFajG9">pic.twitter.com/IoAZeFajG9</a>
&mdash; Calm Down with Erin and Charissa (@calmdownpodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/calmdownpodcast/status/1619794513324802049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How do you keep from dropping the F-bomb during a game?&#8221; the fan asked, and Andrews immediately admitted that it was a concern of hers.
&#8220;It’s a massive fear — massive, massive,&#8221; she said.
Thompson was less worried, replying, &#8220;Really? I don’t even think about it on-air. That’s so interesting though. I say that now and I’ll probably do it.&#8221;
Turning back to Andrews, Thompson asked, &#8220;Have you ever done it on accident?&#8221;
&#8220;Oh my God, no. I am knocking on everything,&#8221; was Anderson&#8217;s reply.
Anderson has already begun preparing for her role in the upcoming game, as she will be reporting from the sidelines when the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-yorkers-mad-after-empire-state-building-honors-philadelphia-eagles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Eagles</a> and the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bengals-qb-had-a-four-word-message-for-chiefs-mahomes-after-sundays-brutal-battle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas City Chiefs</a> duke it out at State Farm Stadium in Arizona.
After much speculation — and after watching colleagues Troy Aikman and Joe Buck leave Fox Sports for ESPN — Anderson re-signed a new deal with Fox Sports.
&#8220;My deal was up in August. Fox came to me pretty much right away and just said, ‘We wanna keep you here,’” Andrews <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/01/erin-andrews-opens-up-about-new-fox-deal-troy-aikmans-departure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said at the time</a>. &#8220;At that point, I was unaware of who I was gonna be doing the games with.&#8221;
She was initially slated to work with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-to-join-fox-sports-as-lead-analyst-once-he-finally-retires/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Brady</a> — who inked a deal with Fox Sports for after he retired from the game.
&#8220;We are pleased to announce that immediately following his playing career, 7-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady will be joining us at @FOXSports as our lead analyst,&#8221; the network announced in a tweet in May of 2022.
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&quot;We are pleased to announce that immediately following his playing career, 7-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady will be joining us at <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXSports</a> as our lead analyst. <a href="https://t.co/fJTOQJ9BwM">pic.twitter.com/fJTOQJ9BwM</a>
&mdash; FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/1524010608680521728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Excited, but a lot of unfinished business on the field with the @Buccaneers #LFG,&#8221; Brady replied.
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Excited, but a lot of unfinished business on the field with the <a href="https://twitter.com/Buccaneers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Buccaneers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LFG</a> <a href="https://t.co/FwKlQp02Hi">https://t.co/FwKlQp02Hi</a>
&mdash; Tom Brady (@TomBrady) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1524011375525253120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fox Sports Reporter Erin Andrews Reveals Her 'Massive Fear' Ahead Of Live Super Bowl Coverage

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Roseanne Barr is set to produce and then star in a new comedy special for Fox Nation — her first comedy stand-up special in 16 years.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/roseanne-barr">69-year-old</a> actress and comedian&#8217;s show will be titled, &#8220;A Roseanne Comedy Special&#8221; and it is set to debut early in 2023 on the Fox News subscription streaming platform, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/roseanne-barr-fox-nation-comedy-special-1235378023/">Variety reported</a> in a piece published Tuesday.
&#8220;Roseanne is a comedy icon whose humor connects with the American audience like no other,&#8221; Jason Klarman, president of Fox Nation, shared in a statement. &#8220;Her ability to channel the challenges of everyday people and find the humor in it all has earned her the passionate following of millions of dedicated fans.&#8221;
&#8220;We are thrilled to add her comedy special exclusively to the Fox Nation catalog,&#8221; the statement added.
A statement from Fox Nation to <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/roseanne-barr-fox-nation-special-1235122921/">Deadline magazine</a> about the special read that it, &#8220;will feature Ms. Barr&#8217;s signature comedic take on a variety of topics, with no subject off limits.&#8221;
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Roseanne Barr has announced her comeback special, “A Roseanne Comedy Special,” will debut in early 2023 on Fox News&#39; subscription streaming platform Fox Nation. <a href="https://t.co/ROqZYJmwjU">https://t.co/ROqZYJmwjU</a>
&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1572259617975025665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, Barr was fired from the reboot of her incredibly popular ABC series &#8220;Roseanne,&#8221; following a tweet that was quickly labeled racist. The show was canceled and the series later came back to the network without her, retitled &#8220;The Conners.&#8221;
She recently spoke about that tweet — which read, &#8220;muslim brotherhood &amp; planet of the apes had a baby&#8221; — and was aimed at former White House senior adviser to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/any-tweet-that-was-not-i-love-hillary-clinton-i-got-a-call-for-roseanne-barr-documentary-explores-how-she-was-canceled">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;I shoulda not did it, but by God, I was really pissed that day,&#8221; Barr explained. &#8220;I did something I wouldn&#8217;t do if I hadn&#8217;t been on that Ambien. It makes you do a lot of crazy s***.&#8221;
She later issued an apology on Twitter, but the show was still taken off the air.
&#8220;I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,&#8221; Barr tweeted at the time. &#8220;I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.&#8221;
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A federal judge blocked a new Arizona <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1307734/gov.uscourts.azd.1307734.43.0.pdf">law</a> Friday that would have made it a crime to record law enforcement activity within eight feet after receiving a warning.
U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi sided with the American Civil Liberties Union, Arizona Broadcasters Association, and several news organizations, including Fox Television and NBC Universal, by granting the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction to stop <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/HB2319S.pdf">HB2319</a> that would have gone into effect on Sept. 24.
ACLU representatives called the law a &#8220;blatant attempt to gut the First Amendment protections for recording police.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a HUGE WIN for our First Amendment rights that will allow Arizonans to continue to hold police accountable,&#8221; ACLU of Arizona officials said in a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/ACLUaz/status/1568292155617341442?s=20&amp;t=7eO7JyG_DvmxOULgxhgQ5Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a>. &#8220;[The law] is a blatant attempt to prohibit people from exercising their constitutional right to record police in public.&#8221;
According to the <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1307734/gov.uscourts.azd.1307734.43.0.pdf">court filings,</a> the ACLU argues that authorities could arrest a reporter for recording video while in a crowd during a protest if a police officer &#8220;walks towards the reporter and breaches the eight-foot distance&#8221; that stifles the reporter&#8217;s ability to move away.
The legislation reads that authorities could charge a person violating the law with a class 3 misdemeanor resulting in $500 in fines, up to 30 days in jail, and up to a year of probation.
The law would have allowed &#8216;subjects of police contact&#8217; &#8211; including the person being questioned, searched or arrested, or any occupant of a vehicle that has been pulled over &#8211; to record the police within 8 feet so long as the act of recording did not interfere with any lawful police action. Observers on private property would have also been allowed to film within 8 feet of a police encounter unless filming interfered with police action or police deemed the area unsafe.
Plaintiff NBC 12 News <a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/judge-grants-injunction-halt-arizonas-law-restricting-police-videos/75-9204ec97-9685-4368-878d-fa04bc1c100b">reports</a> that Republican lawmakers who backed the legislation argued officers would have protection from people filming them with ill intentions.
NBC and the other plaintiffs named in the case filed a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1307734/gov.uscourts.azd.1307734.1.0.pdf">lawsuit</a> last month against Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, and Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-lawsuits-arizona-phoenix-a1069a9ade0300309abe14a45b4b2bc1">reports</a> the outlets that sued include Phoenix Newspapers Inc., parent of The Arizona Republic; Gray Television; Scripps Media; KPNX-TV; Fox Television Stations; NBCUniversal Media; the Arizona Broadcasters Association; States Newsroom; Arizona Newspapers Association; and the National Press Photographers Association.
Judge Tuchi set a deadline of Sept. 16 for anyone who wants to defend the law. However, according to <a href="https://www.azmirror.com/blog/no-one-wants-to-defend-the-new-az-law-that-makes-filming-police-officers-a-crime/">Arizona Mirror</a>, Brnovich&#8217;s office and Maricopa County officials said they have no interest in intervening.
The Epoch Times <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/federal-judge-blocks-arizona-law-that-restricts-filming-of-police_4723381.html">reports</a> that a spokesperson for Bronvich said the attorney general does not have law enforcement authority and argued his office was the wrong party to sue. However, an attorney representing the news outlets disagreed, noting the attorney general has jurisdiction to step in and enforce laws prosecuted by county authorities.
Former police officer and sponsor of the law state Rep. John Kavanagh told The Associated Press that Brnovich took him by surprise when he did not move to defend the law.
&#8220;I was assuming that the attorney general would do his job as the state&#8217;s attorney and defend a law passed by the state,&#8221; Kavanagh said. &#8220;We are trying to get together with the (House) speaker and the (Senate) president and see if the Legislature will defend it, but there&#8217;s also the possibility of some outside group possibly stepping up.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl">NFL</a> superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-brady" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Brady</a> returned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ training camp Monday after an 11-day mystery absence, and shot down a rumor he left to compete on Fox’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Masked Singer</a>.”
Speculation that the ageless quarterback was in Hollywood to showcase yet another talent swirled when he left camp without an explanation. The 45-year-old, seven-time Super Bowl champion denied he left the team to sing on the popular show, but then, he would say that, right?
“Wasn’t on the masked singer last week. Was wearing a mask though,” Brady tweeted along with an ad for his BRADY clothing line.
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Wasn’t on the masked singer last week. Was wearing a mask though. <a href="https://t.co/E3wg9LaC1I">https://t.co/E3wg9LaC1I</a>
&mdash; Tom Brady (@TomBrady) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1561853186515812352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The tweet showed what was certainly a Brady stunt double doing tricks on a motorcycle, something that would surely terrify the Tampa brass and faithful if it were really the face of the franchise.
The rumor didn’t come from nowhere. Brady&#8217;s longtime teammate and pal, tight end <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/rob-gronkowski?b">Rob Gronkowski</a>, once made an appearance on the popular program. But leaving training camp for any reason, much less to be a television show contestant, is a luxury only the greatest quarterback of all time can be afforded.
“If anybody can get away with the 11-day break during training camp, it&#8217;s Tom,” Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate said. “He came back, kind of firing on all cylinders again. We&#8217;re all excited he&#8217;s back and ready to move on.”
Brady missed two preseason games during his sabbatical, but coach Todd Bowles said he would not have played in those contests even if he were with the team. Bowles also said Brady’s mid-camp vacation was pre-planned.
Brady’s teammates seemed glad to have their leader back, wherever he was.
“His presence is different, just the leader he is, the type of guy he is,&#8221; linebacker Lavonte David told reporters. &#8220;It&#8217;s great to have a guy like that back. He came back ready to take off where he left off.&#8221;
Quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen, who probably has more to learn from Brady than to teach him, said No. 12 showed no signs of rust.
&#8220;He looked good and fresh,” Christensen said. “It was good to have him out there. I&#8217;ll tell you that.&#8221;

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TV star Blake Jenner has been arrested for allegedly driving while under the influence after he was stopped by during a traffic stop last weekend.
The 29-year-old actor is reportedly in trouble with the law after police in Burbank, California, confirmed to <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1338337/glees-blake-jenner-arrested-on-dui-charge">E! News</a> that the young star was pulled over by cops on July 9 when he allegedly ran a red light at around 11:30 p.m., the outlet noted in a piece published Monday.
Police told the outlet that, the &#8220;Edge of Seventeen&#8221; star reportedly displayed the &#8220;objective signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication.&#8221;
Jenner also reportedly did not &#8220;perform&#8221; a series of standardized field sobriety tests &#8220;as demonstrated and instructed,&#8221; the outlet noted.
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Jenner was arrested and booked for misdemeanor DUI, the outlet noted. The actor has since been released with a citation and will have to appear in court at a later date to deal with the charge.
On the hit Fox show, Blake&#8217;s break out role was as Ryder Lynn during the series&#8217; fourth and fifth seasons. The role came about after he ended up winning the reality TV series in 2012, &#8220;The Glee Project.&#8221;
In 2013, Blake and his co-star on &#8220;Glee&#8221; Melissa Benoist got engaged and tied the knot in 2015. In 2016, Benoist filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, the piece noted. In November 2019, Melissa posted a video on Instagram talking about her alleged experience of domestic abuse. However, she did not name her alleged abuser.
A year later, Jenner appeared to address his ex-wife&#8217;s post and wrote in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGFpQgH8I5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=eb1aa9fe-04c6-4b39-ad47-52f8e67a720c">statement</a> on Instagram that his marriage to Benoist was filled with &#8220;moments of jealousy, bouts of insecurity, and volatility.&#8221;
Blake stated that he takes &#8220;full responsibility and accountability&#8221; for being &#8220;emotionally, mentally and yes, physically&#8221; abusive towards his ex-wife. He also accused her of allegedly inflicting pain on him as well, the <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1196399/blake-jenner-breaks-silence-on-melissa-benoists-domestic-violence-claims-nearly-one-year-later">outlet</a> noted.
The star wrote that, there was &#8220;mental, emotional and physical abuse inflicted from both ends,&#8221; writing that the former couple reached out to a therapist on how to end the &#8220;toxic cycle&#8221; they were stuck in.
&#8220;There are many things that I wish I could have done differently,&#8221; Jenner shared at the time. &#8220;And while I wish it did not take the pain that was suffered throughout the course of our relationship, I will never regress to making the same mistakes ever again. I will never stop doing the work necessary to better myself in all areas of my life. I wish you and your family nothing but good health, joy and love.&#8221;

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A man pointed a gun at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chicago">Chicago</a> television reporter and her crew Wednesday as she delivered a live report on gun violence, in a shocking incident that has gone viral.
Police in the Windy City are searching for the man, who appeared over the right shoulder of Joanie Lum as she stood on the corner of Clark and Hubbard in the city&#8217;s River North neighborhood. The man pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the news crew as they taped Lum&#8217;s report for <a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-search-for-man-who-pointed-gun-at-fox-32-crew-during-a-live-report?taid=628eb0459c851e00019e5a01&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fox 32-TV’s morning newscast</a> “Good Morning Chicago.”
&#8220;HORRIFYING: While our reporter was in the middle of a live report about Chicago gun violence, a man walked up and pointed what appeared to be a firearm at our crew,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/fox32news/status/1529593175488200704?s=20&amp;t=_U-KwAXLj90an8hpfYYyuw">the channel said in a tweet</a>.
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In the video, the unidentified suspect is first seen walking out of a coffee shop carrying two cups of coffee, with one stacked atop the other. He disappears from view, only to return behind Lum and raised the handgun high above her. He appears to mimic firing it before skipping down the sidewalk away from the crew, waving the gun at his side.
No shots were fired. Chicago police released photos of the man taken from the video and were searching for him.
The station said it was swamped with calls from alarmed viewers after the harrowing scene.
“Thank you to the viewers who were watching Good Day Chicago and called or emailed to make sure our crew was okay,” according to the station.
The city has been plagued by gun violence in recent weeks. Earlier this month, Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Monday a 10 p.m. weekend curfew for minors as the city struggles to stop violent crime. The announcement followed the shooting death of a teenager.
“What I want to do is make sure to reassure the public that our downtown is safe and we are taking these specific steps to make sure that our downtown remains safe,” the mayor said.

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) stopped marching and stepped up to the barricades, dropping a series of expletives in response to a heckler at Sunday morning&#8217;s Celebrate Israel Parade.
Giuliani was marching behind current NYC Democratic Mayor Eric Adams in the parade, which was hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), when someone on the sidelines started yelling at him — and The Forward&#8217;s Jacob Kornbluh captured Giuliani&#8217;s reaction on video.
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Marching behind Mayor Adams is <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RudyGiuliani</a> who gets into a shouting match with a Democrat. 
“You are a jackass… You are a brainwashed asshole… you are probably as demented as Biden,” Giuliani told the guy 
Watch the video 👇 <a href="https://t.co/qjlTzQSP8j">pic.twitter.com/qjlTzQSP8j</a>
&mdash; Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkornbluh/status/1528416293388537856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Someone on the sidelines got the former mayor&#8217;s attention, and he stepped over to one of the metal barriers marking off the parade route. What that person said was not audible on the video, but Giuliani&#8217;s response was clearly a comparison between his own record and Adams&#8217;: &#8220;Crime was down 65% under me, it&#8217;s up 40% under him.&#8221;
&#8220;You bet! You are right!&#8221; one woman on the sidelines agreed with Giuliani.
&#8220;I reduced crime, you jackass!&#8221; Giuliani yelled back at the heckler.
Another spectator voiced support for the former mayor, saying, &#8220;You are the best,&#8221; — but Giuliani continued to respond to the heckler.
&#8220;You are a brainwashed a**hole!” Giuliani said, and a short time later, followed that with: &#8220;You are probably as demented as Biden!&#8221;
Giuliani also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-masked-singer-judge-ken-jeong-storms-off-the-stage-following-rudy-giuliani-reveal">provoked a strong reaction</a> during a recent appearance on FOX&#8217;s &#8220;The Masked Singer&#8221; — and even prompted judge Ken Jeong to leave the stage when he popped out of a jack-in-the-box singing &#8220;Bad to the Bone.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m done,&#8221; Jeong said, and he stormed off, leaving his fellow judges. Nicole Scherzinger and Jenny McCarthy danced along with Giuliani, while Robin Thicke just appeared to be mildly annoyed.
CNN &#8220;New Day&#8221; anchor John Berman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/next-week-harvey-weinstein-cnns-john-berman-blows-up-over-rudy-giulianis-masked-singer-debut">slammed the network</a> for allowing Giuliani to participate in the show.
&#8220;You know, next week on ‘The Masked Singer’: Harvey Weinstein. The week after that: Manuel Noriega. Great job, guys. Great job. I hope the viewers that you’re attracting here are worth it to you,&#8221; he said.
Berman also said he agreed with a tweet he had read about the situation, which said, &#8220;The bare minimum — the absolute bottom-level for the bar we set as a society — must be: if you try to launch a coup and overturn a Presidential election, you are no longer allowed on game shows.&#8221;
Giuliani, for his part, said he had decided to do the show because of his granddaughter.
&#8220;I just had a granddaughter, Grace, and I want her to know that you should try everything, even the things that are completely unlike you and unlikely — and I can’t think of anything more unlike me and unlikely than this.&#8221;

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A sports media rant featuring football legend Tom Brady went viral just days after he announced his post-retirement plan: a spot on Fox Sports.
In the video, released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Brady appears to explain that blowing off the comments and analyses of television commentators after a loss helps to keep them from getting in his head while he needs to remain focused on the game.
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“I just look at the TV and I go ‘F-ck you guys, f-ck you.” &#8211; with two middle fingers raised.
“You block out the noise, because none of it matters.” [<a href="https://twitter.com/Buccaneers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Buccaneers</a>]<a href="https://t.co/jfr76Vxltf">pic.twitter.com/jfr76Vxltf</a>
&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1526548339256328192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Brady said that while he does watch the critics after a loss, he doesn&#8217;t do it to hear their advice.
&#8220;I just look at the TV and I go like this,&#8221; Brady said, flipping both middle fingers at the camera.
&#8220;F*** you guys, f*** you TV,&#8221; Brady continued, flashing a smile.
He went on to add, &#8220;You block out the noise because none of it matters. And what we do is get back to what we did all year. Still not perfect, but football’s not a game of perfect. Um, we always expect to be at our best. We had a tough loss. You ignore what they think and you just move on, man. You fight for another day.&#8221;
And Brady is planning to fight — for at least a few more days — despite <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-tom-brady-makes-official-decision-on-retirement/">announcing his retirement</a> from the NFL.
&#8220;I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition – if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed and success is what I love so much about our game,&#8221; Brady <a href="https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1488521931158695940?s=27">wrote on Instagram</a> in early February.
&#8220;This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes: I am not going to make that competitive commitment anymore. I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time to focus my time and energy on other things that require my attention,&#8221; he added.
But Brady had a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-tom-brady-announces-hell-return-to-tampa-bay-for-a-23rd-nfl-season/">change of heart</a>, announcing just six weeks later that he would return to Tampa Bay for his 23rd NFL season.
&#8220;These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFG,&#8221; he tweeted.
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These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFG <a href="https://t.co/U0yhRKVKVm">pic.twitter.com/U0yhRKVKVm</a>
&mdash; Tom Brady (@TomBrady) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1503147141795045378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Fox Sports later <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-to-join-fox-sports-as-lead-analyst-once-he-finally-retires/">announced</a> that when Brady did eventually retire, he would be taking on a role at the network as lead NFL analyst. &#8220;Over the course of this long-term agreement, Tom will not only call our biggest NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, but will also serve as an ambassador for us, particularly with respect to client and promotional initiatives,&#8221; Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch stated.

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