coronavirus overtaking wuhan, china. what do we do? oh, you know who we could ask? the wuhan novel respiratory coronavirus lab. the disease [laughter] is the same name as the lab are. [laughter] that s just, that s just a little too weird, don t you think? howard: here s i stewart on his apple f the show reflecting on the backlash. i thought it was a pretty good can bit that expressed kind of how i felt. and the two things that came out of it were i m racist against asian people and how dare i align myselfs with the alt-right. howard: unreal. i bring this up, of course, because parts of the biden administration now believe the kid thely virus did originate from that wuhan lap lab. we don t know for sure, but the media and social media played a key role in stifling any debate. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, brian kilmeade on his interview with ron desantis and the house investigating george santos. one politician who got beat up pretty badly
let s take a look at today s papers. putin s revenge headlines the daily mirror. the paper reports it is thought the russian president put the wagner boss on a kill list weeks ago. it adds that locals say they heard two bangs before the crash. the metro reports on the story that india has become the first country to land in the lunar south pole region. the paper writes the nation is only the fourth to land successfully on the moon. nigel farage says it is a sickjoke that the ex natwest boss who quit over his account will get a payout package of £11 million, acccording to the daily telegraph. former ceo alison rose, who stepped down injuly, will be paid as she sees out a 12 month notice period. and one of the most read articles on the bbc website is louis theroux s comments on tv bosses playing it safe .
at the scene where his wife and son were killed, and the jury agreed after just three hours of clicks. i say anxiously awaiting because the trial was constantly airing on the three cable news network, often blotting out any other semblance of news. millions of people were hooked on the trial, and that s fine. but as tragic as this unspeakable crime was with, this was a local south carolina story involving a rich white guy that became a tv phenomenon because it turned into a daily soap opera. the tv bosses milkedded it, the legal pundits talked around the clock as with so many previous stories about murders or missing white women. now that more cough has been sentenced to life of in prison, or i m glad it s over, but i still don t think it had enough national significance to warrant constant live coverage except that lot of people, not including me, wanted to catch. concern to watch. savannah gut arely disappeared from the today show. savannah left early, she wasn t feeling great, s
who i play with. yeah, of course ben stokes will need help. yeah, of course ben stokes will need help, specifically from the new coach, help, specifically from the new coach, yet to be appointed. he says he wants coach, yet to be appointed. he says he wants selfless cricketers in his team he wants selfless cricketers in his team if he wants selfless cricketers in his team. if you re wondering whether his apartment as a captain will hasten his apartment as a captain will hasten the return of those famous bowlers hasten the return of those famous bowlers james anderson and stuart broad, bowlers james anderson and stuart broad, i bowlers james anderson and stuart broad, i would say, expect to see those broad, i would say, expect to see those two broad, i would say, expect to see those two gentlemen in the england team at those two gentlemen in the england team at lord s in about a month. joe wilson anne robinson has announced she s stepping down from hosting the chan
going to the national public broadcaster, it was going to other places. that was widely seen as an attack on the independence of the broadcaster, actually, by making it more reliant on tax money, which can be easily cut, and less able to guarantee its funding and to carry out independent journalism. so, you know, macron may be doing this as a vote winner, but actually, whenever politicians say we need to replace the licence fee with something else, we need to be very wary about what their intentions actually are. chris curtis from broadcast, if i bring you back in, i saw that broadcast was reporting this afternoon that one of the big french tv bosses has claimed that a le pen victory would mean french state tv assets being sold to a billionaire. yeah. i mean, dominic summed it up quite well there is a period of reckoning coming for public service broadcasters around the world, and it s going to be challenging, but i suspect that one of the things that those organisations need to do i