WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.280 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on Demand from 2 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:05.960 KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:10.960 You might have heard Steve Gregory's report about the pending 4 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.519 litigation against Sean P. Diddy Combs. He left out one 5 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:20.800 important fact. He left out the part where I have 6 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.320 been trying to tell you. Tawala's been trying to tell 7 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.120 you that this was going to happen, that more people 8 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.039 were going to be coming forward, And now more than 9 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:34.320 a hundred victims or ledged victims have come forward, kind 10 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.240 of just validating what we said that there were other 11 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:38.200 people that are out there who are going to now 12 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.280 tell their stories and then of course the judicial system 13 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:44.000 will decide whether those. 14 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:45.399 Claims have merit. 15 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:48.520 But we were trying to tell you this was what 16 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.520 was going to happen next and whether Sean P. Diddy Combs, 17 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.880 whether he was innocent of everything. He would have to 18 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:00.399 be innocent of everything, every single claim, every portion of 19 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.000 every claim for him to actually be innocent. 20 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:09.000 Disturbing new allegations of sexual misconduct against Shandy Combs, some 21 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:11.640 of them involving children as young as nine years old. 22 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.079 Nine years old. 23 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:18.680 We tried to tell you, We tried to tell you 24 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.599 that this was not about just freak off. This was 25 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:27.079 not about six parties and after a concert or something 26 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:28.079 at Diddy's mansion. 27 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:31.560 It was something much more sinister, all the way criminal. 28 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:35.319 Disturbing new allegations of sexual misconduct against Shan Didy Combs, 29 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:38.079 some of them involving children as young as nine years old. 30 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:41.159 A Houston attorney representing one hundred and twenty accusers says 31 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.480 he expects lawsuits will be foullowed in the next month. 32 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:47.359 Tony Buzby described the victims as sixty males and sixty females, 33 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:49.840 including twenty five who were miners at the time of 34 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.879 the alleged mist conduct. The attorney alleges the music mogul 35 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:55.439 sexually abused a nine year old boy at an audition 36 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:58.840 at Comb's Bad Boy Records in New York City. Busby 37 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.280 says a fifteen year old was drugged at a party 38 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.000 and in front of Combs was raped by other individuals. 39 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.079 An attorney for Combs calls the allegations meritless and says 40 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.080 the rapper denies any claims that he sexually abused anyone, 41 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:11.120 including my nurse. 42 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.719 Tried to tell you Tony Busby as reference in that story, 43 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:18.400 had this to say, the biggest secret. 44 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:21.560 In the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all, 45 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:22.960 has finally been. 46 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.240 Revealed to the world. 47 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.840 The wall of silence has now been broken and victims 48 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:31.280 are coming forward. Our team has had at this point 49 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.719 more than three thousand and two hundred and eighty five 50 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:38.439 individuals contact us with people claiming people claiming. 51 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:41.000 To have been victimized by Sean Combs. 52 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.319 After vetting, we now represent one hundred and twenty individuals 53 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:49.120 who intend to bring civil claims in civil court against 54 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.319 Sean Diddy Combs. You should know in this group it 55 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.080 is evenly divided between males and females. There's sixty males 56 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.879 and sixty females who have joined us US to pursue 57 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:04.240 these claims. As plainish, the victims are from more than 58 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:05.240 twenty five states. 59 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:10.120 Majority are from California, New York, Georgia, and Florida. When 60 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:12.000 you talk about the ages and the victims from its 61 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.360 conduct occurred, it's shocking. Her youngest victim at the time 62 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:18.280 of the occurrence was nine years old. We have an 63 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.759 individual who was fourteen years old, We have one who 64 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:26.000 was fifteen. Twenty five of one hundred and twenty individuals 65 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.599 who are plaintiffs in these cases were reminders at the 66 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.560 time of the acts complained of them. 67 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:35.280 We tried to tell you that there would be more 68 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:39.560 and this was not unknown. People keep saying this was 69 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.120 not unknown, And then the response has always been, well, 70 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:45.719 why didn't they come forward sooner? Why didn't they say 71 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:48.479 something then? Because there was a threat of violence, There 72 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.840 was a real possibility that not only would they be harmed, 73 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.639 but they would be killed and their family members would 74 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.199 be harmed. It wasn't about worrying about, you know, what 75 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:59.960 would happen to their career, someone trying to ruin their career, 76 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.680 which was often what was said when we talked about 77 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.960 me too. Through the lens of television and movies, Harvey Weinstein, 78 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.039 he could ruin somebody's career. No one was talking about 79 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:15.919 Harvey Weinstein dangling someone off a balcony or beating them 80 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.000 up in their office and hitting them over the head 81 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:21.560 with a telephone. No one was talking about the possibility 82 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:26.079 of Harvey Weinstein, for example, blowing up somebody's car because 83 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:31.040 they dated Cassie for a moment. It's all together different 84 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.680 when you have someone who's so very powerful. And again 85 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:38.480 this was pre social media, for the most part, there 86 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.959 was no way to get out your story in any 87 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.920 meaningful way. No one was just going to take your 88 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.199 word for it and then run with that story. The 89 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:53.720 whole world has changed in a media sense. The reason 90 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.639 why the music Me Too took longer, and have to 91 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:01.480 say this again is because the stakes were higher, The 92 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:08.920 danger was more pernicious, the danger was more serious. Lives 93 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.040 were impacted, lives could have been ended, and I'm quite 94 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:17.120 sure all of these individuals were threatened at some point. 95 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:19.800 And until we deal with that, you're not going to 96 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.720 understand the difference or the reasons why one hundred and 97 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.480 twenty people are coming forward now as opposed to nineteen 98 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.360 ninety nine because it was under the threat of actual 99 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:32.360 physical violence. 100 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.279 I know, it's interesting that there are individuals who and 101 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.120 I don't know if they've reached out to you, Mooh, 102 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.319 but individuals who have reached out me to me through 103 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.120 DMS and said, like, you know, while you were in 104 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:50.120 the industry, how come you didn't speak out? And I 105 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:56.800 would just say for myself, I, as a consenting adult, 106 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:03.040 chose not to go to any after hour. I went 107 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:06.560 to one mansion party just thinking at that time like, 108 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.360 oh man, y'all's invited to this mansion party, bunch of rappers. 109 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:10.360 I want to go check it out. 110 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.240 After I saw what was happening, and at the time, 111 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.680 what was offered to me as the party was winding down, 112 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.759 like hey man, you want to take your pick here, 113 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:25.240 and I'm like, nah, I'm going home. After that, I 114 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:29.600 said to myself, you know what, I have sense enough 115 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:33.120 for myself to say, I don't want to be a 116 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:37.439 part of this all of the music industry, you know, conventions. 117 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:39.639 I had sense enough to say, you know what, I'm 118 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.319 going to leave this bar now because I know where 119 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:47.160 this is going. But the lore and the attraction of 120 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:50.240 the music industry, of the and there's lots of times 121 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:53.439 this is the victims are individuals who want to be 122 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.759 a part of and are looking at these big, heavyweight 123 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:02.959 music moguls and entertainers, singers, rappers, producers and the like 124 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.319 as being a way for them to become famous, and 125 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:09.759 they're willing to do whatever it takes. And unfortunately that's 126 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.120 the lore and the draw of being in entertainment, and 127 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:16.240 what happens is they're victimized to a point that they 128 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.839 could not even understand what was happening at the time, 129 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.319 and this is what happens when they Just imagine you're 130 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:27.079 nine years old and you are a this is all alleged, 131 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.319 but at nine years old, just imagine going and meeting 132 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:36.480 a music icon only to be sexually assaulted. 133 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.680 And how do you process being sexually assaulted at nine 134 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:45.160 years old? How do you communicate that to someone an adult, 135 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:48.480 that X, Y or Z happened to you. And a 136 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:52.639 common story that I would here is you have someone, 137 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.759 let's say, who's nineteen twenty years old of age, an adult, 138 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:00.160 and they meet someone the power of Puff Daddy at 139 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:02.879 the time or p Diddy, someone who could make or 140 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:05.519 break your careers, like you want to be in that 141 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.279 person's presence. You want to do it. It's like Puffy's 142 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:10.600 taken interest in me. He wants me to come hang 143 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.319 out with him at his party at his house. And 144 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.240 then all of a sudden, Oh, it's not what you 145 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.680 thought was going to be. And then all of a sudden, 146 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:20.519 and I do meet. All of a sudden, you realize 147 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:21.839 that you've been drugged and things have. 148 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.000 Happened to you. But who do you tell? Who's going 149 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:26.560 to believe you? Now? To answer your questions talk, and 150 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.079 I keep trying to remind people. 151 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:32.480 I did what I could where I was, what I 152 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.879 saw and could validate and verify. At the Grammys, the 153 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.360 National Academy Recording, Arts and Sciences, I spoke out, I 154 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.399 spoke to the LA Times. When it came to the 155 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.720 books of the Grammys, I spoke to the FBI. I 156 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:48.600 did what I could with what I had right where 157 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:50.759 I was a lot of things that I saw in 158 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:55.279 the music business. And I said this last night. You know, 159 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:59.480 a lot of the music companies were just this side 160 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:04.039 of the trade, and these are real killers, real killers. 161 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:06.399 And it's not enough for me to say, hey, I 162 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:09.200 think something happened to so and so. 163 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.799 You're asking what I did. 164 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:14.960 Are you saying that you would have done differently, because 165 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.080 I don't know about you. I've had a gun put 166 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:21.000 in my face, I've had my life threatened. And unless 167 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.320 you are ready to actually confront that or deal with 168 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.240 the reality of that. When we were talking about this 169 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.360 last night, it was a common experience where you go 170 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.120 to a recording studio or a record label and their 171 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:34.720 guns everywhere. We had armed security twenty four to seven 172 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:37.039 y because someone may come in and shoot up the 173 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.440 place and are you saying are you actually going to 174 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:41.320 really ask me? Or twalla, well, what did you do? 175 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:48.840 Why did you do more? F oh fo capital h. 176 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:55.600 I remember all of the condemnation I received when my 177 00:09:55.840 --> 00:10:00.759 station was leading the charge and trying to bring light 178 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.720 to the charges that were levied against R. Kelly at 179 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.559 the time, and at this time these were just allegations. 180 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:10.480 There were no actual trench just allegations of what had happened, 181 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:15.039 and us having individuals on the air, our Afternoon Drive personality, 182 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:19.080 myself making a decision to back off of the music. 183 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.519 These were things that at the time they said, you 184 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:25.600 are literally throwing your career away for taking this stance 185 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:29.879 on not supporting R Kelly at the height of his career, 186 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:32.440 because this is what he was. I can fly R Kelly. 187 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:34.960 I remember I had a column with euur web dot 188 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.080 com and I was one of the lone voices, the 189 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.000 lone voices who wrote out and wrote and spoke out 190 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:44.440 against R. Kelly in his first child pornography case. And 191 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.000 I caught a lot of hells like how dare you 192 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.080 she was of age, she knew what she was doing. 193 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:54.240 Victim blaming when it was not This was ten years 194 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.679 pre Me Too movement. Okay, whatever that first case was, 195 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.039 and I was one of the lone voices come him. 196 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:04.200 Articles are still out there, and I caught hell for it, 197 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.000 and so I really bristled when people say, why didn't 198 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.559 you do more? 199 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.360 No, I was the one doing more. 200 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:11.960 You're one of the people who either weren't paying attention 201 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:14.720 or didn't believe us. And then when we were trying 202 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.519 to let you know this was going on, I have 203 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.480 the receipts to prove it. So anyone wants to ask 204 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.720 me what I didn't do more, you obviously weren't paying 205 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.360 attention to let me just say one more time. Foh 206 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:30.000 are y'all? Foh go ahead? Mark asked me what that means. 207 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.320 I have some ideas. I have the concepts of an idea. 208 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.639 It's Later with mo Kelly Camfie AO six forty. We're 209 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:40.559 live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 210 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:44.600 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 211 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.279 KFI AM six forty. 212 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.960 And as we talk about these streaming platforms, the different 213 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:54.120 ones from Max to Amazon Prime to Disney Plus to 214 00:11:54.240 --> 00:12:00.720 Peacock Paramount, doesn't matter. There is one basic idea that 215 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.799 I think we should all agree upon we keep the 216 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:08.080 streaming services that we find value in. 217 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.360 It's real simple. 218 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:12.120 I'm not going to pay five ninety nine nine ninety 219 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:16.039 nine twenty nine ninety nine for something that doesn't have 220 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.480 any value, or I'm not going to pay the twenty 221 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.639 nine ninety nine if I don't think that there is 222 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:23.279 an equal amount of value in programming. 223 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.120 Can we agree on that? Good? Okay, let's move forward. 224 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:31.039 So when I see that CNN dot com is offering 225 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:36.200 once again, because they've tried this before, subscription plans premium content. 226 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.600 It ranges from two ninety nine a month to twenty 227 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:43.559 nine ninety nine a year, and you would some people 228 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.519 may argue, I'm sure Warner Brothers Discovery would argue, two 229 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.720 ninety nine a month is not that much. 230 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:50.039 No, it isn't. 231 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:52.279 You should be able to afford two ninety nine a month. 232 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.000 Yes I can, But do I want to spend three 233 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:59.200 dollars a month on something, as far as I'm concerned, 234 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.720 which doesn't offer any value? And when we talk about 235 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:06.000 streaming platforms, it has to offer something that you want 236 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:11.440 and that you can't have normally and justifies you paying 237 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.399 money for it. Now we know that CNN is the 238 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:18.679 lowest rated cable news network, So right there, the demand 239 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:22.720 for the free programming is the lowest of the major 240 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.759 cable networks. And now you want to say that's okay, 241 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.080 we can go lower. We're going to ask you for 242 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:32.480 money for content that you've already let us know over 243 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.600 many years now that it's not something that you want 244 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.240 even for free. We're going to ask you for money 245 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.320 for something that you don't even want to see consistently 246 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:44.559 for free. 247 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.399 This is what CNN had to say. Quote. 248 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.879 The hope is that these are our first, very early 249 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:53.679 steps to building a direct to consumer business, and that's 250 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:57.639 Alex McCallum, executive vice president of Digital Products and Services 251 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:00.720 for CNN Worldwide. We want this to be a very 252 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:04.320 robust business line that complements the affiliate revenue we have 253 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:08.480 and our advertising revenue to be fair. And I say 254 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:12.559 this as someone who's done at least one hundred CNN 255 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.480 hits no exaggeration, so I kind of know how it 256 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:20.399 goes on behind the scenes. To some level, CNN is 257 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:23.559 not just what you see here. That's the domestic channel. 258 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.120 When you turn on your cable news and you see CNN, 259 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:29.080 that's called CNN Domestic, but if you've ever been at 260 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:33.440 an airport around the country or around the world, you're 261 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.879 most likely watching CNN International. If you watch the domestic 262 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:42.320 channel after midnight West Coast time, it usually switches over 263 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:46.840 to the CNN International feed. It's less opinion and editorial 264 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:50.879 and more straight news. And CNN does have bureaus around 265 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.799 the world, unlike Fox News which does not, and unlike 266 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.240 NBC News which has bureaus, but it's not cable focused. 267 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:03.919 CNN has content creating sources all around the world. 268 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:05.519 So there is. 269 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:11.919 Something theoretically which could be offered of value. But right 270 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:17.039 now in America they are focusing obviously on CNN Domestic, 271 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.840 and CNN Domestic has already tried. 272 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.720 I think it was Mark what was it called CNN 273 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.679 Plus or something like that. 274 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.200 It was CNN Plus and it lasted exactly one month 275 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.960 in twenty twenty two, from March twenty ninth to April 276 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:30.720 twenty eighth, and even then. 277 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.440 They had the news of bring it Over Chris Wallace. 278 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:39.320 There was new content which they were offering as a 279 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.240 carrot for people to sign up. But this what I'm seeing, 280 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.519 there's not anything that they can even point to to say, Hey, 281 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.759 you're gonna be getting this and this and that and 282 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:51.279 this exclusive that, and we know you want that, but 283 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.639 we're gonna make you paying for that. They can't even 284 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:57.679 make the honest argument that this two ninety nine a 285 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.960 month is justified. 286 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.000 Maybe that's where you get the fact checking. You have 287 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.919 to pature for that. Oh we all want that. Uh huh. 288 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:11.080 Now, according to CNN, CNN dot Com already has a 289 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.799 robust user base that executives hope can be converted over time. 290 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:17.159 Quote, we have this massive audience. 291 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.320 Over one hundred and fifty million every month, and millions 292 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:21.960 and millions of people come to us through CNN dot 293 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:24.360 com many times a week, if not many times a day. 294 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.279 The idea here is to take a product that already 295 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:30.279 exists and add some more bottom to it. Well, you 296 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.879 can't add more bottom if you're already the bottom. What 297 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:37.879 does that mean add more bottom to it? It doesn't, 298 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:42.120 it does, It defies, It defies logic. Now, I understand 299 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.879 your job as a media company, especially if you're in 300 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:51.080 digital marketing, is to create some sort of revenue stream. 301 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:53.720 Any type of money that they can get for this, 302 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.039 I would say, is basically free money because it doesn't 303 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:00.799 seem like they're really putting out any money for new content. 304 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:03.000 It's not like they're hiring new hosts. It's not like 305 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.519 they're creating new shows like they did try with CNN Plus. 306 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:09.759 It seems like they're just giving you added content, maybe 307 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:13.440 behind the scenes content, maybe some video podcasts or some 308 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.160 of the hosts, you know what I mean, Just kind 309 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.880 of adding nibbling around the edges, but not doing anything 310 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:23.559 extravagant or anything really special to justify you coming out 311 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.839 of the pocket for two ninety nine to twenty ninety nine, 312 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.559 two ninety nine a month or twenty nine ninety nine 313 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:29.880 a year. 314 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.519 And I get it. 315 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.599 They're gonna make the argument, it's like, it's only two 316 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.519 ninety nine. It's not that much. We all can afford 317 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.759 two ninety nine a month. It's it's less than a 318 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:43.079 Starbucks a cup of coffee, which it is. But I 319 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:47.480 don't drink Starbucks and I and I'm very specific about 320 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:50.319 where I spend my money. There's certain streaming platforms I 321 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:53.799 don't have anymore. Why because there's no value in it 322 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:54.160 for me. 323 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.559 Either. 324 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:58.359 I can get the content elsewhere, like on TV, like 325 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:02.880 on Plex TV or some other platform which streams for free, 326 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:06.720 or I can do without it all together, and unless 327 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:11.200 CNN can demonstrate that there's a demand, I'll put it 328 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.720 in other terms, Fox News, even though it's the number 329 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.359 one rated cable news network by a lot for a 330 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.799 long time, Fox Nation has never taken off, and that 331 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:27.079 had different hosts, It had added programming, but people were 332 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:34.880 not interested in that extra monetary layout for Fox esque 333 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:40.119 sounding content which was inferior to the main channel. Fox 334 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:43.160 Nation was not special and it has not done well. 335 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:45.920 I don't know if it's even still around anymore that platform. 336 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:48.279 I have to look it up. But if Fox Nation 337 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.240 can't do it, why in the hell would CNN Plus 338 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:54.599 the second Goal Round be anything. 339 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.079 They really bet a lot on people being lured by 340 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:01.240 the charisma and magnetism of Chris Wallace to CNN Plus, 341 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.400 did they? 342 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:06.319 He was supposed to be the basically the anchor for 343 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.720 the whole platform. 344 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.559 Yeah, I don't have any problem with him, but I 345 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:11.720 sure wouldn't roll the dice on him to that degree. 346 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:15.680 And since that was unsuccessful, and I would not blame 347 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.440 Chris Wallace, I believe the whole rollout was flawed and 348 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.680 faulty because I thought originally he was supposed to be 349 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:24.319 on the broadcast network and all of a sudden he 350 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:25.920 ended up on the digital platform. 351 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:29.759 But if that didn't work, why would this work. 352 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:33.960 And I know you have to generate revenue somehow, some way, 353 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:37.759 but this seems like a failed proposition out the gate. 354 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.160 If you're going to announce this, at least announce it 355 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:45.160 with something that people might be interested in. It can't 356 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.359 even tell me anything that I'm getting, which is supposed 357 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:53.839 to be over and above better than new fangled anything. 358 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.200 Connected to it. 359 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.880 There's nothing new except you'll be able to get all 360 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:01.799 of CNN's regularly scheduled content on the streaming site, plus 361 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.319 some added extras. 362 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:06.480 Okay, okay, you know what. 363 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:08.960 Thank you for the offer, but I'll pass, and I 364 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.240 think most people will pass. 365 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:12.240 You're not going to get Mark Ronner's money. 366 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:15.359 It seems to feel like I'm terribly cheap, especially when 367 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:17.720 it comes to news product. They struggle to fill their 368 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.680 schedule as it is. They're running recycled Bill Maher. They're 369 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:25.559 recycling a show called The News Show, the comedy news 370 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:28.480 Show from Britain. I forget the name of it, but 371 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:30.880 with American stars in it. They don't know what to 372 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.599 do with the time they have on their normal network. 373 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.160 Why would I pay extra to watch them struggle to 374 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.599 fill that? 375 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:39.519 They say they're going to augment the offering with lifestyle 376 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:42.599 content that might include projects in the vein of what 377 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:47.359 Anthony Bourdain did, or a popular CNN personnel like doctor 378 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:49.759 Sanjay Gupta did focusing on health. 379 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.799 That doesn't sound like two ninety nine a month. Oh 380 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.200 and the name of that show, by the way, was 381 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.359 Have I Got News for You? The British version is 382 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:58.559 really good. What was it called, Have I Got News 383 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:02.079 for You? The British version? Yeah, it was the same title. Yeah, oh, okay, 384 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.599 is it worth two ninety nine a month? The British 385 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:07.519 version you can see for free on YouTube and there 386 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:09.359 we go. I've been watching it for years that way, 387 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.319 that's my point. 388 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:13.960 Yeah, you know why, by the cow, when you can 389 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:17.160 get the breast milk for my can'f I Am six 390 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:18.839 forty we're live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app. 391 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.559 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 392 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:24.480 KFI AM six forty. 393 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:32.440 Caf I moch Keller. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 394 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.920 And we found out today that John A. Must the 395 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:40.279 TV writer turned Emmy nominated actor. He starred as James 396 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:45.240 Evans on Good Times. You know, that iconic television theme. 397 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:49.640 He was also the older version of Kuta Kinte in 398 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:54.200 Roots Died That The news was released today that he died, 399 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:58.519 but he died back on August twenty first, as it 400 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:05.319 was reported of natural causes. And growing up, John Amos 401 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:08.680