The date: June 30! The time:News O'Clock! Listen here!
On today's episode ofNews O'Clock:
It’s seeming more and more likely thatPresident Trump ignored warningsthat Russia was paying militants to hunt US soldiers in Afghanistan.
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the US, states are rolling back their plans to reopen. At the same time, Republican lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have started tourge Americans to wear masks.
According to Anne Hathaway, director Christopher Nolandoesn't let his actors sit down on setwhich seems...really weird?
Yesterday, Reddit updated its content policy to ban hate speech andpurged its websiteof thousands of subreddits, including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse.
And there's been a recent wave of TV shows — including30 RockandCommunity —that haveremoved episodeswith characters who use blackface from streaming and syndication. But is that the best solution? We have a conversation with screenwriterAlanna Bennett(CW’sRoswell, New Mexico) about it.
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