web01.fireside.fm Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:22:34 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Snark Factor - Episodes Tagged with “Media Bias” https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/tags/media%20bias Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0400 The Snark Factor is a weekly show that airs on WAAM Talk 1600AM, 92.7FM Ann Arbor. You'll hear unusual takes on the latest news and entertainment from host Fingers Malloy. Sarah Smith and The Snark Factor Players join in on this unique talk show. en episodic The Snark Factor is a weekly show that airs on WAAM Talk 1600AM, 92.7FM Ann Arbor. Fingers Malloy The Snark Factor is a weekly show that airs on WAAM Talk 1600AM, 92.7FM Ann Arbor. You'll hear unusual takes on the latest news and entertainment from host Fingers Malloy. Sarah Smith and The Snark Factor Players join in on this unique talk show. no Fingers Malloy fingerstmalloy@gmail.com Ceasefires, Cage Fights, and Cable Bills https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/ceasefires-cage-fights-cable-bills 85867ef7-778f-43e0-85bf-d0b26fdc1521 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0400 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy Fingers and Sarah break down the chaos around Trump, Iran, and the ever-shifting media reaction, from ceasefire confusion to the now-familiar cycle of panic, reversal, and hot takes. They talk about criticism from the right, the possibility of regime change, and why so much of modern political coverage feels more like performance than analysis. Also in the episode: Hunter Biden’s bizarre challenge to the Trump sons, the pay-to-play nonsense of social media, streaming services becoming just as expensive and frustrating as cable, the sad state of late-night TV, and a reminder not to trust the mailbox with your tax return at the last second. It’s foreign policy, media theater, culture decline, and a little tax panic for dessert. 49:27 no Donald Trump’s on-again off-again posture toward Iran gives Fingers and Sarah plenty to work with, from mock “exclusive audio” of the negotiations to the media’s instant pivot from predicting apocalypse to calling Trump weak the second the tone changed. They get into the shaky ceasefire talk, oil prices dropping fast, criticism from the right, and the bigger question of whether this turns into another endless conflict or something very different. Also in this episode: the online outrage machine, engagement farming on X, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and why hot takes have become their own broken economy. Then the conversation swings to Hunter Biden challenging the Trump sons to a cage match, the rising cost and shrinking value of streaming services, the strange disappearance of movies from platforms you already pay for, the collapse of late-night TV as we knew it, and a last-minute warning for anyone still mailing in a tax return at the deadline. It’s foreign policy, media absurdity, social media nonsense, pop culture decline, and tax-season panic. A very normal week. Donald Trump’s on-again off-again posture toward Iran gives Fingers and Sarah plenty to work with, from mock “exclusive audio” of the negotiations to the media’s instant pivot from predicting apocalypse to calling Trump weak the second the tone changed. They get into the shaky ceasefire talk, oil prices dropping fast, criticism from the right, and the bigger question of whether this turns into another endless conflict or something very different.

Also in this episode: the online outrage machine, engagement farming on X, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and why hot takes have become their own broken economy. Then the conversation swings to Hunter Biden challenging the Trump sons to a cage match, the rising cost and shrinking value of streaming services, the strange disappearance of movies from platforms you already pay for, the collapse of late-night TV as we knew it, and a last-minute warning for anyone still mailing in a tax return at the deadline.

It’s foreign policy, media absurdity, social media nonsense, pop culture decline, and tax-season panic. A very normal week.

]]> Donald Trump’s on-again off-again posture toward Iran gives Fingers and Sarah plenty to work with, from mock “exclusive audio” of the negotiations to the media’s instant pivot from predicting apocalypse to calling Trump weak the second the tone changed. They get into the shaky ceasefire talk, oil prices dropping fast, criticism from the right, and the bigger question of whether this turns into another endless conflict or something very different.

Also in this episode: the online outrage machine, engagement farming on X, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and why hot takes have become their own broken economy. Then the conversation swings to Hunter Biden challenging the Trump sons to a cage match, the rising cost and shrinking value of streaming services, the strange disappearance of movies from platforms you already pay for, the collapse of late-night TV as we knew it, and a last-minute warning for anyone still mailing in a tax return at the deadline.

It’s foreign policy, media absurdity, social media nonsense, pop culture decline, and tax-season panic. A very normal week.

]]> Adults in the Room, Money Gone Missing https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/adults-in-the-room-money-gone-missing 5654c414-a8cb-4947-885c-a8d3c2189f34 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy Schumer vs. the activist left, immigration narratives, and the collapse of trust take center stage on The Snark Factor. Plus, a shocking story of a dormant savings account sent to the state — and a lighter finish with Waffle House Valentine’s Day and Super Bowl food debates. 49:34 no This week on The Snark Factor, Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith take on a week where being the adult in the room somehow became a political crime. It starts with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — not in legal trouble, but in deep trouble with the activist wing of his own party — for committing the unforgivable sin of trying to keep the government funded. Fingers and Sarah dig into why shutdown politics have flipped, how immigration and ICE became the flashpoint, and why polling reality still refuses to cooperate with protest narratives. From there, the conversation widens into media blind spots, propaganda, and why public trust has eroded so badly that no investigation, no institution, and no authority is seen as legitimate anymore — which may be the point. The show then turns local, as Fingers contrasts wall-to-wall coverage of protests with the near silence surrounding a deadly crash in Indiana involving an illegal immigrant driver (https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/four-dead-as-illegal-immigrant-semi-truck-driver-plows-into-amish-van-in-indiana-cbp-one-app-biden-administration) — and asks why some victims get national attention while others barely get a headline. In the second half, the focus shifts from politics to something that hits much closer to home: money. A disturbing story from Carol Roth (https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/carol-roth-money-your-safe-savings-account-could-vanish-overnight) details how a retiree’s six-figure savings account was quietly closed and sent to the state for “inactivity,” despite regular interest deposits — a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks their money is safe just because it’s sitting still. And because this is The Snark Factor, the episode wraps with lighter fare: Waffle House going full fine-dining for Valentine’s Day, regional pronunciation fights (“waffle”), Super Bowl party food politics, Velveeta defenders, and the eternal danger of the sad veggie tray. Smart, sharp, skeptical, and occasionally hungry — this is The Snark Factor. This week on The Snark Factor, Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith take on a week where being the adult in the room somehow became a political crime.

It starts with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — not in legal trouble, but in deep trouble with the activist wing of his own party — for committing the unforgivable sin of trying to keep the government funded. Fingers and Sarah dig into why shutdown politics have flipped, how immigration and ICE became the flashpoint, and why polling reality still refuses to cooperate with protest narratives.

From there, the conversation widens into media blind spots, propaganda, and why public trust has eroded so badly that no investigation, no institution, and no authority is seen as legitimate anymore — which may be the point.

The show then turns local, as Fingers contrasts wall-to-wall coverage of protests with the near silence surrounding a deadly crash in Indiana involving an illegal immigrant driver — and asks why some victims get national attention while others barely get a headline.

In the second half, the focus shifts from politics to something that hits much closer to home: money. A disturbing story from Carol Roth details how a retiree’s six-figure savings account was quietly closed and sent to the state for “inactivity,” despite regular interest deposits — a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks their money is safe just because it’s sitting still.

And because this is The Snark Factor, the episode wraps with lighter fare:
Waffle House going full fine-dining for Valentine’s Day, regional pronunciation fights (“waffle”), Super Bowl party food politics, Velveeta defenders, and the eternal danger of the sad veggie tray.

Smart, sharp, skeptical, and occasionally hungry — this is The Snark Factor.

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It starts with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — not in legal trouble, but in deep trouble with the activist wing of his own party — for committing the unforgivable sin of trying to keep the government funded. Fingers and Sarah dig into why shutdown politics have flipped, how immigration and ICE became the flashpoint, and why polling reality still refuses to cooperate with protest narratives.

From there, the conversation widens into media blind spots, propaganda, and why public trust has eroded so badly that no investigation, no institution, and no authority is seen as legitimate anymore — which may be the point.

The show then turns local, as Fingers contrasts wall-to-wall coverage of protests with the near silence surrounding a deadly crash in Indiana involving an illegal immigrant driver — and asks why some victims get national attention while others barely get a headline.

In the second half, the focus shifts from politics to something that hits much closer to home: money. A disturbing story from Carol Roth details how a retiree’s six-figure savings account was quietly closed and sent to the state for “inactivity,” despite regular interest deposits — a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks their money is safe just because it’s sitting still.

And because this is The Snark Factor, the episode wraps with lighter fare:
Waffle House going full fine-dining for Valentine’s Day, regional pronunciation fights (“waffle”), Super Bowl party food politics, Velveeta defenders, and the eternal danger of the sad veggie tray.

Smart, sharp, skeptical, and occasionally hungry — this is The Snark Factor.

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