Because of the short holiday week, Bill hosted a special Friday edition of the No Spin News. 

He started things off with a brief exposition on a theory put forth by radio host Rush Limbaugh, who believes that CNN is finished, kaput, over.  Here are a some excerpts from Bill's analysis of that suggestion and the overall cable news landscape: 

"You've got Fox News," he began, "which speaks to traditional, conservative America.  They have that all to themselves and Fox has done very well with that audience.  Then there is a division between MSNBC, which is far left, and CNN, which is not as progressive.  CNN is third, but they have distribution – they are in the airports, they have a prime position on your cable lineup, so they are making money.  There are enough Trump-haters in the country who want to hear this stuff every day, although that may not last, particularly if Trump starts to pass legislation like tax cuts.  So MSNBC has benefitted the most, while CNN is number three.  They don't have a lot of potential for growth, but they have CNN International and they make money.  So I don't see CNN folding."

Bill also evaluated the cable TV business:  "The overall audience is coming down because people don't want to pay $150 or $200 a month for a bunch of stations they don't watch.  I might watch five stations out of a hundred.  Consumers want television on demand and you are seeing that happening right now.  The cable networks are all going to be hurting.  ESPN is hurting bad and the news networks may follow.  You're going to see more of the entertainment dollars go to Netflix and other streaming technology, and in a few years you'll be able to tell your television set, 'I want to watch Hawaii Five-0.'  That's what's in play here.  CNN has taken a hit, they've had to fire some people, but it's not going to wipe them out.  What will eventually wipe out all the cable stations is the new technology that is coming down the pike." 

Bill then tossed to his regular Friday morning interview with Glenn Beck on The Blaze Radio.  As always, the duo had some fun while analyzing the news of the week. 

Beck first invited Bill to weigh in on President Trump's pro-Western speech in Poland.  "The message was worthy and needed to be said to Europeans on their own soil," Bill began, "but I thought it was a fairly standard speech.  If I were writing it, I would have singled out a few examples where Europe is in trouble.  For example, Sweden has accepted way too many migrants who can't be assimilated.  These kinds of things would have made the speech more vivid."  Beck concluded, "It was refreshing to hear someone stand up for the Western way of life, I haven't heard that in eight years." 

After some humorous banter about communism, capitalism, and bananas – yes, bananas – Beck steered the wayward conversation back to the liberal media's war against President Trump.  "I think it is now a fact," Bill said, "that CNN, MSNBC, and the progressive newspapers have basically stopped covering the news in a fair way.  Their agenda is to try and destroy Donald Trump.  The New York Times understands that its readership is 90% liberal and they are giving those folks what they want rather than the truth." 

Bill also summarized his view of the G20 summit in Germany:  "All of this is basically schmoozing, and the really interesting part is the Trump-Putin meeting.  I have predicted that Putin will emerge and say that Russia is also going to scorn North Korea, he has to give something.  Putin doesn't want to make an enemy out of Trump." 

Beck turned to health care and the Republicans' implication that they may cooperate with Democrats.  "We're going to go from a Democrat-Lite bill," Beck groused, "to a full-on Democratic-inspired health care bill.  They're just going to fix ObamaCare."  But Bill theorized that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may be playing his fellow Republicans, especially the more intransigent Senators, by threatening to work with the Democrats.  "The Republicans have to get something on the board," he declared, "because if they don't they risk losing the Senate in 2018.  People are waiting for some kind of accomplishment." 

Bill also expounded on one major difference between the parties:  "The Democrats are afraid of their leadership, but Republicans are not afraid of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.  There is not the fear that there is on the Democratic side, where they vote as a bloc.  Can you believe the Democrats will vote against Kate's Law in the Senate?" 

Turning to illegal immigration, Bill credited President Trump's tough-guy stance for diminished crossings:  "People don't come here now.  Central Americans and Mexicans are saying it's too dangerous and expensive to cross the border, so they don't do it.  It's because of the perception that President Trump will send them back." 

One of Donald Trump's Republican primary opponents was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who was popular across the country for a time.  Now, however, with an approval rating of about 15%, he is one of the most unpopular governors in American history.  "Chris Christie knows he will no longer be involved in public service," Bill theorized, "and he wants to get into the media business.  There are rumors that he wants to get into sports radio and that's why he allowed himself to be photographed in a lounge chair on the beach when other beaches were closed.  He knows what he's doing, he's engendering controversy to get his name out there.  I think he's going to get some kind of media contract."  Beck predicted that Governor Christie would not thrive in political talk radio, saying, "Almost all radio is heavily right and Chris Christie has zero credibility with the right." 

On an issue of literal life and death, a New York hospital has offered to treat terminally ill British infant Charlie Gard, whose life British health authorities have deemed not worth saving.  "The British would be insane if they don't let the baby get treated," Bill opined.  "If the British government says it will allow the baby to die, that would be an enormously big story.  I don't think they'll do that, the UK could not defend not allowing this baby every opportunity."  Beck portrayed the dispute over Charlie Gard as nothing less than "a bellwether on our humanity." 

Before signing off, Bill implored Beck to read "Legends & Lies: The Civil War," suggesting that the book will enhance Beck's life and intellect.  And Beck, once again, quipped that there are simply far too many O'Reilly-penned works in his local book store.  The duo will continue their repartee next Friday, if not sooner.