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- Arcom Report Underlines Enduring Strength of Radio in France
The author of this commentary is WorldDAB representative in France. According to the latest report from French media regulator ARCOM, while 99% of the population has access to a device enabling them to listen to audio, radio remains the leading audio media in France, reaching 73% of the population. Radio is described as a service with a very strong attachment (especially for those 35+), with 68% of people saying they would miss it if it were gone. Crucially, live listening remains dominant, with the majority of audiences still tuning in via broadcast networks such as FM and DAB+. This is a significant point. At a time when digital platforms and streaming services continue to grow — particularly among younger audiences — the data confirms that broadcast live radio remains the backbone of audio consumption. It continues to deliver scale, reliability and simplicity in a way that no single platform can replicate. Among dedicated radio supports (car radios, Hi-Fi systems, portable radios, etc.), 24.5% are also now DAB+ compatible. The report also highlights the importance of the car as a listening environment, with the car radio being the most widely used dedicated device for audio consumption (at 59%). This reinforces the importance of ensuring that broadcast radio, including DAB+, remains easily accessible and prominent in connected vehicles. At the same time, the broader shift towards digital usage is evident. Smartphones are now the most used device for audio, and around half of French listeners consume content via online platforms. Yet this growth is complementary rather than substitutive: Broadcast and digital coexist, forming an increasingly hybrid listening environment. There is no visible negative impact on the consumption of radio stations in their linear (live FM/DAB+) format or on their own digital platforms when listeners also view filmed radio clips on YouTube. For DAB+, this presents a clear opportunity. As France continues its digital radio rollout, DAB+ combines the strengths of broadcast — free-to-air access, robustness and universality — with the expectations of modern audiences, including improved sound quality, increased choice and enhanced data services. The Arcom findings also serve as a reminder of radio’s unique public value. In an environment where concerns around misinformation, algorithmic bias and fragmented discovery are growing, broadcast radio continues to offer trusted, curated content that is universally available. While the ways in which audiences access audio are evolving, the fundamentals remain unchanged. Radio is a primary source… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Indicted Democrat Who Just Quit Congress Is Running for Re-election
Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) just resigned a few days ago just ahead of an expulsion vote, but she’s still running for re-election, her campaign confirmed Friday. Last month, the House Ethics Committee found that Cherfilus-McCormick was guilty of 25 out of 27 counts of embezzling funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that were intended for Covid-19 vaccination programs. She had been accused of improperly funneling $5 million through a health care company she and her brother, Edwin Cherfilus, ran, using the money for her personal use and for her congressional campaign. The siblings were indicted by the Department of Justice in November for their scheme. Cherfilus-McCormick was charged with fifteen charges including theft, money laundering, illegal campaign contributions, and filing a false tax return. She faces up to 53 years in prison, according to a DOJ press release. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied wrongdoing, pleading not guilty to the federal charges against her and maintaining that the House Ethics Committee’s hearing was “not a fair process” and a “witch hunt.” Nonetheless, she announced Tuesday that she was resigningfrom Congress. Had she not resigned, multiple members had called for an expulsion vote that was expected to succeed. Less than half an hour after Cherfilus-McCormick posted her resignation on social media, the Florida Democratic Party issued a statement from Chair Nikki Fried, noting that the congresswoman had just “resigned from the House of Representatives after being indicted on fraud charges involving the misuse of COVID-19 funds” and declaring that “corruption has no place in Congress.” So, to recap: Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from Congress, probably would have been expelled if she hadn’t, is still facing multiple federal charges, and her own party denounced her “corruption.” Not a great campaign platform. And yet, she still plans on running for re-election, NOTUS political reporter Kadia Goba reported, filing her campaign paperwork just four days before she resigned. NEW: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is still running for reelection, her campaign confirmed. The embattled lawmaker filed for reelection four days before resigning.https://t.co/cfO5wyKlTe — Kadia Goba (@kadiagoba) April 24, 2026 A campaign aide for the embattled ex-congresswoman “confirmed to NOTUS she is running — as a Democrat,” wrote Goba, describing her as “plan[ning] to defiantly run for reelection.” The Florida Division of Elections website shows Cherfilus-McCormick’s paperwork was filed on April 17, as Goba reported. Also running in the Democratic primary for Florida’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago - ‘He’s a Pedophile!’ C-SPAN Caller Takes Host on Wild Ride, Says Family Thi...
A caller took C-SPAN host Mimi Gerges on quite a journey, telling her that his family really believes that President Donald Trump is Jesus. The call, which happened on Monday’s Washington Journal, but went largely unnoticed, was placed by a man identified as a Florida man named Todd. Here is the exchange, in which the caller refers to Trump posting a now-deleted image of himself as a Jesus-like figure tending to an ailing man. GERGES: Todd, Port St. Lucie, Florida, Republican. Good morning, Todd. TODD: Thank you. Good morning. Yes, my family members, they do worship Donald Trump. They do believe he is Jesus Christ. So, when he shows that image of himself as the Christ, that’s how they see him. My family doesn’t pray for Donald Trump. They pray to him. They worship him. Do you understand? This is a cult. And they believe– my father believes Donald Trump was born without sin, that he is God in human flesh, that he– my father said Trump never lies. Do you understand me? And that he was sent by himself to save the world from the Mexicans. This is a religion of racism. The Christians ran out of Jews to kill, the Catholics in Nazi Germany. And so they moved on to immigrants and Mexicans and gays. MAGAs hate the same people the Nazis hated. And the MAGAs have the same archetype as the Nazis. GERGES: Wait, wait wait, Todd. Let’s back up. You’re a Republican? TODDL Yes, I’m Lincoln Republican. I believe in freeing the slaves. Yep. GERGES: And did you ever vote for President Trump? TODD: Why would I? He’s a pedophile! GERGES: And when you say your family members, your father, do you still have a relationship with him? TODD: They’re Christians. Well no, we don’t anymore. We don’t– I don’t break bread with the enemy. I don’t dine with Nazis and mass murderers like [former Chairman] Bill Weldon from Johnson & Johnson, ok? You got these upper level Nazis in the cult of Baal, they’re all pedophiles – and you know it – running Hollywood and Washington, D.C. as Sodom and Gomorrah. They’re all on the same team. You wanna talk about Democrats and Republicans? That’s all theater! This is a moral issue! It’s about good versus evil! Do you see? GERGES: Here’s Bill, Satellite Beach, Florida. The next caller, Bill, went on to… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago - SHOCK POLL: 21% of Trump 2024 Voters Support IMPEACHING Him
AP Photo/Alex Brandon It’s common for Democrats and Never Trump Republicans to openly call for impeaching President Donald Trump, but a new poll showed a shocking number of his base supporters are also in favor of removing him from office. The survey by Strength in Numbers/Verasight was conducted from April 10-14, 2026 from a sample of 1,514 U.S. adults, with the data weighted for “age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status, as well as to a running three-year average of partisanship distributions from the Pew Research Center NPORS benchmarking surveys and population benchmarks of 2024 vote.” The margin of error was +/-2.6 percent. The polling numbers for Trump and the GOP have been brutal as his second term has progressed, with his immigration crackdown cratering his support, the handling of the Epstein files getting abysmal marks, and even Americans’ views on his handling of the economy taking body blows. The president’s recent social media posts and public comments about the Iran war sparked new chatter, with reporters openly asking him about his “mental health” and critics accusing him of advocating for war crimes. Numerous congressional Democrats have declared that Trump deserves to be impeached or removed pursuant to the 25th Amendment, and the Strength In Numbers poll sought to determine how broad the support was among the general public. When asked, “Would you support or oppose the U.S. House of Representatives voting to impeach President Trump?” the poll found that 55% said they supported that, 37% were opposed, and 8% were unsure. “That net +18 verdict puts Trump in the neighborhood of the numbers Richard Nixon saw at the peak of the Watergate scandal in August 1974,” pollster G. Elliot Morris noted. And it’s not just Democrats driving that result; the poll noted “[a] surprising percentage of both Republicans and Trump’s own 2024 voters say they would support impeachment if a vote were held today.” For Republicans, 21% support impeachment and 72% oppose, and the breakdown was similar for people who voted for Trump in 2024: 21% support and 73% oppose. That means that “roughly one out of every five of the people who put him back in office” now want him gone, Morris wrote. Unsurprisingly, Democrats (88% support, 8% oppose) and those who voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 (90% support, 7% oppose) were overwhelmingly in favor of impeaching Trump. Among independents, 50% support impeachment… [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago - Kash Patel Was Arrested for Public Intoxication and Public Urination, Unearthed ...
Jose Luis Magana/AP photo FBI Director Kash Patel was arrested twice in incidents relating to alcohol, a newly surfaced disclosure letter has revealed. On Friday, The Intercept reported that Patel, now 46, disclosed the arrests in a 2005 letter that accompanied his application to the Florida Bar. The unearthed arrests, which The Intercept noted are “not uncommon for those in their teens and twenties,” come as Patel has faced scrutiny about alcohol use in the present day. In the letter, which The Intercept said had not been previously reported, Patel stated that while a junior at the University of Richmond, he was arrested for public intoxication after he was escorted out of a basketball game. He was underage at the time. Patel said he paid a fine. “In February/March of 2005, some friends and I were out celebrating,” Patel said of the second arrest, which occurred in New York City while he was a law student at Pace University. “We went to a few of the local bars and consumed some alcoholic beverages. At the end of the night, we decided to walk home. In a gross deviation from appropriate conduct, we attempted to relieve our bladders while walking home. Before we could even do so, a police cruiser stopped the group. We were then attested for public urination. The outcome of this charge is as follows, fine levied and paid.” Patel went on to write that the incidents “are not representative of my usual conduct of behavior.” The director is currently suing The Atlantic over a piece it ran last week about his alcohol use. In that report, Sarah Fitzpatrick said that on April 10, Patel had trouble accessing an FBI computer system and, in a panic, contacted aides and allies to tell them he had been fired, according to nine people familiar with the matter. Fitzpatrick also reported that on multiple occasions, Patel’s security detail had trouble waking him “because he was seemingly intoxicated.” In one incident, his detail requested “breaching equipment” because the director was unreachable behind locked doors. Patel denies the reporting and has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic. In February, Patel flew to Italy, where he watched the U.S. men’s hockey team defeat Canada in the gold medal game. Afterward, he was seen on video chugging beer in the winners’ locker room.The post Kash Patel Was Arrested for Public Intoxication and Public… [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago - Millionaire Trophy Hunter Crushed To Death by Elephants
Wikimedia Commons An American trophy hunter died in Gabon during a hunting expedition after he was trampled by multiple elephants, The Daily Mail reported on Friday. Collect Africa, the company that organized the $40,000 trip, confirmed the death of 75-year-old Ernie Dosio, a vineyard owner from Northern California. Dosio owned Pacific AgriLands, which boasts a 12,000-acre vineyard in Modesto, California. He lived in Lodi. The Daily Mail said Dosio had amassed quite a collection of animal heads and was looking to bag a yellow-backed duiker, which is a small and elusive antelope. Instead, he and his guide unwittingly stumbled upon five female African forest elephants and a calf: The startled elephant herd immediately charged Mr Dosio and his professional hunter. The elephants were so well hidden in the dense undergrowth that they appeared “as if from nowhere,” and the professional with the high-powered rifle was just flung aside. He was seriously injured and lost his gun in the thick bush as the elephants attacked the terrified hunter with just a shotgun, who was then brutally trampled underfoot. “Ernie has been hunting since he could hold a rifle and has many trophies,” one big game hunter who knew Dosio told The Daily Mail. “Although many disagree with big-game hunting, all Ernie’s hunts were strictly licensed and above board and were registered as conservation in culling animal numbers.” Dosio had two adult sons. In 2017, President Donald Trump created an advisory board meant to help rejigger federal rules regarding the importation of animal heads and hides of African elephants and other animals. The board, which included several big game hunters, was dissolved in 2020 amid lawsuits. During his first term, Trump also rescinded an Obama-era policy that banned hunters from importing keepsakes from elephant hunts in Zambia and Zimbabwe.The post Millionaire Trophy Hunter Crushed To Death by Elephants first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.12 hours ago
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