Marc FellhauerDevin Scillian is retired so he has nothing better to do than write for the Free Press and hang out with ML and Marc at Red Shovel Network HQ … while Shawn looks for toilet paper in somebody else’s crib.
STRAIGHT DOPE: ML welcomes fellow Local 4 (WDIV-TV) legend Devin Scillian to the show. When Marc questions why ML considers himself a Channel 4 icon, he gets a surprise answer that actually kinda makes sense.
Devin is a good sport, but may have some explaining to do when he gets home after he laughed at Marc’s latest outstanding intro.
Devin explains how journalism became his siren, which also helps explain why he aspired to be Homer – and not the one you’re probably thinking of.
What is a good friend; the one who tells you to zip up, or the one who lets you walk around with your crank hanging out? Devin gives his definition in a column he recently wrote for the Detroit Free Press, offering advice to friends of the president. Read it here.
Reporters – and anchors – are supposed to be objective. And Devin has only expressed strong opinions on topics like transparency and freedom of information. But he says some Free Press readers have reacted strongly to his column. Listen and learn why.
Devin offers two critiques of President Trump, but also criticizes another Republican and a Democratic president. Find out who he singled out — and what he thinks they got wrong.
ML takes a cheap shot at weather forecasters, and Devin offers a startling observation about how and where they work.
Would you rather have praise or criticism? Devin and ML make their case for why our critics may actually be kinder than the folks who pay us compliments.
Should newspapers continue to endorse candidates? Devin, the TV guy, says yes. ML, the newspaper guy, says no. And shares how his take on this topic got him in trouble with some colleagues and his boss.
You catch updates about Devin and his band at his website … but don’t expect any news about Devin and ML busking in Paris any time soon.
ML offers and Erika Erickson update and invites everyone to the show’s St. Patrick’s Day party on Monday, March 17 at the Cadieux Cafe and on Soul Night at the Cadieux on Friday, Aug. 1.
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