Fox apologizes for ‘disgraceful’ comment about Thunberg

Fox News has apologized for a guest’s “disgraceful” description of environmental activist Greta Thunberg as mentally ill but was silent on Laura Ingraham likening her to a murderous cult of children from a Stephen King story.
The network responded swiftly to a news segment Monday where Michael Knowles of “The Daily Wire” said the 16-year-old environmentalist was a “mentally ill Swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international left.”
Knowles was immediately called out by a fellow guest, podcast host Chris Hahn, who said, “You’re a grown man and you’ve attacked a child. Shame on you.”
Hahn called on Knowles to immediately apologize. He didn’t and won’t get a chance again on Fox. The network later apologized to Thunberg and viewers for the comment and said it had no plans to book Knowles, who has no tie to the network, again.

A previously unreleased track from Franklin is coming out

Christmas is bringing the gift of a previously unreleased Aretha Franklin recording.
“Big Band Holidays II” from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis has a holiday album that will feature the late icon singing “O Tannebaum.” Franklin performed the song as she played the piano at a 2015 holiday concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center; her performance of the classic, in both English and German, was a surprise.
It will be featured on the album, which is being digitally released on Oct. 25 and will be in stores on Nov. 8. Few songs have been released from Franklin since her death in August 2018.