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U.N. court declines to order cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war · Apple News Today

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  [INTRO MUSIC BEGINS]
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  Gideon Resnick, Narrating: Good morning. It's Friday, January 26.
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  I'm Gideon Resnick, in for Shumita Basu. This is Apple News Today.
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  On today's show, what to know about the wave of media layoffs,
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  how Trump could tank a bipartisan border deal,
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  and the four teams vying for spots in this year's Super Bowl.
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  [MUSIC FADES OUT]
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  But first, the United Nations' top court
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  ruled that Israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide.
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  But they stopped short of ordering the country
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  to suspend its military operations in the Gaza Strip.
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  The ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague
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  was highly anticipated.
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  It came after South Africa brought charges of genocide against Israel last month.
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  The ICJ did not rule today
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  on whether or not Israel's war constitutes a genocide,
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  but said they do have jurisdiction to rule on that charge.
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  It could be years before we get a ruling.
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  In an hour-long hearing,
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  ICJ President Judge Joan Donaghue, who is American,
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  said that Israel must ensure compliance with the Genocide Convention
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  and do all within its power to protect civilian life.
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  [START ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  ICJ President Judge Joan Donaghue: By 16 votes to 1,
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  the state of Israel shall take immediate and effective measures
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  to ensure the provision of urgently needed basic services
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  and humanitarian assistance
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  to address the adverse conditions of life faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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  [END ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: Health officials in Gaza say more than 25,000 people have been killed,
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  a majority of them women and children.
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  According to the World Health Organization,
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  93% of Palestinians in Gaza face, quote, "crisis levels of hunger."
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  The court called the current situation in Gaza, quote, "catastrophic"
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  and warned that without immediate humanitarian aid,
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  it is at "risk of deteriorating further."
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  It also ruled that Israel must take effective measures
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  to avoid the destruction of any evidence of genocide.
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  And it called for the release of the remaining hostages
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  being held by Hamas.
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  [START ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Donaghue: But the Court deems it necessary to emphasize
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  that all parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip
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  are bound by international humanitarian law.
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  It is gravely concerned about the fate of the hostages abducted
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  during the attack in Israel on 7 October 2023,
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  and held since then by Hamas and other armed groups,
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  and calls for their immediate and unconditional release.
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  [END ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: The ICJ said Israel must submit a report within a month
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  demonstrating it is complying with its orders.
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  While the Court's rulings are binding, it has no means of enforcement.
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  That would be left up to the international community.
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  The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said they welcomed today's ruling from the ICJ.
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  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the ruling,
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  calling the accusation of genocide "not only false," but "outrageous."
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  Earlier this month,
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  he said nothing would stop the country's war against Hamas,
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  including The Hague.
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  Now let's turn to some other major stories that are in the news.
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  In Russia, a court in Moscow extended the detention
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  of "Wall Street Journal" reporter Evan Gershkovich
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  for an additional two months.
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  [MUSIC FADES OUT]
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  This means Gershkovich will now spend at least one year behind bars.
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  He was arrested in March of 2023,
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  and the U.S. says that he has been wrongly detained.
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  In the United States, Alabama carried out the first execution in the nation
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  to use nitrogen gas. It's an untested method
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  that UN human rights experts have strongly criticized.
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  Convicted murderer Kenneth Smith was pronounced dead Thursday night
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  after the Supreme Court denied an appeal from Smith's attorneys
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  to halt the execution.
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  On Capitol Hill, some Senate Republicans are expressing frustrations
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  over former President Donald Trump speaking out against a border deal
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  in an effort to deny President Biden a legislative win.
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  It's taken lawmakers months
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  to come to a bipartisan compromise over the southern border
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  in exchange for more funding for the Ukraine war effort.
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  Yesterday, Senator Mitt Romney aired his frustrations.
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  [START ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Senator Mitt Romney: I think the border is a very important issue for Donald Trump.
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  And the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople
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  that he doesn't want us to solve the border problem
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  because he wants to blame Biden for it is really appalling.
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  [END ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: "CNN" reports that this is the second time in six years
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  that Trump has either successfully killed or tried to kill
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  a bipartisan immigration deal.
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  It's a brutal time for the journalism industry,
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  with publishers large and small laying off employees.
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  In the past year alone, there have been layoffs
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  at "The Washington Post," "Sports Illustrated," "Vox Media,"
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  "NPR," "ABC," "NBC,"
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  "National Geographic," "Time," and many more.
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  This week, employees at "Condé Nast" and "Forbes"
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  staged walkouts to protest cuts.
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  "Business Insider" announced layoffs for 8% of its staff,
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  and the "Los Angeles Times" cut their newsroom by more than 20%.
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  The problem is particularly acute when it comes to local news.
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  According to the Medill School of Journalism,
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  an average of 10 local newspapers are shutting down every month.
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  It all leads to questions of how to fix journalism's business model
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  to support quality reporting,
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  and what it means for our democracy to have so many fewer working journalists
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  in an election year, when there's an onslaught of misinformation.
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  Here's Geeta Anand,
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  the Dean of UC Berkeley's Graduate School for Journalism,
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  talking to "KQED."
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  [START KQED ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Geeta Anand: This is just hugely problematic for communities, for democracy.
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  If you don't have the reporters
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  at the "L.A. Times" and at other local publications
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  covering school board meetings and covering zoning board meetings
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  and telling you what's happening in local communities,
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  there's no way for people to go to the polls and vote responsibly.
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  Local news publications like the "L.A. Times"
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  are fundamental to holding governments accountable.
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  And as they get decimated,
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  our ability to hold our government to account is in shambles.
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  Resnick, Narrating: "NPR" media reporter David Folkenflik says it's hard to point to one reason
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  for this wave of layoffs.
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  With a few rare exceptions,
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  newspapers have struggled to get readers to pay for subscriptions.
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  And despite a healthy economy, advertising dollars are down.
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  David Folkenflik: Advertising gets cut in a time of anxiety.
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  And so a lot of corporations up and down have withheld their advertising dollars
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  as they feared an economy which, by and large, hasn't arrived.
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  We've had terrific, you know, quarter-after-quarter ratings.
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  And so that means there's been not an actual recession,
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  but what I am calling now kind of a media recession.
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  Resnick, Narrating: Media commentator Margaret Sullivan told "CNN"
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  about the damage she worries all of this will have on our society.
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  "Democracy," she said,
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  "needs an informed electorate in order to function,
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  and that is tragically dwindling."
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  This weekend is the NFL Conference Championship Games.
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  The Baltimore Ravens play the Kansas City Chiefs,
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  and the San Francisco 49ers face off against the Detroit Lions.
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  The winners of these games will go on to play in the Super Bowl.
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  So here to talk through the matchups, what we can expect, and more,
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  is Apple News Sports Editor Shaker Samman.
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  Hey, Shaker.
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  Shaker Samman: Hey, what's going on, man? Thanks for having me.
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  Resnick: Okay, so let's start with the Chiefs-Ravens game.
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  What are some of the things we should be watching for on the field?
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  Not talking about cuts to Jason Kelce shirtless in the crowd or whatever else.
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  Samman: Yeah. You know, this is basically the matchup
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  that in the AFC we've kind of been hoping for all season.
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  You have the defending champions, the Chiefs,
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  Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, right?
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  This team that has, as long as we can remember,
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  had this dominant, imposing offense
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  that actually this year kind of took a step back
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  and is more of a defensive team.
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  And on the other hand, you have the Baltimore Ravens,
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  led by probable MVP Lamar Jackson, who, if you look at the advanced numbers,
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  might be the best football team of all time.
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  They can beat you so many different ways: through the air, on the ground.
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  And they're getting a boost this week
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  when superstar tight end Mark Andrews comes back from injury.
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  Resnick: Yeah, they seem like the scariest team of the bunch
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  if you are thinking about playing them.
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  Let's talk about the NFC.
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  San Francisco 49ers are playing the Detroit Lions.
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  Obviously, a lot of excitement, I think,
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  between you and I and many other people about the Lions specifically.
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  But what should we watch for here?
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  Samman: I think this game comes down to two things.
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  Number one, the health of Debo Samuel, the 49ers superstar,
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  do-it-all kind of wide receiver running back combo player
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  who is effectively a game-breaker
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  because there's no real way to scheme for him
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  without leaving something else open.
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  And also, whether or not the Detroit defense can step up.
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  But this Lions team has kind of been the story of the NFL season, right?
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  They have an unlikely coach in Dan Campbell,
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  who a few years ago in his first press conference
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  talked about wanting to bite kneecaps and just beat the snot out of opponents
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  and this toughness and grit.
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  Kind of like the way people talked about football in, like, the 60s.
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  But his teams have kind of shown that. They fight through it all.
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  Resnick: They're one of four teams to have never made it to the Super Bowl.
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  They only have one NFC Championship appearance, and it was in 1992.
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  I'm sure people in Detroit don't need to be reminded of all this.
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  So just to take a step back here from the actual games,
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  what does this mean for this team and this city and its fan base
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  that's sort of been waiting for an opportunity like this?
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  Samman: Yeah, I mean, to put it into context, I'm from the Detroit area.
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  As long as I can remember, the Lions have been miserable.
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  In 2008, they lost every single game.
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  And the kind of like legacy of this team has been losing
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  or almost winning and then breaking your heart.
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  And for the first time in a lot of Lions fans' lives, myself included,
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  they're good. They are 120 minutes of football away
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  from being Super Bowl champions, potentially.
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  Resnick: Yeah, it feels like it's been, like, a mass delusion
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  for people to have to convince themselves of what is actually reality
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  week by week with this, which has been fun to see,
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  that it is actually happening. So on that note, 120 minutes away,
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  give me your brain's pick for the Super Bowl and the winner there
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  and your heart's pick.
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  Samman: So we'll start with the AFC.
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  I think the Ravens are going to knock off the Chiefs.
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  I think we're going to have a new champion this year.
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  The Baltimore Ravens are just too good.
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  As for the NFC, my brain's pick is still the 49ers.
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  My heart pick says the Lions win that game,
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  but I can't let myself be caught in that emotionally compromised scenario.
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  So, Super Bowl, 49ers versus Ravens.
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  And just like we saw on the regular season,
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  I think the Ravens beat the 49ers by just an upsetting margin.
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  [OUTRO MUSIC FADES IN]
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  Resnick: Shakar Samman, Apple News Sports Editor. Thank you so much for joining us.
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  And go Lions. I think we should say. Go Lions.
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  Samman: Thanks for having me, and absolutely, go Lions.
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  Resnick, Narrating: You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app,
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  and check out our weekend interview show, Apple News in Conversation.
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  This week, you're going to hear the last interview Shumita recorded
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  before her maternity leave.
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  She talks to New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast
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  about what it takes to create the iconic drawings we love so much.
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  Roz Chast: I didn't want to learn how to be a New Yorker cartoonist.
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  I wanted to learn how to be me.
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  You know, the only thing I really could do
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  was draw how I drew and think like I thought,
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  and pay attention to what I thought was funny,
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  not try to figure out what somebody else thought was funny.
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  Resnick, Narrating: And if you're listening in the Apple News app right now,
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  that episode is queued up to play for you next.
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  Enjoy the weekend, and we'll be back with the news on Monday.
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