Charles Barkley Dunks On Fox News During March Madness Viral Moment: 'You Don't Have To Repeat Everything The Idiots Say'
As the sports broadcasters filled out their NCAA Men's Tournament bracket, Smith picked his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, to take the championship despite its unfavorability.
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'Are you serious?' Barkley asked. 'Are you serious? Y'all make fun of me for being unbiased.'
Smith fired back and said, 'Listen, I don't lie about being biased.'
'We're supposed to be unbiased,' Barkley noted with Smith adding, 'No, you're not.'
Barkley then replied, 'What are we, Fox News? What are we, Fox News, in here now? This ain't Fox News. You don't have to repeat everything the idiots say every day.'
"We're supposed to be unbiased. What are we, Fox News?! What are we Fox News in here now? This ain't Fox News, we don't have to repeat everything the idiots say every day." – Charles Barkley pic.twitter.com/6P9j1gwoqw
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 20, 2025
During the same broadcast, Barkley caught his co-hosts off guard when after Smith gave a hot take, he said, 'She said, go to commercial.'
Ernie Johnson jokingly added, 'For the first time in his career, Charles Barkley has listened to what a producer's had to say.'
"She said go to commercial.""For the first time in his career, Charles Barkley has listened to what a producer's had to say." 😂 pic.twitter.com/yXtAgYOtRm
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 21, 2025
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Ernie Johnson from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York leads in-studio coverage of the NCAA's March Madness alongside analysts Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg, and Kenny Smith.
Adam Lefkoe hosts studio coverage from TNT Sports Studios in Atlanta alongside Jay Wright, Candace Parker, and Seth Davis. Adam Zucker also serves as a host from New York, while Wally Szczerbiak and Wright make appearances from the CBS Broadcast Center. Good Morning Football's Jamie Erdahl provides game updates.
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