Actor and comedian Bill Murray appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast this weekend and talked about all kinds of fascinating things, but one moment from the interview is currently going viral on social media.
Bill Murray talks about the book ‘Wired’ by journalist Bob Woodward. The subject of the book is the life and death of Murray’s friend and SNL alum John Belushi. Murray says he read about five pages of the book and then wanted to set it on fire because it was full of inaccuracies.
Bob Woodward is most famous for his reportage on Nixon and the Watergate scandal. After talking about the John Belushi book and how bad it was, Murray says he thought to himself, ‘Oh my God, they framed Nixon.’
He was being funny but also seemed serious at the same time. He was suggesting that journalists are biased and often get things wrong, which is absolutely true.
PJ Media has more details:
“When I read ‘Wired’—the book written by, what’s his name, Woodward—about Belushi, I read like five pages, and I went, ‘Oh my God. They framed Nixon,’” Murray said. The comedian and actor, who was close friends with Belushi, was appalled by what he saw as inaccurate reporting. “If this is what he writes about my friend that I’ve known for half of my adult life—which is completely inaccurate—talking to the people of the outer circle getting the story, what the hell could they have done to Nixon?”
Murray admitted he didn’t read the whole book, but what little he did see was enough to enrage him. “I acknowledge I only read five pages, but the five pages I read made me want to set fire to the whole thing,” he said. “Those five pages, I went, ‘If he did this to Belushi, what he did to Nixon is probably soiled for me, too.’”
Watch the clip below, this is great.
Bill Murray on @JoeRogan podcast: “So when I read ‘Wired’ by whatshisname, Bob Woodward, about John Belushi, I read like five pages of ‘Wired’ & I went, ‘Oh my God, they framed Nixon.’ …If he did this to Belushi, what he did to Nixon is probably soiled for me too.” Interesting! pic.twitter.com/3NQWgnDprn
— Jerry Dunleavy IV (@JerryDunleavy) March 1, 2025
The entire interview is worth watching, but this clip stands out. Murray makes an excellent point about our media.
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