The Ticker: Kanye, Gibson, Shepard Smith

> TMZ now has audio of the president’s Kanye West remark prior to the CNBC interview.

> When asked about the latest ACORN scandal, ABC’s Charlie Gibson told Chicago talk radio hosts that he hadn’t heard about it and “maybe this is just one you leave to the cables.”

> As we noted in our Q&A with FNC’s Shepard Smith, Smith and the “Fox Report” just celebrated 10 years together. In this montage, you can see how he and the graphics change as the years go by:

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