Ben Smith

Do you benefit from this environment in which people are losing trust in everyone else and turning to you? I think your audience probably, I would guess, mostly voted for Trump, but I know lots of people who watched you and didn't. Do you worry that they can't trust you, that as you cover him going forward, that they'll kind of think you're in the tank?

Do you benefit from this environment in which people are losing trust in everyone else and turning to you? I think your audience probably, I would guess, mostly voted for Trump, but I know lots of people who watched you and didn't. Do you worry that they can't trust you, that as you cover him going forward, that they'll kind of think you're in the tank?

But ultimately, you depend for information on the people that you're criticizing, don't you? Do you ever feel like it would be better if you had a producer occasionally, like in the old days, being like, Megan, maybe that's too much?

But ultimately, you depend for information on the people that you're criticizing, don't you? Do you ever feel like it would be better if you had a producer occasionally, like in the old days, being like, Megan, maybe that's too much?

But ultimately, you depend for information on the people that you're criticizing, don't you? Do you ever feel like it would be better if you had a producer occasionally, like in the old days, being like, Megan, maybe that's too much?

I was talking to another broadcaster the other night, and she said, you know, one thing Megan does that most of us don't do is go after other people in media really personally. Like, there's sort of a gentleman's agreement in a lot of media to not attack each other personally. You had a very heated riff on, I'm forgetting her name, but the mother of Elon Musk's latest child.

I was talking to another broadcaster the other night, and she said, you know, one thing Megan does that most of us don't do is go after other people in media really personally. Like, there's sort of a gentleman's agreement in a lot of media to not attack each other personally. You had a very heated riff on, I'm forgetting her name, but the mother of Elon Musk's latest child.

I was talking to another broadcaster the other night, and she said, you know, one thing Megan does that most of us don't do is go after other people in media really personally. Like, there's sort of a gentleman's agreement in a lot of media to not attack each other personally. You had a very heated riff on, I'm forgetting her name, but the mother of Elon Musk's latest child.

The bulk of YouTube is always going to be, here is like an incredible monologue that went viral. Do you feel like you've been shaped by the medium? That you've been pushed into these sort of like more heated monologues, these kind of... you know, these maybe more confrontational... I don't know. There's something about that kind of monologue that's about trying to go viral.

The bulk of YouTube is always going to be, here is like an incredible monologue that went viral. Do you feel like you've been shaped by the medium? That you've been pushed into these sort of like more heated monologues, these kind of... you know, these maybe more confrontational... I don't know. There's something about that kind of monologue that's about trying to go viral.

The bulk of YouTube is always going to be, here is like an incredible monologue that went viral. Do you feel like you've been shaped by the medium? That you've been pushed into these sort of like more heated monologues, these kind of... you know, these maybe more confrontational... I don't know. There's something about that kind of monologue that's about trying to go viral.

I think your audience, I would guess, mostly voted for Trump, but I know lots of people who watched you and didn't. Do you worry that they can't trust you as you cover him going forward, that they'll kind of think you're in the tank?

I think your audience, I would guess, mostly voted for Trump, but I know lots of people who watched you and didn't. Do you worry that they can't trust you as you cover him going forward, that they'll kind of think you're in the tank?

I think your audience, I would guess, mostly voted for Trump, but I know lots of people who watched you and didn't. Do you worry that they can't trust you as you cover him going forward, that they'll kind of think you're in the tank?

Is your cost structure slightly lower?

Is your cost structure slightly lower?

Is your cost structure slightly lower?

years ago, protesters went to Tucker Carlson's home. I think you probably both remember very vividly. You called it at the time stomach turning and said it has to stop. But it's funny, I was talking to another broadcaster the other night and she said, you know, one thing Meghan does that is most of us don't do is go after other people in media really personally.

years ago, protesters went to Tucker Carlson's home. I think you probably both remember very vividly. You called it at the time stomach turning and said it has to stop. But it's funny, I was talking to another broadcaster the other night and she said, you know, one thing Meghan does that is most of us don't do is go after other people in media really personally.

years ago, protesters went to Tucker Carlson's home. I think you probably both remember very vividly. You called it at the time stomach turning and said it has to stop. But it's funny, I was talking to another broadcaster the other night and she said, you know, one thing Meghan does that is most of us don't do is go after other people in media really personally.