John Bickley

We're going to move away from the coverage we had. We're just going to not cover it as much. Maybe we'll like at a certain point you had these legal filings from the special prosecutor where they were like forced to cover it. But it's just when they can't discredit it, they just ignore it.

When you break an incredible story at the Daily Wire, the highest honor you can get from these people is they ignore it. Because you know if you even put an Oxford comma out of place, they're going to say to you, oh, the Daily Wire is spreading fake news. Oxford commas don't go there. The whole story is fake. So if they ignore you totally, it means they saw it. They couldn't discredit it.

When you break an incredible story at the Daily Wire, the highest honor you can get from these people is they ignore it. Because you know if you even put an Oxford comma out of place, they're going to say to you, oh, the Daily Wire is spreading fake news. Oxford commas don't go there. The whole story is fake. So if they ignore you totally, it means they saw it. They couldn't discredit it.

So they just ignored it. And that is ultimately how they mislead their audience. It's not necessarily outright lies in the copy. It's sins of omission. Absolutely. Where they don't tell you everything, you know, the full story.

So they just ignored it. And that is ultimately how they mislead their audience. It's not necessarily outright lies in the copy. It's sins of omission. Absolutely. Where they don't tell you everything, you know, the full story.

Yeah, where you turn the camera, right? Exactly. Now, final question about trust. Trust in the media. Obviously, they're in a crisis, and this is what you see, a full-blown crisis mode panic amongst them. We also have trust in the FBI and intelligence officials in general at an all-time low. We now have Kash Patel coming in saying he wants to restore that trust. Do you think he can?

Yeah, where you turn the camera, right? Exactly. Now, final question about trust. Trust in the media. Obviously, they're in a crisis, and this is what you see, a full-blown crisis mode panic amongst them. We also have trust in the FBI and intelligence officials in general at an all-time low. We now have Kash Patel coming in saying he wants to restore that trust. Do you think he can?

What kinds of steps does he have to take to do so?

What kinds of steps does he have to take to do so?

Yeah, I mean, I think none of these things are irreversible. But I mean, the FBI piece, you've got to obviously fire the top leadership. It's not the rank and file people. They're very good. It's just the mid-management, mid-level people. And you see it all the time in the correspondence, in the Twitter files, you would see when they released all that information.

Yeah, I mean, I think none of these things are irreversible. But I mean, the FBI piece, you've got to obviously fire the top leadership. It's not the rank and file people. They're very good. It's just the mid-management, mid-level people. And you see it all the time in the correspondence, in the Twitter files, you would see when they released all that information.

These FBI people are these graduates from these woke colleges. They've all got pronouns in their email signatures. It's not Hoover's FBI anymore. They're not G. Gordon Liddy. These are essentially like woke bureaucrats, as you might find in any deep state institution in the federal government. So that... level of FBI needs to be doged away, if you will.

These FBI people are these graduates from these woke colleges. They've all got pronouns in their email signatures. It's not Hoover's FBI anymore. They're not G. Gordon Liddy. These are essentially like woke bureaucrats, as you might find in any deep state institution in the federal government. So that... level of FBI needs to be doged away, if you will.

Maybe you replace them with better people or maybe you don't. I mean, I don't know. I think we maybe should get a slimmed down FBI because obviously we've seen how they abuse their power and Democrats will be in charge at some point again. And I don't you know, I don't want a giant FBI in the hands of Democrats. And we have to think about this. But as for the media, it's never too late.

Maybe you replace them with better people or maybe you don't. I mean, I don't know. I think we maybe should get a slimmed down FBI because obviously we've seen how they abuse their power and Democrats will be in charge at some point again. And I don't you know, I don't want a giant FBI in the hands of Democrats. And we have to think about this. But as for the media, it's never too late.

But I don't know. Again, they'd rather lose the credibility. They'd rather speak to a smaller audience because when you look at what happened in the Washington Post, where they're trying to reverse course now, and they're trying to be like, guys, maybe we were a little bit overboard. And you're seeing hundreds of thousands of people cancel their subscriptions.

But I don't know. Again, they'd rather lose the credibility. They'd rather speak to a smaller audience because when you look at what happened in the Washington Post, where they're trying to reverse course now, and they're trying to be like, guys, maybe we were a little bit overboard. And you're seeing hundreds of thousands of people cancel their subscriptions.

It's a bit it's a phenomenon you call audience capture. A lot of podcasts have this, too, where when the audience becomes regularly used to a certain crack hit of the liberal talking points, it's very, very difficult to give them information that they're not going to want to hear. Yeah, for sure. It can be susceptible to this.

It's a bit it's a phenomenon you call audience capture. A lot of podcasts have this, too, where when the audience becomes regularly used to a certain crack hit of the liberal talking points, it's very, very difficult to give them information that they're not going to want to hear. Yeah, for sure. It can be susceptible to this.

Right. Quite the conundrum. Many of these legacy outlets find themselves now in and it's of their own making. John, thanks so much for talking with us. Thank you. That was journalist John Labine. And this has been a weekend edition of Morning Wire.