Scott McFarlane

And the Midas Touch and I have long shared this same philosophy.

You don't platform lies.

You don't platform conspiracy theories and you don't allow for the whitewashing of history.

We'll do that together.

And you and I will do that together.

If you're in this with me, you know I'll be here 365 days a year, chasing news, giving you news, trying to give you context and explanation.

We can run through walls together to get to the other side of whatever this is.

That's how important a moment it is.

And I hope this announcement is important.

Hey, Ben, it's never been more important.

to be a reporter than it is now.

Let's just reflect on the significance of this moment.

You have this distinctive, if not historic, moment of political toxicity, political violent threats, a challenge to the separation of powers, challenges to democracy.

It's never been more important to be an enterprise investigating reporter.

And it's exciting to have this platform.

People who watch, who listen, who I know care about these things.

It's in their DNA.

It's in their bones.

They care about the future of this country and the future of democracy.

And we have now this limitless platform and this limitless opportunity, Ben, for unfiltered, unadulterated reporting, independent reporting where everybody has some skin in the game.