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But before they did... Carolyn Leavitt introduced a reporter who'd been there for 44 years and was retiring, and everyone's clapping and cheering. And I started getting nervous, thinking to myself, like, am I about to rag on this corporate press as everyone's clapping and cheering for this journalist? And so I got a little flustered on that one, but it went how it went.

And naturally, the reaction from the corporate press was anger, and they're writing a bunch of articles that I'm bad or whatever. One response that I think is particularly telling is they're saying, I'm defending the Trump administration or softballing Carolyn Leavitt, when my point is, all of these news outlets have the exact same line of thought. There's no curiosity.

And naturally, the reaction from the corporate press was anger, and they're writing a bunch of articles that I'm bad or whatever. One response that I think is particularly telling is they're saying, I'm defending the Trump administration or softballing Carolyn Leavitt, when my point is, all of these news outlets have the exact same line of thought. There's no curiosity.

There's no attempt to actually explain context. They all say the same things as if it's one company. And for that, for calling that out, they say, I'm lobbing softballs.

There's no attempt to actually explain context. They all say the same things as if it's one company. And for that, for calling that out, they say, I'm lobbing softballs.

They've been saying since the election, I mean, the day after. I mean, they've been saying this before when Joe Rogan endorsed Donald Trump. Without a shred of self-reflection, they said, how do we get our own Joe Rogan? Not realizing they had one, his name was Joe Rogan. And by going crazy, by lying all the time, you push people like Joe towards Donald Trump.

They've been saying since the election, I mean, the day after. I mean, they've been saying this before when Joe Rogan endorsed Donald Trump. Without a shred of self-reflection, they said, how do we get our own Joe Rogan? Not realizing they had one, his name was Joe Rogan. And by going crazy, by lying all the time, you push people like Joe towards Donald Trump.

When the truth is on the side of the conservatives, then it doesn't matter what your political argument is because it's based on lies that people will reject. So I had warned right away, if Rachel Maddow can get $25 million for a once a week program,

When the truth is on the side of the conservatives, then it doesn't matter what your political argument is because it's based on lies that people will reject. So I had warned right away, if Rachel Maddow can get $25 million for a once a week program,

The powers that be, the Democrat institutions, the liberal media, easily can take $25 million, go to a top liberal podcast and say, we're going to spend $20 million in outdoor ads, Google ads. You will be ubiquitous. Why wouldn't they?

The powers that be, the Democrat institutions, the liberal media, easily can take $25 million, go to a top liberal podcast and say, we're going to spend $20 million in outdoor ads, Google ads. You will be ubiquitous. Why wouldn't they?

They can pay this podcaster $5 million because they're not making that kind of money relative to, say, what the cable network guys were making, and then put the rest in just fabricating this space and this attention. What people need to understand about how the podcasting space works largely is subscribers talk. If you've got a platform with a million subs, you're going to get good bookings.

They can pay this podcaster $5 million because they're not making that kind of money relative to, say, what the cable network guys were making, and then put the rest in just fabricating this space and this attention. What people need to understand about how the podcasting space works largely is subscribers talk. If you've got a platform with a million subs, you're going to get good bookings.

You're going to get top names, which in turn will get you more attention. If they can pay for guests, if they can pay for appearances on big programs and TV, then what do you end up seeing? Midas Touch, a liberal podcast, has taken the top spot for a short period, displaced Joe Rogan as the top podcast for, I think, one or two episodes. Correct.

You're going to get top names, which in turn will get you more attention. If they can pay for guests, if they can pay for appearances on big programs and TV, then what do you end up seeing? Midas Touch, a liberal podcast, has taken the top spot for a short period, displaced Joe Rogan as the top podcast for, I think, one or two episodes. Correct.

But this shows, it does show that they are course correcting. They're aware they need to course correct. They're going to start heavily investing in this. And we know that big tech and the big media platforms are going to do whatever they can to prop them up. And I think we are actually witnessing that right now.

But this shows, it does show that they are course correcting. They're aware they need to course correct. They're going to start heavily investing in this. And we know that big tech and the big media platforms are going to do whatever they can to prop them up. And I think we are actually witnessing that right now.

when you look at the metrics for some of these top liberal podcasts, largely their YouTube platforms, somehow right before the election, literally two or three months, their viewership doubles. I wonder what that might be.

when you look at the metrics for some of these top liberal podcasts, largely their YouTube platforms, somehow right before the election, literally two or three months, their viewership doubles. I wonder what that might be.

I think largely no, but I don't think it's going to be an overnight flick of the switch. Charlie, did you know that Hasan Piker did not know that Kilmar Garcia was from El Salvador? So here's a guy who's got one of the largest left-leaning streams.