"I think they learned the narrowest imaginable lesson, like don't defame voting machine companies," he says of Fox News. "They also, Newsmax and own are under siege by these companies probably will put them out of business." He adds: "The only challenge for Newsmax is it is a cat with a mouse in its hand ... They would like to bleed as much money out of them as they can"
To make sense of a turbulent and important week in media, we turn to Ben Smith who was the founding Editor in Chief of Buzzfeed News (2012 to 2020) and the former New York Times media critic (from 2020 to 2022). On the agenda: the shuttering of Buzzfeed News, the meaning of Murdoch's settlement with Dominion and what Ben is working on these days, including his news organization Semafor and his forthcoming book, Traffic.
Since we taped Kara got her blue check (against her wishes!) when Twitter re-verified some accounts over the weekend.
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