#404 - The Fall of the House of Tucker and Traffic w/ Ben Smith

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Introduction

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The Unceremoniously Booted CEO of Buzzfeed News

01:50 • 4min

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The Lockdown on COVID

05:45 • 2min

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The End of an Era: Vice News Tonight

07:51 • 4min

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The Cable Television Dial: What to Expect

11:48 • 2min

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The Politics of Disinformation

14:15 • 2min

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The Heterodox Point of Don Lemon

16:17 • 2min

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The Importance of Fan Service for Political Blocks

18:18 • 3min

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The Power of Substacks

21:07 • 1min

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The Material Effect of Cable News on People

22:33 • 4min

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Tucker Carlson and the American Prospect

26:40 • 2min

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Tucker Carlson's Footsy Playing

28:52 • 2min

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The Vayification of Tucker Tucker

30:39 • 3min

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The Importance of Trusting Others

33:17 • 2min

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The Iron Law of the Universe

35:01 • 3min

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The Real Anthony Fauci Bill Gates, Big Pharma in the Global War on Democracy and Public Health

38:07 • 4min

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The Horseshoe Theory of American Crack Pottery

41:58 • 4min

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The Right Wing Smear on the Koch Brothers

46:08 • 4min

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The Anti-Vaxxer

50:01 • 2min

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Tucker Carlson and the Libertarian Movement

51:57 • 4min

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Ben Smith's New Book Traffic

56:16 • 2min

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Breitbart: A Manic Idea Factory

58:36 • 2min

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The End of Social Media

01:00:23 • 4min

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The Tactics of Facebook

01:03:54 • 3min

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The Rise of Right-Wing Populism

01:06:55 • 2min

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The Death of Vise

01:09:05 • 3min

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The Rise and Fall of BuzzFeed

01:11:39 • 2min

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The Power of Cruelty

01:14:03 • 2min

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The Last Ethnicity of the Era

01:16:21 • 2min

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Sipatika With Nick: A Novel About Black Models

01:18:43 • 2min

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The Impact of the Internet on Media Properties

01:21:03 • 2min

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The Fear of All Zoomers Are Coming for Us

01:22:34 • 2min

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The Semiform of Journalism

01:24:09 • 4min

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The Pros and Cons of Donald Trump

01:27:47 • 3min

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Tucker Carlson's Influence on the Conservative Party

01:30:40 • 3min

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Fox's Marina Bragante's Video of a Racist Being Fired

01:33:11 • 2min

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Rupert Murdoch's Fire of Tucker Carlson

01:34:53 • 2min

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Rupert Murdoch's Engagement With Tucker Carlson

01:36:39 • 2min

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How to Find the Truth About Eric Bowling

01:38:35 • 2min

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The One Thing You Can't Do in 2015

01:40:52 • 3min

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The Importance of Subscriptions in Journalism

01:43:33 • 2min

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The Importance of Ideology in Advertising

01:45:48 • 1min

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The Rise and Fall of TV

01:47:17 • 2min

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The Nightmare of Ben Smith

01:49:02 • 2min

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The Importance of Fact Checking

01:50:45 • 3min

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The Cruel and Destructive Culture of Twitter

01:53:31 • 2min

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The Tide Is Turning in Some of These Institutions That Felt Like They Were Losing Their Mind in 2020-2021

01:55:48 • 2min

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The New York Times and the Internet

01:57:32 • 3min