I sat down with senior editor at Reason and host of The Hill’s “Rising” Robby Soave to explore the shifting landscape of media and politics in America. Robby provides a sharp critique of how the media has changed its tune on President Biden’s cognitive state, rapidly pivoting from denial to feigned shock and distress following the debate. He discusses how, although audience capture can corrupt both corporate legacy media and independent social media, the latter is far more resistant to the top-down engineering of public perception. Looking back fondly at the ‘good old days’ of Walter Cronkite may be comforting to some, but in reality, the only difference was the style of presentation. Centralized media institutions have never been, and will never be, unbiased purveyors of truth. With the technology most of us carry in our pockets every day, we have a better opportunity than ever before to make the most of our First Amendment rights.

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Outline:

[0:00] The media is responsible for the coverup

[5:39] What election outcome benefits the media?

[7:43] How audience capture works

[14:46] Why Robby didn’t think Biden would step down

[22:05] Political chaos throughout the West

[27:30] Why Democrats are worried about Project 2025

[36:10] The rural-urban divide in America

[40:18] The good, bad, and ugly of the social media era

[48:58] Exposing the “Covington kids” story

[57:14] The future of cancel culture in the AI era

[1:00:13] How to stay sane in the 21st century

[1:09:00] What happened to classical liberalism?

[1:12:26] Make the most of your 1st Amendment rights

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