The Powers That Be: Daily The Nuzzi-Lizza Show & CNN’s Prediction Play
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Dec 5, 2025 Dylan Byers, a renowned media reporter, joins to dive into the drama between Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza, sparked by Nuzzi's controversial memoir. He critiques the memoir for its lack of substance and discusses the messy feud on social media. The conversation shifts to CNN's intriguing partnership with the prediction market Kalshi, exploring how this gamifies news coverage and raises ethical questions. Byers highlights the media's obsessive focus on predicting outcomes rather than addressing current events, adding depth to the discussion.
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Memoir Misses Its Core Purpose
- Olivia Nuzzi's memoir fails to deliver the expected revelations or emotional clarity about her story.
- Dylan Byers argues the writing aspires to literary heights but doesn't achieve memoir duties like truthful detail and self-revelation.
They Became The Story
- Both Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza have shown unreliable narration and poor public handling of the saga.
- Dylan says their competing public versions and serializations have turned them into the story rather than reporting one.
Unanswered Question About A Memo
- Dylan asked Olivia if she wrote a five-paragraph memo published by Ryan Lizza and received no clear answer.
- Olivia told Dylan she never wrote a political memo but would not confirm whether she authored the specific paragraphs.
