2Way founder Mark Halperin was a big time journalist in network television media, originally making a name for himself covering the Bill Clinton campaign. The Game Change co-author is now a YouTube success, having produced what was, in my opinion, the best coverage of the 2024 election. I know of no other person better positioned to comment on what’s happened in political media, with a 30K foot vantage. And so I asked him a range of stupid questions, mostly under the banner of, “What the hell is going on?”
Topics include but aren’t limited to!
* When did the Media drift into party advocacy?
* The lasting impact of the 2016 election on media
* What killed the earnest practice of “both sidesism”?
* Were you nervous on Election Day?
* Two entertainment ecosystems, boomer and everyone else
* Did the Media used to be better?
* Are conservatives more open to debate right now?
* News as act of curation (Twitter can spotlight racialized police killings, or it can spotlight immigrant crime)
* Graham Platner’s bad week and the new skeletons in candidate closets
* What do you make of the male flight from the Democratic Party?
* What do you make of potential senior flight from the Republican Party?
* What do you make of the No Kings protests?
* Why is traditional media still hard to crack for Republicans?