mainstream media

19 statements across 16 episodes · 2 bullish · 17 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 11, 2020 by Jason Calacanis · across every show →

Everything said about mainstream media, oldest first

Nov 11, 2020 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Mainstream media will be the biggest loser post-2020 election
“Do you know who the biggest loser is going to be coming out of this, I think? Not when you think holistically about the ecosystem. It's going to be the media. Because they have made an absolute fortune over the last four or five years picking aside.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 11, 2020 ▶ 50:57 E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
Dec 11, 2021 negative
Opinion
David Sacks argues Jussie Smollett media coverage showed a rush to judgment.
“This reflects all the worst qualities of the media. Number one, rush to judgment. They immediately bought into the story, and they were attacking the Trump administration for creating the hate and the MAGA people. So there was a feeding frenzy. Number two, the…”
David Sacks Dec 11, 2021 ▶ 1:13:18 E58: November's CPI, preparing for a downturn, macro outlook, Better.com's botched layoffs & more
Feb 12, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks argues the media brands routine political dissent as domestic terrorism
“The media is defining routine political dissent as domestic terrorism now.”
David Sacks Feb 12, 2022 ▶ 1:19:30 E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
Dec 3, 2022 negative
Opinion
Palihapitiya: Media allows SBF's apology tour to protect its own credibility
“And they refuse to re-underwrite this kid. And the reason is because in order to do so, it's like eating your own tail. And that's why they don't want to do it. And so this is why you have the media basically allowing him to do an apology tour.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 3, 2022 ▶ 9:15 E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
Apr 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Mainstream media covered SpaceX Starship explosion with ghoulish glee
“When I was reading the mainstream media coverage of this, it was almost like ghoulish. It was like a type of glee It was almost like an excitement that the rocket blew up, but they didn't really mention any of the things you're mentioning.”
David Sacks Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 15:04 E125: SpaceX launch, Fox News settlement, "Zombie-corn" exodus to AI, late-stage implosion
Jun 24, 2023 negative
Opinion
JCal says journalists attack the podcast to boost their Substack subscriptions
“You can tell that this podcast has truly become successful when The mainstream media fights up and punches up to try to get us to respond to them, to get more people to subscribe to their Substack while playing Matt.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:30:10 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Jun 24, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Mainstream media acts as bodyguards and stenographers for elites
“They act as the bodyguard for the elite, for the establishment. They are stenographers for the people in power.”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:04:28 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Nov 11, 2023 negative
Opinion
Palihapitiya: Mainstream media has completely erased Vivek Ramaswamy's candidacy
“The mainstream media has completely erased Vivek's candidacy. I don't even think it exists in the eyes of the mainstream media.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 1:05:11 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
Dec 16, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Mainstream media conspiracy theories can be as dangerous as Alex Jones'
“The mainstream media promotes a lot of conspiracy theories, and some of those theories, if acted upon by crazy people, would be just as dangerous as the things that Alex Jones has said.”
David Sacks Dec 16, 2023 ▶ 1:16:16 E157: Epic legal win, OpenAI's news deal, FCC targets Elon, the limits of free speech & more
Dec 29, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Alternative geopolitical podcasts are more accurate than mainstream media
“I have found these three podcasts to be quite useful in understanding what's happening in the rest of the world. And I found their reporting and analysis to be more accurate than anything you're going to get in the mainstream media.”
David Sacks Dec 29, 2023 ▶ 1:09:17 E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
Dec 29, 2023 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Mainstream media is defined by corrupt nature and naked ambition
“I think it's what we all know, and I think it was further exposed this year, just the brazen, naked ambition and corrupt nature of the mainstream media.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 29, 2023 ▶ 55:47 E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
Aug 9, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republican policy positions poll at 60-70% majority support
“The Republican position on most issues is like a 60 to 70% winner, and yet the elections are a nail biter, and I think a lot of it has to do with the influence of the mainstream media and big tech.”
David Sacks Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 1:13:43 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
Sep 19, 2024 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Mainstream media disinformation dwarfs foreign influence operations on podcasts
“The real influence operation in this country is by the mainstream media. They're the ones who are spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine and so many other issues on a scale that dwarfs what any of these, like, Handful of podcasters that most people …”
David Sacks Sep 19, 2024 ▶ 26:36 Bari Weiss | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 19, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: Institute for the Study of War is media's top Ukraine source
“For example, on the issue of Ukraine, the number one quoted source in the mainstream media is a think tank called the Institute for the Study of War.”
David Sacks Sep 19, 2024 ▶ 25:29 Bari Weiss | All-In Summit 2024
Oct 11, 2024 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Mainstream media dishonesty drives public distrust, not foreign operations
“The mainstream media lies so much, that's what's creating the distrust.”
David Sacks Oct 11, 2024 ▶ 1:14:04 Hurricane fallout, AlphaFold, Google breakup, Trump surge, VC giveback, TikTok survey
Nov 8, 2024 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Mainstream media colluded with Democrats to vilify Donald Trump
“I think that the mainstream media has been working hand in hand with the Democratic Party to propagate and move forward an agenda that tried to vilify Donald Trump.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 18:07 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Jan 20, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mark Pincus predicts DOGE will be more aggressive and overdeliver
“But I love what they're doing, and I just say that my own opinion, and this is not knowing anything I think that it's going to, I think it's going to over deliver not to set expectations, they don't want that, but I think it's going to be more aggressive and o…”
Mark Pincus Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 39:09 All-In Inauguration Day Livestream with the Besties from Washington, DC!
Sep 19, 2025 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Mainstream media coverage attempts to downplay or justify Kirk assassination
“Listening to the mainstream media's mischaracterizations of him, which are attempts to either downplay or minimize or even to some degree justify what happened.”
David Sacks Sep 19, 2025 ▶ 1:20:44 Charlie Kirk Murder, Assassination Culture in America, Jimmy Kimmel Suspended, Ellison Media Empire
Nov 14, 2025 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Mainstream financial journalists don't understand asset markets
“It's just that they're so uninvested. In assets that they don't know how asset markets work, I think is the more logical explanation.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 14, 2025 ▶ 1:24 Home Affordability Crisis, Palantir's Advantage, Big Short on AI, H-1B Abuse, Solar Storm Hits Earth
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