media

also referred to as: the media

21 statements across 19 episodes · 3 bullish · 15 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2021 by David Sacks · across every show →

Everything said about media, oldest first

May 31, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Media suppressed lab leak theory to avoid helping Trump politically
“They're not supposed to distort the truth or push forward a false narrative because of the political consequences, and they didn't want to be seen as helping Trump in any way, and that's really what their motivation was.”
David Sacks May 31, 2021 ▶ 10:34 E34: Wuhan lab leak theory, India's traceability law, Coinbase fact check, Big Tech takes Hollywood
Dec 11, 2021 positive
Opinion
David Sacks asserts US courts deliver correct verdicts while mainstream media fails.
“But, you know, the court systems have been doing an amazing job. When you think about the cases, I think the courts have been on quite a run in, I think, contradistinction to the media. It keeps getting it wrong, right?”
David Sacks Dec 11, 2021 ▶ 1:16:46 E58: November's CPI, preparing for a downturn, macro outlook, Better.com's botched layoffs & more
Dec 29, 2021 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
David Sacks predicts mainstream media will completely reverse its COVID-19 coverage
“I think the media is going to, the media is going to pull a total one 80 on COVID. Okay, so after pumping out COVID fear porn for two years, they're going to change their tune next year.”
David Sacks Dec 29, 2021 ▶ 43:20 E61: 2022 Predictions! Business, politics, science, tech, crypto, & more
Jan 8, 2022 negative
Insight
Sacks: Media inevitably tears down startups after building them up
“Because the media really has two kinds of stories. They build up and they tear down. And when they're done building you up, they're gonna tear you down because that's the only story left to write.”
David Sacks Jan 8, 2022 ▶ 18:20 E62: Elizabeth Holmes verdict, fraud origins & takeaways, navigating "The Great Markdown" & more
Jul 29, 2022
Insight
Sacks: Politicians are only as honest as the media forces them to be
“That's why politicians are going to be as dishonest as the media allows them to be. And the media is not holding them accountable.”
David Sacks Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 1:22:45 E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
Oct 14, 2022 negative
Insight
Sacks: The media's greatest power is defining when a timeline begins
“The media's biggest power is the power to define when time begins on an issue.”
David Sacks Oct 14, 2022 ▶ 23:39 E100: Reflecting on the first 100 shows, fan questions, nuclear threat, markets, Amazon & more
Feb 11, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks argues the mainstream media is reflexively hawkish on international affairs
“And it just shows how reflexively hawkish the media is, you know, it's like, Hey, can we just wrap up this war in Ukraine before we start another war with an even more formidable super power?”
David Sacks Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 3:37 E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union
Feb 17, 2023 positive
Opinion
Calacanis: Rise of citizen journalism due to media burnout is healthy
“I think ultimately this is a healthy thing that's happening now. People are burnt out by the media. They assume it's link baiting. They assume this is fake news or there's an agenda and they don't trust the government.”
Jason Calacanis Feb 17, 2023 ▶ 15:50 E116: Toxic out-of-control trains, regulators, and AI
Feb 17, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Media ignored Twitter Files because they support state censorship
“There was zero interest in the exposés of the Twitter files. Why? Because the media doesn't really have an interest in exposing The permanent government or deep States involvement in censorship. They simply don't, they actually agree with it. They believe in t…”
David Sacks Feb 17, 2023 ▶ 23:49 E116: Toxic out-of-control trains, regulators, and AI
Feb 17, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Media refuses to investigate U.S. actions before Ukraine war
“The media has shown zero interest in getting to the bottom of what actions our state department took, or generally speaking, our security state took that might have led up to the Ukraine war, zero interest in that.”
David Sacks Feb 17, 2023 ▶ 24:06 E116: Toxic out-of-control trains, regulators, and AI
Apr 14, 2023 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Media lacks an agenda beyond maintaining relevance as audiences decline
“I used to think that media had an agenda. I actually now think that they don't particularly have an agenda other than to be relevant because they see waning relevance.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 14, 2023 ▶ 1:19:37 E124: AutoGPT's massive potential and risk, AI regulation, Bob Lee/SF update
Jun 2, 2023
Insight
Sacks: Media's job is fundamental antagonism toward leaders, not cooperation
“The media's job is to be fundamentally antagonistic with the people in power, not to cooperate with them.”
David Sacks Jun 2, 2023 ▶ 18:04 E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more
Jun 24, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks says media misled public into believing mRNA vaccines prevent COVID transmission
“We were injected with an experimental mRNA treatment because we got Hoodwinked by the media into thinking it would prevent us from ever getting COVID, which it did not do.”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 1:02:55 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Dec 16, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Real experts are never the ones featured by media
“And the real experts are never the people who the media tells you.”
David Sacks Dec 16, 2023 ▶ 1:26:12 E157: Epic legal win, OpenAI's news deal, FCC targets Elon, the limits of free speech & more
Nov 1, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: 40% of Americans have zero trust in mass media
“40% of Americans have no trust in media at all.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 1, 2024 ▶ 42:28 Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!
Nov 8, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Media colluded with Democrats to lie about Trump on Charlottesville
“There are so many very powerful examples of how the media colluded with the Democratic Party to fundamentally lie about things that actually happened when it relates to Donald Trump. One of the most simple and powerful was the lie about Charlottesville.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 43:38 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Nov 16, 2024 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Late betting market shifts aligned with media narratives, suggesting manipulation
“Look, I have no evidence of this whatsoever, but the action in the betting markets and the narrative they were trying to create in the media do line up. So if somebody was going to investigate election manipulation, this is what they should look into.”
David Sacks Nov 16, 2024 ▶ 46:07 Trump's market impact: Bitcoin, M&A, IPOs + transition picks; Polymarket CEO raided by FBI
Aug 15, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Media will promote AI psychosis narrative out of fear of replacement
“The media is going to love it because they're afraid that AI is going to do to them on the creative side, what social media did on the distribution side, which is replace them. So the media is going to love this concept and promote it.”
David Sacks Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 15:16 AI Psychosis, America's Broken Social Fabric, Trump Takes Over DC Police, Is VC Broken?
Oct 1, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Samani: Future media content will be largely derived from prediction markets
“As this kind of a behavior proliferates, we expect that the nature of media itself is going to change because a lot of media is now going to be derived from the prediction markets.”
Kyle Samani Oct 1, 2025 ▶ 8:42 Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets
Jun 13, 2026 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Media is covering up California election voting irregularities
“The media, instead of trying to demand answers and demand accountability, it's trying to cover up and say nothing wrong happened here.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 1:35:36 Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken Elections
Sep 4, 2026 negative
Opinion
Calacanis: AI alarmism serves as hype priming OpenAI's IPO
“Now, OpenAI got so much earned media before their IPO. And Dworkesh just absolutely put kerosene on that fire, and it made its way to national press. That story has now gotten everywhere. And this makes people, it's priming the pump to buy the IPO shares. It's…”
Jason Calacanis Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 38:19 GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal
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