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Tucker Carlson: Legacy news brands like CBS and CNN cannot win hearts and minds
“Buying CBS news is like buying RCA records or something. It, like, just doesn't have any effect, and only people who are not paying attention or pretty cut off think that you're going to win hearts and minds by being, buying CBS news or CNN. These are, these b…”
Calacanis: Media bias is driven by self-censorship rather than direct network orders
“You're not going to have somebody at NBC or CNN or Fox come down and tell Tucker Carlson or Rachel Maddow or Anderson Cooper. Hey, you can't cover the story, but there is a bunch of self censorship that occurs.”
Sacks: Tucker Carlson gets more young Democratic viewers than CNN or MSNBC
“Tucker Carlson now gets more young Democrats listening to his show than CNN and MSNBC”
Chamath: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev lied on TV about liquidity crisis
“Who cares about Vlad? He lied on television. He lied on CNN. He lied on Fox. Where did he not lie yesterday?”
Friedberg accuses CNN of double standard in reporting on acetaminophen risks
“When it was announced at the Trump conference yesterday, they said Trump links autism to acetaminophen used during pregnancy despite decades of evidence it's safe. And then if you read back, so this is 2017, 20 16, Acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase r…”
Friedberg: Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC are losing their audiences rapidly
“Fox News is losing an audience. CNN is losing an audience. MSNBC is losing an audience. I mean, their audiences are gone. Like, they're just vaporizing right now.”
Cruz: Verdict podcast audience size beats CNN every single week
“Every week my podcast is beating CNN.”
Calacanis says Trump should avoid antitrust intervention involving the Ellison family
“If we start thinking about the influence that Ellison, the Ellison family is having on the Trump administration, whether it's quid pro quo or it's the appearance of quid pro quo, it's best for Trump to stay out of it because already we have the TikTok deal. No…”
Megyn Kelly's independent show reached two-thirds of CNN's YouTube audience
“So we did not, in July, we did not beat CNN, but we had two-thirds of CNN's YouTube audience.”
Sacks: CNN polling shows majority of Americans oppose Ukraine aid
“There is polling by CNN that a majority of Americans have now turned against the idea of giving more aid to Ukraine.”
Chamath Palihapitiya predicts the All-In Podcast will surpass CNBC and CNN viewership
“We're probably going to pass, you know, most CNBC shows and some CNN shows by the end of next year.”
Calacanis: Proposed All In network would rival CNN within five years
“If each of you did your own pod, and I have my pod, and we made the all in network, the all in news network, I guarantee you we would be within five years, you know, right up there with CNN and MSMUC.”
Calacanis: Major national TV networks ignored the Minnesota daycare fraud story
“When we did our research, we did find a New York Times story last month, but none of the CNNs of the world have actually covered this”