The Ledger
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.
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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.”
Calacanis: NYT pivoted to partisan activism to drive subscriber growth
“When Trump came in, a generation of new journalists became activist journalists. They didn't want to tell stories and take it straight down the middle and let the facts tell the story and let the audience make their own decision. They felt an existential risk.…”
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?”
Taibbi: Fox News pioneered the media audience optimization business model
“Fox pioneered a new way to make money in media, which is sort of like the audience optimization model. Like you pick a group a demographic, and then you try to dominate it by feeding it news that you know that those people are going to respond to.”
Chamath: All-In Podcast will pass CNBC and Fox in viewership
“I think we've probably eclipsed MSNBC, any show that, and we're probably going to pass CNBC and Fox by the end of this year.”