Barack Obama

1 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2018 by Ben Thompson · said 23 times in 16 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Sep 5, 2018 neutral
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Political party gatekeeping collapsed when the internet destroyed media monopolies
“Once the media lost its power and its gatekeeper status, The parties, at the same time, because they were inextricably tied to the media, lost their power and gatekeeping status, and no one sort of realized this happened until, really, Obama came along and cam…”
Ben Thompson Sep 5, 2018 ▶ 43:11 #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
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