194: Tucker's gone, now what? with Sarah Ellison

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

James and Al raise heck over the corruption of the Republican House, lay out the implications of Tucker Carlson’s departure, and celebrate the fall of Fox News. Then they welcome WaPo’s Sarah Ellison to explain the media ecosystem’s tectonic changes, how coverage might change going forward, Trump’s growing challenges, and what we can expect in the aftermath of the current news cycle.

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0:31.0	Hello and welcome to Politics World Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:38.0	This week our guest is Washington Post journalist and media politics expert Sarah Ellison.
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1:18.0	Okay James, I know always I, there may not be much to talk about kind of a little week this week right?
1:26.0	Oh my god.
1:28.0	Oh, hard to keep up.
1:30.0	The president made it official.
1:32.0	Biden announced for re-election a three minute video would emphasize the dangers mega Republicans posed in 2024 and also highlighted his vice president Kamala Harris.
1:43.0	Now there were two decidedly different democratic reactions as I saw it.
1:48.0	The public was rallying around the president.
1:50.0	I saw two democratic operatives on the news hour talking about what a powerful video this was and what solid shape the president is in.
1:58.0	Privately, from the few people I talked to it was a different story.
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