"Fox News is a right-wing talk network." With CNN's Oliver Darcy
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Oliver Darcy is the Senior Media Reporter at CNN. His nightly newsletter, Reliable Sources, is the top source for media news and commentary. Darcy has been outspoken about Fox News and the inability of mainstream media to call it what it really is, a right- wing talk network. We read his newsletter every night. It's free and you can sign up here reliablesources.com.
Here is a summary of Bill's conversation with Oliver. Darcy discussed the state of media and news consumption today. He criticized Fox News for its reluctance to address significant issues within the Republican Party and its role as a mouthpiece for the party. Darcy also discussed the impact of social media and AI on news consumption, noting that the landscape is more fractured than ever. He expressed concern about AI's potential to spread misinformation and capitalize on the work of news outlets without crediting them. Darcy also touched on the changes at CNN, including the introduction of a new generation of news anchors and the shift towards streaming with CNN Max. He noted that the business model around linear television is contracting faster than anticipated.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends. Good to see you again, and welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 0:12.8 | Well, you know, he may call them the enemy of the people, but we all know that nobody's benefited |
| 0:18.4 | as much from the media as Donald Trump has. |
| 0:21.6 | The truth is, he would never have made it to the White House, |
| 0:25.6 | and it's still hard to believe he even made it that far, without the media. |
| 0:30.6 | As president, he could never have broadcast so many lies without the media. |
| 0:35.6 | And as former president, he could never continue to |
| 0:39.4 | spew his big lie about the 2020 election without the media. So how should the media cover |
| 0:46.3 | a four times indicted Donald Trump today? And why does the rest of the media talk about Fox News, |
| 0:52.8 | like just another legitimate news organization, |
| 0:56.7 | instead of treating it like the Republican Party propaganda platform, it really is. |
| 1:03.3 | Oliver Darcy keeps his eye on the media as senior media reporter for CNN, |
| 1:09.0 | an author of the newsletter, Reliable Sources. Oliver joins us today with |
| 1:14.5 | his take on what's happening today in the world of cable news. Oliver Darcy, good to reconnect |
| 1:21.1 | with you, and welcome to the Bill Press Pod. Hey, Bill, thanks for having me. So I got to start out with something you've been writing a lot about. |
| 1:30.5 | We saw it last Wednesday evening, whatever it was. |
| 1:33.4 | It started out with a question about a country Western song, and it ended with a question |
| 1:38.4 | about UFOs. |
| 1:41.2 | What were we watching? |
| 1:42.4 | Was this a presidential debate or a paid political propaganda show? |
| 1:47.1 | Well, I think for anyone wondering why the Republican Party wanted to partner with Fox News |
| 1:52.6 | for the first couple of debates, I think the question was probably answered while watching |
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