Legacy Media Meltdown Over Bari Weiss, Michael Knowles on MAGA’s Israel Divide, & Detoxing the Dems for 2028
Next Up with Mark Halperin
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🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, Nexters. Welcome in. Nothing I like more than when I'm out and about. |
| 0:05.7 | And someone comes up to me and taps me on the shoulder and says, I'm a Nexter. |
| 0:09.6 | Sometimes they whispered. Sometimes they're loud and proud. But either way, glad to know, members of the community, thank you for your service to America. |
| 0:16.7 | Welcome. This is Tuesday, or what I call it, just another day, and another episode of Next Up. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm Mark Calprenetter and chief of the live interactive video platform two-way, host of this program. |
| 0:26.5 | I bring you my exclusive reporting and analysis of all the top stories that matter most right now and what is coming next up. |
| 0:34.8 | Joining us today, two great guests. |
| 0:36.7 | The return of Mr. Michael Knowles, host of the |
| 0:39.2 | Michael Knowles Show from The Daily Wire. Michael and I are going to talk about Charlie, Kirk, |
| 0:46.8 | and about Israel, and a bunch of other stuff. So stay tuned for that. And then Doug Sosnik will be here. |
| 0:53.0 | He is a brilliant Democratic strategist. |
| 0:55.0 | He was a longtime advisor to Bill Clinton and someone who understands the rhythms of American politics as well as anyone I know. |
| 1:01.1 | And is not afraid to call out Democrats when he thinks they've lost their way. |
| 1:05.5 | That conversation coming as well. |
| 1:07.7 | But first up, next up, my reported monologue on a very big media story that |
| 1:12.9 | has implications, I think, for the whole country. It's about the media, but it's about more than that. |
| 1:17.9 | It's a story in some ways about two people. I'll tell you who they are in a moment. I've been talking |
| 1:23.1 | for the last several weeks based on the rumors that this was coming true, something that did come true. |
| 1:28.2 | Barry Weiss taking over the editor-in-chief role of CBS News. |
| 1:32.1 | I've talked to journalists, political people in both parties. |
| 1:35.3 | Some of them get what's going on, and they've helped inform my views today. |
| 1:39.3 | Some of whom definitely do not, and they've informed my views as well. |
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