Welcome to Crossroads. We may be watching the end of TV news as we know it, folks, at least old school ones.

Now look, people like Joe Rogan, they're becoming the go-to for news content for audiences now.

People are turning to online

influencers, to YouTubers and streamers, right? And this industry shift spells big changes

for the big corporate media, the old way of doing things. And this is in addition to the

extra legal headaches also that they're now facing as President-elect Donald Trump is launching

lawsuits against a very large number of them actually.

And meanwhile, the food lobby is now planning its whole move to counter Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s

plans to remake food in America.

RFK Jr. has outlined a plan to go after what he regards as harmful chemicals and additives in our food. And now we're seeing some pushback on it.

Lobbyists from some of these food companies that could be affected by his plans are now working out ways to defend their products against him.

I'll be talking about these stories and more today, so let's dive into it.

Now, first off, folks, a new age of streaming news is now starting.

We are entering a new age of news.

And the old guard of TV news stations, while they're facing some real challenges, younger

audiences in particular, they're turning to streamers, they're turning to podcasts,

they're turning to social media for their news,

about 40% of them in fact, and overall with Americans like 20%.

Now we've seen Joe Rogan, a lot of other hosts online, become, you know, kind of gaining viewership, let's say, to understate it in a way.

But this shift was actually reflected in the past election.

President-elect Donald Trump chose to sit down with many of these new media personalities

instead of going the traditional route with cable TV news for the long-form interviews.

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