I was lucky enough to sit down with my friend and fellow nerd avenger Brian Karam, journalist extraordinaire, to discuss the state of American media, shadow bands on YouTube, permanent bands on TikTok, and the increasing importance of independent

media.

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Hi, and welcome back to Just Ask the Question.

I'm your host, Brian Karam, with me today.

My sister, Mary Trump.

How you doing, Mary?

It's good to see you.

It's really good to see you, too, especially in these extremely dark times, these darkening times, and it's hard to believe that they could be getting darker, but they are.

For all sorts of reasons, I have no doubt, we will talk about.

Well, we've talked a lot over the years, and there's one thing that you've been talking about lately that I, you know me, I, I, I am sympathetica with

what you're saying when it comes to a press freedom. And I know that you have, you're struggling

yourself to create an independent press platform. And there are huge troubles with the press today.

I mean, I, I sat yesterday and picked apart the press

briefing. There's no follow-up to questions. There's no real legitimate questions. Usually,

those that are, she poopoos, doesn't answer. She's in and out in 30 minutes. And yesterday

was the first time we saw Caroline Levitt in two weeks. So we're not getting information from the president, and the press isn't pressing him for

the information.

So much for being the press, it's more like to roll over and play dead.

But I'll let you speak to the problems that you see in the press and what do you think

the solutions are?

I personally, I don't think it's a bad thing that we don't hear from Carolyn

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