Hello there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast. So this week saw the

ouster, a Fox News host Tucker Carlson, strong ratings, despite near constant controversy during his tenure,

built him up as one of the main political influencers for the right.

Now this isn't the first time Fox has shut down one of its prime time hosts.

Bill O'Reilly got the acts in 2017 after defending his sexual misconduct allegations

became too much and too expensive for Fox.

And they finally fired him and he never fully regained a mainstream

audience but this latest sacking spurs a question beyond Tucker Carlson. Will the

old guard of political influencers ever recover or are we about to see a new medium and a new generation of influencers?

Forget television. More and more Americans are instead flocking to online influencers who speak to a younger audience,

many of whom grew up in the digital age.

They are commentators like the socialist twitch streamer Hassan piker, Herschel Walker's son

Christian Walker built a huge Tik-Tock following.

21-year-old Brett Cooper, one of the newest hires of the Daily Wire,

a group that has long held a commanding presence

as a top provider of online right-wing video content.

Some of the top digital influencers reach millions of eyes and ears, giving

them a reach equal to that of cable TV's average prime time audience, at least in theory.

So what are the potential ramifications of the algorithm-breaking influencers into policy issues

rather than parties or the traditional gatekeepers of so-called mainstream media?

I'm joined now by two reporters to break this down.

NBC News Tech and Culture reporter Kat Tenbarge, and

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