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The Big Ben Show

Where Will The Media Go After The Second Trump Administration?

The Big Ben Show

Fox News Radio

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.5576 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

As media layoffs and organizational pivots begin following President Trump's return to the White House, Ben delivers a monologue going into detail on how this happened, and how it may shape the industry going forward.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Fox News Radio. I'm Ben Dominic. It was nearly 2 a.m. on the East Coast in the middle of election night when CNN's Jake Tapper stood across from professional virtual

0:50.4

map operator John King and asked a simple question, are there any places where Kamala Harris

0:56.9

overperformed from where Biden did?

1:00.5

Tapping away from a view of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, King zoomed out to a view of the entire

1:04.9

United States and hit a key to show a comparison to the 2020 election. The map instantly turned a solid, dark gray,

1:12.5

without a single county highlighted. Holy smokes, dapper gasped, literally nothing, literally not one

1:20.7

county? Literally nothing was King's somber reply. The video shared widely and instantly on X has been viewed more than

1:30.2

13 million times. In the final tally, of course, Harris did outperform Biden in a handful of

1:35.5

counties, but Tapper's stunned response in the moment serves as an authentic expression of the media

1:41.5

reaction to the 2024 election.

1:45.2

Utter shock.

1:49.8

It's a different kind of shock to the system than 2016, though.

1:54.4

Then the possibility that Donald Trump could beat Hillary Clinton was completely discounted.

2:00.7

In 2024, media figures were so concerned he might pull it off after Joe Biden's disastrous June debate,

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