[0.69–6.21] Their worst nightmare has come true. Yes, the hosts at CNN aren't too happy about this one
[6.21–10.33] They had been hoping and hoping and praying that somehow this deal was just not going to go through
[10.33–14.83] But guess what a federal judge just cleared it
[15.49–16.99] Paramount
[16.99–17.99] Has get a
[17.99–26.79] 111 billion dollar takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery that is indeed happening and it's going to mean big big big big big big
[26.79–32.63] big changes at CNN. CNN, hosts, producers. The entire building is like super
[32.63–35.67] nervous right now. Understandably, I mean, this is going to be a big big
[35.67–39.03] change for them. They're nervous about their future. They're nervous about
[39.03–41.83] whether or not they're going to have a job. I mean, yesterday they were
[41.83–45.55] worried about whether or not they could get on Air Force One and join the pool
[45.55–49.71] camera and go to the football game, right? Now they're worried about whether
[49.71–53.91] or not they are going to have jobs because there's a whole new team coming
[53.91–58.01] in and that team could include Elon Musk.
[58.01–59.55] All right, just a backup for a second here.
[59.55–61.79] Remember how the states were trying to block this one?
[61.79–63.43] You had 12 states that were suing.
[63.43–66.43] And basically, they were all blue states.
[66.43–69.07] If you look at that list, it was Connecticut and California
[69.07–70.83] that kind of led the way on this.
[70.83–72.71] Well, they all came out and they sued.
[72.71–74.59] And they were like, we're gonna stop this.
[74.59–76.63] We don't want this to happen
[76.63–78.15] because they wanted Netflix, of course,
[78.15–80.07] to get Warner Brothers discovery.
[80.07–82.55] Warner Brothers discovery, like that's a big property.
[82.55–85.35] Paramount is a very big property.
[85.35–87.59] And the reason this relates to CNN
[87.59–90.79] is because Warner Brothers Discovery owns CNN.
[90.79–93.07] So you're gonna have a whole new team.
[93.07–95.83] And how's this for the cherry on top?
[95.83–98.23] Actually, maybe this is, maybe this is front and center.
[98.23–102.67] I mean, aside from Elon, the reality that you've got
[102.67–106.55] Trump donors, Trump allies, the Ellison family, right?
[106.55–110.27] Larry Ellison, think Oracle, one of the wealthiest men
[110.27–113.87] in the world, he's a Trump backer.
[113.87–117.43] And his son, David Ellison, is the guy
[117.43–118.71] who just did this whole deal.
[118.71–121.03] He had Skydance, he went out and bought Paramount,
[121.03–122.31] which got him CBS.
[122.31–125.39] And then he decided to do Warner Brothers Discovery.
[125.39–127.35] So this thing just got bigger and bigger and bigger.
[127.35–131.03] I am familiar with the deal and have some sources
[131.03–133.39] that have told me, look, they were there early on.
[133.39–135.15] And there are a lot of people that thought,
[135.15–137.27] you know, David's a little crazy.
[137.27–140.83] Like, he's never gonna get this through.
[140.83–143.03] And they were like, gosh, aren't he sure did?
[143.03–145.43] Like, do not underestimate that guy.
[145.43–149.15] Because he had a vision and here we are today
[149.15–153.71] and this vision is coming to fruition.
[153.71–155.39] It is coming into reality.
[155.39–158.23] We have a judge allowing that paramount deal now,
[158.23–159.87] federal judge to close.
[159.87–161.63] A hundred and they're saying 10,
[161.63–163.83] I've read $111 billion takeover
[163.83–165.47] of Warner Brothers Discovery.
[165.47–166.83] This thing is massive.
[166.83–171.51] and the proud new owners are going to be conservatives.
[171.51–174.11] So you can imagine, just think, out in Hollywood, right?
[174.11–176.75] How stressed everybody is,
[176.75–179.67] because you're taking these massive properties
[179.67–181.91] and you're taking a news division
[181.91–185.99] and you're handing the keys to the kingdom effectively
[185.99–188.63] to somebody who actually likes Trump.
[188.63–190.11] Like, that's unheard of, right?
[190.11–192.39] They had such a monopoly.
[192.39–195.55] Think about the monopoly that the left has had on entertainment
[195.55–198.51] And on news, they still have it on academia,
[198.51–200.75] but they've been able to wield that monopoly
[200.75–202.71] and they've wielded it well.
[202.71–204.75] I mean, until one guy came along,
[204.75–207.43] one Donald Trump and he really upset the Apple card
[207.43–208.43] and he's still doing it.
[208.43–209.27] What was this yesterday?
[209.27–210.47] The day before at the AI?
[210.47–212.51] Remember the AI conference that he had?
[212.51–214.59] And boy, boy, boy, boy.
[214.59–215.99] He called that CNN again.
[216.95–218.79] I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
[218.79–220.39] Do you think the hell policing isn't happening?
[220.39–221.67] And he had a view, hold it, hold it,
[221.67–223.07] hold it, see and then fake this.
[223.07–224.87] Do you think that's all policing is happening?
[224.87–232.07] the words. Look, Dariel has been fantastic. And he agrees with everyone. I mean, we all agree.
[233.43–238.15] We all agree. We all agree that we can't let China win the AI war, right? That we actually need
[238.15–243.59] to be successful on that front. Otherwise, we can just kiss our lives goodbye from a national
[243.59–247.75] security standpoint, from an economic security standpoint, everything. It all matters. It also
[247.75–252.71] matters for the entertainment division because I think you're going to see a lot of changes,
[252.71–259.35] a whole lot of changes and that includes personnel like let's just be honest right in the very very
[259.35–265.43] beginning. Are we going to see the exact same faces on CNN the same exact people that have been
[265.43–271.03] lying to us for so long? I'm not so sure we will I'm really not so sure now they have created a
[271.03–277.43] board an editorial board that's supposed to be in place for five years once this deal closes and
[277.43–283.27] and that same editorial board will be looking after both CBS, which has had its own challenges
[283.27–286.75] as of late, as well as CNN.
[286.75–291.63] And this editorial board is supposed to be comprised of people that are not all one direction
[291.63–292.63] or another.
[292.63–296.31] You're supposed to have some independence on there no more than two that are Republican
[296.31–299.55] no more than two journalists that are Democrats.
[299.55–301.55] This
[300–302.4] is supposed to give some objectivity to things.
[302.4–304.32] This is one of the things that they agreed to in order
[304.32–306.24] to get this deal through when, you know,
[306.24–308.96] consider that you had 12 states doing everything they could
[308.96–310.64] to make sure that it wouldn't happen.
[310.64–315.44] Well, the guy who is the media reporter over on CNN,
[315.44–318.08] he's a little skeptical about how this is all worked.
[318.08–319.88] He's looked at some other deals that put in place
[319.88–322.64] these editorial boards and he doesn't have a whole lot of faith.
[322.64–325.44] Let me just tell him, like, I kind of almost,
[325.44–327.28] can I say I feel bad for him?
[327.28–328.92] I don't really feel that bad for him.
[328.92–331.24] I mean, he's a big boy, he can figure it out.
[331.24–335] If he's any good, he'll learn how to do it on his own,
[335–338.8] I suppose, but I suspect he might be one of the first ones
[338.8–341.04] that they're kind of taking a good, cold, hard look at.
[341.04–343.76] I'm not so sure that they're confident that he is,
[343.76–347.76] how shall we say, fairer, right?
[347.76–350.36] I think he's got sort of one bias and one bias only.
[350.36–351.52] Anyway, he's very skeptical.
[351.52–355.76] This is Brian Stelter, I almost said Skelter, oops,
[355.76–357.76] about the editorial board, listen.
[357.76–360.56] I will tell you, just between us friends here,
[360.56–362.16] I'm a little bit skeptical.
[362.16–364.64] And the reason I'm skeptical is because we've seen this
[364.64–367.16] before, for example, at the Wall Street Journal
[367.16–369.08] and Rupert Murdoch bought the journal.
[369.08–371.8] There was a board set up, but people say it was mostly
[371.8–372.8] toothless.
[372.8–375.32] There are also similar boards at a couple of other
[375.32–377.92] institutions with media companies around the world.
[377.92–380.32] So maybe this one will be effective,
[380.32–381.8] but the devil will be in the details
[381.8–385.1] and we don't know the details yet.
[385.1–386.78] Well, we do a few of them.
[386.78–388.02] Let me go at the headlines.
[388.02–390.94] Okay, let's forget the details for just a moment.
[390.94–393.14] The headline, the biggest headline,
[393.14–396.26] is you got a Trump ally, a Trump donor,
[396.26–400.06] a Republican, oh my gosh, and a Maga Republican at that,
[400.06–403.86] and it has just bought the biggest entertainment company out there.
[403.86–407.9] He has just created this massive giant of entertainment, right?
[407.9–410.06] And part of that is CNN.
[410.06–412.38] So he's got a big, and another part is CBS.
[412.38–416.18] So he's got a big stake in the news division.
[416.18–418.38] So that's the big stuff, okay?
[418.38–419.46] The devil's in the details.
[419.46–420.58] He doesn't know what the details are.
[420.58–422.1] He's waiting on the details.
[422.1–424.54] But I would just say, like, let's just start with that.
[424.54–425.54] Okay, that's a biggie.
[425.54–428.84] And then the other component to this is the reality
[428.84–433.06] that Elon Musk may be tapped as an investor.
[433.06–436.54] So this report first came out late last week
[436.54–439.86] and they get to come up with $110 billion.
[439.86–443.1] That's a lot of money in order to float this whole thing
[443.1–444.82] as we get closer to the closing day.
[444.82–448.98] It needed to close originally, there's actually a fine that they have to pay starting today
[448.98–452.66] because it needed to close by September 30th, but they've got like five days.
[452.66–455.66] So sometime next week, it will most likely close.
[455.66–460.58] And so in order to get the financing there, Larry Ellison, the dad, has said, hey, I get
[460.58–461.58] the money.
[461.58–465.14] I'll guarantee you a certain amount of this and then you go out and find the rest.
[465.14–469.02] Well, that doesn't necessarily mean Larry is going to turn over his money himself.
[469.02–474.12] He's going to go out and put together this equity syndicate, if you would, basically a
[474.12–477.32] group of investors, they're going to come forward and they're going to say, okay, we're
[477.32–479.76] going to bankroll this thing to get it to the finish line.
[479.76–486.04] And one of the people reportedly being looked at in that consortium of investors is actually
[486.04–487.04] Elon Musk.
[487.04–492.8] Now, Elon Musk, let's just say he doesn't have a whole lot of use for CNN or the mainstream
[492.8–493.88] media.
[493.88–498.8] And so if you think about this, you got a Trump ally running the whole shabang.
[498.8–504.04] You got Elon Musk possibly in the wings there as a smaller investor, but somebody who certainly
[504.04–511.16] has a viewpoint on things, and I think you start looking at a problematic environment,
[511.16–515.36] dare I say, for some of these hosts and some of these anchors that have been there for
[515.36–520.52] a long time, perhaps in some cases, for too long a time.
[520.52–521.6] Case in point.
[521.6–525.4] One Christiana Mahpore, who's already very worried because she saw what's going on with
[525.4–528.76] her friends over at CBS, didn't she used to have like a little gig on 60 minutes where
[528.76–532.92] she would pop up now and then, and she was doing some kind of symbiotic deal between
[532.92–537.56] CNN and CBS, just like Anderson Cooper had as well.
[537.56–539.4] And then Anderson was like, oh my gosh,
[539.4–540.56] we have these mega people.
[540.56–542.68] I mean, he left saying he needed to spend more time
[542.68–547.12] with family, but my family's always like a dead giveaway.
[547.12–548.72] I'm just so sick of those excuses.
[548.72–550.12] I gotta go spend time with family.
[550.12–552.4] No, the reality is he didn't want to work for Barry Weiss
[552.4–555.52] because Barry Weiss is, ooh, maybe just
[555.52–558.12] eating, eating, eating, little right of center.
[558.12–560.68] And if you're a little eating, eating, eating right of center,
[560.68–564.74] and then you are persona non grata in the news media industry,
[564.74–567.18] which is why a lot of us are over here.
[567.18–568.26] Thank you for being here.
[568.26–569.3] Thank you for subscribing.
[569.3–571.06] If you haven't subscribed, then please join us.
[571.06–573.46] We have a lot of fun here on this show every single day.
[573.46–575.22] Anyway, go into Christiana and Amampur.
[575.22–577.86] She's terrified that they could become,
[579.14–581.62] God forbid, like CBS,
[581.62–584.26] they could get someone like a Barry Weiss in there
[584.26–588.36] who used to be an opinion editor
[588.36–590] at the New York Times.
[590–592.96] I mean, yeah, she's really living on the edge.
[592.96–594.52] She's super right, right?
[594.52–596.36] Pinyon editor at the New York Times.
[596.36–598] Anyway, here's Christian.
[598–600.2] We have also seen this move.
[600–607.5] We have seen the Paramount, Skydance, Ellison takeover of CBS News first, and we've seen
[607.5–613.9] what their view of editorial independence has meant, essentially a whole sale reorientation
[613.9–620.94] of the personnel, and as far as we can gather, the editor-in-chief's views on what editorial
[620.94–623.78] independence looks like.
[623.78–628.66] And there's been a huge amount of criticism about what it has transpired to be.
[628.66–634.8] I was actually surprised to see that this deal also adds the editorial board function for
[634.8–635.8] CBS.
[635.8–641.02] I mean, I thought the CBS thing was kind of done and dusted.
[641.02–642.62] That's a very interesting point.
[642.62–647.58] This is a partly as a result of these state attorneys general negotiating over the weekend.
[647.58–651.34] For example, in Connecticut, the attorney general William Tongue, he says in a statement
[651.34–654.98] he was fighting to protect both CBS News and CNN.
[654.98–657.78] he says he wanted them both to be sold off by Paramount,
[657.78–661.51] but he couldn't get that done.
[661.51–664.63] Or guy, just couldn't get it done.
[664.63–669.27] So you now have a Trump donor.
[669.27–670.99] I actually, in fairness, I don't know
[670.99–675.75] if David himself had donated, but I know that his dad did.
[675.75–679.23] And I can tell you, because I have sources in high places,
[679.23–681.75] that David has spent some time at the White House.
[681.75–684.75] In fact, a friend of mine was there.
[684.75–686.35] She wants back.
[686.35–689.39] And told me that he was outside the Oval Office
[689.39–691.11] and trying to get an audience with the president
[691.11–693.51] on something, and there was David in there.
[693.51–697.11] So I would just say that he's friendlier
[697.11–699.11] with this administration than say,
[699.11–701.03] the Netflix people would have been.
[701.03–702.83] And Netflix is a whole other thing, by the way.
[702.83–705.11] We're going to get to that because Netflix stock
[705.11–707.19] just keeps going down, down, down, down, down.
[707.19–709.27] And there's a lot of talk about whether or not Netflix
[709.27–712.83] can even exist in this kind of environment
[712.83–717.19] where you have a paramount Warner Brothers discovery
[717.19–719.51] that is going to be so massive and so different
[719.51–721.39] because they're thinking about things
[721.39–724.09] in a very tech-forward way that's gonna really matter.
[724.09–725.23] I mean, really, really matter.
[725.23–726.59] And I don't know, frankly,
[726.59–729.33] if people are gonna keep spending on Netflix subscriptions
[729.33–730.63] when they can't deliver on content,
[730.63–731.89] they get to get away from the woke stuff.
[731.89–732.71] That would help.
[732.71–734.59] Back to Christian and Poor Brian,
[734.59–736.71] because the two of them are sweating it out,
[736.71–740.31] sweating it out like you would not believe.
[740.31–742.51] There's so many questions to ask about the CNN thing,
[742.51–745.35] but we'll see how it plays out.
[745.35–748.63] I don't have any other answers, so I know.
[748.63–750.51] But here's the thing, Kristian, like we've been going
[750.51–751.95] for 45 years, right?
[751.95–753.47] CNN just keeps going.
[753.47–755.99] No matter who, no matter what, no matter where,
[755.99–757.91] this network just keeps going.
[757.91–760.15] I strongly believe that's what's gonna happen,
[760.15–762.53] even though we're about to get another new owner.
[762.53–763.37] Okay, interesting.
[763.37–765.55] I've been here 43 years, so I've seen it all.
[765.55–768.43] Every merger, every buyout, and so far,
[768.43–769.83] yep, we just keep going.
[769.83–775.33] Yeah, you know, maybe that's the problem or part of the problem.
[775.33–779.61] Because you've been there 43 years and basically the place is going, woo, way down, okay?
[779.61–781.09] The ratings are not good.
[781.09–782.97] The expenses are very high.
[782.97–785.25] You've got all of these bureaus all over the world.
[785.25–787.37] It's like a 1980s business model.
[787.37–792.97] And we're living in a very different kind of time where there's a whole lot more opportunity
[792.97–793.97] out there.
[793.97–797.35] And if you don't take advantage of that, you're effectively going to die off.
[797.35–802.97] And so you need this sort of tech-savviness to come and generate some new blood.
[802.97–807.73] If you ask me, in this very state, very old media environment, because your future is
[807.73–811.09] going to be embracing new technology and new media.
[811.09–815.29] And if you don't do that, then you're basically going to go out of existence.
[815.29–819.57] But I would couple that together with a few other things in that you talk about diversity
[819.57–820.57] all the time.
[820.57–821.57] They're really into diversity, right?
[821.57–824.05] Have you ever noticed that with the left, they love diversity, but they don't actually
[824.05–827.17] embrace diversity because there's never any diversity of thought.
[827.17–828.61] he actually thinks different.
[828.61–830.05] They just talk a good game.
[830.05–831.93] Everybody's gonna look different,
[831.93–834.05] but you all gotta think exactly the same.
[834.05–835.69] And if you want a job at CNN,
[835.69–837.17] you gotta be part of the club.
[837.17–838.57] And if you're not part of the club,
[838.57–839.61] then you can forget about it.
[839.61–840.97] Well, this is all changing.
[840.97–843.81] As for the club, like who's gonna be in it nowadays?
[843.81–844.81] I mean, who's your money on?
[844.81–846.77] Who do you think's gonna be first to go?
[846.77–847.65] Is it Christian?
[847.65–851.05] Is it the, I realize Hannity's got a few names
[851.05–852.29] for that guy, Stelter.
[852.29–854.41] Is it Jake Tapper?
[854.41–858.01] Jake Tapper, who lied and lied and lied to us
[858.01–860.85] and still seems to be lying.
[860.85–864.93] And he might be somebody who's tremendously at risk.
[864.93–867.57] I don't know how savvy these people are sort of politically
[867.57–871.13] and how they're going to be able to manage the intricacies
[871.13–875.45] of a viciously political environment in that,
[875.45–878.01] when I say political, like they're all out to kill each other,
[878.01–880.69] like all these anchors are tripping over each other
[880.69–883.33] to keep their jobs.
[883.33–885.05] but can they really do it?
[885.05–886.81] I mean, you think about Caitlin Collins, maybe,
[886.81–888.93] because, you know, Caitlin Collins is an anchor.
[888.93–890.71] I wish I had a picture to put up of her,
[890.71–893.37] but she's one that has caused the president
[893.37–897.09] to be quite vocal against CNN from time to time.
[897.09–900.21] And I would say this, it seems like Caitlin Collins.
[900–905.48] It's just trying to do her job and that she's just trying to collect a paycheck because not too long ago
[905.6–909.2] She used to work at the daily caller. Do you know the daily caller?
[909.2–912.6] That was a website that was owned actually by Tucker Curlson and
[913.2–919.4] Caitlin Collins was one of their reporters and she used to go on Fox and I believe I have some sound of
[919.64–923.36] Caitlin Collins just going on and on and on about
[924.16–927.84] Soros so there's some I mean this is not from too long ago
[927.84–936.24] ago. I mean, she just really tore Soros up and down on Fox. And so you've got to say to
[936.24–940.28] yourself, like, at what point, like, is this woman just working, you know, to get a gig
[940.28–945.4] and to collect a paycheck? Perhaps I don't have it. But anyway, it's the face it to say
[945.4–950.96] that does exist out there. And she has been known to, well, in that case, I would say just
[950.96–956.44] give you whatever line you need at any given time. And that's part of the problem too, right?
[956.44–962.44] they're doing the bidding of somebody else as opposed to being authentic to who they are.
[962.44–970.04] I don't know who she is. I don't know whether she thinks that Soros is running a migrant invasion
[970.04–976.76] for political purposes, which is what I think. And what she said on the air, on Fox,
[976.76–985.88] or whether she is Ms. CNN and now really breathing blue, so to speak, you don't really know.
[985.88–989.64] I think a lot of these people are working for the company they're working for and they're
[989.64–994.48] giving you a song and dance about that, but that's part of what perhaps will get exposed
[994.48–995.48] as well.
[995.48–999.22] And so it's going to be a lot of changes and, you know, look, your guess is as good
[999.22–1000.22] as mine.
[1000.22–1006.02] I do think that some of them there are in jeopardy and it's going to come down to how much
[1006.02–1011] they can kind of go which way the wind blows and understand the direction, the new direction
[1011–1012] of the network.
[1012–1013.4] And will they really be willing to do it?
[1013.4–1016.56] As we saw over at CBS, so many people left.
[1016.56–1017.8] So many people were, I'm out of here.
[1017.8–1019.36] I don't want anything to do with Barry Weiss.
[1019.36–1020.36] I don't want anything to do.
[1020.36–1021.36] You know, she's ruining the network.
[1021.36–1022.36] This is a Tiffany network.
[1022.36–1023.36] We're 60 minutes.
[1023.36–1032.36] And so they left and so that may be where some of these people wind up sooner rather than later.
[1032.36–1038.36] Meanwhile, I would ask this, did CNN pull a BBC?
[1038.36–1043.36] Do you remember the president sued the BBC for $10 billion?
[1043.36–1046.36] That's what the B dollars?
[1046.36–1050.36] Because of the way they edited his speech.
[1050.36–1052.36] Remember this one?
[1052.36–1056.44] Well, I'm not going to show you BBC, I'm going to actually show you CNN because this
[1056.44–1058.28] is going viral today.
[1058.28–1064.24] This has just come up just as the federal judge clears this massive takeover of Warner
[1064.24–1067.04] Brothers Discovery, including CNN.
[1067.04–1070.8] This thing emerges and it's not a good look.
[1070.8–1077.24] It appears that this little clip ran on CNN, I'm going to show you Twitter account, ex
[1077.24–1083.96] account called maze found this and as I said it's going viral somebody found the original
[1083.96–1088.6] that the president said and then they compared and contrasted it to the CNN version which
[1088.6–1092.52] gosh darn it sounds a lot like the BBC version they're like cutting out some big chunks of
[1092.52–1097.56] important quality stuff thereby presenting the president in an extremely different light.
[1098.28–1104.04] I think one of our great achievements will be election security because nobody until I came
[1104.04–1109.4] along had any idea how corrupt our elections were and again most people would
[1109.4–1113.92] stand there at nine o'clock in the evening and say I want to thank you very much
[1113.92–1119.4] and they go off to some other life but I said something's wrong here something's
[1119.4–1124.44] really wrong can't have happened nobody until I came along had any idea how
[1124.44–1130.32] corrupt our elections were and we fight we fight like hell and if you don't fight
[1130.32–1135.15] like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore.
[1135.15–1138.35] Yeah, okay, those are two really, really different clips, right?
[1138.35–1142.03] They had to get to the fight stuff as fast as they can or could.
[1142.03–1143.67] This is why he sued CBS.
[1143.67–1146.59] Don't forget in 16 minutes over the Kamala interview.
[1146.59–1148.67] The Kamala interview, we don't have to watch that thing again,
[1148.67–1152.11] but they, I keep joking like the guy who edited that or the gal
[1152.11–1156.43] who edited that deserved an Emmy, just based on editing alone
[1156.43–1160.27] because trying to clean up Kamala's word salad, trust me, not easy.
[1160.27–1163.39] Now, I'll tell you, like, look, they don't give you so much time, right?
[1163.39–1167.23] When you do these interviews, if you're on 60 minutes, you get, like, what is it?
[1167.23–1169.19] Like, eight minutes or something for your segment?
[1169.19–1170.95] It's not a lot of time, maybe nine minutes.
[1171.75–1175.27] And so you've got to condense maybe a big interview into something
[1175.27–1177.47] that makes sense to the viewer for nine minutes.
[1177.47–1179.83] Well, again, you're, we're talking about Kamala here, right?
[1179.83–1185.11] Like Kamala is not necessarily easily made to sound like she understands
[1185.11–1185.99] what she's talking about.
[1185.99–1191.91] And so whoever edited that did a pretty good job, but in doing so, they actually really
[1191.91–1195.71] misrepresented who she was and who she is.
[1195.71–1199.99] And so the president took issue with that, he sued them and that, you know, they...
[1200–1204.56] successful, I believe in that suit. And as a result, you had a lot of people really, really angry.
[1204.56–1210.24] I think the executive producer of 60 minutes at the time stepped down. And then you had the BBC
[1210.24–1216.48] suit. I mean, this is $10 billion, right? $10 billion that the president is going after BBC.
[1216.48–1222.72] That also resulted in the woman who runs BBC, who interestingly used to run NBC.
[1222.72–1229.16] She basically wound up stepping down as a result of that as well.
[1229.16–1232.52] And so you have a lot of heads that can potentially roll.
[1232.52–1236.92] I mean, in terms of this one, I don't know as he's going to go after them only because,
[1236.92–1240.76] you know, his buddy David is now in there taking care of things and maybe that kind of helps
[1240.76–1242.16] to smooth things over.
[1242.16–1247.36] But I think it's rather striking that on the same day that we find out about the federal
[1247.36–1252.32] judge clearing this takeover that you, all of a sudden, have this emerge as a bit of
[1252.32–1254.12] of a liability.
[1254.12–1256.12] They did it the film there, I believe it was,
[1256.12–1257.36] at the BBC Penorama.
[1257.36–1259.12] They called it Trump a second chance.
[1259.12–1262.12] It was produced by a company called October Films and Broadcast
[1262.12–1266.08] in the UK about a week before the 2024 vote.
[1266.08–1269.2] And so he was filing again because of this misrepresentation
[1269.2–1270.28] in this edit.
[1270.28–1272.88] And he's had success with this stuff before.
[1272.88–1276.12] And so we shall see just another headache for them
[1276.12–1279.52] to have to deal with, right, over at CNN.
[1279.52–1280.92] But this is a big deal.
[1280.92–1282.52] This is a massive company.
[1282.52–1285] We're talking about, take a look at what they're getting.
[1285–1287.04] I mean, the Harry Potter franchise, right?
[1287.04–1288.88] He's already got Mission Impossible.
[1288.88–1292.56] You're combining Top Gun, Star Trek with Lord of the Rings,
[1292.56–1294.16] Batman, Wonder Woman, The Matrix.
[1294.16–1296.76] I mean, Looney Tunes, this is amazing.
[1296.76–1298.96] Like, this is a massive company.
[1298.96–1301.28] You know why this is important?
[1301.28–1303.76] Culture is important.
[1303.76–1307.88] And, you know, you look at the music that the kids listen to today.
[1307.88–1310.2] You look at what's in film.
[1310.2–1314.12] And look, I'm pretty libertarian.
[1314.12–1316.52] It would not be my choice to listen to some of that music.
[1316.52–1317.84] And I understand some people like it.
[1317.84–1319.04] I don't really get it.
[1319.04–1322.56] But I do think that the role of culture
[1322.56–1325.08] is important for an entertainment company.
[1325.08–1328.76] And when you start to lose your way as an American culture,
[1328.76–1332.08] you start to erode the values that make us so special.
[1332.08–1334.44] And so having somebody who has a different mindset,
[1334.44–1338.16] a conservative mindset, and possibly you get Elon in there too,
[1338.16–1340.72] at the helm of this is actually important.
[1340.72–1341.56] Very, very important.
[1341.56–1342.4] Look at the TV hits.
[1342.4–1344.76] I mean, you get SpongeBob and Paw Patrol.
[1344.76–1345.72] Gosh, my kids loved.
[1345.72–1347.48] My son was like, oh, he's still
[1347.48–1349.08] as a walking savant on SpongeBob.
[1349.08–1350.88] Like, he's memorized every single episode.
[1350.88–1352.28] Paw Patrol, my kids liked that.
[1352.28–1353.84] I can still hear the theme song in my head.
[1353.84–1355.84] And you get H.C. TV in the food network.
[1355.84–1357.12] I mean, this is amazing, right?
[1357.12–1358.92] And you're combining that with Game of Thrones,
[1358.92–1360.16] the soprano's friends.
[1360.16–1363.6] This is a massive, massive entertainment company.
[1363.6–1367.68] And you get all the cable businesses and the news businesses.
[1367.68–1370.82] I mean, they're gonna be doing all kinds of stuff with this.
[1370.82–1373.98] This is a powerful, a relevant company
[1373.98–1377.22] that's gonna have big impacts on culture
[1377.22–1379.3] and the media for years to come.
[1379.3–1381.38] So now we're starting to shift the dynamics.
[1381.38–1383.62] So maybe you don't go and just hire
[1383.62–1387.5] all your super liberal friends from your fancy colleges
[1387.5–1389.98] with woke degrees and God knows what, right?
[1389.98–1391.46] English degrees, maybe, gosh,
[1391.46–1393.34] maybe you could get an economics major in there, right?
[1393.34–1395.54] You know, live on the wild side.
[1395.54–1400.38] I'm just saying like you've got to start to inject some new blood and this is what is
[1400.38–1401.38] going to happen.
[1401.38–1407.1] And this is an important step for America in terms of our culture and these changes.
[1407.1–1410.22] And this came up actually in some of the hearings when they were looking at this.
[1410.22–1413.9] The Senate was looking at whether or not this merger was going to go through and one
[1413.9–1419.3] thing that kept coming up over and over and over and over again was whether or not Netflix
[1419.3–1424.82] for example, who wanted to buy Warner Brothers Discovery really could represent the values
[1424.82–1427.86] of America because that's an important component of all that.
[1427.86–1430.34] I mean, I'm going to get to that later because we're going to talk a little bit about it.
[1430.34–1433.38] I don't want to talk about the Cornell thing, but we're going to talk a little bit about it.
[1433.38–1437.94] And you think about the role of pop culture and where it's led people, right?
[1437.94–1440.18] Like basically off a cliff for goodness sake.
[1440.18–1444.26] So I think it's important that we start to get a hold on culture again.
[1444.26–1446.5] And this is such a massive development.
[1446.5–1449.78] Again, if you're just joining us, a federal judge has just cleared paramounts,
[1449.78–1453.78] $110 billion takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery.
[1453.78–1456.42] This is new media in the making.
[1456.42–1460.06] I just amazing because everything is changing.
[1461.14–1464.02] Think about where we're heading.
[1464.02–1466.38] Okay, streaming is one example.
[1466.38–1467.7] The fact that I can do this.
[1467.7–1469.74] I mean, this is just amazing to me that I can do this
[1469.74–1473.02] because hey, like I grew up in a traditional news environment
[1473.02–1474.58] where I wrote my minute 30 script
[1474.58–1476.06] and I got, you know, nine or 10 seconds.
[1476.06–1479.74] God help if you went 12 for my live tag on the CBS evening news
[1479.74–1481.26] and the NBC nightly news.
[1481.26–1482.54] And then I'd go on occasionally.
[1482.54–1488.14] I used to do I've been everywhere ABC as well world news tonight with David mirror back when he used to do the weekend
[1488.14–1491.54] And I'd be like, okay, you know, they give you two and a half minutes to talk about
[1492.02–1497.54] The up or down tick in GDP or interest rates, and I'm like two minutes and 30 seconds. Oh my gosh
[1497.54–1500.02] I better you think I talk quick. I learned this someplace
[1500–1508.24] right? Although everybody in Network TV talks so darn slow. It's like watching molasses. I can't take it.
[1508.88–1517.76] Anyway, there's a formula there and I've seen it and it plays to a certain crowd, but you know,
[1517.76–1523.36] let's be honest, like the most people don't watch that anymore. I mean, my children, my own children,
[1523.36–1528.36] And when I told them I was going to do this YouTube show,
[1529–1530.36] they looked at me and they said,
[1530.36–1532.72] Mom, thank you.
[1532.72–1533.72] And I'm like, oh, do you mean they're like,
[1533.72–1534.76] well, this is a big deal.
[1534.76–1538.08] Like this, we can finally tell somebody where you are.
[1538.08–1539.36] And I'm like, well, guys, you know,
[1539.36–1542.08] like it works for some pretty big networks.
[1542.08–1545.32] And they're like, no, nobody knows what those are.
[1545.32–1548] It's like, seriously, seriously.
[1548–1549.96] And I thought they were teasing me,
[1549.96–1552.12] but no, they were, they were spot on, serious.
[1552.12–1553.24] Like, I'd made it.
[1553.24–1555.04] I had gotten to YouTube, like what was I doing,
[1555.04–1557.52] hanging out at Fox or CMBC or Bloomberg or any of those
[1557.52–1559.52] weird places because nobody knew what they were.
[1559.52–1561.4] Those are the kids these days, okay, those are the kids
[1561.4–1563.72] because how do people actually get their news
[1563.72–1567.52] and entertainment, they get it from YouTube, okay?
[1567.52–1570.68] YouTube is just dominating this space, it's killing it.
[1570.68–1572.4] Actually, I was looking at some numbers here.
[1572.4–1574.76] Who's on the tube, that's how you're like this graphic.
[1574.76–1576] And this is amazing.
[1576–1578.24] It's so many of you actually watch this show
[1578.24–1580.8] and thank you for watching this show.
[1580.8–1584.16] on playback and you watch it on your big TV.
[1584.16–1586.2] And I couldn't believe when I saw my own numbers,
[1586.2–1587.6] like half of you guys are doing that.
[1587.6–1590.92] And I was like, wow, it's not just small screen phones,
[1590.92–1592.08] it's big TV.
[1592.08–1595] And sure enough, when I looked at the overall numbers,
[1595–1596.56] this is actually versus Netflix,
[1596.56–1599.84] YouTube has a 14.2% share.
[1599.84–1601.84] And then you look at streaming overall,
[1601.84–1604.4] where are people getting their news and information
[1604.4–1605.48] and their entertainment?
[1605.48–1607.32] Streaming is half.
[1607.32–1609.52] That numbers just go in up, up, and away.
[1609.52–1610.68] So if it's half today,
[1610.68–1611.64] What is it tomorrow?
[1611.64–1612.68] What is it next week?
[1612.68–1615.64] What is it 10 years from now?
[1615.64–1616.56] That dominates.
[1616.56–1619] Broadcast is still kind of heavy
[1619–1622.2] and that it's 19.5% and cable,
[1622.2–1625.08] cable interestingly is only 18.7%.
[1625.08–1628.48] So actually streaming has basically just gobbled up
[1628.48–1632.72] the cable business and broadcast is hanging on for dear life.
[1632.72–1635.96] So this is the change that we're all living through
[1635.96–1638.88] and we're part of and you're here watching this show.
[1638.88–1640.68] you're part of it together with me.
[1640.68–1644.28] And so you've got new media crouching,
[1644.28–1648.4] it's really taking over, if you would, old media.
[1648.4–1650.12] And you need to position yourself
[1650.12–1651.76] if you're a media company today
[1651.76–1655.68] or if you're a content creator for that future.
[1655.68–1656.96] I mean, one of the benefits, I think,
[1656.96–1659.44] to being a creator in an environment
[1659.44–1661.88] where content is king is that content still is king, right?
[1661.88–1663.4] The distribution doesn't matter anymore.
[1663.4–1665.12] So I don't have to go work for Fox.
[1665.12–1668.16] I don't have to go work for Bloomberg or Gerson B.C.
[1668.16–1672.86] any of these places where, historically, and certainly when I started my career, that was
[1672.86–1673.86] like it.
[1673.86–1677.4] Like, when I was younger, it was like, wow, I want to be a network correspondent.
[1677.4–1679] I didn't even think about cable, right?
[1679–1683.6] Because, I mean, as a little kid, like, if I was going to be on the news, I want to be
[1683.6–1685.08] on network news.
[1685.08–1686.08] Because cable didn't even exist.
[1686.08–1688.52] I remember when MTV first came out, I was so confused.
[1688.52–1691.44] I must have been in the fourth grade, and I sat there watching, and I thought it was
[1691.44–1692.44] a commercial.
[1692.44–1695.08] Like, I just didn't get it because they were singing to these videos.
[1695.08–1700.56] Anyway, the point being, this is all happening really fast.
[1700.56–1703.12] And it's happening in our lifetime, right?
[1703.12–1706.8] So all of these changes as we move to the future and it's just going to keep compounding
[1706.8–1709] and compounding and compounding and bounding.
[1709–1713.52] And if you don't have a management team that understands that and welcomes that, then
[1713.52–1715.56] you're basically up a creek without a paddle.
[1715.56–1720.16] But I think the good news for CNN, the good news for Warner Brothers Discovery is you
[1720.16–1722.76] get someone like Ellison in the driver's seat.
[1722.76–1729.84] And he's looking at this and saying, gee, how can I embrace new technology and new media?
[1729.84–1732.08] Well, what do you think Elon Musk has done, right?
[1732.08–1734.68] Who also might be an investor in this project?
[1734.68–1739.08] Elon Musk has said, hey, I'm going to empower everyday people to do their thing.
[1739.08–1744.12] I'm going to empower the man on the street to go out there and be a citizen journalist.
[1744.12–1747.96] And then we wind up with gems like Nick Shirley, right?
[1747.96–1754.4] all it takes is a brain and a question and some curiosity and determination and a phone
[1754.4–1759.12] and you can go out there and gather all this tremendous information and expose things
[1759.12–1760.12] and have content.
[1760.12–1765.88] I mean, it's a beautiful thing in my view and take that forward, not just from the news
[1765.88–1769.48] perspective, but take it to the entertainment world.
[1769.48–1774.2] What if we could live in a world where I said, gee, you know, it's Saturday night and some
[1774.2–1781.08] you guys may know this about me. I will choose to watch a romantic comedy. If I don't like scary
[1781.08–1788.36] movies and I don't like a lot of suspense, I'm like, you know, I'm in the news world. We
[1788.36–1792.6] have enough suspense there with real life. So if I'm going to escape, I'll watch a nice romantic
[1792.6–1797.96] comedy. Well, guess what? In the future, I'm going to be able to almost make my own movie.
[1797.96–1799.96] I could say hey, you know
[1800–1804.4] So I want this kind of actors and this kind of actor and I want this kind of ending and
[1804.4–1805.4] tata tata tata.
[1805.4–1808.12] I mean, you are going to be able to do all this on demand.
[1808.12–1810.2] And so Hollywood's changing.
[1810.2–1814.48] And if you don't have people at the helm to understand these changes and appreciate
[1814.48–1820.32] these changes and welcome these and embrace the technology, if they fight it, then, hey,
[1820.32–1822.48] you know, who's going to take over?
[1822.48–1823.48] China.
[1823.48–1831.1] Think about the U.S. and how we've exported our wonderful culture and our belief in freedom
[1831.1–1833.74] and capitalism all over the world.
[1833.74–1838.76] Well, if we don't continue to do that, China will.
[1838.76–1842.76] Look at the success they had with TikTok, for example, right?
[1842.76–1847.28] They recognize the power of being in charge of culture.
[1847.28–1852.52] They can help dictate that it's the MAMDAMIs and the L. Syed's and they're resheded to
[1852.52–1855] to leaves in the Ilhan Omar's of the world
[1855–1855.84] that need to be in charge.
[1855.84–1856.66] Why?
[1856.66–1857.8] Because that works for them.
[1857.8–1860.4] So there's a political component, if you would,
[1860.4–1861] to all of this.
[1861–1863.2] Obviously, the marking component is
[1863.2–1865.36] that you just want the best creativity
[1865.36–1868.68] and the smartest people in the room coming up
[1868.68–1872.2] with the best ideas to entertain people for the future.
[1872.2–1875.2] But the political component or the cultural component
[1875.2–1880.08] would also be you want American culture to dominate.
[1880.08–1885.08] And so this is important on a national security level as well.
[1885.36–1887.04] But it's bad news for Netflix.
[1887.04–1888.96] I'll tell you, who's the loser in all of this?
[1888.96–1891.68] I mean, besides the CNN, anchors, right?
[1891.68–1893.08] Who's the loser?
[1893.08–1895.24] Netflix could be going bust.
[1895.24–1896.6] That's the word on the street anyway.
[1896.6–1898] I mean, you could go.
[1898–1900.08] Remember Blockbuster?
[1900.08–1905.08] And remember how Netflix put Blockbuster out of business?
[1905.08–1908.08] I mean, it's like history just wrapped in itself,
[1908.08–1910.04] Stock downgraded pretty badly.
[1910.04–1911.88] This is amazing, right?
[1911.88–1913.68] So they got downgraded if you would.
[1913.68–1916.2] I would say that they're in big, big trouble.
[1916.2–1918.8] Unless things change, there's always a chance,
[1918.8–1920.2] if you would, for things to change.
[1920.2–1923.28] But Netflix could, if it's not careful,
[1923.28–1928.76] find itself in a situation much like blockbuster years ago.
[1928.76–1929.84] I mean, they weren't really kidding
[1929.84–1933.16] when they coined the phrase go broke, right?
[1933.16–1933.92] It's happening.
[1933.92–1935.36] I'm looking at Netflix right now
[1935.36–1937.96] and the stock got downgraded effectively.
[1937.96–1939.32] dare I say to trash.
[1939.32–1944.28] But it kept giving us all that nonsense from Obama, right?
[1944.28–1945.96] And then we had to sit through Megan and Harry
[1945.96–1949] and, oh my goodness, I'll just tell you, customers have
[1949–1949.88] revolted.
[1949.88–1951.52] You've got mass cancellations.
[1951.52–1953.88] They keep raising prices in the companies in trouble.
[1953.88–1956.44] It's in big trouble, especially with the paramount thing
[1956.44–1957.44] going through.
[1957.44–1959.8] I don't see them unless they change drastically.
[1959.8–1963.8] And look, I'm told by sources close to them
[1963.8–1966.24] that they are viciously competitive
[1966.24–1967.48] and that they're not going to stand
[1967.48–1970.44] by and let this one just sail away.
[1970.44–1973.64] So I said to a source recently,
[1973.64–1975.56] well then they're gonna have to get their act together
[1975.56–1977.52] because Go Won't Go Broke is real, okay?
[1977.52–1980.76] You just can't keep paying Obama millions and millions of dollars
[1980.76–1983.72] and expect him to turn you some numbers.
[1983.72–1986] Like that's not how it works in entertainment.
[1986–1987.64] You've got to be a little bit more capitalist
[1987.64–1989.16] and a little bit more savvy.
[1989.16–1990.64] But I do think it's kind of ironic
[1990.64–1993.24] because I remember, do you remember
[1993.24–1994.52] when Netflix first came out
[1994.52–1995.88] or remember how we all got?
[1995.88–2000.72] I don't know if you got, but I was so excited because like you could plan ahead on Friday
[2000.72–2003.68] night, you get your movie delivered in the mail and you get a CD.
[2003.68–2006.68] I tell my kids about this and they're like, what is a CD?
[2006.68–2009.64] I'm like, all right, we're going to back off a ways.
[2009.64–2014.44] But you used to get your CD in the mail and it was so annoying having to mail that thing
[2014.44–2015.44] back.
[2015.44–2016.44] That's what really annoyed me.
[2016.44–2017.92] That was the only challenge with all of it.
[2017.92–2024.44] But it took over for the VHS tape and then my kids are really like, well, what do you
[2024.44–2026.08] I mean the VHS tape, but I'm like, yeah,
[2026.08–2028.04] we used to go to Blockbuster video,
[2028.04–2031.08] and we'd like, peruse the aisles.
[2031.08–2032.6] You know, that would be half your Friday night
[2032.6–2033.44] right there, right?
[2033.44–2036.04] You'd peruse the aisles and try and find a movie to watch.
[2036.04–2038.24] Well, Netflix changed the entire industry.
[2038.24–2039.68] They were the new kid on the block
[2039.68–2041.6] that totally reinvented Hollywood,
[2041.6–2043.32] which is what I think Paramount's gonna do.
[2043.32–2046.2] I mean, they created, if you would binge watching,
[2046.2–2047.56] how amazing is that, right?
[2047.56–2050.64] And they put Blockbuster out of business.
[2050.64–2052.28] Well, now I got news for them.
[2052.28–2054.52] Guess what, ladies and gentlemen?
[2054.52–2056.96] Netflix is about to get blockbuster.
[2056.96–2059.16] Couldn't happen to a nice or bond, right?
[2059.16–2060.8] Remember this is the crew, again,
[2060.8–2061.92] that did all those Obama deals.
[2061.92–2065.64] It put Susan Rice on their board of directors,
[2065.64–2068.92] and they launched a whole series of programming
[2068.92–2070.56] with trans characters.
[2070.56–2072.84] Yeah, they're really, really into the trans thing.
[2072.84–2074.48] They just couldn't get enough trans characters,
[2074.48–2076.52] including on all their children's shows.
[2076.52–2080.2] And they would not stop with the nonstop virtue signaling
[2080.2–2081.28] to all of us.
[2081.28–2086.48] Again, like I said, if entertainment is embedded with culture
[2086.48–2090.36] and if you're trying to really create a stable culture
[2090.36–2094.16] for the future, then why are you doing all of this nonsense?
[2094.16–2095.68] But that was what they were all about.
[2095.68–2097.56] It's still what they're all about.
[2097.56–2099.28] So what do people do?
[2099.28–2100.6] Well, they reject it.
[2100–2104.64] it, right? They went elsewhere. We all went elsewhere. And as a result, you had more and
[2104.64–2112.28] more technology growing up every in every other place. And people found what they appreciated
[2112.28–2118.08] and wanted to watch. And maybe they did that on YouTube and via other mechanisms, maybe
[2118.08–2124.64] they're watching on X. This technology is changing so fast that we don't need the gatekeepers
[2124.64–2125.72] at Netflix anymore.
[2125.72–2128.76] They're out there curating our content.
[2128.76–2131.36] Hey guys, we can get it ourselves.
[2131.36–2133.76] That's what we can even make it ourselves, right?
[2133.76–2134.96] And think about it.
[2134.96–2137.8] YouTube lets anyone in.
[2138.76–2141.8] X lets anyone in.
[2141.8–2145] A kid with a cell phone can build an audience faster
[2145–2146.36] than a Netflix development executive
[2146.36–2147.76] with a $20 billion checkbook.
[2147.76–2150.24] Think about that, that democratization
[2150.24–2152.52] of entertainment and news.
[2152.52–2154.44] And yet Netflix is out there still acting like
[2154.44–2156.4] They are so darn special.
[2156.4–2158.76] Like they got it all going on.
[2158.76–2162.52] Like they're gonna curate culture for you.
[2162.52–2164.76] Well, the stock is getting gutted
[2164.76–2166.2] and Wall Street has finally said
[2166.2–2168.56] the quiet part out loud, you know what?
[2168.56–2173.04] I'm telling you, this thing is not a one time dip.
[2173.04–2175.6] This is a company aging out.
[2176.48–2180] This is a company getting, wait for it.
[2180–2182.88] Blockbuster, okay.
[2182.88–2184.36] That's what's going on.
[2184.36–2186.52] I remember what happened to Blockbuster.
[2186.52–2187.56] It went bankrupt.
[2188.52–2190.92] I mean, I've been looking at the numbers
[2190.92–2193.32] and I mean, they're hanging out around 70 bucks.
[2193.32–2197.72] It's down like 24% this year, 41% over the last 12 months.
[2197.72–2199.36] That is not a bad week.
[2199.36–2202.64] That is the market basically taking what they once thought
[2202.64–2205.08] was a gross stock and putting a gross stock
[2205.08–2208.4] multiple on it and dragging it down into the tired,
[2208.4–2211.84] old media stock.
[2211.84–2213.08] Uh huh.
[2213.08–2215.84] And it gets worse.
[2215.84–2217.04] So take a look at this.
[2217.04–2219.28] I was reading this earlier before I came to Eriti.
[2219.28–2222.04] This is a report that came out of Wells Fargo.
[2222.04–2225.04] And it's pretty substantive.
[2225.04–2226.76] It's the Equity Research Division.
[2226.76–2232.32] But the headline here is, they like to use fancy words.
[2232.32–2235.2] That's why if you haven't subscribed to my research,
[2235.2–2240.16] at 76 research you should, because we don't try and tell
[2240.16–2241.4] you anything other than the truth.
[2241.4–2243.16] here, they're calling it underweight.
[2243.16–2244.24] They want you to underweight.
[2244.24–2246.68] They're cutting the stock, a guy named Stephen K. Hill
[2246.68–2249.92] over there at Wells Fargo, the Wells Fargo.
[2249.92–2252.2] Yes, is not really hedging.
[2252.2–2255.6] He's, well, he is hedging because his language is so darn
[2255.6–2256.28] polite.
[2256.28–2259.08] He's saying that the stock is underweight,
[2259.08–2261.16] which the translation is sell.
[2261.16–2264.4] So again, in my research at 76research.com,
[2264.4–2266.92] we try to be a little bit more upfront.
[2266.92–2271.36] So if we wanted to sell a stock, we'll just say, you know, sell.
[2271.36–2277.36] or buy. But this is underweight. And he thinks that the price target is going to be $57.
[2277.36–2282.64] So this thing is going down. He originally had a price target of 80 on it. And if you get
[2282.64–2290.96] into the nitty-gritty of it, he's basically looking at, and I quote, engagement trends, engagement trends
[2290.96–2298.8] look worrying to us. Netflix, he said, has lacked big original series and it's showing. We see
[2298.8–2304] breakout hits as a must for the stock to work again. But again, don't forget what I just
[2304–2307.52] told you. I mean, how the heck are they going to get a breakout hit when they got a whole
[2307.52–2313.92] bunch of libs that all think the same. They can't figure out which end is up. They can't
[2313.92–2318.64] figure out a hit to save themselves right now. I mean, I'm sorry. They're just not very talented.
[2319.36–2324.24] But they make a lot of money and they have big checkbooks. So how long does that last in this new
[2324.24–2330.88] media environment. He also says that members of Netflix, they watched 1.6 hours a day or they
[2330.88–2338.8] did for the first half of 2026, which is 8% less than 2023 when you adjust for the past word
[2338.8–2346.96] crackdown. He expects viewing on the top 100 originals to drop 21% in the back half of the year.
[2346.96–2354.32] there. Wow. Okay. And US TV share slipped under 8%. If you read between the lines here,
[2354.32–2358.16] he doesn't think it's growing in the US anymore at all. Like the only hope is that it's
[2358.16–2362.88] going to grow in Europe. And that's Wells Fargo. And there are more reports. I mean, HSBC
[2362.88–2366.88] was out there with another one. They took it down from buy the hold, another fancy way
[2366.88–2371.8] to say, get rid of this dog. Get the heck out of this dog as fast as you can, right? They're
[2371.8–2377.92] too polite, but who are they concerned about? They're concerned about YouTube. Naturally,
[2377.92–2384.2] because as I told you, YouTube is where it's at. This is the biggest share of television
[2384.2–2392.76] time. And Netflix is now down to 7.8 percent with YouTube at 14.2. So they are eating Netflix's
[2392.76–2397.08] lunch. They're eating, well, actually the whole living room. They're like godling it up,
[2397.08–2400] right? You put on your television. What are you watching? It's not
[2400–2405.68] Netflix. You know, again, anecdotally, I can tell you, I get so many of you that are watching
[2405.68–2411.68] the show on the big screen, on the television screen. You know, I'd be on Netflix too if
[2411.68–2416.88] I could. But apparently, you have to have a fancy schmancy Hollywood agent. I can tell
[2416.88–2420.08] you I'm done with broadcast news agents. I've had plenty of them through my career. I had
[2420.08–2425.04] one good one who unfortunately died. And once he was gone, I was still at Fox at the time.
[2425.04–2428.8] I was like, you know what? He was the only decent one out there. I'm not getting an agent again.
[2428.8–2432.88] And so I'm 1,000% independent, and you want to do a deal with me.
[2432.88–2437.96] I have people that help me, but I won't use an agent, absolutely not.
[2437.96–2441.84] But at Netflix, you have to have one of those highly connected, powerful agents that go
[2441.84–2446.12] to lunch, Tom Dick and Harriet, whoever's over there, in order to be on their networks.
[2446.12–2448.04] So think about that, too.
[2448.04–2450.2] I mean, I'm on Spotify every day.
[2450.2–2453.04] I'm actually on the top 50 new shows on Spotify.
[2453.04–2454.04] So follow me there.
[2454.04–2456.44] I'll make sure to put that in the links.
[2456.44–2458.32] I'll put that in the show notes.
[2458.32–2459.44] I don't think I did, but I'll make sure
[2459.44–2461.36] when I get off air I do that.
[2461.36–2464.16] And I'm on Apple Audio with podcasts.
[2464.16–2467.16] So I'm just saying the bottom line here is,
[2467.16–2468.44] like Netflix is saying,
[2468.44–2469.6] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[2469.6–2472.78] We are the gatekeeper and no one can come in.
[2473.96–2475.92] And it's like, guys, nobody wants in.
[2475.92–2478.64] Okay, we can go everywhere else.
[2478.64–2480.32] So you're gonna have to fix that
[2480.32–2481.84] if you wanna keep up with the times.
[2481.84–2485.64] The Netflix model is broken.
[2485.64–2488.24] And that's the part, Hollywood still does not
[2488.24–2491.4] want to admit, I mean, heck, they were just getting used to it, right?
[2491.4–2493.92] They just got used to Netflix being out there.
[2493.92–2497.28] And they just realized, okay, blockbuster films are not where it's at anymore.
[2497.28–2502.48] We're going to have to come up with some new creative way to deliver content.
[2502.48–2506.52] All of a sudden, they figured out that people would binge on these really good shows.
[2506.52–2511.84] The problem is, keyword, really good, or let's just go with good, okay?
[2511.84–2513.84] Because they don't have any good shows.
[2513.84–2516.92] And so, I don't know what to tell them.
[2516.92–2519.68] I mean, you can't bundle taste anymore.
[2519.68–2521.88] Netflix is entire pitches, you pay us,
[2521.88–2523.52] and we will decide what's good.
[2523.52–2525.84] It only works when the alternative is blockbuster.
[2525.84–2527.76] And three broadcast networks.
[2527.76–2529.52] I'm sorry, the alternative is infinite.
[2529.52–2530.52] You get sports on YouTube.
[2530.52–2532.28] You get comedy on actually get a Korean drama
[2532.28–2534.12] that didn't need a Los Gados Silicon Valley
[2534.12–2536.32] and notes meetings to actually come into creation.
[2536.32–2541.12] A creator who doesn't have a VP of inclusion strategy.
[2541.12–2543.8] Netflix hasn't figured that out yet.
[2543.8–2546.32] And that's why Wall Street is saying so.
[2546.32–2547.56] Let's get out of this.
[2547.56–2549.72] You got bloated, Hollywood entertainment
[2549.72–2552.28] egos that at least for today can still write a big check,
[2552.28–2554.96] but not for long, not for long, not for long, okay?
[2554.96–2556.84] The executives have proven.
[2556.84–2558.08] They have no discipline.
[2558.08–2560] They're spending $20 billion a year
[2560–2562.92] on content that nobody wants to watch.
[2562.92–2564.6] So now they're turning to this free thing,
[2564.6–2566.44] and they're putting like woke podcasts in,
[2566.44–2568.64] and games and reality shows,
[2568.64–2571.76] and they're trying to compete with YouTube.
[2571.76–2572.84] But here's the problem.
[2573.84–2575.44] YouTube is free.
[2575.44–2576.72] Spotify's free too.
[2577.96–2580.96] Netflix wants you to pay.
[2580.96–2585.16] So if you're just getting everything you'd get on Netflix
[2585.16–2587.52] or forgive me on YouTube, why would you pay for Netflix?
[2587.52–2588.84] You wouldn't.
[2588.84–2591.16] You just wouldn't, you know, you pay for a service
[2591.16–2593.8] that you actually need and that you actually want.
[2593.8–2596.32] And right now, you don't need or want it.
[2596.32–2599.6] And they've made themselves like a political hot rot.
[2599.6–2604.08] I mean, like they are just like too, too, too political
[2604.08–2605.32] with their woke garbage.
[2605.32–2606.32] I want to show you.
[2606.32–2608.48] Let's go back to some of those hearings in February.
[2608.48–2613.68] This is testimony before Congress, some of the Senate hearings, and oh, boy, we would
[2613.68–2617.32] fail pushing a political view or propaganda.
[2617.32–2619.92] We deliver entertainment to consumers.
[2619.92–2624.12] Our consumers see our business pretty much the way they see the America.
[2624.12–2625.72] Okay.
[2625.72–2626.72] That is Ted Surandos.
[2626.72–2633.72] He is the CEO and I'm just going to tell him, sorry guys, you're not that entertaining.
[2633.72–2638.68] It's just not that entertain, because your entire agenda is totally political.
[2638.68–2644.74] That political agenda is so very apparent and become a part of the rot if you would at
[2644.74–2647.84] Netflix, not every title, but a lot of titles, right?
[2647.84–2654.24] And every time they publish something with their never-ending woke nonsense agenda, well,
[2654.24–2659.24] you know what, you're telling the audience, or at least half the country, so half your
[2659.24–2663.28] audience, this product is not for you.
[2663.28–2670.42] I mean, you had the Bridgerton rewriting of the Georgian court as a diversity seminar and you get the kids shows with the trans story lines
[2672.12–2678.9] Paranormal Park and babysitter's club transformers earth spark explaining non-binary to seven-year-olds. Are you kidding me?
[2679.3–2680.5] Are you kidding me?
[2680.5–2682.96] And then cuties which they're never gonna live down
[2682.96–2688.7] I mean that was like the French Netflix team that brought the world a whole lot of really inappropriate
[2688.7–2695.44] Camerashots of young girls which led to a viral cancel Netflix campaign
[2696.44–2700] Yeah, and then you had the gone with the wind page the lecture
[2700–2703.76] us about racism and told us to go to Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter, who, by the way,
[2703.76–2709.12] wants to destroy the nuclear fund family and defund the police and install reparations for everyone.
[2710.72–2716] Yeah, that's really not going to fly. Just not going to fly. I'm sorry, guys. So in February,
[2716–2721.44] like Republican senators are out there and they're asking these questions to Ted Sarandos,
[2721.44–2726.96] as I said, the COCEO. And well, let's just say under oath it got really good because Senator
[2726.96–2733.16] Josh Holley asked, why is so much of your content, your kids content, out there pushing
[2733.16–2736.6] a transgender ideology?
[2736.6–2740.44] Almost half of your content, for talking about minor children now, I'm not talking about
[2740.44–2745.64] teenagers, minor children promotes a transgender ideology agenda.
[2745.64–2750.8] I was just looking at the data here from your very serious, very serious.
[2750.8–2755] If you turn on Netflix, you'll find that an enormous amount, I say this is apparent
[2755–2757.32] with three young children, an enormous amount
[2757.32–2761.6] of your children's programming has this ideology
[2761.6–2763.04] and agenda in it.
[2763.04–2765.44] Is this an advocacy position for Netflix?
[2765.44–2768.68] Are you, is this an ideological commitment you have?
[2768.68–2770.08] And why is this?
[2770.08–2773.28] Generally, Netflix has no political agenda of any kind.
[2773.28–2774.52] I would tell you that when I say,
[2774.52–2776.4] why is your children's program so full
[2776.4–2780.72] of this highly sexualized, highly controversial,
[2780.72–2783.4] highly controversial agenda?
[2783.4–2784.68] I don't understand it.
[2784.68–2786.64] that seems strange to me.
[2786.64–2788.72] Respectfully, sir, it's because it's inaccurate.
[2788.72–2791.6] We have millions of hours of children's programming.
[2791.6–2793.16] You're saying it's not there.
[2793.16–2796.04] You don't have trans, you don't feature trans characters,
[2796.04–2797.6] trans storylines, trans themes.
[2797.6–2799.32] It's the same, it's not in your programming.
[2799.32–2802.16] I'm saying we feature a wide variety of stories and programs
[2802.16–2804.4] to meet a wide variety of people's tastes.
[2804.4–2805.48] Why is almost half of it?
[2805.48–2808.04] Why does almost half of your children's program feature
[2808.04–2811.84] this highly controversial, highly sexualized material?
[2811.84–2813.24] That just seems strange to me.
[2813.24–2817.8] is it can't possibly be a reflection of the population.
[2817.8–2820.16] Senator, I don't have any idea where that number would come from
[2820.16–2821] or what that would be.
[2821–2823.72] I don't believe that's been your personal experience,
[2823.72–2825.36] but I don't, I can't speak to that.
[2825.36–2826.2] Well, what do you mean?
[2826.2–2827.2] You don't think it's been my personal experience?
[2827.2–2829.36] You don't think that I monitor what my children watch.
[2829.36–2831.04] Here's what I tell you what my personal experience is
[2831.04–2832.24] since you bring it up.
[2832.24–2834.52] My personal experience is that my three children,
[2834.52–2836.96] I can't let them watch anything they want on Netflix.
[2836.96–2838.52] I can't let them watch anything on Netflix
[2838.52–2840.6] unless I preview it.
[2840.6–2841.8] Wow.
[2841.8–2844.2] So, you know, this guy just got raked over the coals.
[2844.2–2846.84] I mean, it went from bad to worse.
[2847.8–2849.6] And I'm telling you, like, this company,
[2849.6–2851] they've got to figure it out.
[2851–2852.76] Like, Teddy Boy, you better like,
[2854.12–2855.56] I don't know what to tell you.
[2855.56–2858.8] You better like rethink your entire business model
[2858.8–2860.76] because Wall Street's right.
[2860.76–2863.64] You are now officially an old media company.
[2863.64–2865.96] Paramount's coming in, they're gonna eat your lunch.
[2865.96–2868.24] YouTube is eating your lunch
[2868.24–2870.84] and they're gonna keep doing it for goodness' sake.
[2870.84–2872.12] I'm just blown away.
[2872.12–2873.12] Here's Schmidt.
[2873.12–2874.28] Let's go to Representative Schmidt.
[2874.28–2876.24] I want to show you this because he really,
[2876.24–2877.48] I mean, he just destroyed him.
[2877.48–2879.32] He just destroyed the CEO.
[2879.32–2883] On June 20th, 2020, on its ex-page,
[2883–2885.84] Netflix posted a video titled, quote,
[2885.84–2890.56] to my white friends, guilt, shame, embarrassment, end quote.
[2890.56–2893.2] And saying quote, we need to do everything in our power
[2893.2–2895.04] to amplify that message.
[2896.04–2897.76] Do you stand by that statement?
[2897.76–2899.76] I have no recall of that statement at all.
[2899.76–2900.68] Okay, I just read it to you.
[2900.68–2902.52] Do you have a opinion about it?
[2902.52–2904.6] I don't have any idea what context it's in or anything.
[2904.6–2908.24] It's out in the wake of the George Floyd riots.
[2908.24–2911.68] On June 20th, Netflix posted on its page
[2911.68–2914.24] to my white friends, guilt, shame, embarrassment.
[2914.24–2915.12] What does that mean?
[2915.12–2917.04] I think that is an uncharacteristic post
[2917.04–2919.12] that I'm deeply regretted that got posted that way.
[2919.12–2920.12] Okay, well I did.
[2921.52–2923.52] Netflix also said on May 30th,
[2923.52–2925.6] to be silent is to be complicit.
[2928.8–2930.08] I don't, okay.
[2930.08–2934.36] I was reading you some things that Netflix posted at the time.
[2934.36–2938.6] So you don't stand by that statement then.
[2938.6–2940.88] As I said, sir, we have no political agenda.
[2940.88–2942.72] Posting something like that would be quite political,
[2942.72–2944.32] but I would agree.
[2944.32–2949.26] And I would say, well, I hope that wouldn't happen again.
[2949.26–2950.74] Oh, my gosh.
[2950.74–2951.82] Oh, and yet it did, right?
[2951.82–2954.66] Like all kinds of things kept on happening.
[2954.66–2958.26] And this guy, I'm sorry.
[2958.26–2959.86] I don't know what to say, because I think
[2959.86–2961.74] that they knew exactly what they were doing.
[2961.74–2965.78] And they were trying to curry favor with the administration
[2965.78–2968.22] while simultaneously curry favor
[2968.22–2969.78] with all the people they loved
[2969.78–2971.5] because this was their viewpoint
[2971.5–2973.14] and this is what they believed in.
[2973.14–2975.42] And so, you know, you go to Ted Cruz.
[2975.42–2976.5] I mean, this is, you know,
[2976.5–2978.98] Ted Cruz is putting up with any of this nonsense
[2978.98–2982.66] and he brings up Billy Eilish as one example.
[2983.62–2989.79] Are we right now on stolen land?
[2989.79–2991.47] I have no idea the history of this land
[2991.47–2993.19] of the way we're sitting today.
[2993.19–2998.55] nor do I send so that speaks volumes that neither of you are willing to say hell no we're
[2998.55–2999.99] not on stolen land and I will
[3000–3006.08] say it's the Grammys when you see an entertainer say nobody is illegal while we're on stolen land and then you see
[3006.08–3012.32] entertainers leap to their feet clapping so excitedly at the notion that America's fundamentally illegitimate
[3013.52–3020.08] it starts to convey that the entertainment world is deeply corrupt and I will point out that same
[3020.08–3024.88] singer who says no one is illegal on stolen land promptly went back to her fourteen million dollar
[3024.88–3029.36] mansion and and somehow that stolen land she wasn't concerned about just the
[3029.36–3041.71] United States of America. Look Netflix has long been a left wing company. Yep.
[3041.71–3046.03] Your founder Reed Hastings is one of the biggest Democrat donors in the
[3046.03–3050.27] country. Yep. Including giving millions recently to the massive
[3050.27–3053.63] Jerry Mander in California making it one of the most Jerry Mandered states in
[3053.63–3057.47] the Union because your founder desperately wants a Democrat House of
[3057.47–3062.47] representatives. Susan Rice from the Obama White House is on your board of directors.
[3062.47–3067.55] Yep. You guys gave $50 million to the obamas as far as I can tell to produce no
[3067.55–3074.15] discernible content whatsoever. How would you tell a Texan sitting at home to
[3074.15–3079.39] feel comfortable? CNN is already a dumpster fire. There's nothing resembling
[3079.39–3085.59] objectivity. There's nothing resembling journalism anymore. How are people at
[3085.59–3091.87] home, how should they feel even remotely confident that if this merger happens, the combined
[3091.87–3098.43] entity would not simply be a propaganda outlet pushing one particular political view with
[3098.43–3101.15] much greater market power than you have now.
[3101.15–3107.67] Well, so we would fail. We would fail pushing a political view or propaganda. We deliver
[3107.67–3112.63] entertainment to consumers. Our consumers see our business pretty much the way they see
[3112.63–3119.87] America. About 40% conservative, about 40% liberal, about 20% don't know. And when they turn
[3119.87–3124.39] on TV, they're tuned in to be entertained. And if we fail to entertain them by trying
[3124.39–3128.67] to promote propaganda or something or something, or something anything other than entertainment,
[3128.67–3131.75] we fail.
[3131.75–3137.15] Well, you're failing. Don't know what else to tell you guys. You are definitely failing,
[3137.15–3142.39] which might be because you actually are not providing entertainment, but you are providing
[3142.39–3147.27] political messaging. Remember Susan Rice? I'm not going to bore you with this sound
[3147.27–3151.67] bite, but I played it the other day for you. She's on the board and she's Obama's former
[3151.67–3155.75] national security advisor and she's on the Netflix board. I guess she helped sign off on that
[3155.75–3159.83] $50 million pay package for the Obama's. Well right in the middle of this 83, well actually,
[3159.83–3167.83] forgive me, $110 billion Warner Brothers discovery merger. You know, she was out there. I'm sorry,
[3167.83–3171.59] like you wanted to get that thing through. You really didn't want her on the board and you really
[3171.59–3177.19] didn't want her, basically, saying what she did. She came out and she threatened any company
[3177.19–3182.47] that does anything that Trump wants. If you quote, take a knee to Trump, you should be ready
[3182.47–3187.75] for subpoenas because she's coming for you when she and her team are back in charge. I mean,
[3187.75–3195.51] that kind of vicious partisan, very directed threats, like that's not good, right? And you
[3195.51–3199.99] can't have an entertainment. They were trying to, they were trying to get Warner Brothers discovery.
[3199.99–3202.73] And I think that that probably hurt them quite badly,
[3202.73–3204.99] because if I'm a shareholder, right?
[3204.99–3209.07] I don't want my company going with the deal
[3209.07–3210.63] that might not go through.
[3210.63–3211.93] I want the sure thing.
[3211.93–3214.91] And by the way, David Ellison was also offering more money.
[3214.91–3217.83] So I was going to get more per share if I went with Ellison
[3217.83–3219.95] and I had a better shot at getting that deal through.
[3219.95–3221.55] And I'm just going to tell you this,
[3221.55–3225.43] it is the better move for the company, for sure,
[3225.43–3227.67] because you're going to actually have a forward thinking
[3227.67–3232.07] group that isn't obsessed with constantly lecturing us about
[3232.07–3237.59] wokeism. I'm telling you, things are changing. They're changing at CNN.
[3237.59–3241.99] They're changing at all of these companies. Netflix.
[3241.99–3248.31] Bye-bye. Okay? You either change and get with the program or you are gonna fall
[3248.31–3253.11] because you're out there curating your sermons while David
[3253.11–3256.15] that Ellison is buying Hollywood, okay?
[3256.15–3257.09] He beat you.
[3257.09–3258.61] And he beat you a big time.
[3258.61–3262.35] $110 billion later, the whole company, Warner Studio, HBO,
[3262.35–3266.35] HBO Maxine, and the cable stack, Netflix's bid was the,
[3266.35–3270.21] oh, well, you know, we're the nice ones to have.
[3270.21–3272.41] We're gonna help promote wokeism.
[3272.41–3273.77] We're in the club.
[3273.77–3276.17] Hollywood likes us.
[3276.17–3278.84] No, no, no.
[3278.84–3280.8] It's about capitalism.
[3280.8–3282.52] It's about success.
[3282.52–3284.6] What is going to move the needle forward?
[3284.6–3288.36] And so this week, while sometime in the next five days,
[3289.84–3291.84] Ellison will own it.
[3293.08–3295.28] And he's gonna have studios.
[3295.28–3298.72] He's gonna have big time prestige tips TV.
[3298.72–3300.24] He's gonna have news to-
[3300–3307] including CNN, he's got a streaming bundle that isn't just an app with a lecture attached.
[3307–3314.88] He's got a massive entity, Trump World Access, Barry Weiss at CBS, a company that at least
[3314.88–3320.48] pretends the audience is actually the whole country, not a development slack channel for
[3320.48–3328.24] a bunch of woke idiots that can't, with $20 billion, pick the right show.
[3328.24–3333.76] This is going to be amazing, it is going to be different and it's going to be great.
[3333.76–3338.72] And hopefully we can get back to some normalcy.
[3338.72–3345.68] We can get back to good TV and we can embrace simultaneously the technology that's going
[3345.68–3350.72] to make entertainment new and exciting and different just as it has in news, right?
[3350.72–3354.68] Just as we have the citizen journalists out there capturing everything, we don't have
[3354.68–3356.44] to wait around for whatever's published
[3356.44–3361.44] from the Los Gatos Silicon Valley meeting that day.
[3362.24–3365.48] We are getting real content from real creators
[3365.48–3369.56] with an open platform so that everyone can get in.
[3369.56–3372.44] I love it, like I just love it.
[3372.44–3373.56] And you know what else I love?
[3373.56–3374.88] Okay, so long as we're on the subject
[3374.88–3377.24] of what Church loves today, I love that the blue wave
[3377.24–3379.28] is now in jeopardy because the blue wave is looking more
[3379.28–3381.2] like a little teeny, teeny, teeny little ripple.
[3381.2–3382.76] If that, all right, big story
[3382.76–3384.08] at a New Hampshire last night,
[3384.08–3386.12] you know me live for your dying New Hampshire.
[3386.12–3387.4] I got a kick out of this one.
[3387.4–3389.56] This is Chris Papis, and he may not win.
[3389.56–3391.36] He's running for Senate.
[3391.36–3394.36] Chris Papis is from Manchester, New Hampshire.
[3394.36–3396.64] Some people like to call it Manch Vegas.
[3396.64–3398.92] It's the big city, okay, in New Hampshire.
[3398.92–3401.84] Manchester is where he was born and raised
[3401.84–3405.96] and his family owns a very nice little restaurant there
[3405.96–3407.48] called the backroom.
[3407.48–3409.24] And if you've ever been to New Hampshire,
[3409.24–3410.24] if you ever go to New Hampshire,
[3410.24–3411.24] I know he's a Democrat,
[3411.24–3412.24] but you gotta go check out the backroom
[3412.24–3413.36] because they are the best chicken figures
[3413.36–3414.36] you've ever had in your life.
[3414.36–3416.28] Like, honestly, I have never had.
[3416.28–3417.44] I can rate chicken fingers,
[3417.44–3419.28] because my kids, you know, every time we go to eat,
[3419.28–3420.4] they always order chicken fingers
[3420.4–3421.4] like all over the world.
[3421.4–3422.6] We have more chicken fingers.
[3422.6–3424.28] And I gotta tell ya, even they would agree.
[3424.28–3425.68] The back rooms chicken fingers,
[3425.68–3428.72] this is Chris Papis, they are the best, okay?
[3428.72–3431.36] But that's basically what he's good at.
[3431.36–3434.4] The restaurant business, he has gotten into politics,
[3434.4–3437.12] and apparently, he may not win.
[3437.12–3438.8] You see, because he's up against
[3438.8–3442.64] a really formidable competitor, Juan John Sonino.
[3442.64–3446.04] And Sununu comes from the legacy Sununu family.
[3446.04–3449.96] Don't forget, his dad was part of the Reagan administration
[3449.96–3453.92] and he has held various positions in New Hampshire politics
[3453.92–3455.68] as has his brother.
[3455.68–3458.4] And so you're talking about a formidable opponent.
[3458.4–3460.24] Now, the tricky thing is, is New Hampshire's
[3460.24–3463.52] gotten kind of, how do we say, purple?
[3463.52–3465.84] In recent years, we get all those people moving up
[3465.84–3468.96] from Massachusetts, so that's having an effect on things.
[3468.96–3470.76] But I will tell you this, the article
[3470.76–3474.06] that I read last night in AP, okay?
[3474.06–3476.06] I'm gonna get to this blue wave at risk,
[3476.06–3478.3] but I think New Hampshire is a good microcosm
[3478.3–3479.42] of what's going on.
[3479.42–3482.3] They're putting it at New Hampshire being exhibit A
[3482.3–3483.46] for what may not happen.
[3483.46–3485.38] You may not get this blue wave
[3485.38–3488.06] because if New Hampshire is a tell here,
[3488.06–3490.78] then it points to the Democrats
[3490.78–3492.9] not really having the upper hand.
[3492.9–3494.9] Democrats, the article writes,
[3494.9–3497.26] point to Republicans overwhelming financial advantage.
[3497.26–3499.98] Whoa, that is allowing them to dominate the airwaves
[3499.98–3502.06] in the closing days of the campaign, I don't, you know,
[3502.06–3504.18] I will say this, I don't know how much of an advantage
[3504.18–3506.42] that really is, don't forget that Donald Trump
[3506.42–3508.46] didn't have anywhere near the advertising budget
[3508.46–3511.22] in 2016 of Hillary Clinton.
[3511.22–3514.46] And don't forget, Kamala Harris had one
[3514.46–3516.06] a heck of an advertising budget, right?
[3516.06–3517.3] What good did that do her?
[3517.3–3518.94] So, you know, they're saying, you know,
[3518.94–3519.94] they don't have enough money
[3519.94–3522.14] and they're saying give us more, give us more, give us more.
[3522.14–3524.38] Don't be too optimistic, we may not win New Hampshire,
[3524.38–3528.62] but I would say, you know, it's worth focusing on,
[3528.62–3532.62] But big picture, overall, this is very interesting to me.
[3532.62–3538.5] Their blue wave is getting smaller and smaller and smaller.
[3538.5–3542.38] So Russ Musin, which is a pretty good polling outfit,
[3542.38–3546.14] they have the Democrats leading the house anyway,
[3546.14–3547.14] up by eight points.
[3547.14–3549.3] And that was basically September 10th
[3549.3–3550.46] and then September 17th.
[3550.46–3552.22] I actually haven't seen the most recent numbers
[3552.22–3554.7] if they've done them, but that lead was diminished
[3554.7–3555.9] to just up five.
[3555.9–3557.66] And anything can happen in polls.
[3557.66–3561.66] anything, anything, anything, anything can happen in polls.
[3561.66–3563.26] I want to emphasize that.
[3563.26–3564.5] Now, you look at New Hampshire.
[3564.5–3569.22] Why could the Democrat, with the most fantastic chicken
[3569.22–3573.46] fingers from Manchester, New Hampshire's back room,
[3573.46–3576.74] why could he maybe lose to Sununu?
[3576.74–3580.22] And I think part of that is because in live free or die
[3580.22–3586.22] country, they're not so keen on communism or socialism
[3586.22–3587.18] for that matter, OK?
[3587.18–3592.02] So there's this thinking now when you look at the most recent poll from the New York Times
[3592.02–3596.66] Santa survey out, it was done actually, it was out recently, but it was done September
[3596.66–3598.38] 8th through September 13th.
[3598.38–3600.38] and they found that the Democrats were-
[3600–3602.36] moving too far to the left, nearly half the country.
[3602.36–3605.04] Things, Democrats are moving too far to the left.
[3605.04–3609.72] So that's that concern, if you would, about communism
[3609.72–3611.72] and socialism and what we're seeing
[3611.72–3613.6] with all these radical candidates.
[3613.6–3616.48] And that is going to come back, I think, to haunt them.
[3616.48–3618.12] Let's go to Harry Enten over on CNN.
[3618.12–3620.2] He's like, he's going to keep his job at CNN.
[3620.2–3621.48] He's going to keep his job at CNN.
[3621.48–3622.08] He's pretty good.
[3622.08–3622.96] I like him.
[3622.96–3625.36] And no matter what he's giving you for information,
[3625.36–3627.24] he tries to present both sides always.
[3627.24–3629.24] And he's got so much enthusiasm with the way
[3629.24–3632.24] He does it, so let's take a look at what he's looking at today.
[3632.24–3637.76] Okay, Midwest polling, Mrs. GOP, outperformed September polls by in the major 2024 races.
[3637.76–3640.56] That is, President and Senate in the States that had a Senate race.
[3640.56–3644.08] And I, when were the Democrats, have been getting really good polls, Republicans outperformed
[3644.08–3646.84] their September polls by nine points back in 2024.
[3646.84–3647.84] How about Ohio?
[3647.84–3648.84] Six points.
[3648.84–3649.84] How about Michigan?
[3649.84–3650.84] Five points.
[3650.84–3655.24] And I will note that the leads that the Democrats have and all of these races right now are
[3655.24–3659.16] under how much the GLP outperformed back in 2024.
[3659.16–3661.68] So you look at this, you go, you know what?
[3661.68–3664.56] Maybe we should just hold on a second here
[3664.56–3666.32] because we've seen this dance before
[3666.32–3668.48] and it was not a dance that Democrats like
[3668.48–3669.92] when the votes were actually cast in count.
[3669.92–3671.32] Okay, but a skeptic could look at this a,
[3671.32–3672.64] Harry, this is 2024.
[3672.64–3674.04] Donald Trump was on the ballot then.
[3674.04–3675.88] What about races where the president is on the ballot?
[3675.88–3676.72] Yeah, exactly right.
[3676.72–3679.44] So you know, 2024, 2020, 2016,
[3679.44–3681.76] Donald Trump outperformed in these three states
[3681.76–3682.96] by significant margins.
[3682.96–3685.08] But what about a midterm election?
[3685.08–3688] And you can go back to Donald Trump's first midterm election.
[3688–3689.44] And it's the same exact story.
[3689.44–3690.44] Look at this.
[3690.44–3696.12] The GOP outperforms September polls in the major 2018 statewide races by six points in Iowa,
[3696.12–3699.04] six points in Ohio, and eight points in Michigan.
[3699.04–3706.24] The bottom line is this, over the last few cycles, whether it be 2018, 2016, 2020, 2024,
[3706.24–3711.2] Republicans have outperformed their September polls by at least five points in all these
[3711.2–3716.64] This three states where Democrats right now are ahead, but not by a wide enough margin,
[3716.64–3721.28] whereby if Republicans outperform their September polls again, it could become very, very interesting.
[3721.28–3722.28] Okay.
[3722.28–3723.28] Now, I think we'll leave this.
[3723.28–3727.72] And when you look at some of the mega voting patterns, I mean, this is a group that's
[3727.72–3728.92] very loyal.
[3728.92–3733.84] And I think even though they've been frustrated by energy prices, which actually are beginning
[3733.84–3737.84] to soften a little bit, I don't know if it's going to be in time for November 3rd,
[3737.84–3739.32] but they are starting to soften.
[3739.32–3744.24] And that's something that the Democrats hadn't necessarily counted on.
[3744.24–3749.24] It could be that MAGA really shows up in ways that some of the pollsters aren't even anticipating
[3749.24–3750.24] just yet.
[3750.24–3751.56] Again, back to Harry.
[3751.56–3755.44] These folks say that they're going to vote for congressional Republicans come to midterm
[3755.44–3756.44] elections.
[3756.44–3759.8] Again, that's the 99 percent that Trump got against Kamala Harris.
[3759.8–3760.8] Look now.
[3760.8–3764.12] In terms of the congressional vote, 98 percent of them say they're going to be voting for
[3764.12–3765.84] House Republican candidates.
[3765.84–3769] So that support is actually really holding up strong.
[3769–3773.8] It's really, really strong when it comes to MAGA GOP and the Republicans holding on to
[3773.8–3774.8] that vote.
[3774.8–3776.84] And more than that, more than...
[3776.84–3782.68] So again, you know, the Democratic Party going super, super left, here's what I would
[3782.68–3783.68] say.
[3783.68–3788.76] Regardless of what happens, first of all, I keep my hope and I've been through this enough
[3788.76–3791.36] and 2016 was just a great example.
[3791.36–3797.32] And even, you know, just last time around in 24, when I was looking at some of the data
[3797.32–3801.32] a month out, it still looked like Kamala had a really good chance and then what do you know
[3801.32–3805.08] everything started to compress and shift right at the end there and that could certainly
[3805.08–3809.48] happen here as well, not to mention that polls can just be wrong, right, because they were
[3809.48–3815.88] in 2016. It was pretty amazing how that all unfolded. So what actually happens, I think a lot
[3815.88–3819.32] is going to depend on whether or not people really feel like costs are coming down. The
[3819.32–3823.48] president is furious about interest rates because they hyped those and you know you get all
[3823.48–3828.1] this AI productivity that's going on and there's a lot of reasons I think you can make the
[3828.1–3833.92] argument certainly on both sides but right now the feeling is this is a new kind of economy
[3833.92–3839.56] and so we have to compensate for that and unfortunately when you raise rates you saw
[3839.56–3843.48] that mortgage rates went up again today the highest they've been in years when you raise
[3843.48–3849.04] rates like that it penalizes the average person it's not going to slow down AI spending
[3849.04–3851.44] because we're in kind of an AI war right now.
[3851.44–3852.84] It is a race to the top.
[3852.84–3856] So it's not going to actually back off any of that investment.
[3856–3858.88] You're just going to wind up hurting the very people
[3858.88–3860.52] that make up this great country.
[3860.52–3863.76] And so it's the middle class that pays the price for all of that.
[3863.76–3865.28] So that's one of the big concerns.
[3865.28–3869.16] We actually have a terrific note out today on oil and Iran
[3869.16–3875.16] and the soon to be very significant real challenges of Iran
[3875.16–3878.64] as it just collapses economically with the reality
[3878.64–3880.14] that they have no more energy to sell.
[3880.14–3881.18] They have no more oil to sell.
[3881.18–3881.94] I mean, they got oil.
[3881.94–3882.78] They got oil.
[3882.78–3884.34] They don't want to do with all their oil.
[3884.34–3885.74] It's just flowing over, right?
[3885.74–3888.22] Because they can't sell it because of the blockade.
[3888.22–3889.82] So I encourage you to get that note.
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[3899.62–3900.12] If you...
[3900–3907.1] wood today. You know, I was talking a lot about culture and about Netflix and about YouTube
[3907.1–3914.28] and Paramount and how we kind of need to get back to some level of respectability and
[3914.28–3921.12] decency. I'm all for the technology embracing that, but yet simultaneously having the ability
[3921.12–3925.76] to sort of rise up with the good that's out there, right? And there's a lot of good in
[3925.76–3930.48] society, there's a lot of good in America, but I got to say, right now, I'm starting to
[3930.48–3935.84] think, you know, we live in a pretty messed up world, a really messed up world. So messed
[3935.84–3942.96] up that, you know, people think they can reinvent reality and they can twist fiction and get
[3942.96–3949.24] on TV and dare the rest of you to keep up. I mean, just the fact that I'm actually agreeing
[3949.24–3955.08] with something that Sunny Hauston said today on the view makes this world a sort of upside-down
[3955.08–3962.36] place enough, but consider what's going on with Lindsey Clancy's lawyer. You are not going
[3962.36–3968.52] to believe this one. Lindsey Clancy, you know, the Massachusetts mother who killed her three
[3968.52–3976.92] kids in January 23, and then, you know, the whole story with the inability to reach any kind
[3976.92–3981.96] of resolution because you had a lone juror there when she went to trial, you know, her lawyer
[3981.96–3988.52] For six weeks, God up in front of the courtroom and did not dispute that she killed the children.
[3988.52–3992.76] And that wasn't a fight. The fight was actually whether she was criminally responsible for killing
[3992.76–4000.76] them because she, as a ledger, she had had postpartum psychosis. So she did it. He told the jury,
[4000.76–4009.96] but she was not in her right mind when she did it. The jury deadlocked 11 to 1 towards finding her
[4009.96–4015.88] not criminally responsible in the judge declared a mistrial in September 4th, then this week, her lawyer
[4015.88–4020.36] Reddington, he walks back into the same courtroom, and in front of the same exact judge,
[4022.68–4027.96] he asked where the evidence was that she had ever done this at all. And I'm sitting here going,
[4027.96–4033.08] are you kidding me? I mean, talking about being gaslit, my gosh, here's Reddington.
[4034.44–4039] So I asked the court to hire him back to the evidence that was presented and ask yourself,
[4041.27–4043.31] Where's the evidence that she did this?
[4043.31–4049.83] Where is the evidence that she did this?
[4049.83–4051.55] We're debating that now.
[4051.55–4053.15] Like, seriously?
[4053.15–4056.15] I mean, you told NBC three weeks ago
[4056.15–4058.03] that Lindsey rejects the internet theories
[4058.03–4060.55] blaming her ex-husband, Patrick,
[4060.55–4065.39] and that the person that committed those atrocious acts
[4065.39–4068.07] did it because of postpartum psychosis
[4068.07–4069.43] and the medication she was on.
[4069.43–4072.47] And now you're trying to say, well, prove that she did.
[4072.47–4074.71] I mean, I can't believe this,
[4074.71–4078.19] and I also can't believe that Sonny and I agree on anything,
[4078.19–4080.55] but credit to her for this one,
[4080.55–4082.39] because she's calling it out as well.
[4082.39–4084.15] This is the woman on the view
[4084.15–4086.19] who actually is talking some sense.
[4086.19–4088.95] And you know what, credit where credit is due.
[4088.95–4092.55] I don't understand how you can spend an entire trial
[4092.55–4094.79] arguing that she did it,
[4094.79–4097.23] but she is not criminally responsible
[4097.23–4099.99] because she was suffering from a psychotic episode
[4099.99–4101.67] in postpartum psychosis
[4101.67–4104.11] and then turn around in front of the very same judge
[4104.11–4105.79] and say there's no evidence that she did it.
[4105.79–4107.11] I'm not convinced he's not on our feet.
[4107.11–4109.75] I think that's just like, I think that is the terrible.
[4109.75–4110.59] Yeah.
[4110.59–4112.35] No, that's not the best way to re-urgitate it
[4112.35–4114.59] for too much every talking point that was like,
[4114.59–4116.99] that the ticked light hit up on the top floor.
[4116.99–4120.47] It was very conspiracy theory and not grounded in the law.
[4120.47–4123.23] And I don't love this new position.
[4123.23–4124.47] But you have to be crazy.
[4124.47–4126.63] Let's face it, to kill your children.
[4126.63–4128.99] You have to be mentally ill to do that.
[4128.99–4129.99] Well, that was her defense.
[4129.99–4133.71] But that's an open and tough case from say for what it's worth.
[4133.71–4135.47] If I did it, I would want to be locked up the rest.
[4135.47–4136.47] I mean, what do you want to do?
[4136.47–4139.63] I'd be like, take, you know, I mean, really, right?
[4139.63–4141.91] Why would you, why would you be protesting that?
[4141.91–4143.47] Look, Sonny's right.
[4143.47–4144.31] Sonny's right.
[4144.31–4146.59] And I don't say that very often.
[4146.59–4150.19] I usually think she's like way out in left field.
[4150.19–4152.71] But let me tell you, you know, legally in Massachusetts,
[4152.71–4155.55] lack of criminal responsibility is an affirmative defense.
[4155.55–4157.79] And it assumes that the state has already
[4157.79–4161.79] proved you did the act and the question for the jury is whether because of a mental
[4161.79–4166.55] disease or defect or psychosis, you could not appreciate that what you were doing was
[4166.55–4171.79] wrong or could not, you know, conform your conduct, I guess, to the law. And so, you know,
[4171.79–4178.15] I just say, you don't spend six weeks conceding the act, trying the case on mental health,
[4178.15–4182.51] and then alter everything because you don't get the verdict you want and go back until
[4182.51–4186.39] the exact same judge that the act was never proven. And so therefore, you know, you're
[4186.39–4192.55] gonna throw all that out? Are you kidding me? I mean, this is like, we are living in a nutty,
[4192.55–4198.15] insane world. And it's like, if you get on TV and you tell this story, then suddenly you got a
[4198.15–4199.95] a whole bunch of people believing.
[4200.24–4203.24] A bunch of BS.
[4203.24–4211.24] And so that's just bonkers to me, absolutely bonkers, and Sonny calling it out is important.
[4211.24–4214.04] She point out it's not grounded in the law, and that's exactly the problem.
[4214.04–4219.28] There's no law to govern any of this, and hey, this is an amazing day, and we live in
[4219.28–4224.48] a kind of terrible world, I get to say, but it's a crazy world when I don't just agree
[4224.48–4229.44] with Sonny once, but I agree with her twice, okay, in one week.
[4229.44–4238.88] And this is on the Jane Doe Cornell case that, I mean, look, I get to say, first of all,
[4238.88–4246.16] I did not want to go near this story, I really just find the whole thing positively, absolutely
[4246.16–4254.64] utterly disgusting, utterly like, I've actually, like my whole sort of faith in humanity has
[4254.64–4256.04] come into question.
[4256.04–4260.56] I can't even say what went on, but just suffice it to say there's plenty of details out
[4260.56–4261.56] there.
[4261.56–4269.7] And this is an extreme example of just horrendous disgusting behavior.
[4269.7–4273.56] And I just can't believe that this actually goes on.
[4273.56–4278.64] And what is concerning though is not just, well, what's concerning is what went on.
[4278.64–4279.64] Okay.
[4279.64–4280.64] Let's just start with that.
[4280.64–4281.64] Like it's all right.
[4281.64–4288.16] You've also got this woman, Jane Doe, who's telling one story in 2024, where she's embracing
[4288.16–4295.76] everything and indicates that she voluntarily drank, she voluntarily took drugs, she voluntarily
[4295.76–4298.76] got into a threesome and then some.
[4298.76–4302.92] And now, in 2026, she's telling a completely different story.
[4302.92–4306.2] And I just don't know how you can legally reconcile those things.
[4306.2–4314.24] I mean, obviously, morally, it is awful, but legally speaking, because this is the law,
[4314.24–4315.24] right?
[4315.24–4318.28] And they're bringing a case forward against everyone.
[4318.28–4319.48] She's soon everyone.
[4319.48–4325.84] But these guys, who clearly are not playing with a full deck and, you know, pretty awful
[4325.84–4326.84] themselves.
[4326.84–4333.4] But, you know, and the sorority, everybody's getting sued, the school, I don't know how
[4333.4–4334.4] she gets away with this.
[4334.4–4337.28] I'm going to point out something else, which is really interesting about New York law.
[4337.28–4345] So in New York, if you choose to drink and if you choose to ingest drugs and then you
[4345–4349.72] choose to do that awful stuff, then you can't turn around two years later and claim it
[4349.72–4354.28] was rape because you voluntarily ingested that alcohol.
[4354.28–4359.96] You voluntarily ingested the drugs and you voluntarily went and did these things.
[4359.96–4361.8] It doesn't excuse the guys' behavior.
[4361.8–4366] Obviously they are complete schmucks and disgusting people and like I'm just horrified.
[4366–4371.8] I'm horrified that anyone would do this, that young men would engage in it, that she
[4371.8–4377.8] would do this, that they would do that and that somehow no one, none of those guys, and
[4377.8–4378.8] there's seven of them, right?
[4378.8–4382.72] Thought for two seconds, she, you know, maybe this is pretty depraved.
[4382.72–4385.36] This is maybe not a good idea.
[4385.36–4387.04] And Sunny is out there on the view.
[4387.04–4389.8] And of course, everybody wants to attack her because everybody takes the side of the woman,
[4389.8–4390.8] no matter what, right?
[4390.8–4393.92] The woman is the victim, she's the victim, she's the victim.
[4393.92–4399.08] And so, Sonny comes out and she says, look, you know, and she was a prosecutor and she
[4399.08–4400.8] understands New York law.
[4400.8–4405.56] If you voluntarily ingest the alcohol in the drugs, you generally cannot come back and
[4405.56–4412.36] say that intoxication wiped out your consent.
[4412.36–4414.56] You can't do it under New York law.
[4414.56–4420.24] Now some states are different and they say, hey, you know, the guy actually has to be
[4420.24–4424.4] aware of whether or not she's drunk or not, because if she's drunk, then she can't actually
[4424.4–4429.92] technically consent, but not in New York, voluntary intoxication, which is what it's known as.
[4429.92–4433.76] That's the loophole. And lawmakers have been trying to close it for years, but it's the way it is.
[4433.76–4438.24] A lot of states, as I said, they're not like that. They say you're too drunk to consent, so therefore
[4438.24–4444.24] that's that. Well, New York says, you know, if you choose to ingest that stuff, you're on your own.
[4445.12–4448.72] Which if you think about it, guys, if you think about it, that's kind of the whole argument here.
[4448.72–4451.72] You are on your own.
[4451.72–4453.72] It's called individual responsibility.
[4453.72–4455.72] Let's listen to Sonny.
[4455.72–4459.72] The pictures of these young men who have not been charged,
[4459.72–4463.72] not been adjudicated, are being plastered all over the Internet.
[4463.72–4466.72] I think people are reporting this story inaccurately.
[4466.72–4469.72] I think they're reporting it unfairly.
[4469.72–4472.72] And while this is something that we have to take very seriously,
[4472.72–4475.72] there is no way, according to her statement in 2024,
[4475.72–4479.4] 24 that any prosecutor would have brought for him.
[4479.4–4480.72] But she was intoxicated.
[4480.72–4481.72] How did she...
[4481.72–4487.24] Under New York law, again, under New York law, voluntary intoxication, if you voluntarily
[4487.24–4492.84] drink 10 beers, and you voluntarily ingest ketamine.
[4492.84–4494.84] But that intoxication...
[4494.84–4499.04] That doesn't have anything to do with the fact that the guy's attacker, whether he's
[4499.04–4500.04] drunk or not.
[4500–4506.4] According to her state, she says she did not tack her her statement in 2024.
[4506.4–4511.68] She, she is with the New York law, though, the sexual activity.
[4511.68–4515.76] She consented to it according to her own statement in 2024.
[4515.76–4518.64] Now, I prosecuted sex crimes for 10 years.
[4518.64–4520] I believe women.
[4520–4521.68] I am not saying that we shouldn't believe her.
[4521.68–4523.92] But in 2024, she said some one thing.
[4523.92–4524.24] All right.
[4524.24–4526.16] And now in 2026, she is saying another thing.
[4526.16–4531.1] I wonder, okay.
[4531.1–4534.82] So it's really hard to, to hear and defend the indefensible, right?
[4534.82–4535.78] Like, and you can't.
[4536.26–4540.14] Well, I'll tell you, I spent weeks on the ground as a correspondent years ago,
[4540.14–4543.14] when I was at CBS and I covered the Duke lacrosse case.
[4543.14–4544.58] I was down there for about six weeks.
[4545.1–4549.66] And I got to say that was a far easier story because instinctively,
[4550.14–4554.62] I was really troubled by that woman's account from day one.
[4554.66–4557.9] And I just kind of had this feeling, call it a six sense, right?
[4557.9–4562.3] that the evidence was not going to come out against those boys.
[4562.3–4564.38] I had this feeling that they were innocent.
[4564.38–4567.7] Again, I just, like a premonition, and then everything
[4567.7–4569.58] that I learned, it was like bit by bit by bit,
[4569.58–4571.34] like the story just didn't add up.
[4571.34–4573.54] And yet they were hung out to drive by a press
[4573.54–4576.22] that wanted a story about a poor black woman
[4576.22–4579.14] and these privileged white kids, these lacrosse players,
[4579.14–4582.62] you know, from fancy schmancy towns, and so they ran with that.
[4582.62–4584.46] And I had a lot of sympathy for the boys,
[4584.46–4586.18] and I thought, you know, this is awful
[4586.18–4589.06] because they were so wrongly smeared.
[4589.06–4591.34] This story is not that, right?
[4591.34–4593.02] This is not that.
[4593.02–4595.68] From what I can tell, these guys are just complete schmucks
[4595.68–4597.38] and they have not denied the behavior,
[4597.38–4598.54] so I'm left with this.
[4598.54–4599.94] They're creeps, she's a creep.
[4599.94–4600.7] They're all creeps.
[4600.7–4602.66] And maybe the upshot is that some of them,
[4605.82–4606.62] do they belong in jail?
[4606.62–4609.38] I guess not, because it's not technically a crime
[4609.38–4612.46] if she had consented, as she said she did in 24,
[4612.46–4614.22] but it's awful, right?
[4614.22–4617.1] It's just awful so I can jokingly say, yeah,
[4617.1–4618.1] they all belong in jail,
[4618.1–4621.26] but they're just a bunch of degenerates, right?
[4621.26–4625.06] So you go back to the law itself.
[4625.06–4627.34] I mean, the Tomkins County District Attorney,
[4627.34–4628.54] everybody's mad at him, right?
[4628.54–4631.02] Because he didn't bring the case back in 24,
[4631.02–4633.06] but you look at her sworn statement for goodness' sakes.
[4633.06–4634.58] What is he supposed to do?
[4634.58–4637.82] She alleged that she was, you know,
[4637.82–4641.1] fine with it, like that she was willing.
[4641.1–4643.7] So I don't understand like how you come back
[4643.7–4649.58] two years later, and you say, we are going to prosecute this, and not to mention the
[4649.58–4652.18] whole consent thing in terms of the alcohol.
[4652.18–4655.46] I mean, morally, it's reprehensible.
[4655.46–4657.58] And I don't understand it.
[4657.58–4659.62] We don't understand it.
[4659.62–4663.86] And then I think about how we were talking earlier about the change in the shift in pop
[4663.86–4668.98] culture that's about to come, and I think about all this rap music, which celebrates this
[4668.98–4672.94] kind of degradation of human beings.
[4672.94–4682.1] young women are encouraged perhaps by the same crowd that promotes and produces and nurtures
[4682.1–4689.46] this awful rap music and this just side of, you know, a degenerate culture.
[4689.46–4693.74] And that same crowd is now calling these guys monsters.
[4693.74–4700.9] So on the one hand, the woman is encouraged to engage in this aggressive destructive behavior.
[4700.9–4704.66] And then that same crowd that encouraged her to do that is turning around and saying,
[4704.66–4706.78] it's the guy's fault.
[4706.78–4710.34] And I'm just going to say, if you're going to empower women, empower them from start to
[4710.34–4711.34] finish.
[4711.34–4714.22] You are responsible for your actions, you're responsible for your decisions, you cannot
[4714.22–4718.94] look to the sorority or the fraternity or the guy that you're hooking up with that night
[4718.94–4719.94] to protect you.
[4719.94–4720.94] You got to protect yourself.
[4720.94–4722.42] And so we got to teach our kids this.
[4722.42–4726.7] You got to protect yourself because there's some real depravity out there.
[4726.7–4727.7] And I'm looking at it.
[4727.7–4734.5] And how is it that seven boys did not understand how depraved and disgusting and awful and
[4734.5–4736.94] inhumane this really was?
[4736.94–4739.06] Did they not understand the risk to their health?
[4739.06–4741.46] Did they not understand the risk to their lives, right?
[4741.46–4743.66] They have ruined their lives.
[4743.66–4747.5] These text messages would make you throw up.
[4747.5–4751.66] So people are shaken by it, you know, we're all shaken by it.
[4751.66–4757.34] You expect this from a diddy and you're horrified when you learn about it from the Epstein
[4757.34–4761.34] And then you find out that it's going on with kids.
[4761.34–4764.34] This depraved behavior happening with a bunch of college kids,
[4764.34–4768.34] American college kids at a really good school.
[4768.34–4770.34] I mean, I'm sorry.
[4770.34–4772.34] That brings us to colleges as well.
[4772.34–4773.34] Like, what are the colleges doing?
[4773.34–4775.34] You get all these kids being piled with alcohol
[4775.34–4777.34] and you know what's gonna end badly, right?
[4777.34–4778.34] Maybe you need to be more strict.
[4778.34–4780.34] Maybe you need to spot tech the fraternities
[4780.34–4781.34] and just bust them.
[4781.34–4783.34] I'd be sending someone around to each one of those,
[4783.34–4784.34] same with the sororities.
[4784.34–4786.34] Maybe we need to get rid of Greek life.
[4786.34–4788.1] I know people are going to be mad at me, right?
[4788.1–4790.1] And you know me, I'm kind of libertarian.
[4790.1–4792.02] But heck, these kids are young.
[4792.02–4793.42] They're really, really young.
[4793.42–4795.42] And they're fed these horrible lyrics,
[4795.42–4796.66] and there's a part of our culture
[4796.66–4799.66] that's just a complete underground of disgustingness.
[4799.66–4800.18] And...
[4800–4804.42] And you look at what Madonna was doing on stage the other night, right?
[4804.42–4806.52] That is what everybody's emulating.
[4806.52–4809.76] I mean, come on.
[4809.76–4811.88] And then stuff like this happens.
[4811.88–4813] And then there's lawyers.
[4813–4819] And the next thing you know, everybody's life is ruined.
[4819–4821.6] Something is fundamentally wrong.
[4821.6–4827.64] And when we've built a culture in which the woman is always the victim, Lindsey Clancy,
[4827.64–4830.56] who will not take responsibility for what she did.
[4831.56–4833.76] To the point that her lawyer is now trying to say
[4833.76–4836.96] it was not even her, I mean, come on, right?
[4836.96–4840.32] And now Jane Doe, who said one thing two years ago
[4840.32–4845.77] and something else entirely now, I'm just saying,
[4845.77–4847.85] it's a bad world out there,
[4847.85–4850.89] which is why you need to recognize
[4850.89–4852.49] the importance of the individual
[4852.49–4855.41] and the need for everybody to look out for themselves.
[4855.41–4857.29] Do not depend on the state.
[4857.29–4863.01] Do not depend on Kamala Harris or Mamdami or any of these people to be taking care of you.
[4863.01–4867.25] Do not depend on the sorority or the current boyfriend.
[4867.25–4869.09] You take care of you.
[4869.09–4873.13] It's part of being a responsible member of society.
[4873.13–4881.37] And the left, especially when it comes to women, they seem to want it both ways.
[4881.37–4885.33] They want women to engage in all this stuff and then they're always the victim.
[4885.33–4887.09] I just don't think you can have it both ways.
[4887.09–4890.49] I think two feminism should actually embrace the reality
[4890.49–4892.69] that women are responsible and should be responsible
[4892.69–4893.53] for themselves.
[4893.53–4896.81] Like it should teach them, hey, maybe it's not a good idea
[4896.81–4901.81] to go to the frat with a guy that you're seeing
[4903.41–4905.77] that wants to do a threesome and you're drunk.
[4905.77–4909.05] Like stop it before it happens.
[4909.05–4911.69] Don't blame the sorority for giving you alcohol
[4911.69–4914.97] or the fraternity or the guys like take on responsibility
[4914.97–4918.45] for yourself, don't depend on others,
[4918.45–4919.81] don't depend on the state,
[4919.81–4921.29] don't depend on your friends,
[4921.29–4923.21] like take responsibility.
[4923.21–4926.69] I think that that's an important lesson here,
[4926.69–4928.29] the individual matters,
[4928.29–4931.33] and your individual responsibility for yourself
[4931.33–4938.06] to take care of yourself is what is so critical.
[4938.06–4939.46] I'm glad I said it.
[4939.46–4942.26] I don't wanna have to talk about it a lot more,
[4942.26–4945.98] but it gets at the heart of really the mission
[4945.98–4947.94] that I think we should all be focused on,
[4947.94–4950.9] which is that we need to all make ourselves better.
[4950.9–4952.38] And by making ourselves better,
[4952.38–4955.54] we take accountability for ourselves,
[4955.54–4957.86] and we depend on ourselves.
[4957.86–4959.06] It is good to see you all.
[4959.06–4960.34] I see we've got a lot of new people in here.
[4960.34–4964.54] So please make sure that you like and subscribe.
[4964.54–4965.74] And yes, peace in my mind.
[4965.74–4966.7] You look to Jesus.
[4966.7–4968.54] I'm like, you know, we need more religion.
[4968.54–4969.46] We need more religion.
[4969.46–4972.86] And maybe if you dry towns in these college towns,
[4972.86–4975.86] I'm like, you can't do that, Trish.
[4975.86–4977.3] You know, this is what college kids do.
[4977.3–4979.74] And I'm like, man, like, it's just not right.
[4979.74–4980.7] It is not right.
[4980.7–4983.74] It's very concerning alarming stuff.
[4983.74–4985.22] Anyway, good to have you here.
[4985.22–4986.22] Big show today.
[4986.22–4988.06] We'll be back tomorrow with much, much more.
[4988.06–4989.54] I'll see you then.