American media uses manufactured narratives and psychological operations, such as emphasizing specific candidate traits like 'handshakes' or 'war hero' status, to manipulate voters who are not being p

“This is not a campaign. These are not campaigns. Not campaigns about ideas where people are debating ideas. This is a psychological operation at aimed at the lowest common denominator lizard brain instincts that YOU HAVE. WAR, HERO, GOOD, PATRIOT, AMERICA, APPLE, PIE, VOTE, VOTE.”

Donald J. Trump views mainstream media organizations as corrupt and dishonest entities.

“They're very dishonest, they're very corrupt. Not all of them, but a big percentage of them I would say”

Mass media wields immense power to define the social imaginary and establish moral ideals, often turning nonsensical theories into accepted truth.

“and what we have been living in for 60 years there's just no question about this is increasing power over What's called the social imaginary you know what what that cloud of knowing that connects us all in a kind of moral ideal and they have been in control of it”

Music industry executives and media platforms have utilized their influence to push a woke agenda on the audience, which backfired when consumers rejected the content.

“They use the music industry, all genres, including country music, to try to press that uh down on people and and shut everybody up that wouldn't go along with it.”

Mainstream media outlets in the United States, including major broadcast networks, consistently promote a left-wing perspective.

“ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC local Name me one outside of Fox News that's that's conservative. You can't. That's not a mainstream outlet. Breitbart. Then we could go Salon. Then we could go HuffPost. Eight for years in this country ABC, NBC, CBS. Now you go CNBC, MSNBC, CNN. And once again, ALL O”

New media through podcasts has disrupted legacy media by successfully fostering community and connection with audiences.

“to me the difference between New Media Legacy Media is connection”

Platforms like YouTube and podcasts are transformative, acting as a modern Gutenberg revolution that allows for deep and complex discourse with massive audiences.

“it struck me that well this was a Gutenberg Revolution that we were experiencing that the spoken word was now as permanent and as immediate more immediate than the printed word and just as permanent and with a much larger audience”