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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Media Shift | Allen Jackson Now | October 21, 2025

Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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I'm alan jackson.
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For those of you who've been watching this show,
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I can tell you something that you may realize already.
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We only report the truth.
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It's a pretty rare thing in the world of fake news.
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One sided.
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And i written stories in a nationwide
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Push to get people to click on content,
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Any content, if it drives traffic or.
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Which brings us to our guest tonight,
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The president and executive director of the daily signal,
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Rob lowe. welcome to our show.
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Well, it's great to be with you.
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Thank you.
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And that word that you just mentioned
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There is so critically important truth.
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That's what we're all after. amen.
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Well, can you begin by describing the current state
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Of the media landscape compared to 10 or 15 years ago?
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Oh, absolutely.
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Well, we are
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Seeing a lot of disruption in the media landscape for sure.
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That's a combination of social media
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Now becoming the predominant way that americans get their news.
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They're no longer reliant
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On a handful of television networks where they tune
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In at 630
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Every evening or get the newspaper
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Even delivered to their front doorstep.
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The digital media landscape
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Has given really a democratization, if you will,
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Of how different voices have been able to rise up.
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And you saw this most,
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Most complete in the presidential campaign of 2024,
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When you had donald trump
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Essentially skipping a lot of the traditional stops
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That you would make in terms of the media, media landscape
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And instead going to podcasters
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And other social media influencers
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To get the message out.
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Well, president trump has been calling out the news networks
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That publish dishonest stories and suing them.
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He's won a number of cases, and so did so too,
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Did the first lady recently.
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One of the big three legacy networks
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Has just made a big change at the top.
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Cbs news has brought in an editor in chief
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And a fact checking executive who are not journalists.
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They're not completely anti everything.
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Trump.
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Do you think cbs can straighten itself out and practice
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Genuine journalism?
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I think that the culture at cbs is going to make
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That challenging
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For barry weiss in her new role atop the company.
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However, i give her credit for for attempting to try.
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She has obviously been somebody who's been a leader in
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The disruption
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That we've seen take place in our media landscape.
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You mentioned substack.
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Substack is in many cases a platform where journalists,
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And everyday americans can go and consume news
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And information,
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Whether it be about national or international issues
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Or local issues in your own community.
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And so that platform itself
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Has been revolutionary in terms of how the news is shared.
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Now, the challenges at cbs run pretty deep.
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I mean, we know that that is a network that has struggled
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To tell the truth and has dealt with bias against conservatives
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And christians for decades, if not longer.
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Barry weiss will be in a position
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Where she obviously has the trust of the ownership,
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David ellison, the new owner of, of that company.
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Obviously, the merger
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And the acquisition went through over the course of the past
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Few months.
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And so big changes are happening there,
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And they could have ramifications
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For some of the other networks as well.
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If there is pressure
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Or cbs all of a sudden decides that it can really put,
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Put a new focus on on the news and storytelling,
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Perhaps others will follow in their footsteps.
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Well, some people in the media business say that once
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They started
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Having to compete with digital and social platforms,
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The quality of their reporting suffered.
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Is that true, or is that just an excuse for sloppy reporting?
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Probably a combination of the two.
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I would say that the digital and social media platforms
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That have emerged over the course of the last 15 to 20
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Years have certainly created more pressure
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On your traditional or legacy media companies.
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There's a lot more competition.
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And so in that environment,
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I think that there has been a little bit of sloppiness
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And a rush
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To get the news out with
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Maybe not checking all of the facts
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Or getting the information correct.
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I think that the challenge, allen,
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Is that you know,
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So much of what americans hear the first time,
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They don't necessarily always hear the follow up.
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So even if there is a correction or a change to the story,
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They're missing out on some of that information.
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And we see that unfortunately happen far too often.
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And oftentimes
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Because many of these journalists
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Who work in those environments come from a liberal
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Or anti-conservative or anti-christian perspective.
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Chances are the bias is often against people like us.
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That's one of the reasons why we created our own platform
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At the daily signal,
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Because we felt it was important to present
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A different perspective and a platform,
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And we've had subscribers gravitate toward us
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Because i think that they are looking for that alternative.
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They understand that there are limitations to digital
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And social media.
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You can obviously the onus is really on you as the individual
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To be skeptical and to seek out the sources that you can trust.
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So if there are brands
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That can step in and fill that void,
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I think that there's a great opportunity for them to succeed.
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Why is it that so many newsrooms are made up of people
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With a passion for progressive ideas?
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Listen to joe biden's former press secretary.
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Donald trump is attempting to sell a lie
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That chicago is overwhelmed with violence and terror
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In order to justify deploying u.s.
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Troops onto the streets of that city.
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But the reality is
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There is not a big violent mayhem in chicago,
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But there are violent.
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There are residents
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Getting disappeared off the street by ice.
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If you have a former press secretary
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That didn't tell the truth in the white house,
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Why should we believe her now that she's hosting a show?
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Well, i think you do need to be, be a critical thinker.
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You need to be skeptical of things like you just heard.
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And and i do go back to your your question.
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I mean, i have
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I've seen firsthand in my own experience,
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I, i graduated with a journalism degree.
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And from the moment that i started my college
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Career, there was an effort on the part of professors
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At this particular college where i attended,
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To, i think, indoctrinate those
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Young, impressionable minds in a direction that,
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That skewed against the values that certainly i personally,
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Held dear.
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And, and so if you are taught from that very moment
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That this is okay,
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And that
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You can present your agenda,
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Even if it's a lie to the american people,
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Naturally you're going to find yourself
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In a situation
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Where certain individuals end up in a position
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Where they're hosting shows on msnbc,
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Or they're leading newsrooms
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At major newspapers or other outlets.
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And so i think that the problem
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Is, is, is has been building for a number of years.
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I think that there are efforts on the part of conservatives
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And christians to to try to rectify
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That by having strong journalism schools
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Where they are
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Training the next generation to really focus on being truthful.
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One of the things
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That i always tell our team at the daily signal is not,
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We are we are unabashedly conservative.
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We state that from from the get go.
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And anybody who
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Who goes through the daily signal knows that who we are.
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And i just wish that more
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Journalism outlets would be upfront
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About any biases they have, instead of trying to pretend
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They're something that they're not.
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And i think that's precisely why
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The american people see through it, and why,
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When polls come out about trust in media,
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You see those numbers declining year after year.
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You know, despite the imbalance,
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There are close
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To a dozen news sites that lean to the right
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Fox, newsmax, one america, the daily caller, breitbart
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And others, plus a host of podcasters.
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Are we starting to see some better balance overall?
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We are.
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When i started in journalism,
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You could probably count on one hand or two
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The number of conservative news outlets.
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And so there has been certainly an explosion of, of different,
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Conservative news entities, whether it be on tv, radio,
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Obviously, the success of talk radio hosts
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And, and then in particular in the digital space.
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And so there are more opportunities
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Now for conservatives to seek careers in journalism and media.
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I think it's important for them to have a balance.
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There are a lot who want to do punditry or commentary.
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I think the investigative reporting,
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The original journalism, those are all critical
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Things that, that need to be focused on.
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There's so many stories in our world that need to be told.
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There's certainly no
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Shortage of, of journalists who could tell them.
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And so i think that that you're starting
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To see a greater balance.
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One of the things that you're also seeing
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Are the institutions in places like washington, d.c.,
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Recognizing that it's
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Not just the legacy news organizations
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That deserve a seat at the table.
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This has been most profoundly, on display
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For the american people with the trump white house.
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They created a new media seat.
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And the first question in every press
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Briefing that caroline leavitt does
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Goes to that new media reporter,
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The daily signals, elizabeth mitchell has been in the seat
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A couple of times,
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And it's been great to have that opportunity
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To ask a question in a forum like that.
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Whereas in the past, oftentimes you would never get called on
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Or never even have the opportunity to sit in that room.
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Rob, we need to take a short break.
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Can you stay for another segment?
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Absolutely.
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During the break, please send me
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I'll be back in just a moment.
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I'll be back in just a moment.
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We're back now with
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Rob bailey, the executive editor of the daily signal.
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You know, we often hear that a big part of the news
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Is now distorted because of the corporate
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Ownership issues and a lack of editorial independence.
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The washington post with jeff bezos,
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The new york times with mexico's carlos slim.
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Well, what are you seeing?
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And is there any easy way for
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Viewers and readers to be aware of what might be going on?
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Oh my goodness, it's such a good question
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That you pose there, because
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We have seen a consolidation and really a corporate takeover
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Of so many of these institutions,
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The ones that you mentioned
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And i and others, i look for the fact that,
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That abc is owned by disney, for instance. right.
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And so the policies of those major corporations
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Oftentimes will have an impact on the news that is reported.
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One example of that, i mean, even at espn, sage steele,
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I remember her controversy during the covid pandemic
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Where she wanted to, to resist getting the vaccine
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And ultimately ended up in a lawsuit against her.
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Her employer on it.
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And so, yes, there are implications
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When you have situations
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Like that when it comes to editorial judgments.
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I think that there are there are challenges there as well.
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We used to work very closely with cheryl atkinson, who
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Started at cbs news and spent a long time
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There and ended up leaving cbs news
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Because she wanted that independence
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And freedom to pursue stories
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That maybe the corporation prefer that they not.
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I think this is one of
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The reasons why you've seen a move afoot by so many, even,
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Who worked for those corporations
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To launch their own independent brands.
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Now, some of them have not been on their own choice.
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Like i, for instance,
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I think of don lemon at cnn, chuck todd at nbc.
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They they've decided that
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They can thrive on their own as an independent journalist
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As opposed to working under a corporate structure.
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And so
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I expect that you will continue to see moves like that, alan.
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And it'll probably happen not just,
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Among those, those legacy media outlets,
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But given that, individuals are able to create their own
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And build their own platforms and have some success doing it,
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With social media.
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It'll probably happen for americans
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That you may not have ever heard of,
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And they will be able to find success doing that.
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If they are able to develop a niche or a particular
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Area of specialty that they can report on.
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Beyond the known news outlets, information
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These days is often shaped by social media
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And the algorithms that are programed
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To keep readers on their sites.
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How big a problem is it in presenting the truth?
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It's a challenge.
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Those algorithms do not necessarily work in our favor.
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I can tell you that dating back to when the daily signal
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Was founded in 2014, at the time,
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The bulk of our traffic,
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An overwhelming majority of the traffic came
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From social media sites like facebook.
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But as they tweaked and manipulated
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The algorithms in the years following,
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It became increasingly difficult to get the news out to
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To our subscribers
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And supporters
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Through those platforms because they were being served content.
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Exactly as you said, that facebook wants to retain them
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On on its website or instagram or whatever platform
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It might be.
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So you have two situations develop.
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Number one, what we call filter bubbles.
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They're only seeing news that,
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That they might necessarily agree with
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Or have a strong reaction to.
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And secondly,
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They're not necessarily trusted sources where they're,
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Where they're getting their news and information.
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And this is why
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I think if you look at us at president trump, who,
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Who obviously,
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Is somebody who is a divisive figure in the eyes of the left,
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I sometimes see information that people who don't like
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The president sharing
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That is completely untrue and false, and yet it's spreading
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Like wildfire on these social media platforms.
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So a big challenge and why everybody needs
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To really be discerning and seek out the truth.
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Well, in addition to the social media manipulation,
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The chinese and russians, among others, have been meddling
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With the stories we get.
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Is there any way to know what's wholly made up overseas
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Versus news that we can trust?
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That's a challenge even for those of us
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Who are working in the industry.
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So any individual who,
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Who might confront this content, i think is, is going to
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Face a hard time doing it.
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I think one important tip, for for viewers today
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Is, just be aware that there are actors,
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Whether they be domestic or foreign in nature,
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Who have an agenda and and their agenda is
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Sometimes at odds with what your values might be.
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It's one of the reasons
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Why i think we should be very careful
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About using platforms like tiktok,
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Which we know
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Has, has spread information at the behest of the chinese
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Communist party, which is not necessarily
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In the best interests of the american people.
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Including our young kids who become addicted to these,
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These social media platforms
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And spend hours of their lives every day,
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Consuming the content, which has led to
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To all sorts of mental and, and behavioral issues with them.
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And so,
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Ellen, it's,
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It's increasingly important,
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I think, for parents to take an active role.
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But every individual american to just be aware,
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That their best interests might not be at heart
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On these social media platforms.
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Well, before we run out of time, can you tell our viewers
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What they can do to stay informed with the truth
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And just not get lost in the clickbait?
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Well, absolutely.
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I like to say you should have a balanced news diet.
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So, don't rely on a single source, but try to seek out
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Other sources that you can. you can trust.
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Certainly.
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I hope the daily signal is,
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Is one of them as well as your show.
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There's so many different places
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That you can go these days for for information and,
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And the last point i'd make is, i talked a lot about values.
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If if a news organization doesn't necessarily align
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With your values or you find that
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The information they're presenting is untruthful,
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Then turn it off.
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There's nothing
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That's requiring you to subscribe
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And find another source that you can trust.
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Well, rob louis, thank you for your time today.
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You can see more of his work at the daily signal.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Alan.
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I hope you'll come back again when there's more to report in.
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Absolutely. in a moment.
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The hope that still exists.
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Each and every day.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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May the role of the media in our lives is so important.
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One of the key things when god moves
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And when he calls people to significant shifts,
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Is that he gives them imaginations of what's next.
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Well, i don't think abc, nbc and cbs, you're going to be swept
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From the face of the earth in a tidal wave.
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They're going to continue to exist,
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But there are new voices, new platforms, new expressions.
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Truth is being told, things are being uncovered
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That they've desperately tried to hide.
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The absurdity of the lies is becoming more clear every day.
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Listen to these recent msnbc headlines
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And how they framed the administration's
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Attempt to restore law and order in cities
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Where violence has been plaguing their citizens.
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One headline says when it comes to trump's war on cities,
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He doesn't have the courts or the people on his side.
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Another headline said neighbors
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Push back is trump's ice army terrorizes chicago suburbs.
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The use
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Of the word terrorize is not accidental.
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This is not just a political issue.
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We have to understand this season in spiritual terms,
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When everyone is left
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To make their own determinations of what is true.
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We'll quickly
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Find out that
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We're living in the midst of the theater of the absurd.
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Our goal for this program is to serve you
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By presenting you with the truth,
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Providing a biblical worldview which doesn't shift
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Based on the whims of culture or even personal opinion.
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So tell a friend. spread the word.
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The reality is, god is moving in the earth
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And we as christ followers must track with him.
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Find the courage to tell the truth
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And let our voices be heard in the public square.
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Now that will bring hope.
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Well, i'll be back with your emails in just a moment.
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Stay with us.
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Stay with us.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with us.
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Just a reminder, you can always go to aj now.com.
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If you miss a live episode, there's a full archive there
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You can sign up for.
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Our weekly brief is just an update on the program
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And what's happening, what we'll be doing next.
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And i thank you for your emails.
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They are always a highlight for our team.
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Pamela h in oregon emailed
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I want to thank you
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For recognizing veterans today on your show,
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And for having the head
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Of the va,
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Doug collins, on to discuss the role that the va plays in
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Veterans lives.
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I'm a former employee and also a wife to a 20 year veteran.
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I think our veterans need more recognition,
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And i think that you're the only program
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I viewed lately that did just that.
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It's appreciated very much.
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Well, thank you, pamela, and i agree with you.
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I think our veterans deserve the respect and honor
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That should come from their service to our country.
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We all know that's a cliche, but it's more than that.
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Freedom isn't free.
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It's built
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On the sacrifices of people,
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And we're the beneficiaries of that.
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We should, at the very least, be grateful.
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A viewer in pennsylvania wrote,
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Lots of preachers are saying that we're at a crossroads
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In history.
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We need a revival.
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Can you please explain what they mean?
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Because i'm not seeing
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Any evidence of people turning to jesus around here.
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Well, i can comment on that.
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I think the crossroads piece is pretty clear.
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I think we're at an inflection point.
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We can't continue with the value systems
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That have been growing so rapidly in recent years.
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They're making things confusing that really are not confusing
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Marriage between a man and a woman.
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Biological sex.
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Those are not confusing issues.
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And yet we've institutionalized the confusion
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And abandoned our children to some rather horrific
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Mutilation by the healthcare industry.
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We can't let those trends continue
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And imagine that we will prosper.
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On the other hand, the revival that we say,
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I think god is moving, there are hearts being changed.
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But it isn't happening in the traditional settings.
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It isn't happening
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Predominantly in the churches are coming from the pulpits.
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But we see god moving in some remarkable ways.
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Charlie kirk's funeral.
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Recently, we heard the gospel proclaimed by a whole group
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Of people who weren't preachers, but they told the truth.
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God's moving. keep watching.
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And finally, silas in oklahoma wrote in, i'm a 62 year old man.
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I have chronic copd that i got from smoking cigarets.
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I can't leave my house except to go to the doctor
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And i can't watch walk much more than 30ft.
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My question
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If they're going to make america healthy again,
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Why is no one tried to get rid of cigarets?
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It's a good question, silas.
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It seems to me
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That every generation has to learn for themselves,
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And the young people can't
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Always heed the warnings that we give them.
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So we're going to have to face
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Those challenges, keep using your voice.
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Maybe they will listen.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us.
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I'm alan jackson, and you have a wonderful evening.
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