Runaway Country with Alex Wagner: Trump, Tucker, and Fox News BROKE American Journalism

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Rightwing billionaire takeovers, journalists getting arrested, and endless misinformation. Welcome to the current state of American journalism. This week, Alex speaks to former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta ‪@jimacosta‬ about how legacy news organizations caved to President Trump and the critical role of independent media. She’s also joined by Jason Zengerle, author of “Hated By All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind”, to analyze how Carlson brought fringe ideas into mainstream discourse.

0:00 - The Death of Legacy Media
4:25 - Jim Acosta interview
5:12 - The Shifting Media Landscape
9:23 - The Demise of Institutional Media
12:44 - Consolidations and Media Merger Danger
16:46 - The Importance of Public Broadcasting
18:45 - The Radicalization Of Fox News
24:58 - Ad Break
27:52 The Rise of Independent Media
34:45 - Jason Zengerle interview
35:10 - Tucker Carlson Early Career Humiliation
40:18 - Tucker Carlson Embraces the Far Right
42:56 - What Tucker Carlson Actually Believes
45:48 - Ad Break
51:57 - Tucker’s Relationship With Donald Trump
55:24 - Peddling Election Fraud Lies
57:57 - Tucker Carlson vs. JD Vance
1:01:44 - Tucker Carlson Friendship With Don Jr.
1:03:16 - Tucker’s Impact On Independent Media
1:05:35 - Tucker’s Role As Class Traitor
1:07:37 - Tucker Carlson’s Social Circle
1:09:01 - Could Tucker Turn On MAGA?
1:11:47 - Tucker’s Trajectory Parallels Larger MAGA Shift