Is CNN About to Have A Journalist MASS Exodus?
What exactly is happening inside CBS News, and how much is Bari Weiss to blame? How are journalists at CNN feeling about becoming the Ellisons' next target? And what has corporate consolidation done to the media? Oliver Darcy, founder and writer of Status and former senior media reporter for CNN, joins Offline to break it all down. He and Jon also discuss Comcast's announcement that it may spin off NBC, what's going on at Jeff Bezos's Washington Post, and why Oliver has taken his reporting independent. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS REMI: https://www.shopremi.com/OFF Code: OFF QUINCE: https://www.quince.com/offline BETTERHELP: https://www.betterhelp.com/offline CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 03:56 - Are we in a new era of news consolidation? 08:26 - Updates on Bari Weiss’s leadership at CBS and the decline in viewership 15:37 - Ad break 18:07 - What will happen to CNN under Ellison’s ownership? 24:01- Comcast split and what it means 28:01 - How will this era of media consildation affect media jobs/consumption? 33:13 - Ad break 34:21 - How is this affecting right-wing media? 40:20 - Are independment media companies with a paywall a real alternative to billionaire-owned media? 45:19 - How do we get back to shared news reality? For a transcript of an episode of Offline, please email [email protected]. Is the internet slowly breaking our brains, and if so, what can we do about it? Offline with Jon Favreau is a place where you can take a break from doom-scrolling and tune in to smarter, lighter conversations about the impact of technology & the internet on our collective culture. Intimate interviews between Pod Save America host Jon Favreau and notable guests like Stephen Colbert, Hasan Piker, ContraPoints, Margaret Atwood, and Megan Rapinoe spark curiosity and introspection around the various ways our extremely online existence shapes everything from the ways we live, work, and interact with one another. Together we’ll figure out how to live happier, healthier lives, both on and offline. Photos courtesy of AP Photo Archive Crooked Media believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. We are a media network that showcases stories, voices, and opportunities for activism that inform, entertain, and inspire action, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Learn more about us at crooked.com

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