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HOT TOPICS | The Mainstream Media Meltdown! - June 4th, 2025
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1:00:34Now PlayingLegacy news is in freefall, with ratings plummeting and more Americans opting to turn away from traditional mainstream news sources. And to make things worse, the Trump administration is ready to kick it while it’s down, slashing funding to public broadcasting altogether. Why? Because informed citizens are inconvenient when you're trying to run a disinformation campaign from the Oval Office.
As Americans turn away from traditional outlets and toward independent media, we ask: what’s next? Can the media rebuild public trust? Or is this the final season of “Mainstream Media: The Series”?
Journalist Oliver Darcy joins us to unpack the collapse, the consequences, and the chaos. Is this the end of an era?
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