Sunday, Maria Bartiromo sounded like a shill for Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy when Congressman Matt Gaetz went on her show. It was disappointing because she has been one of the few bright spots at Fox Business in recent years.
Monday, she did something few journalists are ever willing to do. She acknowledged that her “thinking is evolving” after considering Gaetz’s arguments to continue the budget battle against the majority in his own party. In particular, she is now a proponent of single subject spending bills.
After Gaetz called her a shill on Twitter, Bartiromo didn’t lash out. Instead, she humbly acknowledged that Gaetz has “excellent points.”
You made excellent points. My thinking is evolving. I need to own it. I'm ok w that. I'm glad you came on.
— Maria Bartiromo (@MariaBartiromo) September 25, 2023
Now, she’s promoting the very ideas she objected to the day before. It may be the most adult moment we’ve seen in corporate media in years.
When confronted with our argument on government spending, most smart and open-minded people will convert.
Welcome aboard, @MariaBartiromo.
Thank you for having me on your program. Tough questions and direct answers will lead us to the truth faster than sophistry.
The Plan:
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— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) September 25, 2023
Some are saying she’s reacting to the backlash against her from fans. Others say she’s trying to bring both sides of the debate together by playing the middle. I think it comes down to this: Nothing that Gaetz said during her interview or throughout this ugly process is inaccurate.
Business-as-usual has decimated our economy because legislators have either lacked the courage or personal incentive to call out the ludicrous way budgets are handled on Capitol Hill. What Gaetz and his allies are promoting is fiscal sanity. That’s it.
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
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Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
