Poor John Santucci. The Executive Editor Producer for ABC News had an opportunity to score an interview with the embattled and persecuted President Donald Trump, but he blew it by asking a silly question.
To be more accurate, it was the intention of corporate media’s “Get Trump” mentality that was silly. On its own, asking Trump if he intends to turn himself in is relatively reasonable as long as the news hacks acknowledge the unambiguous travesty of the events themselves. Unfortunately for Santucci, he clearly doesn’t understand that there’s more to life than Orange Man Bad.
Perhaps Trump should never have taken the call at all. We’ve all grown to expect the worst from corporate media, as Trump has clearly exposed.
ABC Producer asked Trump if he will turn himself in
“He said, ‘you take care, John’ and then he hung up on me.” pic.twitter.com/XMtSwS0TKQ
— Jack Poso ?? (@JackPosobiec) March 31, 2023
Perhaps this is why they’re struggling. As Daily Caller News Foundation noted:
ABC News staffers have been left stunned after the media outlet laid off several senior executives, according to CNN.
ABC News President Kim Godwin told staff in a memo that “teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks ago, including our own ABC News family,” CNN reported Thursday.
“While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary step to ensure we’re on solid footing for the years ahead as we chart a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward for the entire organization,” the memo reportedly continued. “This is a difficult time for all of us – particularly those directly affected by these tough decision – it’s important to remember that together, we are resilient, and will emerge from this period of transition stronger than before.”
Will these hacks ever learn?
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.
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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.
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