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Hey folks,
Jack Cocchiarella joined me for this one, on his birthday, no less, and we got into a conversation that went way beyond where I thought it would.
We started with mainstream media bending the knee to Trump. Then we got into gambling, prediction markets, the money corrupting our media ecosystem, and why independent media matters more than ever. This one gets personal.
[00:01:07] Jack unloads on mainstream media for continuing to capitulate to Trump, and explains why giving a bully what he wants only makes things worse.
[00:05:31] We dig into corporate media, prediction markets, Don Jr., and the deeply troubling relationship between political influence, gambling, and the outlets we’re supposed to trust.
[00:09:24] I get personal about my past as a professional poker player and why I see a huge difference between regulated gambling and putting a casino in everyone’s pocket.
[00:12:16] We talk about the broken economics of mainstream media, bloated production costs, and why independent creators can compete with institutions spending exponentially more.
[00:15:12] We give credit where it’s due, talk about the importance of investing in actual journalism, and Jack leaves us with the message that matters most: support independent media and never capitulate.
This conversation is about more than one bad ad or one media company. It’s about the incentives shaping what we see, who gets paid, what gets ignored, and what happens when institutions become more concerned with protecting their business model than standing up to power. If you believe we need independent voices willing to say what they actually think, even when there’s money on the table, help me keep building this.
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With urgency,
—Mike
