Power Lines is the official podcast of Status, where veteran journalists Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino break down their exclusive reporting and deliver sharp, uncompromising analysis on how information moves and shapes society. From the Fourth Estate to Silicon Valley to Hollywood, they scrutinize the powerful institutions driving narratives, shaping perception, and steering the culture. New episodes drop every Friday.
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Power Lines is the official podcast of Status, where veteran journalists Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino break down their exclusive reporting and deliver sharp, uncompromising analysis on how information moves and shapes society. From the Fourth Estate to Silicon Valley to Hollywood, they scrutinize the powerful institutions driving narratives, shaping perception, and steering the culture. New episodes drop every Friday.
Tucker Embraces White Supremacist, MSNBC Hosts Rip Comcast, and Mamdani’s Media Strategy
Power Lines with Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino
1 hour 4 minutes
3 weeks ago
Tucker Embraces White Supremacist, MSNBC Hosts Rip Comcast, and Mamdani’s Media Strategy
On this week’s Power Lines Podcast:
Tucker Carlson has suddenly ended his feud and embraced Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Why is he leaning further into extremist voices?
Oliver and Jon break down the fallout from Comcast helping to fund the White House ballroom — and what that says about media power and influence.
Plus: what the Paramount layoffs reveal about Ellison’s plans for news personalities, CNN head Mark Thompson dodging Bari Weiss questions, Zohran winning over Andrew Schulz, and Elon Musk’s “Grokipedia” — a fact-twisting clone of Wikipedia built in bad faith and fueled by an alternate reality.
Have a Happy Halloween! We’ll see you next week.
00:00 Intro
03:15 Tucker Carlson Hosts Nick Fuentes
08:38 Mainstream Media's Challenge with Extremism
19:57 Comcast's Controversial Donation to Trump
29:46 Paramount Layoffs and CBS News Cuts
32:54 Oracle's AI Investments and Media Cuts
34:41 CBS News Restructuring and Political Shifts
37:44 CNN's New Streaming Service and Bari Weiss
46:29 New York Mayor's Race Media Strategy
56:10 Elon Musk's Wikipedia Alternative, Grokipedia
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Power Lines with Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino
Power Lines is the official podcast of Status, where veteran journalists Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino break down their exclusive reporting and deliver sharp, uncompromising analysis on how information moves and shapes society. From the Fourth Estate to Silicon Valley to Hollywood, they scrutinize the powerful institutions driving narratives, shaping perception, and steering the culture. New episodes drop every Friday.
