"So busy, he has to break off halfway through our interview to conduct an interview of his own, for his next broadcast. It's 7am Los Angeles time when we meet via video call, and Meiselas is already well into another 18-hour day of podcasting, planning, interviewing, meetings and more besides. His pro-democracy channel MeidasTouch, which he runs with his younger brothers Jordan and Brett, puts out 15 or more videos a day, most of them presented by Meiselas himself."
"They're either corporate news like cable news, [which is] just completely both-sides-ing the issues and intentionally ignoring critical, existential things or they're just outright state regime media a la North Korea and Russia: Fox News, OAN [One America News], Newsmax All of these corporations are run by rightwing oligarchs; they are tools to ingratiate themselves with the regime for other benefits and other business interests."
Ben Meiselas maintains an intense schedule, starting early and working 18-hour days of podcasting, planning, interviewing and meetings. MeidasTouch, run with his brothers Jordan and Brett, releases 15 or more videos daily with Meiselas presenting most episodes. The channel ranks among the most listened-to podcasts in the US, outperforming major competitors in video and audio and surpassing Fox News in YouTube views. Meiselas characterizes US media since Trump's rise as a capitulation, dividing outlets into corporate "both-sides-ing" news and outright state-regime media, and he sees corporate ties to rightwing oligarchs as tools to ingratiate with the regime.
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