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Joe Rogan and the Fifth Estate: How the Podcaster and a Group of Cable News Exiles Became More Powerful Than Traditional Media
A motley crew of network and cable news defectors helped tip the scales for Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris.
Did a motley crew of traditional media defectors and outcasts led by Joe Rogan, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson help tip the scales for Donald Trump’s win over Kamala Harris — and shatter the paradigm of an influential fourth estate in the process? He and a band of banished stars like Kelly and Carlson, along with upstarts like gaming livestreamer Adin Ross, YouTube pranksters the Nelk Boys and comedian Theo Von, eclipsed the influence of the once mighty “60 Minutes,” which Trump skipped, and the big three cable news networks. Though he didn’t get name-checked by White, Jake Paul, an influencer (with more than 70 million total followers) turned professional boxer who is fighting Mike Tyson on Nov. 15 in an event livestreamed on Netflix marked a key Trump endorsement.
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