We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!
Export Podcast Subscriptions
cover of episode Fox News Loses Control on Live TV as Trump Goes Nuts

Fox News Loses Control on Live TV as Trump Goes Nuts

2025/6/18
logo of podcast The MeidasTouch Podcast

The MeidasTouch Podcast

AI Deep Dive AI Chapters Transcript
People
B
Ben Meiselas
D
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, McLaughlin
F
Fox Guest
H
Hugh Hewitt
L
Langone
L
Larry Kudlow
L
Lindsey Graham
M
Marjorie Taylor Greene
M
Mark Levin
S
Senator Hagerty
T
Ted Cruz
T
Tucker Carlson
通过深入调查和批评,卡尔森对美国和全球政治话题产生了显著影响。
Topics
Ben Meiselas: 福克斯新闻正面临来自内外部的巨大压力,曾经的支持者现在也开始反对它。我认为福克斯正在全力以赴地进行宣传,试图控制其观众的思想。他们甚至开始关注像我们MeidasTouch这样的独立媒体的影响力,这表明他们感到了威胁。福克斯新闻正在重蹈覆辙,就像伊拉克战争前夕一样,再次拉出同一批人进行新保守主义的战争叫嚣。他们正在不遗余力地支持特朗普,甚至不惜歪曲事实,这让我感到非常担忧。 Marjorie Taylor Greene: 我认为福克斯新闻和纽约邮报是新保守主义的网络新闻,他们和左派一样,都在进行宣传。美国人民已经被洗脑,认为美国必须参与这些外国战争才能生存,但事实并非如此。这种宣传正在误导民众,使他们支持不必要的战争。 Tucker Carlson: 我认为福克斯新闻正在成为国家宣传机器,他们正在不遗余力地支持战争。他们甚至不惜歪曲事实,攻击那些反对战争的人。他们对伊朗的无知令人震惊,他们甚至不知道伊朗的人口。他们正在推动一场不必要的战争,这将给美国带来灾难性的后果。 Mark Levin: 我认为特朗普将结束这场该死的战争,他是一个和平缔造者,将保护这一代和未来世代免受核导弹和来自7世纪的野蛮原始人的侵害。那些批评特朗普的人都是白痴,他们不了解特朗普的伟大之处。特朗普正在做正确的事情,他将使美国再次伟大。 Larry Kudlow: 我认为特朗普是世界上最有影响力的人物,他掌握着所有的牌。那些批评特朗普的人都是嫉妒他,他们不了解特朗普的伟大之处。特朗普正在做正确的事情,他将使美国再次伟大。 Senator Hagerty: 我认为无论特朗普说什么都是对的,听他的就行了,他总是领先三步。特朗普不希望我们参与更多的无休止的战争。无论特朗普做什么,他都会把美国的利益放在首位,并使伊朗达到不拥有核武器的地步。 Ted Cruz: 我坚信伊朗永远不应该拥有核武器,伊朗应该由一个专注于民主和人民的政权领导。我希望我们对我们正在做什么有一个明确的计划,战争权力属于国会,而不是独裁者。我不希望在中东发生一场旷日持久的战争,导致成千上万的美国士兵死亡,就像我们在伊拉克看到的那样。推翻阿亚图拉之后,会发生什么? Hugh Hewitt: 我认为总统拥有所有的总司令权力。《战争权力决议法》在我看来是违宪的。总统是总司令,如果他命令B-2轰炸机从迪戈加西亚或其他地方起飞袭击福尔多,这是他完全有权做的。我们还派了一架核嗅探飞机,以防放射性物质释放。特朗普是有史以来最伟大的和平缔造者。 Lindsey Graham: 我认为沙特阿拉伯希望看到神权政治消失,阿联酋和许多其他阿拉伯国家也希望如此。如果伊朗出现权力真空,会发生什么?我认为将会发生的是,伊朗人民将自1979年以来第一次知道自由。推翻阿亚图拉政权是一件好事,而不是一件坏事,我愿意冒险接下来会发生什么,因为我知道如果他们继续掌权会发生什么。 Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, McLaughlin: 如果你对执法人员动手动脚或阻碍他们的执法行动,你就会被逮捕。我们看到民主党政客正在竞选更高的职位,他们为了出名而攻击ICE执法人员。我们不会容忍这种行为,我们将保护执法人员的安全。 Langone: 我认为我们的债券市场和货币存在问题。我们必须确保美联储保持独立,这是我们保持美元信誉的最好希望。如果美联储受到政治干预,美元的信誉将受到损害,这将对美国经济造成灾难性的后果。

Deep Dive

Chapters
Fox News is accused of promoting war with Iran through biased reporting and warmongering guests. The network is criticized for its coverage, with guests echoing talking points similar to those before the Iraq War. This chapter analyzes the network's coverage and the reactions from various Republican figures.
  • Fox News accused of promoting war with Iran
  • Republican figures criticize Fox News
  • Comparison to Iraq War coverage
  • Analysis of Fox News guests' statements

Shownotes Transcript

Translations:
中文

The NBA playoffs are here, and I'm getting my bets in on FanDuel. Talk to me, Chuck GPT. What do you know? All sorts of interesting stuff. Even Charles Barkley's greatest fear. Hey, nobody needs to know that. New customers bet $5 to get 200 in bonus bets if you win. FanDuel, America's number one sportsbook.

State regime media known as Fox is in panic mode as the tables are being turned against it.

by people who you would think could be their biggest supporters. Maybe, maybe not. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson, and all this MAGA media is out there. Matt Gaetz, they're saying Fox is state regime media. Fox is propaganda media. It's

Coming from Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz here, watch this, play this clip. We've watched for decades propaganda news. I'll call out Fox News and the New York Post. They're known to be the neocon network news. We have propaganda news on our side just like the left does.

And the American people have been brainwashed into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars in order for us to survive. And it's absolutely not true. And then the day before, you had Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon calling Fox, quote, "news, state regime media, and propaganda." And then Tucker Carlson even does my Mark Levin impression. That's my impression, Tucker.

I did the Mark Levin first. Here, play this clip. So what is that? That's not by popular acclaim. That's not like their viewer surveys. Like, you know, we need a lot more Mark Levin. Less Jesse Waters, more Mark Levin. Mark Levin! What they're doing is what they always do.

which is just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make them submit. And by the way, on state regime media known as Fox, their guests are talking about how many views the Midas Touch Network is getting on YouTube videos.

Yeah, they're talking about Midas Touch on Fox and the guests are saying California Governor Gavin Newsom is outmaneuvering you. Fox's guests are saying that you're being outmaneuvered by Newsom because he goes on Midas Touch who gets 22 million views every other day. Play this clip. What's interesting about what he's doing is not just what he's saying, but where he is saying it. He had an exclusive on the Midas Touch network with his address to the nation with 2 million people seeing that.

might have such as getting 22 million views every two days. He had Brian Tyler Cohen, a YouTuber, into the Emergency Operations Center to do an interview. It just shows that I think he's learning the lessons candidly of 2024, that Democrats didn't do enough to communicate more to independent media, which I think is exciting. Wow. And then here's Mark Levin on Hannity last night. Then they really had their kind of neocon warmongering. This looked

just like the lead up to the war in Iraq. And they're doing it again. They're bringing out the same cast of characters. Mark Levin was on Sean Hannity, and here's what he has to say. Play this clip. Gee, and we have morons, fools running around the country. This isn't Magna.

This isn't MAGA. This isn't what I voted for. Donald Trump is a forever war president. How so? He's going to do what every president before him since Carter didn't have the guts to do. He's going to put an end to this damn thing. And that's what needs to happen. That's not a warmonger. That's a peacemaker. That is a man who's going to make sure this generation and future generations are protected from nuclear missiles,

of the Middle East from barbarian primitives from the 7th century. That's what he wants to do. Then earlier in the day you had Larry Kudlow. This is why they're called state regime. Larry Kudlow worked in the first Trump regime and the first administration. And here you have Larry Kudlow and Tommy Tuberville and...

They're not even reporting the news. I mean, you just have Kudlow on Fox saying Donald Trump is the greatest person ever. Donald Trump is so amazing. Donald Trump is so powerful. He's got all of the cards. You've got all of the cards, Donald. I mean, this is the most the most. How is this even real life TV? Play this clip. Senator, you know what? Trump right now, Donald Trump is the most dominant figure on the world stage.

far greater than anybody else. You know what? In decades, it's not Putin. It's not Xi Jinping. It's Trump. Trump holds the cards in his hand and he knows how to play them. That's what's happening here. I've pretty much I've been around a long time. You've been around a long time. Never seen anything like it. He is utterly dominant, Senator Tarverville. By the way, that's what they were then doing the whole day. You then have Senator Hagerty, who goes on Fox and he goes, look,

Whatever Trump says is right, just listen to him. Shut up. Trump is always right. He's three steps ahead. Here, play this clip. He doesn't want us to engage in more of these endless wars.

So whatever President Trump does, and I know that he's three steps ahead of everybody else here, whatever he does, it's going to be putting America's interests first. It's going to be bringing Iran to a point where they do not have a nuclear weapon. That's the stated objective. And it's going to have to happen very, very quickly. I mean, Trump is literally the biggest moron in the world. I mean, the guy is the biggest idiot. I mean, when you see these MAGA Republican leaders,

men and women, but these like men who were like, Donald Trump is my hero. Donald Trump is so smart. And you see what an idiot this guy is and all of the disasters he's causing. It's like, is your mind just become full magamush? Here you had Fox with Ted Cruz. Remember, Donald Trump called Ted Cruz's wife incredibly ugly. And Donald Trump said that Ted Cruz's dad killed JFK.

But here he's the main guest promoting Trump last night. Fox now displaying educational graphics on how bombs work to their audience, encouraging the U.S. B-2 bombers to hit Iran. And here Ted Cruz says, if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are high that

we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City. Again, now this is the same language that they used about Iraq. Play this clip. You need an ICBM to get to America. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are unacceptably high that we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City or Los Angeles or Tel Aviv in Israel. No.

Let me be very clear where I stand. I believe Iran is Iran should never, ever have a nuclear weapon. OK, I believe Iran is led by an extremist Ayatollah regime. I think that Iran would be far better off.

with a regime that focused, of course, on democracy, on the people. And, you know, those images that you saw before the revolution in the late 1970s, you know, the images of Iran being a major metropolitan center with women's rights and human rights. I would love to see that. Okay.

I just think it is important that we have a clear delineated plan about what we are doing. War powers are the province of our Congress, not dictators. And I don't want to see a protracted war. Call me naive. I don't want to see a protracted war in the Middle East.

that will result in the deaths of thousands or tens of thousands of American troops like we saw happen in Iraq. I don't want to see that happen in Iran. Okay, you topple the Ayatollah. What happens next? You're going to have groups of

that are allied with the Shah come back in. You're going to have groups that are allied with far right, terroristic extremist groups. And I think you'll have a civil war. It's not like Iran's going to be like, oh, hey, Benjamin Netanyahu. Hey, you tell us who should lead Iran. We want Benjamin Netanyahu's pick. That ain't going to happen in Iran. You think that's going to happen in Iran? So what happens after you topple the regime? What happens next? By the way,

Speaking of flipping the script on Fox and its guests, then you had Tucker bring Ted Cruz on the Tucker show. Watch Ted Cruz get obliterated on Iran by Tucker. Play this clip. How many people live in Iran, by the way? I don't know the population. At all? No, I don't know the population. You don't know the population of the country you seek to topple? How many people live in Iran? 92 million. Okay. How could you not know that?

I don't sit around memorizing population tables. Well, it's kind of relevant because you're calling for the overthrow of the government. Why is it relevant? Whether it's 90 million or 80 million or 100 million? Why is that relevant? Because if you don't know anything about the country... I didn't say I don't know anything about the country. Okay, what's the ethnic mix of Iran?

They are Persians and predominantly Shia. OK, this is you don't know anything about Iran. So, OK, I am not the Tucker Carlson expert on Iran. You're a senator who's calling for the overthrow of the government. You're the one who claims. You don't know anything about the government.

No, you don't know anything about the country. You're the one who claims they're not trying to murder Donald Trump. You're the one who can't figure out if it was a good idea to kill General Soleimani. You don't believe they're trying to murder Trump. Yes, I do. You're not calling for military strikes against them in retaliation. They really believe that carrying out military strikes today. You said Israel was right with our help.

I've said we. Israel is leading them, but we're supporting them. Well, you're breaking news here because the U.S. government last night denied, the National Security Council spokesman Alex Pfeiffer denied on behalf of Trump that we were acting on Israel's behalf in any offensive capacity at all. No, we're not bombing them. Israel's bombing them. You just said we were. I...

We are supporting Israel. It's high stakes. You're a senator. If you're saying the United States government is at war with Iran right now, people are listening. My dogs, Taquito and Chiquito, are the happiest dogs ever. You know why? Because I give them Sundays for dogs, which is, let's face it, the best dog food ever. What I love about Sundays for dogs is that like,

Unlike other fresh dog food, Sundays does not require refrigeration or preparation because of their air drying process. You just pour it and serve it and you can cancel or pause your subscription with Sundays for dogs at any time with their 14 day money back guarantee. It's fresh dog food. It's made from a short list of yeast.

human grade ingredients, which I love and I know my doggies love. It was co-founded by Dr. Tori Waxman, a practicing veterinarian who tests and formulates every version of each recipe. And Sundae's contains 100% all natural meat and superfoods and 0% synthetic nutrients or artificial ingredients.

So here's the deal we negotiated for your puppies, 'cause I want them to be as happy as mine. Get 40% off your first order of Sundays. Go to sundaysfordogs.com/midas or use code MIDAS at checkout. Go to sundaysfordogs.com/midas or use code MIDAS at checkout. My doggies, Taquito and Chiquito, tell me that your doggies will love Sundays also.

While that was taking place, you had Fox propagandist Jesse Waters fantasizing about a massive penetrator, as our editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski says. Justin, this is from Jesse Waters, Trump says the Ayatollah can run, but he can't hide. Israel is begging the U.S. to drop the massive penetrator on Iran's nuclear site. Then you have this Fox guest,

uh basically saying just let israeli troops on the ground that's in the interest of iran here play this clip but the best is if the iranians capitulate no and access is immediately assured for the israelis to put boots on the ground verify what's in there and then destroy everything that they see at this site you think the people of iran are going to over 90 million people they're going to welcome israeli troops

In Iran, like we think this thing out a little bit. So then what are we going to send American troops in there? How do you think that's going to go down? Then don't you think that could spread and cause a regional war? What do you think happens in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Jordan? What do you think in Lebanon? What do you think happens after that?

Then you have Brian Kilmeade and Fox and Hugh Hewitt literally bringing the exact cast of characters who told us about WMDs in Iraq. So here we have Hugh Hewitt saying that, nope, the War Powers Act of Congress is unconstitutional. Go for it, Donald. Be a dictator. That's what they were promoting. Play this clip. So what role should Congress play in this?

None. I'm very disappointed to see my senator, Tim Kaine, I'm a Virginian, demonstrate constitutional illiteracy about the document that Tom, that James Madison drafted, which vested all commander in chief power in the president

of the United States. I'm aware of the War Powers Resolution Act. It's unconstitutional in my view. In any event, it's been honored in the breach by people like President Obama, President Biden, who have both committed forces and withdrawn forces without congressional approval. There's usually a little bit of a dance that a president does and sends them a notice that they've done something, but it's simply ridiculous. The president is the commander in chief. If he orders the B-2s to fly from Diego Garcia or wherever to strike Fordow,

It's within his complete authority to do so. And Mr. Massey is not a Republican. He's an irritant and he should not be held up as representing anyone in the Republican Party. I doubt you'll find one Republican other than him who denies the president's power to do this if he chooses to do so. Then you, you, it talks about, we have also sent a nuclear sniffing aircraft in the event radioactive material is released.

But Donald Trump is the greatest peacemaker in history. Okay, play this clip. Do you think the president has decided already to strike Iran?

I hope so. I think all the signals indicate that his last meeting in the Situation Room was a confirming meeting that he will join Israel in striking at least Fordow, as well as any other parts of the nuclear program in Iran that cannot be reached by Israeli munitions. I believe the B-2s can get there. We also have sent the nuclear sniffing

over there in the event that there's any release of radioactive material from Fordow after its bomb. I hope he does. I think it will secure his place in history as a peacemaker because after the nuclear program is dismantled and he has said for 10 years they may not have a nuke. He said it last night. He said it 10 years ago when he came down the escalator. He'd been consistent. They may not have a nuke after it's destroyed. He'll go into the history books as a great peacemaker.

Then Fox has Lindsey Graham talking about regime change. Let's play this clip right here. Arabia would like to see the theocracy gone. I know the Emirates would and many other Arab states as well. But then there's the question of what happens if there is a power vacuum there. We saw all too well what happened in Iraq. We saw what happened in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in literally a matter of hours. You've got competing factions as well who would

vie to take over Iran. On the one side, you've got the crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, who would like to go in as an interim leader. On the other side of that fence, you've got the NCRI, the National Council for Resistance in Iran, which used to be the MEK, which a lot of people in Iran say would be worse than the Ayatollah. So what steps into the vacuum if the regime falls?

Well, I think what will happen is the Iranian people will know freedom for the first time since 1979. You know, people probably ask that about Hitler in the 30s. What would happen in Germany if we took him out in the mid-30s? Well, I wish we had, because we know what happened when they let him stay in power. And here's what I can say. Taking the Ayatollah's regime down is a good thing, not a bad thing. And I'm willing to risk

what happens next because I know what's going to happen if they stay in power. Pivoting to some other topics, you have another Fox host, Tim Kaine. Here he talks about how they are, he attacks Fox

The Democratic comptroller from New York who was arrested by ICE here playing this clip. Video shows Lander linking arms with a suspect as he's being detained by ICE, demanding to be shown the judicial warrant for his arrest, something he has absolutely no right to do as he interferes there and repeatedly tells the agents that he has a right to see a judicial warrant.

Now, the Lander was then allegedly assaulting law enforcement subsequently and impeding a federal officer. Moments ago, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announcing to her knowledge no charges have been brought against Brad Lander. And he, quote, walks out today a free man. Sorry, the guy's name is Will Kane, not Tim Kaine. Sorry, Tim Kaine. Will Kane. Here you have...

the Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, McLaughlin, who again attacks the New York City Comptroller for getting arrested by ICE and getting attacked and brutalized by ICE. Here, play this clip. Brian, if you lay hands on a law enforcement officer or impede their enforcement actions, you will be arrested as just

just as we saw here. But Brian, even more than that, we're seeing an epidemic of Democrat politicians who are seeking higher office, much like the mayor of Newark, who went and crashed Delaney Hall and tried to get into a secure facility. Then earlier this week, we saw Senator Padilla, a sitting U.S. senator, go and crash...

Secretary Noem's press conference and aggressively approach her. I mean, this is just the third one in a row. These guys want their 15 minutes of fame and they want to do it off the backs of our ICE law enforcement officers. And we won't stand for it in this administration. Our law enforcement officers, their safety comes first and so does the American citizens as well. Then I'll leave you with this. This is Langone. This is the Home Depot founder.

And here he is talking about some of the issues that he's seeing with our economy to Brett Baier. You know, this guy's a big Republican donor.

And when he tells you that there are issues in our bond market and in our currency, listen up. Here, play this clip. There are some folks up on Capitol Hill have a problem with it, especially from a debt perspective. Yeah, I mean... How do you see it? Four weeks ago, we couldn't float a 20-year bond. We had... There weren't buyers. That's a danger signal. That's the beginning. That should make you say, hey, wait a minute. When the integrity of our debt

is subject to question. The next thing is your currency. And the thing we want to make sure we do is preserve the foreign or reserve currency status. By the way, you mentioned Scott. I know, well, good man, good man. Seemed to be ascendant inside the Trump administration. Well, yeah, I hope he hasn't sold out. I hope he doesn't take offense to my saying that. But I do believe that we've got to make sure that the Fed remains

remains independent. That's the best hope we have of people saying the integrity of the dollar is being maintained by virtue of the independence of the Fed. There you have it, folks. State regime media known as Fox on full display. Tell me what you think. Hit subscribe. We're on our way to 5 million subscribers. And thanks for watching. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas Plus sub stack for ad-free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now at MidasPlus.com.