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Dave Portnoy reveals why Americans are ditching traditional news outlets
Barstool boss Dave Portnoy has revealed why he believes Americans are ditching traditional news outlets, as the online aficionado has said there's a 'big time distrust' among the longstanding networks. Portnoy runs one of the largest online brands in sports that has attracted talent who have ended up becoming some of the largest names in media, such as Alex Cooper and Pat McAfee. The Barstool founder's comments come in the backdrop of CNN 's grip of primetime news weakening, as they have fallen from first to third in ratings over the last several years. 'It is obviously big time distrust of legacy media,' Portnoy told Fox News. 'And there's so many different ways to consume media. Whether that's online podcasts, some of it good, some of it bad, to be honest, you just have to be really careful where you're getting your information from. There's so many different people speaking now and people can access it in so many ways.' 'The internet has given a way for people to fact-check and come to their own conclusions You just don't have a couple of network TV anchors or chairs telling you what to think.' Long gone are the days of Walter Winchell or Edward R. Murrow dominating a news cycle. Even the grip from the 1990s and early 2000s during coverage of Presidential elections and other huge news events has gone awry. Portnoy's comments come as the future of CNN has been under a microscope following Warner Bros. Discovery's impending corporate restructuring. One person told Fox the mood within CNN 'remains really grim' and 'people are uncertain' over the future. Portnoy has been an agent of change for internet news, with his brand's content mainly focusing on social media and podcasting. The 48-year-old has still broken into the mainstream with Barstool's success and the internet playing a role in every news cycle. Portnoy may be Barstool's biggest individual star, after others have found success and taken their talents elsewhere recently, such as Bussin' With the Boys, which is hosted by former NFL stars Taylor Lewan and Will Compton. Plenty of Portnoy's content comes from his 'one bite' pizza reviews, as well as his soical-media rants attacking others' opinions,
Fox News
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Dave Portnoy says legacy media faces major distrust as CNN grapples with low morale
Print Close By Preston Mizell Published June 19, 2025 Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said that there is "obviously big time distrust of legacy media" during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital. Portnoy's comments come in response to a Fox Digital report that CNN staffers are worried about the future of the former most-watched cable network. "It is obviously big time distrust of legacy media," Portnoy explained. "And there's so many different ways to consume media. Whether that's online podcasts, some of it good, some of it bad, to be honest, you just have to be really careful where you're getting your information from. There's so many different people speaking now and people can access it in so many ways." CNN MORALE 'REALLY GRIM' AS NETWORK FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE WITH CORPORATE SPLIT, STAFFERS WARN CNN dominated the airwaves in the '90s, leading coverage on Baghdad and the O.J. Simpson trial. Since then, prime-time viewership has plummeted from the Ted Turner-founded network to third in ratings. On Monday, Variety reported that one of the network's most notable stars, Anderson Cooper, hired high-powered Hollywood agent Bryan Lourd of Creative Artists Agency, which may indicate Cooper is either looking to bolster his contract with CNN or potentially leave the network altogether. Cooper has been at CNN for more than 23 years. One Cable News Network staffer also told Fox "the mood remains really grim" and that "people are uncertain" about what may come after an expected corporate restructuring by their parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN HAS 'TEARS ON THE HORIZON' AS WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY PLOTS NETWORK SPINOFF, INDUSTRY INSIDERS SAY Portnoy explained his thinking behind the shift in media, saying the internet has played a large role in where people get their information. "The internet has given a way for people to fact-check and come to their own conclusions," Portnoy added. "You just don't have a couple of network TV anchors or chairs telling you what to think." The Barstool Sports empire is a leading example of the change in how people interact with the media. The mostly podcast and social media-driven strategy has propelled the sports outlet into a giant, with Dave manning the helm. ANTISEMITIC SLUR FLUNG AT BARSTOOL SPORTS FOUNDER DAVE PORTNOY OUTSIDE TORONTO RESTAURANT Portnoy's infamous "one bite" pizza reviews are one of the many bits that put Barstool on the map, which feature Dave testing slices of pizza and rating them accordingly. Many of his reviews have gone viral and his scores can make or break pizzerias in New York City and across the country. Following the success of the pizza reviews, Dave launched the "One Bite Pizza Festival" in 2023 in Brooklyn, and now plans to host the event for a third year in Randall's Island Park this September for thousands to try his top-rated pizza choices. The event has sold out each time the festival has been held. "Like if you like pizza, obviously if you don't like pizza, forget about it, but everybody loves pizza," Dave told Fox. "We have the best pizzerias, 40 plus. We're always adding new ones. Like I just did this spectacular place series that went super-viral in New York City." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Tickets go on sale Friday, and then September 13th is the actual day, and if you like pizza you can't miss it," Dave added. Creative Artists Agency did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Print Close URL
Yahoo
01-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Elon Musk Is Still Losing It Over Being Called a ‘Nazi'
Elon Musk is still peeved that people likened him to a Nazi after he made an evocative gesture resembling a fascist salute on President Donald Trump's inauguration day. The Tesla CEO said Tuesday that he does not regret going full MAGA. He said it was the 'propaganda' legacy media that turned him into a divisive figure and tanked his company's car sales, not his own words and actions as Trump's temporary No. 2. 'How many legacy media publications, talk shows, whatever, try to claim that I was a Nazi because of some random hand gesture gesture at a rally where all I said was that my heart goes out to you,' Musk told CNBC. 'And I was talking about space travel, and yet the legacy media promote—promoted that as though that was a deliberate Nazi gesture, where, when, in fact, every politician, any public speaker who's spoken for any length of time, has made the exact same gesture.' Musk's response came after his interviewer, David Faber, asked if he had any regrets about how he ran the Department of Government Efficiency, which he no longer leads daily. Faber pointed out that anger with Musk may have stemmed more from his alliance with Trump and his work at DOGE than the gesture. He noted that the hordes of Americans Musk antagonized were current or potential Tesla customers—a reference to the electric car manufacturer's poor first quarter, which saw its sales and revenue drop significantly. 'Unfortunately, what I've learned is that legacy media propaganda is very effective at making people believe things that aren't true,' Musk said. Faber chimed in, 'What would an example of that be?' Musk continued, 'That I am a Nazi.' Tesla's share price dipped sharply at 2:20 p.m., which was around the same time Musk mentioned his 'Nazi' accusations. In 45 minutes, the stock price went from $354 to $342, a 3.39 percent drop. It slightly rebounded after, closing at $343 for the day. Musk, 53, has stringently denied allegations he gave a Roman or Nazi salute in Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, shortly after Trump was inaugurated. Whether people agree or not has largely broken down by political lines. Trump's biggest supporters defended the gesture as accidental, made by an awkward and excited man—a conclusion the Anti-Defamation League also reached, just a day before it had to condemn Musk for making Holocaust jokes on X. Faber said on Tuesday that he spoke to people close to Musk who were adamant that his gesture was not a Nazi salute. Those explanations did not stop America's actual neo-Nazis from celebrating the gesture. It was further condemned by officials in Germany, where such gestures are considered a crime, and by many prominent Democrats. Musk suggested customers should not care about the political views of a company's chief executive, even if that very executive facilitated and celebrated their firing. 'I mean, look, for most you buy a product, I mean, how much do you care about the political views of the CEO, or do you even know what they are?' Musk told Faber. Faber also mentioned to Musk that DOGE, now four months into its official existence, remained well below its savings expectations. DOGE's website says it has made $170 billion in savings, which is well short of the 'at least $2 trillion' that Musk vowed to slash in his first year at DOGE. Musk referenced that figure in Tuesday's interview. In reality, Faber noted that DOGE's savings are likely much lower than that. 'That's your number that's out there,' Faber said. 'A lot of people take issue with it and say, 'Well, you know, taxpayers' expenses, such as paid leave, that's $135 billion that's got to come back. IRS collection may go down as a result of cuts there.' Faber then fact-checked Musk with data he received from Grok, which is Musk's AI company that he hopes can compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. 'We asked Grok,' Faber said. 'It said between five and 32 billion is what you've actually saved.' Musk countered that Faber likely asked the question wrong before asking, 'So why are you attacking this, given that we've made so much progress?' Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
