Shelby Talcott is the White House Correspondent for Semafor. She spent the last year covering the Trump Campaign all across America. She also covered the BLM riots during her time at the Daily Caller, where we met.
Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Trump winning the 2024 election
2:36 Podcast Election: Trump team's media approach
10:46 Cable News: Declining ratings, vanity
16:07 The VIBE SHIFT
18:36 MAGA vs Tech Right
20:46 What led Shelby to political journalism
25:55 Gender gap in politics
27:13 The Washington DC news bubble
29:35 Trump's appeal to Middle America
33:45 End of liberal world order?
36:40 American Underbelly: Covering the BLM Riots
41:23 Shelby couldn't cover the riots because she's a woman?
43:40 Covering the Trump White House
45:08 Shelby is getting married!
46:04 Daily Caller alumni: Saagar Enjeti, Kaitlan Collins, more...
47:14 BONUS: Shelby got arrested during the riots
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