147 - Why Mainstream Media Sucks & How to Fix It with Saagar Enjeti
Bankless5 Des 2022

147 - Why Mainstream Media Sucks & How to Fix It with Saagar Enjeti

✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the Episode:
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-saagar-enjeti


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Saagar Enjeti is the Co-Host of an American populist, anti-establishment political news and opinion series called, Breaking Points with Krystal Ball as his co-host. Launched in June 2021, Breaking Points has 850k Subscribers, with some videos getting millions of views—making Breaking Points a leading source of political news.

In today’s episode, Saagar shares the origin story of Breaking Points and his hot takes on social media, Elon, Twitter, de-platforming, 2024 political predictions, civil war, inflation, FTX, and how crypto can repair itself.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
6:19 Advice Talking to Politicians
15:29 Breaking Points Origin
23:45 Authenticity
27:42 Dealing With Trolls
33:04 Prevent Being Captured
37:00 Meta Breaking Points
40:38 Saagar’s Take on Social Media
47:28 Elon & Twitter
53:22 Deplatforming
58:06 Canada Protests
1:03:15 Lessons From Breaking Points
1:09:27 Old vs. New Media
1:12:15 2024 Political Predictions
1:15:23 Probability of a Civil War
1:16:43 Inflation
1:19:42 FTX
1:23:11 Breaking Points Community
1:23:50 How Crypto Can Repair
1:25:55 Closing

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Resources:

Saagar Enjeti
https://twitter.com/esaagar

Breaking Points
https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints

The Realignment
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-realignment/id1474687988

Read Snowball
https://www.amazon.com/Snowball-Warren-Buffett-Business-Life/dp/0553384619

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