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The Decline of Legacy Media 0:06 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall and welcome to a special edition of the Washington Watch news desk. Today, we're going to explore the future of legacy media. Trust in the media is an all0:18 time low with only 31 percent of Americans saying they have a fair amount of trust in mainstream outlets. More and more Americans are now getting their news from social media. Pew Research Center found0:29 that 1 in 5 Americans are getting their news from social media and that number is much higher for Americans under 30. Joining me now to discuss this is Editor in Chief of the Washington0:41 Stand, Jared Bridges. Jared, thanks so much for joining me today.0:46 Good to be here, Victoria.0:48 So, Jared, trust in the media is at an all time low. More Americans are getting their news from social media than ever before. Is legacy media dying?0:59 Oh, I think it's certainly on its death throes and gasping for air. And just the very fact that our viewers right now are watching this on a platform that is not1:10 mainstream media says a lot. We have, people are going from to social media. They're going to other alternative platforms. There have been fragmentationThe Future of Media and Politics 1:23 that that's happened all over the place. You know, as as much as, you know, in the early nineties, networks, the big 3 networks, and then Fox came1:35 in as a as another network. It kind of ruled the airwaves. Then you had in the in the eighties, CNN and cable news kind of taking, route there. But1:46 now the fragmentation just happened everywhere.1:50 Do you think that's because Americans distrust legacy media? Or is it more because our attention spans are declining and, you know, it's easier to access news on social media because we're on our phones all the time?2:02 What do you think2:03 is causing2:04 a combination. They're, people do distrust media a lot more now. They've you know, they were tied to these big networks that had2:16 the huge staffs and, you know, correspondents all over the world. And now it's they have other opportunities. So we're we're seeing the the effect2:28 of other opportunities coming about and people being able to access them easily, through the Internet. You know, first, the Internet. There were blogs and then social media,2:41 YouTube now. A hundred and 50000000 people in the US watch YouTube on our TVs every month. So the there are other the other other avenues are available. The2:52 availability is meeting the demand. I don't I'm not sure. I mean, there there was distrust of the media a long time ago, but it was all you had at the time.3:03 Yeah. That makes sense. So both the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times declined to endorse a nominee for president this past election cycle. Do you think this reflects more on how bad a candidate3:15 vice president Kamala Harris was? Or was it a desire to appeal to more middle of the road moderate voters and regain their trust?3:23 I I think it's the latter. I think there's they're trying to they see the problem. They see that they are perceived as very partisan, always in the camp3:35 of the left, and they see audiences fleeing everywhere. So this this is somewhat of an attempt. I don't know how effective it was, but attempt to say, okay.3:47 Maybe we shouldn't be in the business of stumping for candidates. And I and I think that the perception of of a lot of people is that that is what they do.3:58 Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Do you think, do you think this attempt by legacy media outlets to be a little bit more moderate will be successful? Like,4:10 what can they do to regain Americans' trust?4:14 I think they have to stop pretending to be objective if they're not. And, you know, follow the lead of of of these alternative outlets and and4:25 just be who you are. If you're gonna be in the camp of the left, say it.4:31 If you're not if you're gonna try to be objective, be objective.4:35 Yeah. I think that's so true. Well, Jared, thanks so much for joining me today. And that's today's segment. Up next is Watch and Watch. We'll see you next time with more news.Government Efficiency and Oversight 4:52 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, D. DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and5:04 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Sitting in for Tony is today's host, Jody Heise.5:12 Well, good afternoon, and welcome to this Friday edition of Washington Watch. I am your Friday host, Jody Heise, senior vice president here at the Family Research Council and president of FRC Action.5:24 We've got a lot coming your way today. A decade after the Doge Internet meme became popular, president-elect Trump is making Doge great again since the announcement of his new5:37 Department of Government Efficiency.5:39 This is, I think, the Manhattan project of our time, hopefully. We are going to take aim at the overgrown fourth branch of government and finally restore self governance in America again, where the people we elect to run5:51 the government once again become the ones who actually run the government. And in the process, take care of massive cost overruns, massive federal spending in a way that's really never happened in our6:03 generation.6:05 Of course, that was Vivek Ramaswamy who, together with his fellow entrepreneur, Elon Musk, was tapped to lead the incoming administration's new department. And already work is6:17 underway, including cooperation with the house oversight and accountability committee. I'll be talking about this in just a moment with a member of that committee, Arizona congressman Andy Biggs.6:29 And while congress is out now for thanksgiving week, the clock continues to tick as we head toward another December deadline. In fact, December twentieth for the funding6:41 of the federal government. So what could the budget battle look like in the 3 weeks that congress is gonna have to work with? Congressman Michael Cloud will be joining me a little in the program6:53 for that discussion. And it was not just a budget battle that lawmakers on the hill were talking about this week. There was also the bathroom battle.7:04 I was asked a question this morning at the leadership gaggle, and I rejected the premise because the answer is is so obvious. For anybody who doesn't know my well established record on on this issue, let me be7:15 unequivocally clear. A man is a man and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman.7:24 That was house speaker Mike Johnson addressing the press on Tuesday. That was just right before he formally announced a policy that will keep men out of women's private protected7:36 facilities, such as bathrooms and locker rooms. Well, how in the world did we get to the point that this is even a controversy? Well, I'll discuss that later when I'm joined by doctor Carrie7:48 Gress who's the author of the book, the end of woman. And here are 3 words that you don't usually hear to describe 1 person, pastor, spy,7:59 assassin. But that was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose story is being told on the silver screen this weekend.8:07 Is it that the first evil ruler since scripture was written?8:10 No.8:13 But he's the first 1 I can stop. What do you require of me? Will god forgive us if we do this? Will he forgive us8:25 if we don't?8:28 That was Bonhoeffer as portrayed by actor Jonas Dessler, and I'll be joined by 1 of the producers of this powerful movie a little bit later in the program. And then to close out the program today and8:40 this week, I'll be joined by FRC's David Clawson for our Biblical Worldview segment discussing this week's headlines and how we as Christians should be thinking about them. So as usual,8:52 we've got a lot coming your way, an absolutely packed program. If by any chance you miss any portion of it, the website is tony perkins dot com where you can find this edition of Washington Watch as well as9:04 past editions as well and, of course, tons of resources available there for you as well. So be sure to bookmark transition9:15 of leadership in Washington, we here at FRC believe that this season calls for a heightened spiritual vigilance and unity. So during this pivotal time, specifically between now and9:27 January twentieth of 20 25, we invite you to join us for operation prayer shield. This is just a collective prayer effort in which we're9:39 encouraging all believers to seek God's divine protection and guidance, not only during the transition, but as a new administration takes hold9:56 e l d shield to 67742. You'll receive weekly alerts. You'll receive prayer points and much more. Again, text the word shield to 6 710:08 7 4 2. Alright. Now for our first topic for the day, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is going to have a brand new subcommittee coming into the hundred nineteenth10:19 congress. It's 1 that's going to work with the Department of Government Efficiency. That's all part of president-elect Donald Trump's, new incoming administration. And, actually, the10:31 work has already begun. It was reported this week that the chair of the new subcommittee, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, and oversight committee chairman James Comer. They've10:43 already met, and they've met with entrepreneur, Vivek, Ramaswamy and his team. And Ramaswamy was tapped, as I mentioned a while ago, to co lead the new10:55 department together with fellow entrepreneur, Elon Musk. So what will this new department tackle? How is it gonna be working with congress? There's a lot of questions with all of this. And joining me11:07 now to discuss it is congressman Andy Biggs. He serves on that important committee, the oversight committee, as well as the judiciary committee. He represents the fifth congressional district of Arizona.11:19 Congressman Biggs, my friend, welcome back to Washington Watch. Always great to see you.11:25 Thanks, Jody. Good to be with you. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. And, I just want everybody to know that you and I served on oversight together, so that's that's important for to for for folks to know, I think.11:37 That's right. And, likewise, happy thanksgiving to you, and I miss that committee. I miss serving with you and that and a host of other capacities. It's an extremely important committee. Let me start first congressman11:48 Biggs with your overall thoughts on this new department.11:53 Well, I'm I'm actually very excited about it because the focus is gonna be on the, fourth branch of government, which is the bureaucracy. And as you know and as as any American12:05 knows now, the federal government is is so upside down big that it needs to be turned right side and made right size again. And I'll just give you a couple quick examples. There are more more12:17 than 40000 felonies that are rule created by the bureaucracy, not created by Congress, but by by the the bureaucrats. And so I've got a bill dealing with that.12:29 And these rules that they put out, I have a a bill on this, Jody, that if you that that's gonna go hand in hand with this Doge thing. If you actually were to set aside all the12:41 rules in place put in place by the Biden administration and this bureaucratic state for the last year, last 12 months alone, if you were to set those aside, you would save12:52 1700000000000.0 dollars.12:55 Woah. That's stunning. Now that's the kind of thing that I think the average American, citizen can get excited about. When we think about going after all these wasteful programs and things, that's that's incredible.13:07 So how is this going to relate to, specifically the oversight committee that now is gonna have a subcommittee that, evidently is gonna be working hand in hand, with the the new federal department.13:19 What do you see as, how this is going to work together? Some of the goals how how are you gonna work together, with the this new, agency?13:29 Well, I think the the Doge guys are gonna try and identify, programs, agencies, departments that are redundant, that are wasteful, and give slip those13:41 over to the legislative branch, which is where we sit. And they'll have hearings and introduce legislation that will decouple those wasteful programs13:53 and agencies, from the federal government. And, you know, and and Marjorie, Taylor Greene, the new chairwoman, has said that, she expects to close agencies14:04 and fire people, for this kind of wasteful, approaches. So I think it's gonna kinda be the synergistic effect where you have 1 side investigating and and congress investigating,14:16 but also having to take the action that it can take, through the funding processes that we control.14:23 So what are some of the agencies when you're talking about she's talking about and we've heard the president, of course, specifically refer to the Department of Education. Are there some other departments specifically14:33 that you're aware of that, house Republicans, might identify to be right for elimination?14:41 I've heard everything from, education, EPA, certain aspects of ATF. There's there's discussion about re refining14:53 and breaking down, like, the Department of Homeland Security. And by the way, some Democrats have come up to me privately and told me that they agree with this. It is so topsy and and, miss,15:04 misguided or or miss misled. It's so big that you have to pair it down. You have to basically realign and, and actually pair some of this stuff down jurisdictionally15:17 and with resources and get some of this back to the states where it was always intended to be under the constitution?15:24 Well, there's no question doing that is, as you referenced a little while ago, just with 1 example, going to save trillions of dollars potentially. Absolutely amazing. It's such a such a a15:36 feeling of it's about time for something like this to get underway. Now now Elon Musk and Ramaswamy this week, they they started outlining some of their their plans to reform the federal government. And 1 of them that15:48 caught my attention was potentially defunding planned parenthood. Is there a way that we could really eliminate hundreds and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that end up in planned parenthood's15:59 pocket?16:01 Yeah. It's called the budget, the the appropriations bills. And and congress and this is a this is a problem, and this is why the bureaucratic straight has grown is every time you do a continuing16:13 resolution, and and you were talking about budgeted the budget fight. When you do a continuing resolution, you keep funding the same programs at the same levels. And periodically, there'll be an16:25 omnibus that raises all that spending. That's just all you you just you're on kind of cruise control. The way you stop it is you actually do your appropriations bills, and you say, we're not gonna fund planned16:35 parenthood. We're not gonna fund, various DEI programs or woke programs in the military or or anything else, that you that that will be,16:47 designated by Doge or designated by Marjorie Taylor Greene's subcommittee on oversight. Yeah. It's through the budget process.16:54 Wow. Well, I tell you, this is gonna be, just you're not just fascinating. I don't wanna I don't wanna minimize it. This is such a critical time for congress to step up on, and a new government17:06 on so many fronts. While while I have you, last question I wanna throw your way, congressman Biggs. The International Criminal Court, as you well know, has issued arrest warrants for Israel prime minister17:18 and, the defense minister and so forth. But you've introduced a resolution, to deal with this issue. How critical is it to make clear that the US does not recognize the17:30 ICC?17:32 Well, it's imperative because the ICC, when it was formed, they said when you get 40, signatories or member states, that they would interpret that to mean that17:43 there's jurisdictional, authority for all nations of the world under the ICC, which they don't have, obviously. So they wanna tax sovereignty. That's why we have the resolution,17:55 and that's why we have to make it crystal clear. We're not part of the ICC. We're not gonna be part of the ICC. We're not gonna give you money, and we're not gonna respect anything that you do because you're basically,18:06 in my in my estimation, a totally, illegitimate, international institution.18:14 Yep. I couldn't agree with you more. Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona, 1 of my dear friends and great heroes on Capitol Hill. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your dear family. Thank you for joining us on Washington18:26 Watch.18:27 Thanks. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Didi and your family, and, hope to see you soon.Cultural and Political Battles 18:32 Thank you so much. Alright, friends. After the break, we're gonna talk about the bathroom battle on Capitol Hill and how we ever even got to this point in the first place. So stick around. Much18:44 more coming your way right here on Washington Watch.18:53 The throne of Jesus Christ is unchallenged. His name was never on the ballot to begin with, and it's never gonna be on the ballot. He's the king of kings and he's the lord of lords, and nothing's gonna change19:05 that. And so our mission stays the same, preach the gospel, make disciples, get ready for heaven. In the meantime, that we're to advance the concerns of the kingdom of god here on earth.19:17 America has entered a critical and vulnerable period from now until January the twentieth. Join Family Research Council for Operation Prayer Shield, a 10 week prayer initiative for our nation. From now until January19:28 twentieth, our country faces global challenges, a transition of leadership, and a lame duck session of congress. This season calls for a heightened spiritual vigilance, discernment, and prayer. Text the word shield to19:39 6 7 7 4 2 to join us. You'll have access to prayer points, scripture, prayer calls. Text shield to 6 7 7 4 2. Unite with us and pray for our nation.19:53 Let's not be discouraged. Don't lose heart. Don't lose the faith. Stand now strong because the Lord has given us the great privilege of living in a time when our choices matter, when our lives matter, when our20:04 courage matters. So let's stand together and save this great country. God bless the United States of America.20:10 The American Republic has a freedom like no other. It has roots in the scriptures far more than any other heritage. And if we as followers of Jesus20:22 and conservatives don't defend it,20:25 who will? Neutrality is not an option. There are many Christians who believe that if we just keep our heads down, if we just don't say the wrong thing, that that somehow we will come20:37 out of this unscathed. You're naive if you think that. Because what they want from us is not our silence. What they want from us is our submission.20:48 Part of the dilemma of Christianity in our generation is that we've relied a little too much on human wisdom and human reasoning, human strength, human resource, and we've relied too little on the power21:00 of God and God's ability to open doors that we can't open and do things that we can't even hope to begin to do.21:06 This may not be an easy task, but we are living in a moment of challenge, but also a great opportunity. And we know always that we are not alone, that his21:18 spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable. Dobbs after all was never supposed to happen.21:28 Father, we thank you. You have entrusted us with this moment in history, and I pray that we would be found faithful. And that as a result of our faithfulness to you that thousands, millions would come into the21:40 kingdom as they would experience the forgiveness of sin and the new life that is found only in Jesus Christ. Amen.21:54 Welcome back to Washington Watch. Great to have you. I am your Friday host, Jody Heise, and honored to have you with us today. Alright. House speaker Mike Johnson announced this week that all single22:06 sex, facilities in the capital and the house office buildings are going to be reserved for individuals of that biological sex. The announcement on Wednesday was made after South22:17 Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace introduced a resolution to ban biological men from using women's private protected facilities, such as bathrooms and locker rooms,22:29 all on federal property. Well, although Mace had before then been considered an LGBT ally, her latest move has supporters of the movement now laboring labeling22:41 her as anti trans. Well, should we be surprised at all by that? And how in the world did we even get to this point? It's probably the bigger question. Well, joining me now to discuss22:53 this is doctor Carrie Grest. She's the founder and co editor of the online women's magazine, Theology of Home. And she's also the author of nearly a dozen books, including her23:04 latest, The End of Woman, how smashing the patriarchy has destroyed us. Doctor Gress, welcome to Washington Watch. It's an honor to have you.23:14 Oh, thanks so much for having me. It's great to be here.23:18 Alright. So let's, let's begin with your take on the bathroom battle that we're seeing waged on the nation's capital.23:25 Yeah. I think it's, it's fantastic. I think it gets really amazing that, Nancy Mace was so brave to stand up for that and really stood firm on it and the fact that speaker Johnson was, has instituted only23:37 biological men and women can be in appropriate bathrooms. I think that is a huge win for us to start pushing back on the trans craziness that we are are certainly dealing with. I know, as a mother, this is23:49 obviously a concern in places like Target and, you know, thinking about sports and whatnot. So I I think it feels like a really great step in the right direction.23:57 Yeah. Trans craziness, I think, is a a great description of it. I've been there myself myself in some of the hearings that have taken place and have just literally been stunned with some of the answers that have, that24:09 I've heard. So let me ask you, among some of the answers that I personally have heard and many others in some of these hearings, why are people so afraid to say what a woman is? Yeah.24:20 I know. It's crazy that we're having this conversation that we can't answer that question. The the answer is actually unfortunately, it's been it's been growing for about 200 years. I think it really resides with the the24:31 notion of feminism. I think we've we've thought of feminism as something that's been very good for women, but and, unfortunately, feminism has really promoted this idea of women being independent from husbands and from24:42 children, and really making work the the goal and the ideal for women's lives. And so we've been groomed, you know, and I think that's actually the right word for the last 50 years to being told that our we're gonna24:54 be happiest if we act like men and not good men. So this has really pushed women to think of themselves in these male contexts, but what we've lost really is this sense of of motherhood, and we can see that25:06 in the birth rates today. We can see that certainly in the abortion issue. So the push has been to to really get women to think and behave more like men. And so from there, it's the very natural step then to start just25:18 changing things biologically on on a different level. You know, start chopping off body parts and and injecting hormones to to live with this myth that somehow we can actually entirely change our25:29 genders.25:31 Yeah. That's amazing. Would you bring up some time frames there that I don't think most people are aware of? This battle, is according to what you're just saying. This has been going on for a long, long time.25:43 So let's let's hit on that. In your your latest book, the end of woman, you you talk about this whole issue of of, without feminism, we would not even be where we are right now in this current25:55 situation. So explain some of that to us. How did we get to the point that we are now literally erasing women?26:02 Yeah. No. I think that that's a great question. I was really startled to discover in my research that first wave feminism actually had a lot more to do with this problem than when we realized because first wavers really26:13 thought that the problem was Christianity, the family, and motherhood, and if we could just get rid of these things, then we would, you know, open up women into something entirely new and and wonderful that we didn't we26:24 couldn't even describe because we've been so sequestered, if you will, in those institutions. And so that's really where it started. And then, in the 19 hundreds, you started seeing a connection with communism. So you26:36 take these radical ideas of the of early feminists, and then you add communism, which is really focused on work and the worker and not on certainly not on fertility, not on the family, not on Christianity. And all of26:47 those things kind of came together, and Betty Friedan, I think, is probably the best example of of changing the narrative where she, you know, she actually called the home a comfortable concentration camp, and and really26:59 encouraged women in any way possible to get out and do productive work. And, you know, my research also really revealed how much of a communist for Dan was. She was a closet communist, but she was27:11 absolutely focused on trying to get women out of the home and doing productive work so there could be this communist revolution that so many you know, that were were focused on that effort we're trying to push for.27:23 So it's it's remarkable when you start seeing a history, but then it sort of starts making sense of how it is that that the push then suddenly when you when you open up this idea that sex doesn't mean anything,27:34 monogamy doesn't mean anything, children are obstacle to us, Then you really just create these people who are are genderless, that are disconnected from their fertility, and therefore, it's very easy to sort of create27:46 new genders and and, you know, enter into this bizarre world where we you know, it seems like every day there's a new gender that we need to sort of add to the flag.27:55 Totally bizarre world. So tell me how because I have some people ask this from time to time. How does feminism in the LGBT agenda, work against28:06 biological women and, obviously, against a biblical understanding of womanhood?28:12 Sure. Well, as you mentioned before, you know, we would not have ended up with LGTB and and wokeness without feminism because feminism really latched onto this idea of the Marxist idea that there's an oppressor and the28:24 oppressed. And instead of it making a class society class warfare like Marx saw, the feminists were able to leverage that male and female. So men are automatically oppressors. Women are the victors or28:36 the victims, rather. And so what happened then when the LGTB movement started to to get a foothold is they started articulating their cause as that victimhood, along with the28:47 the same way that that women had. So even though there no 1 had actually been doing oppressing or or was oppressed, that was the response. And so that's how we got to the LGTB being this sort of privileged minority and28:59 then, you know, adding on to to it just keeps getting pushed. You know? The the window keeps getting bigger, the overwritten window of of making, more and more radical ideas getting pushed out into the in29:11 public public discourse.29:14 Doctor Carrie Gress, thank you so much. This fascinating information. I wanna encourage everyone to get a copy of your book, your latest book, The End of Woman. Thank you so much for the incredible29:26 work you've done, and thank you for joining us today on Washington Watch.29:30 My pleasure. Thanks so much for having me.Show more In this video 0:06 The Decline of Legacy Media1:15 The Future of Media and Politics4:42 Government Efficiency and Oversight18:32 Cultural and Political Battles29:32 Faith, Freedom, and Government
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