Ryan Grim, reporter and founder of drop site News, is throwing down with CNN's Jake Tapper. This is all taking place on X, so no one's throwing hands, but they are throwing down. So, Jake, before we get to the details, your $0.02. [00:00:17] Yeah. No, I think that this was a mask off moment for Jake Tapper because I actually didn't know he was this extreme. I know Dana Bash is. But I didn't know Jake Tapper was this bad. So we'll show you that. And then later in the story, is a hilarious list [00:00:32] of influential figures in media. Who's on the list and who's not on the list is so funny. - Hilarious. - Yeah. So this all began, earlier this month, actually, when writer and former IDF, IDF Staff Sergeant Etan Fishberg. [00:00:52] Fishberg does not sound delicious. I'll just put it that way. Posted the following birds of a feather. In a fitting twist, the CEO of the Tucker Carlson Network, Neil Patel is sitting right next to Nika Soon-shiong, the publisher of drop Site News, the anti-American terrorist mouthpiece [00:01:11] funded by the Soros family. Just delicious irony at the Doha Forum. Now drop Site News does a lot of reporting that, Israel and Israel's supporters do not like, [00:01:26] including looking at the tranche of documents and emails that have been released by the House Oversight Committee to see what ties, if any, Epstein had with the government of Israel. And it turns out quite a lot of ties, quite a lot of ties. I'm sure they don't like that. [00:01:42] So they're referring to drop site news as anti-American. And a terrorist mouthpiece. Okay. They also, recognize the humanity of Palestinian civilians. And we all know that Israel's supporters absolutely loathe that. Now, the Doha Forum was a large conference that took place in Qatar [00:02:01] that was hosted by a number of big names, including Tucker Carlson himself, that hosted a number of big names like Tucker Carlson and Drop Site News, mostly reports on the Middle East, specifically the genocide in Gaza. But the outlet also covers other topics as well Jeffrey Epstein's emails [00:02:19] and all of that. And for the Soros claim, Open Society Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded by Soros, did give drop Site news a quarter million dollars as a grant back in 2024. [00:02:34] I don't love that. I'm just going to be honest. But as long as drop site news is doing the type of reporting they've been doing, I will allow it. Am I not merciful? Am I not merciful? Jake Tapper saw eaten fish burgers post on X and quote tweeted it with this image. [00:02:52] Let's take a look. Basically indicating that he agrees with it. Ryan Grim responded with, you're sharing a post from a former IDF soldier calling us anti-American. What is anti-American about our reporting? If you want to call us anti-American, fine. [00:03:09] You're American, and I'll hear that from you. I absolutely won't hear it from a foreign propagandist. And you know, Ryan Grim is, like, probably the most mild mannered individual I've ever met in my entire life. And I mean that. [00:03:25] So for him to get sassy like that, I think it takes a lot. And I love to see it. I wish he got even sassier. - But what do you think, Jake? - Yeah. So anti-American terrorist mouthpiece for an American reporter who's doing [00:03:40] terrific reporting about, Jeffrey Epstein. Israel, but many other countries, Russia, Mongolia, etc., and the connections that Epstein had for all of these. So if Jake Tapper had reporting that showed that drop site news was wrong, that would be very interesting. [00:03:56] And I'd definitely read it. But he doesn't say anything about the reporting. He basically just called them terrorists. So that says to me, no, he's way more of a zealot than I realized he. And that's that's the kind of thing Mark Levin would say. [00:04:12] Laura Loomer would say, so I that's that's unbelievable. Right? And and look, there's two guys in my experience over the last 20 years who drive, traditional media reporters crazy. And that's Ryan Grim and David Sirota because their reporting is unassailable. [00:04:32] They're terrific reporters, and they keep reporting on the donor class and how they affect the politicians, Democrats and Republicans. So Sirota used to be the most hated because he was, did the best investigative reporting, I would argue, in the country. [00:04:48] Now, Ryan, congratulations, you've taken the lead because Ryan is now now not only doing, like, groundbreaking reporting, telling us who Jeffrey Epstein was working with, not necessarily for, but with us. And so when you touch the, you know, the Israeli third rail, then you get all [00:05:07] the propagandists, which apparently includes Jake Tapper saying, that's it. I'm not going to even engage in the facts. I don't care about facts. All I care about is protecting my beloved Israel. So that's not journalism at all. It's a mask off moment. [00:05:22] And then the other fascinating thing about it is there's all these antisemitic conspiracy theories about how Soros controls the country. Right. And Jake Tapper feeds into that. And this goes to prove what we've been saying all along. For the folks who are saying that the genocide is wrong, [00:05:39] it's not about Jewish people at all. In fact, George Soros is against the genocide. But for the pro-Israel side, they hide behind Jewish Americans, but they actually don't care about Jewish Americans. They care about protecting Israel. So so they Tapper and this IDF guy are willing to throw [00:05:58] a Jewish American under the bus and feed into those conspiracy theories, But because he's against Israel's actions. So they're again, they prioritize Israel over Jewish Americans. So real quick, let's talk a little bit about media. [00:06:15] List of influential people in media, which let me just be clear about this. I do not care about being included in any list. I don't look for, you know, prizes or rewards for simply doing my job. But with that in mind, and by the way, I think we're pretty influential [00:06:35] given how much we've been targeted by certain groups to basically silence us when it comes to the genocide in Gaza. But Mediaite put out its list and, well, some figures who did not make it. Let's start with that. Myself, Jenk Asmongold, Candace Owens, Tim Dillon, Patrick bet, [00:06:55] David Brian Tyler Cohen, and Hasan Piker, who did make it on the list? Well, you have CNBC's Joe Kernen. Harris. Faulkner. Lawrence. Lawrence O'Donnell. Lawrence O'Donnell was number. [00:07:11] Is he still doing a show? - Apparently. - Wow. So he was at number 54. Tucker Carlson is included in the list, and I think he should be in the list. I mean, obviously, he's been incredibly influential. He sits at number 46, followed by Don [00:07:27] lemon at at 45 and Tony Dokoupil at 44. You have Maria Bartiromo at number 39, Mark Levin or Levin at number 37, [00:07:43] piers Morgan at 28. I think well deserved. But just below The View at number 27, Barry Weiss at 16, the by the way, the ratings on the Erica Kirk interview, [00:07:59] total disaster, utter debacle. But she's very influential. Number 16. Joe Rogan is at number 15 and was right behind Bill Maher at number 14. And the top three were Megyn Kelly, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and the hosts of The Five. [00:08:17] Yeah. So I love this list because I think it's hilarious. And I think that it shows how little media knows about current day media. But to be fair to them, they they're just as clueless as the rest of traditional media. [00:08:33] So, I'll tell you, Barry Weiss definitely belongs on the list. She just, took over CBS. So that's a very powerful position. So I don't begrudge that. I think the host of the five is that's the most popular show on cable news. That makes sense. Megyn Kelly's, doing great. That makes sense. [00:08:50] So it's not like there's nobody on this list that makes sense, right? But they betray themselves when they, do hilarious things like putting Tucker Carlson at 46. There's no list where [00:09:05] Tucker Carlson should be lower than ten. I think lower than five. Why? Because I like Tucker Carlson, and I think he's right about everything. No, I'm just as an honest take on who is the most influential. I mean, on Israel alone, Tucker Carlson has gotten almost the entire right wing [00:09:22] to flip and be against Israel. But media is very pro-Israel, so that's probably why they're like, no, no, no, no, no, he's not influential. We hate him. We've written they might have written about, I don't know if it's they got up to 100 yet, but at least dozens of articles about how Tucker Carlson's an anti-Semite [00:09:40] and it's unacceptable to talk to him. And he should be canceled. This is kind of the list they wish was true. Yeah. It's not at all true. Yeah. So and they think Mark Levin is more influential than Tucker Carlson. [00:09:55] Well sorry guys, but that's basically saying, you know nothing about modern media. Nothing. You could interview any do any pole of MAGA, America First, Trump voters, etc.. And you'll see how preposterously wrong you are. So in fact, I think, I think Tucker Carlson is the most [00:10:14] influential conservative in media. I genuinely do. And, you know, I think Megyn Kelly, yes, is also influential. But to put her ahead of Tucker, I think is a stretch. And if he wasn't influential, then what about the endless campaigns to cancel him? [00:10:31] Why would you care about canceling someone who's not that influential? I mean, now he's included in the list, so there's a concession there that he is influential. But one other thing I'll say about him, Jake. And I think it's important to share this with the audience, because I want you guys to know what my personal values are and what I prioritize. [00:10:49] I actually do like Tucker Carlson, and I have no shame in saying that. And that's with the acknowledgment that he has views that I vehemently disagree with, including his views on gay people and his views on abortion. However, to me, what has transpired in Gaza has been clarifying for me [00:11:07] in being able to suss out who the good people are and who the evil people are. And if you are willing to call out the atrocities that have been committed by the Israelis in Gaza and the West Bank, by the way, and if you're willing to speak out against the lies that are being told to us [00:11:24] by our own government to drag us into wars that we should not be involved in, you're someone I'm willing to work with. Okay. Because to me, that's a litmus test, especially your views on Gaza. That's a litmus test for me personally. I know others differ. - It is what it is. - So yeah. [00:11:40] So last thing is the people who didn't make the list, if you don't have Tim Dillon on the list, it's not a real list. That's absurd. Right. That Patrick David Gigantic Brian Tyler Cohen is top ten nonstop in online media. [00:11:59] Why is he not on the list? This is so. This is such a weird list. So for us guys, I've been on on this list many times, which now apparently meant nothing, so I'm sorry I ever bragged about it. But look, I get it. They don't like us. And, you know, they've implied that we're Jew haters and stuff. [00:12:15] Oh, boo. You guys won't bow down to Israel. You won't make the list. It's hilarious. It's almost like a mark of shame to make this list. And, Hasan, no matter what you think of Hasan, is there someone that is more influential among 18 to 34 year olds in this country? [00:12:31] I mean, you you make a mockery of any list if you don't put them on it. So this whole thing, Candace Owens, is not influential. Then why do you guys talk about her 24 over seven? You won't shut up about her. So that's. This is great, guys, because this is gives you an insight into how people in traditional media [00:12:51] think they're totally clueless and have no idea what's going on in the media ecosystem and the political ecosystem in this country. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets its wings. Totally not true, but it does keep you updated on our live shows.