Sep 4, 2026 · 48 min · 14 segments
Really American Hosts Chip Franklin and Corinne Straight break down the reporting from trusted news sites, the new evaluation of the Drudge report, and the podcast welcomes the renowned author of many…
David Cay JohnstonGuest
Chip FranklinHost
Corinne StraightHost
And the ERA was never passed, which is one of my favorite characters from history.
who single-handedly convinced a whole bunch of American women that they would be forced to have jobs instead of stay at home with their kids, even though she was out doing a job, being the corporate head of this Stop the ERA movement.
But she was a huge thorn in the side of Gloria Steinem, and their rivalry is very interesting, very interesting.
I mean, she came out after gay people and then lost all those lucrative orange juice contracts and
And, you know, I think now, you know, what's interesting is that we saw Maria Bartiromo just get fired.
It's interesting Fox business and, and Hannity, Jesse waters and Laura Ingram there, there's a real struggle inside Fox news.
Cause they see, I think when Trump's gone a huge drop in viewership and revenue, I think because, and you know, that's the, the, The irony of this is, is this is right now when the other networks, you know, the CBSs and the CNNs are being purchased by these trillionaires now who want to control the narrative in Trump world.
It's an opportunity right now, you know, for us to look at this world without Fox.
Do you know that Natalie Harp was actually an anchor on OAN? I found some video of her.
The scary like Stepford wife kind of look of so many of these anchors is just it's so it's uncanny valley.
But I wanted to bring this up because I saw this right when we started recording.
And the ERA was never passed, which is one of my favorite characters from history.
who single-handedly convinced a whole bunch of American women that they would be forced to have jobs instead of stay at home with their kids, even though she was out doing a job, being the corporate head of this Stop the ERA movement.
But she was a huge thorn in the side of Gloria Steinem, and their rivalry is very interesting, very interesting.
I mean, she came out after gay people and then lost all those lucrative orange juice contracts and
And, you know, I think now, you know, what's interesting is that we saw Maria Bartiromo just get fired.
It's interesting Fox business and, and Hannity, Jesse waters and Laura Ingram there, there's a real struggle inside Fox news.
Cause they see, I think when Trump's gone a huge drop in viewership and revenue, I think because, and you know, that's the, the, The irony of this is, is this is right now when the other networks, you know, the CBSs and the CNNs are being purchased by these trillionaires now who want to control the narrative in Trump world.
It's an opportunity right now, you know, for us to look at this world without Fox.
Do you know that Natalie Harp was actually an anchor on OAN? I found some video of her.
The scary like Stepford wife kind of look of so many of these anchors is just it's so it's uncanny valley.
But I wanted to bring this up because I saw this right when we started recording.
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