Subjects/subject
journalism
2017-09-03, 1 mention2019-12-29, 1 mention2020-01-26, 1 mention2020-11-01, 1 mention2021-04-11, 1 mention2024-02-03, 1 mention
Tim’s take
His standing line is that journalism is mostly stenography by cynical people chasing clicks, retweets, and virality rather than accuracy 42:20 33:24 40:32. He blames the collapse partly on money, arguing writers are one paycheck from the street and have to invent viral angles to survive 37:39, and partly on cable figures like Chris Matthews who just parrot power 28:55. He also insists he's a comedian, not a journalist, and rejects being held to standards he thinks barely exist anymore 1:14:37 33:24.
Every Reference (6)
"any job attract a more incompetent? breed of human being than journalism, you know when you look at the people that are essentially you"
Journalism's Moral Bankruptcy and Anderson Cooper's Fake Empathy — Joel Osteen's Ark+70s into the segment"no journalist listen ya [ __ ] idiot is who thinks he writes for a career maybe listening to this to hold our feet to the fire for anything that we're saying this is a podcast by comedians we are entertainers"
We're Just Comedians, Not Journalists — #180 - History Hyenas | The Tim Dillon Show+2s into the segment"that's going on loves washington loves powerful people is the opposite of a journalist is it looks like a hunk of Irish soda bread he's not"
Chris Matthews, Cable News Rot, and Our Parents' Poisoned Brains — #184 - Skid Ray | The Tim Dillon Show+49s into the segment"craziest things you hear from the rogan alex jones this is not journalism it is something else entirely um and then of course there are"
Fake Journalists Attack Him Over the Rogan/Jones Episode — #224 - American Chainsaw Massacre | The Tim Dillon Show+36s into the segment"chose to be interviewed by comments yeah so like there is no journalism anymore it's all facebook posts yeah you read an article there's"
Joe Rogan and Kamala Harris Fantasy Podcast — #247 - Scream At The Sky (ft. Yannis Pappas) | The Tim Dillon Show+64s into the segment"uh journalists now for the most part are one paycheck away from living on the street this is true journalists now are they are their only hope is to go Mega viral so they have to write these crazy articles"
The Bucks County Beheading and YouTube Censorship — The Diaper Spa | The Tim Dillon Show #380+187s into the segment