00:00You're here at the Grammys tonight. Who are you most excited to see and maybe run into on the carpet?
00:04I would like to run into Kendrick. I ran into Kanye earlier and I said, I said, Kanye, I said, Kanye, when is your new album coming out?
00:13And he says, I changed my name to Ye. And I said, OK, Ye. And then he said, it's coming out this year.
00:18So I thought I broke some news, but he changed it. I don't know.
00:22I was about to ask you about album of the year. It's supposed to be a huge award tonight.
00:25Everybody's wondering, is Cowboy Carter going to win for Beyonce? Who's your pick to win album of the year?
00:30I would like it to be Beyonce, but I'll just leave it there. I would like it to be Beyonce.
00:39Yeah, I hope. I'm hoping. Like everybody else, I think. Yeah.
00:43We're here celebrating music tonight, but I have to ask you as a journalist, political journalist,
00:48what's your take on just the start of this Trump administration and kind of the state of politics in the state of America right now?
00:55I hate to talk about it right now because this is such a great relief from where we are and what's been going on.
01:03It's a lot of distraction. And I think we can't pay attention to the easy distractions, the way that they're trying to do it.
01:08Because they're trying to, with sleight of hand, you know, do big things that are actually going to change the trajectory of the country forever.
01:18And I think the media keeps looking at all of these little things, all these little distractions, half of which he can't implement.
01:25And I think we have to keep our eye on the prize and limit our exposure and then figure out what's important and focus on that, not all the distractions.
01:35I also want to ask you, they're opening up White House press briefings to influencers and independent journalists,
01:41not just, you know, the traditional CNN, ABC that we've seen in there for so many years.
01:45What's your take on that?
01:46I like that. I know it may sound strange, but I like it.
01:49I think that we are going, we're in an age now where content creators, streamers, podcasters have as much,
01:56well, maybe even more influence than traditional legacy media.
01:59And I think that we need to realize that. This White House realized that.
02:04I think the White House before, but they didn't lean into it as much.
02:07But we're in the content creator, influencer era.
02:12And so you've got to go where they're taking you.
02:15That's where you've gone. You're essentially an independent journalist right now.
02:19This is a tough question. I don't know if you want to answer, but did you apply to be one of these journalists in the press room?
02:25I did. Let's see what happens.
02:26Let's see if they're bold enough and smart enough to put me in the briefing room.
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