EP 32: ELEX MICHAELSON

Elex Michaelson is Anchor on Fox News LA, weeknights 5, 6, 7 and 10PM, and Host of California’s only statewide political show “The Issue Is”. We discussed the current political, media and entertainment, and sports landscape, and how they all intersect.

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‍We Discussed:

• How the media has changed over the last 10+ years and how that has opened up the opportunity for athletes to control and deliver their own messaging
• How Elex handled the Trump Administration, and how the media will now change with the Biden Administration
• When legacy news programming and the 6pm / 6:30pm news will change given the current digital and social landscape and people consuming their information in different ways
• Reinvention models of news programming given our digital and social environment and consumption
• Why owning a helicopter is a big fucking deal
• How reporters handle Fake News and how Elex is bridging the gap between the two sides to find common ground
• People’s attention spans and how they either consume 8-seconds or 3-hours
• A peek behind some of the interviews Elex has done with political figures
• One of Elex’s favorite interviews: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Millennials changing the voting landscape, looking at how Gen Z views the world, and how that is important when they have the voting power
• The LA sports scene
• The devastating impact of Kobe’s death in Los Angeles, and how Elex covered it
• Jerry West’s impact on the NBA, and according to Elex how he rightfully deserves to remain the NBA Logo