# 147 - Why Mainstream Media Sucks & How to Fix It with Saagar Enjeti

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Dec 2, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/podcast/147-why-mainstream-media-sucks-how-to-fix-it-with-saagar-enjeti*

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Launched in June 2021, Breaking Points has 850k Subscribers, with some videos getting millions of views—making Breaking Points a leading source of political news.

In today’s episode, Saagar shares the origin story of Breaking Points and his hot takes on social media, Elon, Twitter, de-platforming, 2024 political predictions, civil war, inflation, FTX, and how crypto can repair itself.

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### TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro

6:19 Advice Talking to Politicians

15:29 Breaking Points Origin

23:45 Authenticity 

27:42 Dealing With Trolls

33:04 Prevent Being Captured

37:00 Meta Breaking Points  

40:38 Saagar’s Take on Social Media

47:28 Elon & Twitter 

53:22 Deplatforming 

58:06 Canada Protests

1:03:15 Lessons From Breaking Points

1:09:27 Old vs. New Media

1:12:15 2024 Political Predictions

1:15:23 Probability of a Civil War 

1:16:43 Inflation 

1:19:42 FTX

1:23:11 Breaking Points Community

1:23:50 How Crypto Can Repair

1:25:55 Closing 

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#### RESOURCES
Saagar Enjeti

[https://twitter.com/esaagar](https://twitter.com/esaagar)

Breaking Points

[https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints](https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints)

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