Political Trade Secrets: Media, Markets, and the Battle Over Public Perception — Join host Dustin Olson for a wide-ranging and candid conversation with legendary business journalist Dennis Kneale, host of the What’s Bugging Me podcast and author of The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk.

A former anchor at CNBC and Fox Business Network, Kneale also held senior editor roles at The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on how modern business media actually works—and how it’s changed over the past three decades.

From the decline of traditional journalism to the rise of click-driven headlines, social media censorship, and the cultural battles shaping public perception, this is a behind-the-scenes look at the incentives, pressures, and players driving today’s information war.

The episode digs into:

💡 Why today’s newsrooms chase clicks, not truth

💡 What business journalists get wrong about business

💡 The unseen battle to dominate the public’s perception of issues

💡 Why Elon Musk broke the media—and what it means for free speech

📘 Buy Dennis Kneale’s book: The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk—Available wherever books are sold.

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The episode digs into:

💡 Why today’s newsrooms chase clicks, not truth

💡 What business journalists get wrong about business

💡 The unseen battle to dominate the public’s perception of issues

💡 Why Elon Musk broke the media—and what it means for free speech

📘 Buy Dennis Kneale’s book: The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk—Available wherever books are sold.

🔹 Join our new Polling Club for exclusive insights: PollingClub.com

👉 LIKE, FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE to Political Trade Secrets for your front-row seat to how politics actually works.