John Solomon tells Miranda Devine why he walked away from mainstream media
The veteran reporter says he was pushed to drop his Hunter Biden reporting, and he dates the newsroom shift he describes back to 2007.
Pod Force One with Miranda DevineStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 63,230 views a day, 35 times a normal first day on this channel (1,785).
How the Mainstream Media Lost its Way
A new Pod Force One episode usually opens with a couple of thousand views on its first day. "How the Mainstream Media Lost its Way" passed 50,000 in its first seventeen hours.
For the second day running, John Solomon is the reason. His walk through newly uncovered government files, as we reported here, came first. This conversation turns from the documents to his own career, and Solomon has a long one to draw on: many years at the Associated Press, and later the top newsroom job at the Washington Times as executive editor.
In the episode, Solomon tells Miranda how he broke with the mainstream outlets. He says he was pressured to abandon his Hunter Biden reporting or put his reputation at risk. He also argues that political advocacy began replacing traditional neutrality in American newsrooms as far back as 2007, earlier than many would guess. It is familiar ground for the host. Devine, a New York Post columnist, has covered the Hunter Biden laptop story for years and wrote a book about it.
The interview fed the whole channel. Its daily views ran about six times higher than usual.
One detail stands out. In the days around the full episode, the channel also posted several short pieces from Solomon, with titles like "Leaving Mainstream Media" and "When Media Changed." Those have stayed in the low thousands. The crowd went to the long conversation.
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- Subscribers
- 118,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 578,839
- Channel views, pace per day
- 336,261 (on a normal day: 56,080)
- Video published
- October 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 54,372 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 63,230
The numbers
A first day this size is far outside the routine for Pod Force One, and the channel's whole day rose along with it.
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John Solomon founded which news outlet in 2020?
Solomon launched Just the News in 2020 after his years at the Associated Press, the Washington Times and The Hill.
