The media landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation that will reshape how Americans consume news over the next decade—and conservative outlets are leading the way.

That’s the view of Rob Bluey, president and executive editor of The Daily Signal.

In an appearance on PragerU’s “Real Talk” show with host Marissa Streit, Bluey outlined the challenges and opportunities facing conservative media, including The Daily Signal’s fight for press credentials during the Biden administration and more recent battles with censors.

Their conversation also touched on major shifts in how Americans get information.

Bluey acknowledged the growing influence of podcasters and individual personalities competing with traditional news brands, while emphasizing the continued need for organizations such as The Daily Signal.

“Individual news consumers are going to have to discern who they trust,” he said, warning against reliance on any single source.

The Daily Signal operates with a team of 14 full?time staff members and four journalism fellows—small compared with many legacy outlets. Yet it maintains a presence in the White House briefing room, regularly attends Capitol Hill press conferences, and its reporters have traveled with President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Press Credential Fight

Access to Washington’s major institutions wasn’t always guaranteed for The Daily Signal.

In August 2023, the outlet was among 442 organizations that had White House press credentials revoked when the Biden administration changed access rules. The new requirements mandated congressional press credentials—something The Daily Signal had been denied because of its affiliation with The Heritage Foundation.

“Biden decided to change it, I think, because he wanted to restrict the number of reporters who had access,” Bluey said, noting the timing coincided with growing questions about the president’s mental acuity.

The decision prompted The Daily Signal to become legally independent from Heritage to secure congressional and White House access.

Bluey contrasted Biden’s restrictions with the Trump administration’s approach, which included creating a new media seat for nontraditional journalists—something he called a positive step for transparency.

Rising Stakes

The conversation took on a somber tone when discussing the assassination of Turning Point USA leader Charlie Kirk, who was shot in September while speaking at a college campus in Utah.

“The world of speech and journalism has changed forever after the murder of Charlie Kirk,” Streit said.

Bluey addressed growing security risks for conservatives, particularly those in media. Daily Signal reporters have faced attacks, including from Antifa during protest coverage.

“It is frightening to think that you need to resort to having a security team protect you just because you want to share conservative values and beliefs,” he said.

Streit said Kirk’s killing crystallized a new reality.

“He just wanted to debate. He just wanted to bring truth. He just wanted to speak,” she said. “The idea that somebody who is speaking truth that some people might think is wrong or hate speech would get shot—to me, that’s a turning point in the belief that there’s real free speech in America.”

Despite the risks, Bluey said he remains committed to the mission, driven by what he calls “a passion for pursuing truth” and telling stories that can lead the country toward better policies.

Looking Ahead

Bluey described artificial intelligence as both an opportunity and a challenge. While AI could handle routine tasks for media companies, he worries about the decline of original reporting and the loss of mentorship opportunities for young journalists.

He predicted legacy media will continue to lose influence as politicians bypass traditional outlets for direct?to?audience platforms. Still, he expressed optimism about the future, pointing to expanding conservative media?training programs such as those offered by the National Journalism Center and various journalism fellowships.

For those considering careers in conservative media, Bluey recommended pairing classical education with journalism training, noting the balance between learning practical skills and understanding foundational principles. He pointed to programs at Hillsdale College and fellowship opportunities as strong alternatives to traditional journalism schools.

“If you’re interested in journalism or media, pursue that career,” he said. “We need more people willing to engage in this space.”

The Bottom Line

Streit compared the work to enlisting in defense of American values.

“It is very unlikely that America will ever be taken down through outside bullets and tanks,” she said. “If something happens to America, it’s from within. It’s through education. It’s through limiting free speech. And it’s through journalism and fake news.”

Bluey’s core message: Media trust will only be rebuilt through transparency and accountability. Conservative outlets, he argued, succeed by openly acknowledging their perspective rather than claiming false objectivity.

“Trust in media organizations plummets in part because they haven’t been honest with their audience about the agenda they have,” he said.

As the media landscape continues to evolve, Bluey sees conservative journalism playing an increasingly vital role—not as partisan cheerleading, but as rigorous reporting guided by clear principles and accountable to the audiences who fund the work.

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The unrest in Minneapolis has died down, and the Trump administration is pulling 700 immigration enforcement officers out of the area. But all of the national media scrutiny has obsessed over Team Trump. It has rarely acted to “hold government accountable” when the governing comes from Democrats, like Gov. Tim Walz or Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

NPR was eagerly touting its new NPR/PBS Marist Poll to underline the effectiveness of their advocacy: 65% of Americans, up from 54% in June of 2025, think the actions of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] have “gone too far” in enforcing immigration laws, and 62% say the actions of ICE are making Americans “somewhat less safe, or much less safe.”

The New Republic underlined what NPR and PBS were cooking: “Brutal New Poll Wrecks Trump’s Main Claim on ICE.”

Now ask yourself this question: Did PBS and NPR ever ask the public for their evaluation of ICE under President Joe Biden, when there was a mass importation of illegal aliens? Pollsters may have asked about their approval of Biden on the immigration issue. But this polling is specific and suggestive, intended to punish ICE deportation efforts.

Pollsters don’t ask if the actions of ICE protesters have “gone too far.” The media have soft-pedaled violent extremists in the streets, who are painted as passionate heroes, just as Black Lives Matters were boosted for their “racial reckoning” in the George Floyd riots of 2020. James Freeman at The Wall Street Journal asked the rhetorical question: “Who Watches the ‘ICE Watchers’?”

National media outlets have implied that these protesters—including Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were shot by federal agents as they interfered and threatened law-enforcement activities—were somehow not radical activists, when their tactics were clearly radical.

Freeman drew attention to a Christina Buttons article for City Journal about how leftists were training in Minneapolis to wreck ICE activities and protect illegal aliens, who they describe as “vulnerable community members.”

Buttons entered into the training programs of “Defend the 612” (the Minneapolis area code): “Our reporting reveals that members and related officials have encouraged protesters to impede law enforcement; pushed civilians toward legally and physically risky confrontations; and helped mobilize a counterprotest that turned violent.”

Good’s death represented a beautiful recruiting opportunity: “The evening Good died, Defend the 612 held an ’emergency vigil,’ during which flyers were distributed directing attendees to join the group. At Defend the 612’s training session the following day, (organizer Andrew) Fahlstrom reported about 1,000 new signups.”

These leftists were very focused on getting the “mainstream” media to reinforce their interference with ICE: “Members characterized their media work as ‘propaganda’ and insisted on the need to ‘maintain control of your narratives.’ To that end, participants discussed the need to condition their speech to journalists on retaining editorial control over how stories are written.”

Buttons noted that Fahlstrom’s “ICE Watch” activist orientation on Jan. 8 featured Jill Garvey, founder of a radical-left group called “States at the Core,” which were active in resisting ICE in Chicago last year.

Here’s where National “Public” Radio reenters the picture to help the Left “maintain control of their narratives.” Last November, so-called domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef gushed over Garvey and did a “ride along” with the domestic extremists engaged in ICE-busting activities in Chicago.

In the elitist media’s groupthink, the left-wing extremists never go too far, no matter how violent or destructive their tactics. Their goal isn’t keeping the streets safe. Their goal is destroying President Donald Trump and the Republicans. Any extreme tactic that hurts those people in the polls serves an important “progressive” purpose.

We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.

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