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Adam Carolla on the California Exodus, Gavin Newsom, and Mainstream Media

"You can't ask tough questions or follow-up questions because then that person would never come back," the comedian tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.

Nick Gillespie | From the June 2026 issue

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Adam Carolla: Why No One Under 30 Trusts Legacy Media

In a recent interview, veteran journalist Katie Couric asked California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, whether being "so ridiculously good-looking" made it harder for him to be taken seriously. For podcaster and former Comedy Central host Adam Carolla, that exchange captured much of what's wrong with media and politics today.

In a March conversation with Nick Gillespie, Carolla talks about how legacy media traded skepticism for access and how California's dysfunction makes everything more expensive and time consuming.

Q: Let's start by talking about Katie Couric. Why did that interview set you off?

A: Here's what I realized with journalism: There's........

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