In Episode 214 of Lost in the Script TV, we trace how narrative control now functions as power across media, politics, and law — beginning with the Oscars’ shift to YouTube and what it signals about collapsing legacy media (3:27), before examining who gets framed as a victim in the Cassie civil lawsuit and the broader Diddy fallout (7:56), followed by the backlash surrounding Uncle Nearest CEO Fawn Weaver and the policing of Black leadership (14:12); we then pivot to cultural disruption and the rise of AI-generated diss records (20:05), the political recalibration around Kamala Harris as Jasmine Crockett launches her Texas Senate bid (29:27), and Donald Trump’s latest address blending grievance politics with spectacle (59:35), which leads directly into the growing dominance of white male victimhood narratives (1:04:46) and the conservative backlash engulfing Candace Owens amid mounting legal pressure (1:19:51); the episode closes with newly released Epstein files deepening public distrust in elites (1:33:24) and a critical discussion on reparations and COIN-style governance as Maryland lawmakers override a veto to revive accountability for slavery’s legacy (1:55:55) — revealing how institutions survive not by truth, but by controlling the story.