1 00:00:09,866 --> 00:00:20,633 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:20,700 --> 00:00:21,600 NO 3 00:00:21,666 --> 00:00:29,333 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,600 >> John: HI THERE. 5 00:00:30,666 --> 00:00:31,633 WELCOME TO THE SHOW, 6 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:32,633 STILL COMING TO YOU FROM 7 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:33,600 THIS BLANK VOID. 8 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:34,400 WHICH HAS STARTED TO FEEL A BIT 9 00:00:34,466 --> 00:00:35,633 LIKE HOME. 10 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:36,633 AND TO BE HONEST, IT IS PRETTY 11 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:37,533 SIMILAR TO ENGLAND IN THAT 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:38,500 IT'S FRUSTRATINGLY WHITE, 13 00:00:38,566 --> 00:00:39,133 IMMEDIATELY DEPRESSING, 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:39,933 AND I WANT TO GET OUT OF IT 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,600 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 16 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:42,333 LOOK, IT'S BEEN ANOTHER BUSY 17 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:43,866 WEEK. 18 00:00:43,933 --> 00:00:46,000 CHER TURNED 75, THE HOUSE VOTED 19 00:00:46,066 --> 00:00:46,500 TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT 20 00:00:46,566 --> 00:00:46,633 NO 21 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:47,166 COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 22 00:00:47,233 --> 00:00:48,233 THE CAPITOL ASSAULT, AND 23 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,066 THE SUPREME COURT DID THIS: 24 00:00:50,133 --> 00:00:51,100 >> THE SUPREME COURT SAYS IT 25 00:00:51,166 --> 00:00:52,300 WILL TAKE UP THE MOST DIRECT 26 00:00:52,366 --> 00:00:53,300 CHALLENGE TO ROE VS. WADE 27 00:00:53,366 --> 00:00:54,966 IN A GENERATION THIS FALL. 28 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:55,100 NO 29 00:00:55,166 --> 00:00:56,933 >> AT ISSUE, A MISSISSIPPI LAW 30 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,733 THAT WOULD BAN ALMOST ALL 31 00:00:58,800 --> 00:00:58,866 NO 32 00:00:58,933 --> 00:00:59,866 ABORTIONS AFTER 15 WEEKS OF 33 00:00:59,933 --> 00:01:01,500 PREGNANCY. 34 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:02,933 IT'S SIMILAR TO BANS RECENTLY 35 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,266 PASSED IN OTHER CONSERVATIVE 36 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:05,900 LEANING STATES, ALL DESIGNED 37 00:01:05,966 --> 00:01:07,333 TO GET THE NEWLY CONSERVATIVE 38 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,466 SUPREME COURT TO CONFRONT 39 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:09,600 NO 40 00:01:09,666 --> 00:01:11,166 ROE VS. WADE HEAD ON. 41 00:01:11,233 --> 00:01:12,666 >> John: YUP! 42 00:01:12,733 --> 00:01:14,033 THE THING CONSERVATIVES HAVE 43 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:14,933 BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR DECADES 44 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,566 NOW IS FINALLY HAPPENING. 45 00:01:16,633 --> 00:01:18,266 ROLLING BACK ABORTION RIGHTS 46 00:01:18,333 --> 00:01:19,000 IS PRETTY MUCH THE REASON 47 00:01:19,066 --> 00:01:19,900 THE COUNTRY HAD TO WATCH 48 00:01:19,966 --> 00:01:21,100 A HUMAN BEER BONG SCREAM AND 49 00:01:21,166 --> 00:01:22,766 CRY DURING A JOB INTERVIEW, 50 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:24,300 THE REASON EVERYONE FREAKED OUT 51 00:01:24,366 --> 00:01:25,233 WHEN AN 87-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED, 52 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:26,866 AND THE REASON WHY THE PRESIDENT 53 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:28,166 AND HALF HIS INNER CIRCLE ALL 54 00:01:28,233 --> 00:01:29,800 GOT COVID IN THE ROSE GARDEN -- 55 00:01:29,866 --> 00:01:32,766 WASN'T THAT A FUN COUPLE OF 56 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:32,966 DAYS? 57 00:01:33,033 --> 00:01:34,700 ALL OF THAT WAS BUILDING UP TO 58 00:01:34,766 --> 00:01:35,833 THIS DEPRESSINGLY SIGNIFICANT 59 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:38,166 MOMENT. 60 00:01:38,233 --> 00:01:38,733 AND STATES HAVE BEEN PUSHING 61 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:39,700 THE ENVELOPE HARD WHEN IT COMES 62 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:40,833 TO LIMITING ABORTION. 63 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:41,966 WITH THE LATEST ATTEMPT COMING 64 00:01:42,033 --> 00:01:43,266 JUST THIS WEEK IN TEXAS. 65 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:44,966 >> TEXAS HAS JUST ADOPTED 66 00:01:45,033 --> 00:01:45,900 ONE OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE 67 00:01:45,966 --> 00:01:47,133 ANTI-ABORTION LAWS IN THE 68 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,866 NATION. 69 00:01:48,933 --> 00:01:49,866 REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT 70 00:01:49,933 --> 00:01:51,933 SIGNED THE BILL YESTERDAY. 71 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,566 IT BANS THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY 72 00:01:54,633 --> 00:01:56,266 AS SIX WEEKS INTO A PREGNANCY, 73 00:01:56,333 --> 00:01:57,600 BEFORE MANY WOMEN EVEN KNOW 74 00:01:57,666 --> 00:01:58,533 THEY'RE PREGNANT. 75 00:01:58,600 --> 00:01:59,566 >> John: WELL, THAT'S 76 00:01:59,633 --> 00:02:01,333 INFURIATING. 77 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,666 AND MADE SOMEHOW EVEN WORSE 78 00:02:02,733 --> 00:02:04,033 BY THE FACT THEY SEEMED TO CRAM 79 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:05,966 THE FEW WOMEN IN THE ROOM RIGHT 80 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:07,266 BEHIND ABBOTT AND THEN LET WHAT 81 00:02:07,333 --> 00:02:09,133 CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A 82 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,233 JOSEPH A. BANK OF MEN FILL IN 83 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:11,600 EVERYWHERE ELSE. 84 00:02:11,666 --> 00:02:12,833 YOU USUALLY DON'T SEE THAT MANY 85 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:14,366 MEN IN SUITS LINED UP TO 86 00:02:14,433 --> 00:02:15,133 DISAPPOINT WOMEN UNLESS 87 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:16,033 IT'S THE FIRST NIGHT OF 88 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:17,466 "THE BACHELORETTE." 89 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:18,566 AND FOR MANY BEHIND THAT BILL, 90 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:19,566 INCLUDING ONE OF ITS SPONSORS, 91 00:02:19,633 --> 00:02:20,266 STATE SENATOR 92 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:21,666 CHARLES SCHWERTNER, 93 00:02:21,733 --> 00:02:22,733 RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ABORTION 94 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,533 HAS LONG BEEN A PRIORITY. 95 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,200 IN 2017, HE SILENCED A WITNESS 96 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:29,700 TESTIFYING AGAINST AN EARLIER 97 00:02:29,766 --> 00:02:31,866 ANTI-ABORTION BILL SO HARD, 98 00:02:31,933 --> 00:02:33,800 HIS GAVEL BROKE THE GLASS 99 00:02:33,866 --> 00:02:34,266 TABLETOP OF HIS DESK. 100 00:02:34,333 --> 00:02:35,200 TAKE A LOOK. 101 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:38,166 >> SB415 INSERTS ITSELF INTO THE 102 00:02:38,233 --> 00:02:38,800 EXAM ROOM BY PUTTING PHYSICIANS 103 00:02:38,866 --> 00:02:39,733 IN THE UNCONSCIONABLE POSITION 104 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,233 OF HAVING TO DENY A WOMAN THE 105 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:43,633 EVIDENCE-BASED COMPASSIONATE 106 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:44,600 CARE THAT RESULTS IN THE FEWEST 107 00:02:44,666 --> 00:02:45,700 COMPLICATIONS. 108 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:46,900 I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL -- 109 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,100 >> MS. HENNESSY -- 110 00:02:48,166 --> 00:02:49,233 >> ESPECIALLY THE DOCTORS ON 111 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:50,200 THIS COMMITTEE, THAT A VOTE FOR 112 00:02:50,266 --> 00:02:50,833 THIS BILL PUTS WOMEN'S LIVES -- 113 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:51,233 >> THANK YOU, 114 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:52,133 MS. HENNESSY -- 115 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:52,833 >> ON THE LINE. 116 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:53,666 >> YOUR TIME IS DONE -- 117 00:02:53,733 --> 00:02:54,266 >> I URGE YOU TO STOP PLAYING 118 00:02:54,333 --> 00:02:54,866 WITH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE 119 00:02:54,933 --> 00:02:55,700 AS IF IT'S YOUR OWN POLITICAL 120 00:02:55,766 --> 00:02:56,833 PUPPET. 121 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:59,333 [GAVEL SMASHES] 122 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,766 THANK YOU. 123 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:02,866 >> THANK YOU. 124 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:03,700 YOUR TIME IS DONE. 125 00:03:03,766 --> 00:03:05,500 >> John: WOW. 126 00:03:05,566 --> 00:03:06,633 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. 127 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:08,000 WOMEN ARE TOO EMOTIONAL TO MAKE 128 00:03:08,066 --> 00:03:09,733 DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN BODIES 129 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:10,866 -- BEST LEAVE IT TO A 130 00:03:10,933 --> 00:03:12,600 LEVEL-HEADED, REASONABLE MAN WHO 131 00:03:12,666 --> 00:03:14,200 HULKS OUT ON HIS DESK AT WORK. 132 00:03:14,266 --> 00:03:18,033 BECAUSE JUST LOOK AT WHAT THAT 133 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:19,266 FUCKING GAVEL DID. 134 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,233 IN EVERY WAY, THAT IS THE EXACT 135 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,033 OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS MEANT BY 136 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:22,800 "BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING." 137 00:03:22,866 --> 00:03:24,266 AND THERE WILL CLEARLY BE MUCH 138 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:25,633 MORE TO SAY ON THIS STORY AS IT 139 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:26,900 UNFOLDS, BUT FOR NOW, LET'S TRY 140 00:03:26,966 --> 00:03:28,933 AND TAKE A LOOK AT NEWS THAT 141 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,466 ISN'T ACTIVELY DEPRESSING. 142 00:03:30,533 --> 00:03:31,166 AND HERE'S ONE -- IN 143 00:03:31,233 --> 00:03:33,066 PHILADELPHIA, LARRY KRASNER, 144 00:03:33,133 --> 00:03:34,166 THE REFORM D.A., WON A HOTLY 145 00:03:34,233 --> 00:03:35,533 CONTESTED PRIMARY AND KRASNER'S 146 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,200 VICTORY WAS BY NO MEANS ASSURED 147 00:03:37,266 --> 00:03:38,800 -- THE POLICE UNION BACKED 148 00:03:38,866 --> 00:03:40,666 HIS OPPONENT IN THE PRIMARY, 149 00:03:40,733 --> 00:03:41,866 AND HE'S COME UNDER ATTACK 150 00:03:41,933 --> 00:03:42,733 FOR BOLD REFORMS LIKE VOWING TO 151 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,566 NEVER PURSUE A DEATH SENTENCE, 152 00:03:44,633 --> 00:03:45,166 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 153 00:03:45,233 --> 00:03:46,333 SENT TO PRISON BY SEEKING 154 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,866 ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, 155 00:03:47,933 --> 00:03:49,800 AND TO STOP ILLEGAL 156 00:03:49,866 --> 00:03:50,166 STOP-AND-FRISK, 157 00:03:50,233 --> 00:03:50,766 REFORM CASH BAIL, AND END THE 158 00:03:50,833 --> 00:03:53,133 ABUSE OF CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE. 159 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,933 WHICH IS A STRIKING SET OF 160 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,100 PROMISES, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM 161 00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:00,233 A GUY WHOSE FACE-SWEATER COMBO 162 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:02,166 WHISPERS, "I'VE GOT AUDIOBOOKS 163 00:04:02,233 --> 00:04:03,266 ON VINYL." 164 00:04:03,333 --> 00:04:04,400 NOW, KRASNER STILL HAS TO FACE 165 00:04:04,466 --> 00:04:05,933 A REPUBLICAN IN THE GENERAL 166 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:06,200 ELECTION. 167 00:04:06,266 --> 00:04:07,300 SPECIFICALLY, THIS MAN, 168 00:04:07,366 --> 00:04:08,600 CHARLES PERUTO. 169 00:04:08,666 --> 00:04:10,666 WHO IS A LOT. 170 00:04:10,733 --> 00:04:11,800 HIS PLATFORM IS THE ANTITHESIS 171 00:04:11,866 --> 00:04:13,133 OF KRASNER'S. 172 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,900 AND HE'S SAID, "MY FIRST LINE OF 173 00:04:14,966 --> 00:04:17,633 BUSINESS IS TO MEET WITH EVERY 174 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:18,000 POLICE CAPTAIN. 175 00:04:18,066 --> 00:04:19,066 I WANT TO HAVE MY WIFE COOK THEM 176 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:21,466 DINNER," WHILE ALSO RELEASING 177 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:22,500 THIS VIDEO ON HIS WEBSITE: 178 00:04:22,566 --> 00:04:23,200 >> I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN 179 00:04:23,266 --> 00:04:24,000 WEST PHILADELPHIA, 180 00:04:24,066 --> 00:04:26,200 64TH AND JEFFERSON. 181 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:26,800 I WAS BORN IN 182 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:28,700 A MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD. 183 00:04:28,766 --> 00:04:30,966 I LOVED IT. 184 00:04:31,033 --> 00:04:33,266 IRONICALLY ENOUGH, THE KID 185 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:33,866 I HUNG OUT WITH EVERY DAY WAS 186 00:04:33,933 --> 00:04:35,633 MICHAEL JACKSON. 187 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:36,700 HE DIDN'T SING BUT HE PLAYED 188 00:04:36,766 --> 00:04:38,933 HOOPS. 189 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,866 I UNDERSTAND BLACK PEOPLE JUST 190 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:42,966 ABOUT AS WELL AS A BLACK PERSON, 191 00:04:43,033 --> 00:04:44,900 NOT GONNA SAY -- I'M NOT GONNA 192 00:04:44,966 --> 00:04:45,700 SAY EQUAL, BUT PRETTY GOOD. 193 00:04:45,766 --> 00:04:47,233 >> John: OKAY. 194 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:48,800 THAT GUY, SITTING IN THAT 195 00:04:48,866 --> 00:04:50,300 OFFICE, SAYING HE UNDERSTANDS 196 00:04:50,366 --> 00:04:51,666 BLACK PEOPLE AS WELL AS ANY 197 00:04:51,733 --> 00:04:52,833 BLACK PERSON ISN'T GREAT. 198 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:54,333 EVEN IF HE DOES SLIGHTLY WALK IT 199 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,966 BACK BY SAYING, "I'M NOT GONNA 200 00:04:57,033 --> 00:04:57,800 SAY EQUAL, BUT PRETTY GOOD" -- 201 00:04:57,866 --> 00:04:58,733 A LEVEL OF NUANCE NOT SEEN SINCE 202 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,066 PLESSY VS. FERGUSON. 203 00:05:01,133 --> 00:05:03,366 THE WHOLE VIDEO IS 35 MINUTES 204 00:05:03,433 --> 00:05:04,566 LONG, AND SHOT IN A SINGLE TAKE, 205 00:05:04,633 --> 00:05:06,166 WITH REAL "NO ONE IN MY FAMILY 206 00:05:06,233 --> 00:05:07,233 WANTS TO LISTEN TO ME ANYMORE 207 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:08,933 SO THEY SHOWED ME HOW TO USE A 208 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,033 WEBCAM" ENERGY. 209 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:10,866 AND LOOK, PERUTO IS UNLIKELY TO 210 00:05:10,933 --> 00:05:12,800 WIN. 211 00:05:12,866 --> 00:05:14,266 BUT HE DOES SPEAK TO THE 212 00:05:14,333 --> 00:05:14,966 POST-TRUMP TREND WHERE EXTREME 213 00:05:15,033 --> 00:05:18,233 CARTOONISHNESS ISN'T A 214 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:18,866 DEAL BREAKER FOR CANDIDATES -- 215 00:05:18,933 --> 00:05:20,266 IT'S A SELLING POINT. 216 00:05:20,333 --> 00:05:22,000 TAKE MISSOURI'S MARK McCLOSKEY, 217 00:05:22,066 --> 00:05:22,500 WHO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER 218 00:05:22,566 --> 00:05:23,500 AS THE MAN WHO POINTED A GUN 219 00:05:23,566 --> 00:05:25,033 AT BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS 220 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:25,833 WHILE SOMEHOW MAKING 221 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:27,800 A POLO SHIRT SLUTTY. 222 00:05:27,866 --> 00:05:30,200 WELL, THIS WEEK, HE DECLARED 223 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:30,800 HIS CANDIDACY FOR SENATE WITH 224 00:05:30,866 --> 00:05:32,133 THIS AD: 225 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,866 >> WHEN THE ANGRY MOB CAME TO 226 00:05:33,933 --> 00:05:36,033 DESTROY MY HOUSE AND KILL MY 227 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:37,133 FAMILY, I TOOK A STAND AGAINST 228 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,500 THEM. 229 00:05:38,566 --> 00:05:39,600 NOW I'M ASKING FOR THE PRIVILEGE 230 00:05:39,666 --> 00:05:40,900 TO TAKE THAT STAND FOR ALL OF 231 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:42,866 US. 232 00:05:42,933 --> 00:05:49,000 I WILL NEVER BACK DOWN. 233 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:50,133 >> John: OKAY. 234 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,233 SETTING ASIDE THE FACT 235 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:51,866 McCLOSKEY LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU'D 236 00:05:51,933 --> 00:05:53,100 GET IF SEAN HANNITY FUCKED 237 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:54,066 A PACKING PEANUT -- "WHEN THE 238 00:05:54,133 --> 00:05:54,700 MOB CAME TO DESTROY MY HOUSE AND 239 00:05:54,766 --> 00:05:57,000 MY FAMILY?" 240 00:05:57,066 --> 00:05:57,400 GET OVER YOURSELF! 241 00:05:57,466 --> 00:05:58,900 THOSE WERE PROTESTERS WALKING 242 00:05:58,966 --> 00:05:59,966 PAST YOUR YARD ON THEIR WAY TO 243 00:06:00,033 --> 00:06:01,400 THE MAYOR'S HOUSE. 244 00:06:01,466 --> 00:06:02,633 NO ONE CARED ABOUT YOU UNTIL 245 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:03,300 YOU STARTED WAVING GUNS 246 00:06:03,366 --> 00:06:05,266 IN THEIR FACE. 247 00:06:05,333 --> 00:06:06,700 AND SIDE NOTE: IF THERE ARE 248 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:08,266 NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST 249 00:06:08,333 --> 00:06:09,466 RACISM AND YOUR FIRST RESPONSE 250 00:06:09,533 --> 00:06:11,366 IS "THEY'RE COMING FOR ME!" 251 00:06:11,433 --> 00:06:12,800 MAYBE THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT SAYS 252 00:06:12,866 --> 00:06:14,466 ABOUT YOU. 253 00:06:14,533 --> 00:06:15,400 AND I'D SAY McCLOSKEY'S WAS 254 00:06:15,466 --> 00:06:17,000 THE MOST RIDICULOUS CAMPAIGN 255 00:06:17,066 --> 00:06:18,133 ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK, 256 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,900 WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT 257 00:06:19,966 --> 00:06:21,433 ANDREW GIULIANI -- SON OF RUDY 258 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:22,366 -- IS NOW RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR 259 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:24,433 OF NEW YORK. 260 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:25,833 AND EVEN FOX NEWS POINTED OUT, 261 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:26,966 HE'S DOING SO ON THE THINNEST 262 00:06:27,033 --> 00:06:28,400 POSSIBLE RESUME. 263 00:06:28,466 --> 00:06:30,500 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S 264 00:06:30,566 --> 00:06:31,766 BEING ASKED ABOUT YOU IS IF 265 00:06:31,833 --> 00:06:33,266 YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE 266 00:06:33,333 --> 00:06:35,333 TO TAKE ON THE JOB OF GOVERNOR. 267 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,333 YOU WORKED AT THE TRUMP 268 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,133 WHITE HOUSE FOR FOUR YEARS, 269 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:38,733 AND WERE A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER 270 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:39,900 BEFORE THAT. 271 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:41,666 >> THE TRUTH IS, MARTHA, FROM AN 272 00:06:41,733 --> 00:06:43,200 EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVE, I MAY BE 273 00:06:43,266 --> 00:06:44,833 35 YEARS OLD, BUT YOU GOTTA 274 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:45,800 REMEMBER, I SPENT 32 YEARS -- 275 00:06:45,866 --> 00:06:47,366 PARTS OF 32 YEARS -- IN POLITICS 276 00:06:47,433 --> 00:06:50,100 AND IN GOVERNMENT. 277 00:06:50,166 --> 00:06:53,400 I'M THE ONLY ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE 278 00:06:53,466 --> 00:06:54,600 THAT ACTUALLY HAS SPENT PARTS OF 279 00:06:54,666 --> 00:06:56,866 FIVE DECADES IN POLITICS. 280 00:06:56,933 --> 00:06:58,000 SO I MAY LOOK YOUNG, BUT I 281 00:06:58,066 --> 00:06:59,300 CERTAINLY FEEL A LOT OLDER. 282 00:06:59,366 --> 00:07:00,966 >> John: OKAY. 283 00:07:01,033 --> 00:07:02,333 THERE IS A LOT TO TAKE APART AND 284 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,800 PUT BACK TOGETHER THERE. 285 00:07:03,866 --> 00:07:05,066 ONE -- DO YOU THINK YOU 286 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:06,900 LOOK YOUNG? 287 00:07:06,966 --> 00:07:08,966 BECAUSE IF I HAD TO GUESS 288 00:07:09,033 --> 00:07:09,766 YOUR AGE, I'D PUT YOU SOMEWHERE 289 00:07:09,833 --> 00:07:11,766 BETWEEN "UNHEALTHY 45" AND 290 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:13,333 "LYING ABOUT AN EARLY RETIREMENT 291 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,433 TO AVOID A SEXUAL HARASSMENT 292 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:16,066 SETTLEMENT BECOMING PUBLIC." 293 00:07:16,133 --> 00:07:17,833 ALSO, WHY WOULD YOU CLAIM TO 294 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:18,466 HAVE BEEN IN POLITICS SINCE YOU 295 00:07:18,533 --> 00:07:20,000 WERE THREE YEARS OLD? 296 00:07:20,066 --> 00:07:21,366 UNLESS YOU'RE COUNTING BEING 297 00:07:21,433 --> 00:07:23,466 VIOLENTLY HELD BY YOUR FATHER 298 00:07:23,533 --> 00:07:25,233 DURING HIS FAILED 1989 MAYORAL 299 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:26,166 CAMPAIGN WHILE DRESSED AS 300 00:07:26,233 --> 00:07:30,433 BUSINESS CHUCKY. 301 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:31,233 ARE YOU COUNTING THAT? 302 00:07:31,300 --> 00:07:32,533 AND EVEN CALLING GIULIANI 303 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,300 A "PROFESSIONAL GOLFER" NEEDS 304 00:07:33,366 --> 00:07:34,133 MORE CONTEXT, BECAUSE HIS CAREER 305 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,833 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE BEING KICKED 306 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:37,100 OFF THE DUKE GOLF TEAM FOR BAD 307 00:07:37,166 --> 00:07:38,733 BEHAVIOR LIKE ALLEGEDLY THROWING 308 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,900 AN APPLE INTO ANOTHER PLAYER'S 309 00:07:42,966 --> 00:07:45,033 FACE SO HARD, THE APPLE 310 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:46,000 EXPLODED, AND THEN APPEARING ON 311 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:49,000 A GOLF-THEMED REALITY 312 00:07:49,066 --> 00:07:51,666 COMPETITION CALLED "THE BIG 313 00:07:51,733 --> 00:07:52,500 BREAK," WHERE HE WAS CLEARLY 314 00:07:52,566 --> 00:07:52,800 TYPECAST AS 315 00:07:52,866 --> 00:07:53,766 "THE ANNOYING ONE." 316 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:54,433 >> ANDREW GIULIANI, HE'S TALKY. 317 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:55,133 THAT'S ALL HE DOES. 318 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,200 I MEAN, HE JUST -- YOU KNOW, 319 00:07:56,266 --> 00:07:57,066 KIND OF TALKING EVERYONE UP, 320 00:07:57,133 --> 00:07:57,633 AND YOU KNOW, BEING ANDREW 321 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:58,233 PRETTY MUCH. 322 00:07:58,300 --> 00:07:58,866 >> I KNOW HE WAS TALKING A LOT. 323 00:07:58,933 --> 00:07:59,566 >> NICE BALL THERE. 324 00:07:59,633 --> 00:08:00,133 DID THAT HIT THE TREE? 325 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,566 DID THAT HIT THE TREE? 326 00:08:01,633 --> 00:08:02,733 THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. 327 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,733 >> I KNOW A FEW GUYS WERE 328 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,000 GETTING IRRITATED, INCLUDING 329 00:08:05,066 --> 00:08:05,866 MYSELF. 330 00:08:05,933 --> 00:08:06,566 >> THAT'S A TREE! 331 00:08:06,633 --> 00:08:07,966 YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S NOT 332 00:08:08,033 --> 00:08:08,400 A TREE RIGHT THERE? 333 00:08:08,466 --> 00:08:09,033 >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 334 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:10,233 >> THAT'S TOTALLY A TREE. 335 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:12,200 >> I MEAN, HE WOULD TALK TO 336 00:08:12,266 --> 00:08:13,533 THIS -- TO THIS -- TO THIS DOOR 337 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,666 IF IT HAD EARS. 338 00:08:15,733 --> 00:08:17,433 >> HE KNOWS HE TALKS TOO MUCH, 339 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:19,033 AND WE ALL TELL HIM HE DOES BUT, 340 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:19,966 IT ALMOST MAKES HIM -- I FEEL 341 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:21,866 LIKE HE WANTS TO TALK MORE. 342 00:08:21,933 --> 00:08:22,766 >> John: ANDREW GIULIANI IS A 343 00:08:22,833 --> 00:08:24,233 NIGHTMARE. 344 00:08:24,300 --> 00:08:26,400 IMAGINE BEING THE WORST PERSON 345 00:08:26,466 --> 00:08:28,433 ON A GOLF REALITY SHOW. 346 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:30,133 AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE 347 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:31,633 GIULIANI WINNING THE SUPPORT OF 348 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:33,200 THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK 349 00:08:33,266 --> 00:08:34,666 WHEN IT SEEMS HE CAN'T EVEN 350 00:08:34,733 --> 00:08:35,900 WIN THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF THESE 351 00:08:35,966 --> 00:08:37,333 FUTURE ABSENTEE FATHERS. 352 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,633 IN OTHER WORDS, HIS BASE. 353 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:41,466 AND YES, ANDREW GIULIANI'S 354 00:08:41,533 --> 00:08:41,766 RIDICULOUS. 355 00:08:41,833 --> 00:08:42,633 ALL THESE CANDIDATES ARE 356 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:44,466 RIDICULOUS. 357 00:08:44,533 --> 00:08:45,500 BUT IF THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE 358 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:46,300 TAUGHT US ANYTHING, IT'S THAT 359 00:08:46,366 --> 00:08:46,933 RIDICULOUS PEOPLE CAN END UP 360 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,400 GETTING ELECTED. 361 00:08:48,466 --> 00:08:50,466 JUST THREE YEARS AGO, WE DID A 362 00:08:50,533 --> 00:08:52,800 PIECE ON STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL 363 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,300 -- AND IN IT, WE HIGHLIGHTED 364 00:08:54,366 --> 00:08:54,866 ANGELA PAXTON, THE WIFE OF 365 00:08:54,933 --> 00:08:55,900 TEXAS'S A.G. 366 00:08:55,966 --> 00:08:58,133 >> John: JUST LISTEN TO HIS 367 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,433 WIFE, PROUDLY DESCRIBING 368 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:01,000 PAXTON'S LOVE FOR LAWSUITS 369 00:09:01,066 --> 00:09:02,766 IN WHAT APPARENTLY I LEGALLY 370 00:09:02,833 --> 00:09:04,200 HAVE TO CALL "A SONG." 371 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:05,266 >> ♪ I'M A PISTOL PACKIN' 372 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:06,666 MAMA ♪ 373 00:09:06,733 --> 00:09:08,200 ♪ AND MY HUSBAND SUES OBAMA ♪ 374 00:09:08,266 --> 00:09:10,466 ♪ I'M A PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA, ♪ 375 00:09:10,533 --> 00:09:12,666 ♪ YES, I AM ♪ 376 00:09:12,733 --> 00:09:14,566 >> John: A FEW THINGS YOU CAN 377 00:09:14,633 --> 00:09:15,700 GLEAN FROM THAT CLIP: THAT WOMAN 378 00:09:15,766 --> 00:09:18,000 HAS A GUN, A LITIGIOUS HUSBAND, 379 00:09:18,066 --> 00:09:20,266 AND NO FUTURE IN MUSIC 380 00:09:20,333 --> 00:09:21,100 WHATSOEVER. 381 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:22,633 AND I HAVE SOMEHOW AGED 30 YEARS 382 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:23,433 SINCE 2018. 383 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:25,566 A TRULY UNCOMFORTABLE WATCH 384 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:26,900 FOR MANY REASONS. 385 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:27,900 BUT NOT LONG AFTER THAT SEGMENT 386 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,400 AIRED, ANGELA PAXTON WAS ELECTED 387 00:09:30,466 --> 00:09:31,600 TO THE TEXAS STATE SENATE. 388 00:09:31,666 --> 00:09:33,333 THERE SHE IS STANDING BEHIND 389 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:34,633 GOVERNOR ABBOTT THIS WEEK AS 390 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:36,466 HE SIGNED TEXAS'S ABORTION BILL. 391 00:09:36,533 --> 00:09:37,700 THE POINT IS, YES, THESE PEOPLE 392 00:09:37,766 --> 00:09:38,733 LOOK LIKE CLOWNS. 393 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,900 THEY ARE CLOWNS. 394 00:09:39,966 --> 00:09:41,766 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 395 00:09:41,833 --> 00:09:42,766 THAT CLOWNS, WHILE FUNNY, ARE 396 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:45,266 ALSO FUCKING TERRIFYING. 397 00:09:45,333 --> 00:09:46,833 AND THIS WEEK GAVE US ANOTHER 398 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:48,600 REMINDER THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT 399 00:09:48,666 --> 00:09:50,600 VERY CAREFUL, YOU CAN WIND UP 400 00:09:50,666 --> 00:09:51,333 WITH A CLOWN CAR FULL OF THEM 401 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,866 MAKING INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 402 00:09:52,933 --> 00:09:54,300 DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR LIFE. 403 00:09:54,366 --> 00:09:54,800 AND NOW, THIS. 404 00:09:54,866 --> 00:09:56,066 ♪ ♪ 405 00:09:56,133 --> 00:10:01,633 >> Announcer: AND NOW... 406 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:02,666 SAN FRANCISCO CITY COUNCIL 407 00:10:02,733 --> 00:10:04,666 MEETINGS PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE A 408 00:10:04,733 --> 00:10:05,300 JOY TO BEHOLD. 409 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:06,766 >> NOW IT IS TIME FOR PUBLIC 410 00:10:06,833 --> 00:10:07,300 COMMENT. 411 00:10:07,366 --> 00:10:08,333 ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE 412 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,900 PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS 413 00:10:10,966 --> 00:10:12,500 THIS BOARD? 414 00:10:12,566 --> 00:10:14,633 PLEASE, NO, STEP FORWARD. 415 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:22,333 [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 416 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,433 CHEERIOS. 417 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:25,200 "GOOD MORNING AMERICA." 418 00:10:25,266 --> 00:10:26,000 "THE VIEW." 419 00:10:26,066 --> 00:10:26,633 >> WHAT I SEE HERE ARE A NUMBER 420 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:30,666 OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO WORSHIP 421 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:30,900 LUCIFER. 422 00:10:30,966 --> 00:10:32,133 >> TOBACCO IS GREAT AT GETTING 423 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,433 BEDBUGS AWAY FROM HER BED. 424 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:38,466 PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT. 425 00:10:38,533 --> 00:10:39,333 ♪ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ♪ 426 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,333 ♪ SOME OF Y'ALL ARE A BUNCH OF 427 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:42,966 LIARS ♪ 428 00:10:43,033 --> 00:10:45,600 >> FEEL BAD FOR THE DISTRICT, NO 429 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:46,033 SOUP FOR YOU. 430 00:10:46,100 --> 00:10:51,666 >> HE HAS A DICK. 431 00:10:51,733 --> 00:10:52,733 YOU HAVE A VAGINA. 432 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,433 ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ 433 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:58,666 >> ♪ I STARTED TALKING AND 434 00:10:58,733 --> 00:10:59,733 TAILORED TO SEEING ♪ 435 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,733 ♪ SAID THE KING TO THE PEOPLE OF 436 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:02,100 SAN FRANCISCO ♪ 437 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:06,700 ♪ EVERYWHERE ♪ 438 00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:08,933 ♪ AMERICA'S CUP BOATING ♪ 439 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,066 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 440 00:11:11,133 --> 00:11:12,466 THANK YOU, MR. PAULSON. 441 00:11:12,533 --> 00:11:17,100 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. 442 00:11:17,166 --> 00:11:17,766 ♪ ♪ 443 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:18,600 >> John: MOVING ON. 444 00:11:18,666 --> 00:11:19,800 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 445 00:11:19,866 --> 00:11:20,433 LOCAL NEWS. 446 00:11:20,500 --> 00:11:21,233 THE TRUSTED PLACE PEOPLE GO TO 447 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:22,166 FIND TRAFFIC, WEATHER, AND HERE 448 00:11:22,233 --> 00:11:23,200 IN NEW YORK, THE SINGLE GREATEST 449 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:23,800 10 SECONDS OF TELEVISION THIS 450 00:11:23,866 --> 00:11:24,300 CITY HAS EVER PRODUCED. 451 00:11:24,366 --> 00:11:26,233 >> AT 11:00, PAYING MORE AT THE 452 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:26,833 GROCER BUT GETTING LESS, WE'LL 453 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:27,433 TELL YOU HOW TO GET THE MOST! 454 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:28,633 THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? 455 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:30,566 ♪ ♪ 456 00:11:30,633 --> 00:11:32,266 >> John: PERFECT. 457 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:34,800 ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. 458 00:11:34,866 --> 00:11:35,633 THAT IS SUE SIMMONS, BY THE WAY. 459 00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:37,033 SHE SADLY RETIRED IN 2012, AND 460 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:38,900 HAS BEEN MISSED EVERY DAY SINCE. 461 00:11:38,966 --> 00:11:40,933 BECAUSE IF ANY CITY NEEDS 462 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:42,600 A NEWS ANCHOR WITH AN ABILITY 463 00:11:42,666 --> 00:11:45,033 TO SAY "THE FUCK ARE YOU 464 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:46,466 DOING?," IT IS NEW YORK. 465 00:11:46,533 --> 00:11:48,766 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LOCAL NEWS 466 00:11:48,833 --> 00:11:49,766 A LOT ON THIS SHOW -- 467 00:11:49,833 --> 00:11:50,333 PARTICULARLY, REGARDING JUST 468 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:50,900 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ANY 469 00:11:50,966 --> 00:11:54,566 COMMUNITY. 470 00:11:54,633 --> 00:11:55,833 WE ARE CONSTANTLY FEATURING 471 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:56,500 LOCAL NEWS INVESTIGATIONS 472 00:11:56,566 --> 00:11:56,866 IN OUR STORIES. 473 00:11:56,933 --> 00:11:57,500 AND IT ISN'T JUST IMPORTANT 474 00:11:57,566 --> 00:11:58,800 IN A CIVIC SENSE; IT'S A MAJOR 475 00:11:58,866 --> 00:12:00,733 MONEYMAKER FOR STATIONS. 476 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,366 NEXSTAR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST 477 00:12:02,433 --> 00:12:03,966 OWNERS OF LOCAL STATIONS, 478 00:12:04,033 --> 00:12:05,433 SAID THEY EARNED NEARLY HALF 479 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:06,666 THEIR ADVERTISING REVENUE FROM 480 00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:10,200 SPOTS AIRED DURING LOCAL NEWS 481 00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:10,900 PROGRAMMING. 482 00:12:10,966 --> 00:12:13,866 BUT THE NEED TO BOTH INFORM A 483 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:14,566 COMMUNITY AND MAKE MONEY HAS 484 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:15,733 ALWAYS BEEN TRICKY TO RECONCILE 485 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,233 -- AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS 486 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:18,566 1960s CLIP OF BALTIMORE'S 487 00:12:18,633 --> 00:12:19,566 CHANNEL 11 NEWS. 488 00:12:19,633 --> 00:12:21,233 >> IN CHICAGO, TODAY, 489 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:22,333 A WHITE MOB THREW ROCKS AND 490 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:23,566 BOTTLES AT CIVIL RIGHTS 491 00:12:23,633 --> 00:12:25,333 DEMONSTRATORS. 492 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:26,866 THAT STORY AFTER THIS MESSAGE 493 00:12:26,933 --> 00:12:28,366 ABOUT MASH'S HAM. 494 00:12:28,433 --> 00:12:30,266 >> HE'S A LOVER. 495 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:31,300 NO, NOT THE KIND YOU'RE 496 00:12:31,366 --> 00:12:33,500 THINKING OF. 497 00:12:33,566 --> 00:12:36,300 HE'S A HAM LOVER. 498 00:12:36,366 --> 00:12:37,933 AND ALL HAM LOVERS KNOW THAT 499 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,500 MASH'S HAMS ARE THE BEST YOU 500 00:12:39,566 --> 00:12:40,633 CAN BUY. 501 00:12:40,700 --> 00:12:42,566 >> John: OKAY, THAT IS A VERY 502 00:12:42,633 --> 00:12:43,466 AWKWARD TRANSITION TO HAVE TO 503 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:44,733 MAKE. 504 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,333 TO GO FROM TEASING A STORY ABOUT 505 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,933 A RACIST MOB WITH A MASH'S HAM 506 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,300 LOGO ON YOUR DESK, TO A MAN WHO 507 00:12:51,366 --> 00:12:53,266 IS -- NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS -- 508 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:54,433 DEFINITELY FUCKING THAT HAM. 509 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:56,266 WHICH IS ABSURD. 510 00:12:56,333 --> 00:12:57,200 WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT, 511 00:12:57,266 --> 00:12:58,733 WHEN INSTEAD, YOU COULD BE 512 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,200 FUCKING HONEYSUCKLE WHITE'S 513 00:13:00,266 --> 00:13:01,100 FRESH GROUND TURKEY? 514 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:03,333 THE ONLY GROUND TURKEY THAT'S 515 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,166 93% LEAN AND 100% FUCKABLE. 516 00:13:06,233 --> 00:13:07,400 GET YOUR FUCK FILL 517 00:13:07,466 --> 00:13:09,166 WITH HONEYSUCKLE. 518 00:13:09,233 --> 00:13:11,600 NOW, CLEARLY, MAINTAINING 519 00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:12,966 JOURNALISTIC INDEPENDENCE 520 00:13:13,033 --> 00:13:13,566 FROM ADVERTISERS IS CRITICALLY 521 00:13:13,633 --> 00:13:14,566 IMPORTANT. 522 00:13:14,633 --> 00:13:15,533 SO IMPORTANT, IN FACT, IT'S 523 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,100 FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS THE 524 00:13:17,166 --> 00:13:19,433 "CHURCH-STATE WALL." 525 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:22,266 AND THE FCC HAS RULES REQUIRING 526 00:13:22,333 --> 00:13:23,266 BROADCAST STATIONS TO ANNOUNCE 527 00:13:23,333 --> 00:13:24,933 WHEN CONTENT HAS BEEN SPONSORED 528 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,833 OR PAID FOR IN ANY WAY. 529 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:28,766 UNFORTUNATELY, MANY LOCAL 530 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:29,966 STATIONS HAVE EITHER COMPLETELY 531 00:13:30,033 --> 00:13:31,466 BROKEN THOSE RULES, OR VIOLATED 532 00:13:31,533 --> 00:13:32,633 THE SPIRIT OF THEM, THROUGH 533 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:33,433 A PRACTICE KNOWN AS 534 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:35,500 "SPONSORED CONTENT." 535 00:13:35,566 --> 00:13:36,533 IT'S WHERE ADVERTISING IS 536 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,166 BLENDED DIRECTLY INTO THE 537 00:13:38,233 --> 00:13:39,633 BROADCASTS, AND IT'S BOTH 538 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:40,866 MORE WIDESPREAD, AND HARDER TO 539 00:13:40,933 --> 00:13:42,466 DETECT, THAN YOU MIGHT REALIZE. 540 00:13:42,533 --> 00:13:44,900 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 541 00:13:44,966 --> 00:13:46,100 SPONSORED CONTENT. 542 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:47,700 AND LET'S START WITH THE STUFF 543 00:13:47,766 --> 00:13:49,500 THAT SEEMS ESSENTIALLY HARMLESS: 544 00:13:49,566 --> 00:13:50,433 PEOPLE GETTING PAID TO HAWK 545 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:52,800 PRODUCTS ON TV. 546 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:54,233 THERE'S AN INDUSTRY OF LIFESTYLE 547 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:57,366 EXPERTS THAT DO THIS. 548 00:13:57,433 --> 00:13:58,466 HERE IS ONE OF THEM EXPLAINING 549 00:13:58,533 --> 00:13:59,000 THE PROCESS TO POTENTIAL 550 00:13:59,066 --> 00:13:59,366 CLIENTS. 551 00:13:59,433 --> 00:14:01,166 >> BRANDIGRATION IS WHERE A 552 00:14:01,233 --> 00:14:02,566 BRAND, ITS PRODUCT, AND THE 553 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:03,433 MESSAGING ARE ALL WORKED 554 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,200 TOGETHER WITHIN THE CONTENT OF 555 00:14:05,266 --> 00:14:07,433 A SHOW IN A PRE-PLANNED MANNER. 556 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:09,500 WITH SO MANY SHOWS OFFERING 557 00:14:09,566 --> 00:14:10,033 INTEGRATED CONTENT, IT CAN 558 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:10,933 BE HARD TO CHOOSE. 559 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,266 BUT LET'S START WITH LOCAL, 560 00:14:12,333 --> 00:14:13,566 OKAY? 561 00:14:13,633 --> 00:14:15,266 WE HAVE A METHOD THAT HELPS 562 00:14:15,333 --> 00:14:16,966 ME GET INTERVIEWS IN A SNAP. 563 00:14:17,033 --> 00:14:17,566 >> HI, MICHELLE! 564 00:14:17,633 --> 00:14:19,800 >> HEY THERE, JER-BEAR! 565 00:14:19,866 --> 00:14:21,233 >> HI, MICHELLE! 566 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:24,100 >> HEY, GIRL, HOW YOU DOING? 567 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:25,166 >> SEE? 568 00:14:25,233 --> 00:14:26,600 IN AN INSTANT, WE HAVE ACCESS 569 00:14:26,666 --> 00:14:27,633 TO SHOWS ACROSS THE NATION 570 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,566 THAT ARE READY FOR YOUR 571 00:14:29,633 --> 00:14:29,800 CONTENT. 572 00:14:29,866 --> 00:14:30,533 >> John: WOW. 573 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:31,500 I GOTTA SAY, THAT IS PRETTY 574 00:14:31,566 --> 00:14:33,133 IMPRESSIVE. 575 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,800 THE ONLY PERSON I CAN SUMMON 576 00:14:34,866 --> 00:14:35,633 WITH A SNAP OF MY FINGERS IS 577 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:38,166 GEORGE CLOONEY. 578 00:14:38,233 --> 00:14:40,766 WATCH. 579 00:14:40,833 --> 00:14:41,400 THERE HE IS. 580 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:41,833 >> HELLO? 581 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:42,433 >> John: HEY, GEORGE! 582 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:45,600 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 583 00:14:45,666 --> 00:14:47,100 >> UHHH... 584 00:14:47,166 --> 00:14:51,000 I'M DOING FINE. 585 00:14:51,066 --> 00:14:52,633 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 586 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:53,766 >> John: I'M JUST SHOWING PEOPLE 587 00:14:53,833 --> 00:14:54,633 HOW I CAN SUMMON YOU WITH A 588 00:14:54,700 --> 00:14:57,766 SIMPLE SNAP OF MY FINGERS. 589 00:14:57,833 --> 00:14:58,333 >> I'M EATING DINNER. 590 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:03,300 I GAVE YOU THIS POWER TO USE IN 591 00:15:03,366 --> 00:15:04,166 A LIMITED CAPACITY, JOHN. 592 00:15:04,233 --> 00:15:04,733 >> John: UNDERSTOOD, GEORGE. 593 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:05,600 BYE! 594 00:15:05,666 --> 00:15:06,400 >> BYE. 595 00:15:06,466 --> 00:15:07,466 >> John: SEE? 596 00:15:07,533 --> 00:15:08,666 THE SYSTEM WORKS! 597 00:15:08,733 --> 00:15:09,933 BUT THE TRUTH IS, MICHELLE 598 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:10,900 DIDN'T JUST HAVE THE POWER 599 00:15:10,966 --> 00:15:11,466 TO MAKE PEOPLE APPEAR OUT OF 600 00:15:11,533 --> 00:15:11,833 THIN AIR. 601 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:13,066 SHE ALSO, CRUCIALLY, HAD THE 602 00:15:13,133 --> 00:15:14,033 POWER TO MAKE THEM PLAY ALONG 603 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:14,833 AS SHE HAWKED HORRIFYING 604 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:18,033 PRODUCTS LIKE THESE. 605 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:18,866 >> THESE ARE THE NEW FRENCH'S 606 00:15:18,933 --> 00:15:20,900 CRISPY JALAPENOS. 607 00:15:20,966 --> 00:15:22,066 ONE FUN IDEA IS TO USE IT IN 608 00:15:22,133 --> 00:15:24,766 THIS JALAPENO CHEESEBURGER DIP. 609 00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:26,466 THIS IS SERIOUSLY EVERYTHING 610 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:27,133 YOU LOVE ABOUT A CHEESEBURGER 611 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,766 IN DIP FORM. 612 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:32,833 TAKE A LOOK, IS THIS THING 613 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:33,233 GORGEOUS OR WHAT? 614 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:33,733 THIS THING HAS JUST HIT 615 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,133 THE PARTY SCENE. 616 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,000 IT'S THE VELVETTA SHELLS AND 617 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:35,833 CHEESE LIFE SIZE LIQUID GOLD 618 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:37,166 FOUNTAIN. 619 00:15:37,233 --> 00:15:39,800 >> OKAY, SO, A FEW THINGS I LOVE 620 00:15:39,866 --> 00:15:41,066 ARE DORITOS, MELTED CHEESE 621 00:15:41,133 --> 00:15:43,000 STICKS, AND NACHOS, AND NOW 622 00:15:43,066 --> 00:15:44,266 THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN ENJOY THEM 623 00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:45,533 ALL IN ONE. 624 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,400 THESE ARE DORITOS LOADED. 625 00:15:47,466 --> 00:15:48,433 IT IS A TOTALLY NEW WAY 626 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:50,533 TO EXPERIENCE DORITOS. 627 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,200 >> THAT'S A REALLY FUN TWIST 628 00:15:51,266 --> 00:15:51,866 ON A SNACK IDEA. 629 00:15:51,933 --> 00:15:53,500 >> ISN'T IT? 630 00:15:53,566 --> 00:15:54,966 >> John: NO! 631 00:15:55,033 --> 00:15:56,300 NO, IT ISN'T! 632 00:15:56,366 --> 00:15:57,133 NOW THAT PRODUCT HAS SINCE BEEN 633 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:57,733 DISCONTINUED. 634 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:58,733 PROBABLY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LESS 635 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,633 LIKE A SNACK, AND MORE LIKE 636 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:00,733 SOMEONE DEEP-FRIED A FIDGET 637 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,233 SPINNER. 638 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:02,933 AND YOU PROBABLY ASSUMED 639 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,300 MICHELLE WAS GETTING PAID 640 00:16:04,366 --> 00:16:06,400 TO DO THAT. 641 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:07,900 BUT INTERESTINGLY, THE STATION 642 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,333 WAS ALSO GETTING PAID TO HAVE 643 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,066 HER ON. 644 00:16:11,133 --> 00:16:14,433 AND WHILE THE FCC REQUIRES 645 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:15,000 SPONSORED CONTENT LIKE THAT 646 00:16:15,066 --> 00:16:15,733 TO BE LABELED, IT HAS NO 647 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,200 REQUIREMENTS FOR EXACTLY HOW 648 00:16:17,266 --> 00:16:18,800 OR FOR HOW LONG. 649 00:16:18,866 --> 00:16:21,166 SO FOR INSTANCE, IN THE CASE OF 650 00:16:21,233 --> 00:16:21,966 DORITOS LOADED, THE DISCLOSURE 651 00:16:22,033 --> 00:16:29,533 CAME AT THE VERY END OF THE 652 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,966 SEGMENT FOR JUST TWO SECONDS. 653 00:16:34,033 --> 00:16:34,600 SO SIX SECONDS TOTAL. 654 00:16:34,666 --> 00:16:35,500 WHICH IS, INCIDENTALLY, ABOUT 655 00:16:35,566 --> 00:16:36,266 THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME DORITOS 656 00:16:36,333 --> 00:16:37,133 LOADED STAY IN YOUR BODY BEFORE 657 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:37,933 BEING FORCIBLY EJECTED FROM 658 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:38,433 WHATEVER ORIFICE THEY'RE 659 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:40,233 CLOSEST TO. 660 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:42,266 THIS PRACTICE CAN BE SO 661 00:16:42,333 --> 00:16:42,866 LUCRATIVE THAT MANY BIG CHAINS 662 00:16:42,933 --> 00:16:44,766 HAVE NOW SET UP TEMPLATES FOR 663 00:16:44,833 --> 00:16:49,933 LOCAL SHOWS, BUILT AROUND 664 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,700 SPONSORED CONTENT. 665 00:16:51,766 --> 00:16:52,966 SCRIPPS HAS "MORNING BLEND," 666 00:16:53,033 --> 00:16:53,700 TEGNA HAS "GREAT DAY," NEXSTAR 667 00:16:53,766 --> 00:16:55,866 HAS "DAYTIME," AND SINCLAIR HAS, 668 00:16:55,933 --> 00:16:56,700 I CAN ONLY ASSUME, "THE MUSLIMS 669 00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:59,300 ATTACK AT DAWN." 670 00:16:59,366 --> 00:17:01,000 AND IT'S NOT JUST BRAND EXPERTS 671 00:17:01,066 --> 00:17:02,466 JOINING BY SATELLITE. 672 00:17:02,533 --> 00:17:04,933 SOMETIMES LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL 673 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,500 PAY FOR AN INTERVIEW, WHERE THEY 674 00:17:06,566 --> 00:17:07,833 CAN SCRIPT THE QUESTIONS, AND 675 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:08,400 MAKE SURE THEY'RE PRESENTED 676 00:17:08,466 --> 00:17:10,200 GLOWINGLY. 677 00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:10,600 TAKE JIM HEAFNER. 678 00:17:10,666 --> 00:17:11,833 UNTIL RECENTLY, HE WAS A 679 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:12,933 FINANCIAL ADVISER IN CHARLOTTE, 680 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,733 NORTH CAROLINA, WHO WAS ON THE 681 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,466 LOCAL SHOW "MORNING BREAK" 682 00:17:16,533 --> 00:17:17,966 ALL THE TIME, AND WAS ALWAYS 683 00:17:18,033 --> 00:17:18,700 INTRODUCED IN VERY POSITIVE 684 00:17:18,766 --> 00:17:24,466 TERMS. 685 00:17:24,533 --> 00:17:26,033 >> WE HAVE JIM HEAFNER, HE IS A 686 00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:27,433 CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, THE 687 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,500 PRESIDENT AND CEO OF HEAFNER 688 00:17:29,566 --> 00:17:30,800 FINANCIAL, A BEST-SELLING 689 00:17:30,866 --> 00:17:32,666 AUTHOR, JUST AN ALL-AROUND GREAT 690 00:17:32,733 --> 00:17:32,833 GUY. 691 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:33,433 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 692 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:33,900 BACK HERE. 693 00:17:33,966 --> 00:17:34,800 YOU'RE A REGULAR HERE. 694 00:17:34,866 --> 00:17:35,466 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 695 00:17:35,533 --> 00:17:38,200 BACK WITH US. 696 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:38,766 >> YOU ARE WELCOME. 697 00:17:38,833 --> 00:17:39,466 >> WE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE HERE. 698 00:17:39,533 --> 00:17:40,866 >> WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU 699 00:17:40,933 --> 00:17:41,466 BACK BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HELP 700 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:42,100 OUR FOLKS GET FINANCIALLY FIT. 701 00:17:42,166 --> 00:17:42,700 >> WELCOME BACK, MR. HEAFNER! 702 00:17:42,766 --> 00:17:43,300 WE LOVE WHEN YOU ARE HERE WITH 703 00:17:43,366 --> 00:17:43,566 US, SIR. 704 00:17:43,633 --> 00:17:45,566 >> THIS MAN KNOWS HIS STUFF. 705 00:17:45,633 --> 00:17:47,100 >> John: THAT LEVEL OF 706 00:17:47,166 --> 00:17:50,900 ENTHUSIASTIC COSIGNING SEEMS 707 00:17:50,966 --> 00:17:51,600 PRETTY CONVINCING UNTIL YOU 708 00:17:51,666 --> 00:17:52,733 REMIND YOURSELF, THE STATION 709 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:53,833 WAS BEING PAID TO SAY THOSE 710 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:54,666 THINGS ABOUT HIM. 711 00:17:54,733 --> 00:17:56,900 IT'S THE REASON NO ONE WHO GETS 712 00:17:56,966 --> 00:17:59,633 A BIRTHDAY CAMEO FROM GARY BUSEY 713 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,500 THINKS, "WOW, GARY BUSEY HOPES 714 00:18:01,566 --> 00:18:02,533 I MAKE IT TO 156 YEARS OLD? 715 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,966 HE MUST BE MY BEST FRIEND." 716 00:18:05,033 --> 00:18:06,800 INSTEAD, THEY THINK, "WOW, CRAIG 717 00:18:06,866 --> 00:18:08,500 JUST WASTED $350 GETTING 718 00:18:08,566 --> 00:18:09,900 GARY BUSEY TO WISH ME 719 00:18:09,966 --> 00:18:11,366 A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 720 00:18:11,433 --> 00:18:13,300 HE MUST BE MY BEST FRIEND." 721 00:18:13,366 --> 00:18:15,000 AND IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT 722 00:18:15,066 --> 00:18:20,000 HEAFNER AND THE FIRM HE WORKED 723 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:22,866 NOT ONLY WERE ORDERED TO PLAY 724 00:18:22,933 --> 00:18:23,900 $1 MILLION IN AN ARBITRATION 725 00:18:23,966 --> 00:18:25,300 CASE THAT HE LOST RETIREES' 726 00:18:25,366 --> 00:18:28,266 MONEY COME ABOUT 22 CLAYTON'S 727 00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:28,500 RECENTLY 728 00:18:28,566 --> 00:18:29,066 SEEKING DAMAGES RELATED TO 729 00:18:29,133 --> 00:18:29,333 SUED HIM, 730 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:29,900 THE LOSS OF $2.7 MILLION OF 731 00:18:29,966 --> 00:18:30,566 THEIR INVESTMENTS, WITH ONE OF 732 00:18:30,633 --> 00:18:31,300 THEM EVEN SAYING HE TRUSTED 733 00:18:31,366 --> 00:18:32,400 HEAFNER BECAUSE HE "BELIEVED 734 00:18:32,466 --> 00:18:33,633 THE LONGEST-RUNNING CHARLOTTE 735 00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:34,333 STATION WOULD INVITE ON 736 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:35,066 TRUSTED EXPERTS." 737 00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:36,266 AND YEAH! 738 00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:37,866 OF COURSE YOU'D BELIEVE THAT! 739 00:18:37,933 --> 00:18:38,633 PEOPLE TRUST THEIR 740 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:44,566 LOCAL STATION! 741 00:18:44,633 --> 00:18:45,400 THAT'S THE POINT HERE! 742 00:18:45,466 --> 00:18:46,800 AND IT DOESN'T STOP AT THESE 743 00:18:46,866 --> 00:18:47,400 LOCAL LIFESTYLE SHOWS -- 744 00:18:47,466 --> 00:18:48,433 COMPANIES HAVE ALSO BOUGHT THEIR 745 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:49,133 WAY DIRECTLY INTO LOCAL NEWS 746 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,333 BROADCASTS. 747 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,966 BACK IN 2017, SINCLAIR FACED 748 00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:55,733 A $13.3 MILLION FINE FROM 749 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,200 THE FCC OVER SEGMENTS PROMOTING 750 00:18:57,266 --> 00:18:58,600 THE HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE, 751 00:18:58,666 --> 00:19:01,100 WHICH WERE BROADCAST MORE THAN 752 00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:02,633 A THOUSAND TIMES ON LOCAL 753 00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:04,300 SINCLAIR STATIONS WITH NO 754 00:19:04,366 --> 00:19:06,100 INDICATION WHATSOEVER THEY 755 00:19:06,166 --> 00:19:07,133 WERE SPONSORED. 756 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,700 SOME OF THESE SEGMENTS AIRED 757 00:19:08,766 --> 00:19:09,633 DURING THE EVENING NEWS, 758 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:10,933 AND IN HINDSIGHT, THE TONE OF 759 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,233 THE REPORTS WERE SUSPICIOUSLY 760 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:14,733 UPBEAT. 761 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,800 >> THIS COMPLEX MACHINE IS 762 00:19:15,866 --> 00:19:18,233 ERADICATING CANCER WITHOUT 763 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:18,733 THE INVASIVE PROCEDURES. 764 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:19,600 >> FOR PATIENTS LIKE JEFF, THIS 765 00:19:19,666 --> 00:19:20,933 IS WELCOME NEWS. 766 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,266 >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 767 00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:24,433 PROSTATE CANCER, THIS IS THE 768 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:25,533 TIME TO HAVE IT. 769 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:26,700 >> IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 770 00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:31,566 MARK KOBEL REPORTING. 771 00:19:31,633 --> 00:19:32,300 >> John: THAT IS A HELL OF A 772 00:19:32,366 --> 00:19:33,533 POSITIVE SPIN: NO TIME LIKE THE 773 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:34,166 PRESENT TO HAVE PROSTATE CANCER. 774 00:19:34,233 --> 00:19:35,200 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 775 00:19:35,266 --> 00:19:37,066 AND DESPITE HOW HE SIGNED OFF, 776 00:19:37,133 --> 00:19:38,333 IS MARK KOBEL ACTUALLY REPORTING 777 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:38,900 THERE? 778 00:19:38,966 --> 00:19:40,100 BECAUSE, IN RETROSPECT, IT SEEMS 779 00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:41,666 MORE LIKE MARK KOBEL PARROTING 780 00:19:41,733 --> 00:19:42,933 THE ABSURDLY SUNNY CANCER 781 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,500 PROPAGANDA OF HIS BUSINESS 782 00:19:44,566 --> 00:19:49,600 DADDY'S FAVORITE MONEY FRIEND. 783 00:19:49,666 --> 00:19:50,566 BUT I WILL SAY THIS, AT LEAST 784 00:19:50,633 --> 00:19:51,100 THAT'S AN INSTANCE OF 785 00:19:51,166 --> 00:19:52,033 A BROADCASTER ACTING SO 786 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:52,933 EGREGIOUSLY, THE FCC WAS ABLE 787 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,366 TO TAKE ACTION. 788 00:19:54,433 --> 00:19:56,566 A LOT OF THE TIME, STATIONS ARE 789 00:19:56,633 --> 00:19:58,466 DOING JUST ENOUGH DISCLOSURE 790 00:19:58,533 --> 00:19:59,900 TO STAY THE RIGHT SIDE OF 791 00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:01,666 THE FCC, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN 792 00:20:01,733 --> 00:20:02,533 THEY'RE NOT DOING MASSIVE HARM 793 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:03,866 TO THEIR CREDIBILITY. 794 00:20:03,933 --> 00:20:06,833 BECAUSE EVEN WHEN A SPONSORSHIP 795 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,933 IS PROPERLY DISCLOSED, I'D ARGUE 796 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,566 THERE ARE CERTAIN BUSINESSES 797 00:20:10,633 --> 00:20:12,300 LOCAL STATIONS SHOULD NOT BE 798 00:20:12,366 --> 00:20:13,633 SELLING THEMSELVES OUT FOR. 799 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:14,533 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 800 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:15,866 MEDICINE. 801 00:20:15,933 --> 00:20:17,833 BECAUSE A SURPRISING NUMBER 802 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:18,666 OF SEGMENTS ON THESE SHOWS ARE 803 00:20:18,733 --> 00:20:20,833 ENTHUSIASTIC, UNCRITICAL 804 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:22,566 SHOWCASES FOR EXPENSIVE 805 00:20:22,633 --> 00:20:23,833 TREATMENTS OR DEVICES, 806 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:24,633 FEATURING CLAIMS THAT ARE, 807 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:25,633 TO PUT IT CHARITABLY, 808 00:20:25,700 --> 00:20:26,933 MEDICALLY DUBIOUS. 809 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,533 LIKE THIS PRODUCT, 810 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,733 WHICH MADE IT ONTO A REGULAR 811 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:30,966 MORNING NEWSCAST IN UTAH. 812 00:20:31,033 --> 00:20:32,400 >> TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 813 00:20:32,466 --> 00:20:33,333 A TECHNOLOGY AIMED TO HELP MEN 814 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,333 WITH A SERIOUS ISSUE. 815 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,600 STEPHANIE AND DUSTIN WOLFF, 816 00:20:37,666 --> 00:20:38,966 THE CO-INVENTORS OF THE WORLD'S 817 00:20:39,033 --> 00:20:42,966 FIRST CLINICALLY TESTED HOME USE 818 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:45,466 SHOCK WAVE DEVICE TO TREAT 819 00:20:45,533 --> 00:20:46,200 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. 820 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:46,700 IT'S CALLED THE ROCKET. 821 00:20:46,766 --> 00:20:47,700 >> THIS IS THE ROCKET. 822 00:20:47,766 --> 00:20:48,866 SO THE ROCKET WORKS ON THE 823 00:20:48,933 --> 00:20:50,266 PRINCIPLE OF LOW-INTENSITY 824 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:51,400 SOUND WAVE THERAPY, WHICH HAS 825 00:20:51,466 --> 00:20:52,600 ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND IN EUROPE 826 00:20:52,666 --> 00:20:54,000 FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. 827 00:20:54,066 --> 00:20:55,200 IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE. 828 00:20:55,266 --> 00:20:57,200 IT'S SAFE. 829 00:20:57,266 --> 00:20:58,133 AND IT'S -- THE TECHNOLOGY'S 830 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,566 FDA RECOGNIZED. 831 00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:02,366 >> John: OKAY, FIRST, THAT 832 00:21:02,433 --> 00:21:04,633 VIBRATING TAINT MISSILE LOOKS 833 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:05,600 UTTERLY TERRIFYING. 834 00:21:05,666 --> 00:21:06,466 AND WHILE IT'S SINCE BEEN 835 00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:08,066 REBRANDED FROM "THE ROCKET" TO 836 00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:09,500 "THE PHOENIX," I'M NOT SURE "PUT 837 00:21:09,566 --> 00:21:10,900 THIS BIRD THAT DESTROYS ITSELF 838 00:21:10,966 --> 00:21:12,566 IN FIRE NEAR YOUR PENIS" IS MUCH 839 00:21:12,633 --> 00:21:14,033 OF AN UPGRADE. 840 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:15,066 BUT SECOND: WHAT DOES 841 00:21:15,133 --> 00:21:19,300 "FDA RECOGNIZED" EVEN MEAN? 842 00:21:19,366 --> 00:21:20,866 IT DEFINITELY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S 843 00:21:20,933 --> 00:21:21,366 "FDA CLEARED," MUCH LESS 844 00:21:21,433 --> 00:21:23,266 "APPROVED." 845 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:25,866 AND THE FDA TOLD US THE PHOENIX 846 00:21:25,933 --> 00:21:27,100 IS "REGISTERED" WITH THEM, 847 00:21:27,166 --> 00:21:28,500 AS A THERAPEUTIC MASSAGER, 848 00:21:28,566 --> 00:21:30,100 THOUGH, NOT AS A DEVICE TO TREAT 849 00:21:30,166 --> 00:21:31,733 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. 850 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,600 AND AT THIS POINT, I LEGALLY 851 00:21:33,666 --> 00:21:34,800 HAVE TO TELL YOU, 852 00:21:34,866 --> 00:21:36,366 THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PHOENIX 853 00:21:36,433 --> 00:21:39,133 SAYS THEY MAKE NO EXPLICIT 854 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,466 CLAIMS ABOUT TREATING E.D. 855 00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:44,266 WHICH IS A LITTLE ODD, BECAUSE 856 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:46,733 THEIR OWN WEBSITE CLAIMS THAT 857 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,066 PHOENIX OFFERS PROVEN TECHNOLOGY 858 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:49,766 TO MAKE YOUR 859 00:21:49,833 --> 00:21:52,400 PENIS HARDER," WHICH THEY 860 00:21:52,466 --> 00:21:55,633 AND YOU CAN COMPLETE THIS 861 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:57,600 TREATMENT IN YOUR HOME. 862 00:21:57,666 --> 00:21:57,866 WHICH THEY 863 00:21:57,933 --> 00:22:00,733 PRESUMABLY FEEL JUSTIFIES 864 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,400 ITS PRICE TAG OF HOLY SHIT $879. 865 00:22:04,466 --> 00:22:05,200 BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT HERE. 866 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:06,266 THE POINT IS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO 867 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:06,900 ALLOW THAT PRODUCT INTO THE BODY 868 00:22:06,966 --> 00:22:08,500 OF YOUR LOCAL NEWSCAST, 869 00:22:08,566 --> 00:22:09,300 YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME VERY 870 00:22:09,366 --> 00:22:09,966 POINTED QUESTIONS READY, AND NOT 871 00:22:10,033 --> 00:22:10,833 END THE SEGMENT LIKE THIS. 872 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:11,866 >> AND OF COURSE IF YOU WANT TO 873 00:22:11,933 --> 00:22:12,700 FIND MORE INFORMATION, WHERE CAN 874 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:13,533 THEY FIND IT ONLINE, GUYS? 875 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:13,933 >> THEY CAN GO TO 876 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:14,366 GetMyRocket.com. 877 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:16,300 >> THERE YOU GO. 878 00:22:16,366 --> 00:22:17,566 GET THAT HELP YOU NEED FOR 879 00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:18,400 WHATEVER AILMENT YOU'VE GOT 880 00:22:18,466 --> 00:22:18,733 RIGHT HERE. 881 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,100 >> John: YEAH! 882 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,000 USE THE ROCKET FOR WHATEVER 883 00:22:21,066 --> 00:22:22,166 AILMENT YOU'VE GOT! 884 00:22:22,233 --> 00:22:24,366 ESPECIALLY IF THAT AILMENT IS 885 00:22:24,433 --> 00:22:28,400 HAVING 879 TOO MANY DOLLARS. 886 00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:30,300 AND THE THING IS, THAT'S FAR 887 00:22:30,366 --> 00:22:31,166 FROM THE ONLY WEIRD MEDICAL 888 00:22:31,233 --> 00:22:32,600 PRODUCT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED 889 00:22:32,666 --> 00:22:33,666 UNCRITICALLY DURING SPONSORED 890 00:22:33,733 --> 00:22:35,100 SEGMENTS. 891 00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:37,000 DENVER'S MILE-HIGH LIVING 892 00:22:37,066 --> 00:22:38,033 FEATURED A SPA OWNER PROMOTING 893 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:40,166 THIS EXCITING NEW TREATMENT: 894 00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:41,933 >> MONA LISA TOUCH IS THE FIRST 895 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:42,833 FDA-CLEARED LASER TO TREAT 896 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:44,166 THE VAGINA, AND IN DOING SO, 897 00:22:44,233 --> 00:22:44,766 IT TREATS THE SYMPTOMS OF 898 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:46,100 VAGINAL ATROPHY. 899 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:46,800 >> SO THE PROCEDURE ITSELF, 900 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,166 IS IT PAINFUL? 901 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:50,133 >> NO. 902 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:50,766 IT'S -- TYPICALLY, WHAT YOU'LL 903 00:22:50,833 --> 00:22:52,166 FEEL ARE MILD VIBRATIONS. 904 00:22:52,233 --> 00:22:53,166 I TEASE, THE NEXT DAY YOU MIGHT 905 00:22:53,233 --> 00:22:54,566 FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A SUNBURNED 906 00:22:54,633 --> 00:22:56,766 VAGINA, BUT IT'S JUST HEALING. 907 00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:57,733 >> John: OH, THAT'S OKAY, THEN. 908 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,000 IT'S JUST YOUR TYPICAL, 909 00:22:59,066 --> 00:23:00,600 EVERYDAY, SUNBURNED VAGINA. 910 00:23:00,666 --> 00:23:02,266 AND ONLY CAUSED BY A LASER. 911 00:23:02,333 --> 00:23:02,933 SO REALLY, JUST YOUR TYPICAL, 912 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,100 EVERYDAY, LASER-ROASTED 913 00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:05,633 GENITALIA. 914 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:06,966 WHICH IS JUST HEALING. 915 00:23:07,033 --> 00:23:07,666 FROM THE LASER YOU DELIBERATELY 916 00:23:07,733 --> 00:23:09,333 BURNED IT WITH. 917 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:10,300 IT BEING THE INSIDE 918 00:23:10,366 --> 00:23:11,066 OF YOUR VAGINA. 919 00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:12,266 YOUR RUN-OF-THE-MILL 920 00:23:12,333 --> 00:23:14,933 LASER-CHARRED VAGINA. 921 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,700 AND IF USING A LASER AS A 922 00:23:16,766 --> 00:23:19,066 MEDICAL PSEUDO-DILDO SEEMS LIKE 923 00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:19,933 A SCARY THING TO DO: YOU HAVE 924 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,066 GOOD INSTINCTS. 925 00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:24,366 BECAUSE OVER A YEAR BEFORE THAT 926 00:23:24,433 --> 00:23:25,966 SEGMENT AIRED, THE FDA ISSUED A 927 00:23:26,033 --> 00:23:26,933 SAFETY ALERT, MAKING IT CLEAR 928 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,333 THAT THEY HAVE NOT CLEARED OR 929 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,400 APPROVED FOR MARKETING ANY 930 00:23:32,466 --> 00:23:33,000 ENERGY-BASED DEVICES TO TREAT 931 00:23:33,066 --> 00:23:34,200 VAGINAL ATROPHY, AND APPLYING 932 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,466 ENERGY-BASED THERAPIES TO 933 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:36,566 THE VAGINA MAY LEAD TO VAGINAL 934 00:23:36,633 --> 00:23:37,766 BURNS, SCARRING, AND RECURRING 935 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:39,866 OR CHRONIC PAIN. 936 00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:41,433 AND THE PROBLEM IS, SEGMENTS 937 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:42,733 WITH DICEY MEDICAL CLAIMS ARE 938 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,333 JUST EVERYWHERE. 939 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,466 RECENTLY, THE FDA HAS WARNED 940 00:23:46,533 --> 00:23:47,733 ABOUT THE USE OF UNAPPROVED 941 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:48,900 STEM CELL THERAPIES, 942 00:23:48,966 --> 00:23:50,633 WHICH THEY SAY CAN BE HARMFUL. 943 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:52,166 BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT 944 00:23:52,233 --> 00:23:55,200 TO WATCH SOME OF THESE SHOWS. 945 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:56,466 HERE'S A SEGMENT FROM 946 00:23:56,533 --> 00:23:57,833 "GOOD MORNING TEXAS," FEATURING 947 00:23:57,900 --> 00:23:58,866 A DOCTOR WHO'S BEEN DISCIPLINED 948 00:23:58,933 --> 00:24:00,033 MULTIPLE TIMES BY THE STATE 949 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:01,333 MEDICAL BOARD FOR SEPARATE 950 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,133 ISSUES, CLAIMING HIS STEM CELL 951 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,200 THERAPY CAN TREAT THINGS LIKE 952 00:24:05,266 --> 00:24:06,900 M.S. AND PARKINSON'S, DESPITE 953 00:24:06,966 --> 00:24:10,333 THE FACT THAT STEM CELLS HAVE 954 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:10,966 NEVER BEEN APPROVED TO TREAT ANY 955 00:24:11,033 --> 00:24:12,433 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER. 956 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:13,566 AND IT'S NOT JUST HIM -- HERE'S 957 00:24:13,633 --> 00:24:15,333 A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, MAKING 958 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,033 SIMILARLY BASELESS CLAIMS ON A 959 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:18,000 STATION IN ARIZONA. 960 00:24:18,066 --> 00:24:18,666 >> SO, WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS 961 00:24:18,733 --> 00:24:20,100 ARE YOU TREATING WITH THIS? 962 00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:21,300 >> SO, WE TREAT SO MANY 963 00:24:21,366 --> 00:24:23,433 DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONDITIONS. 964 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,133 WE CAN DO IT TO JOINTS, 965 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,466 WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF 966 00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:28,433 THAT -- SYSTEMIC THINGS AS WELL. 967 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:29,733 INCLUDING, WE'VE HAD A PATIENT 968 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,800 WITH CHRON'S DISEASE RECENTLY. 969 00:24:30,866 --> 00:24:32,600 HAD A PATIENT WITH HEART DISEASE 970 00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:33,100 WHO WAS IN SEVERE HEART 971 00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:34,266 FAILURE. 972 00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:35,266 BOTH OF THEM WITHIN A WEEK OF 973 00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:37,233 GETTING THESE STEM CELLS ARE 974 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:38,533 JUST FEELING GREAT AND IMPROVED 975 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,033 TO ALMOST NORMAL. 976 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,966 >> WOW! 977 00:24:41,033 --> 00:24:44,833 >> John: YEAH, WOW! 978 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:45,200 INDEED! 979 00:24:45,266 --> 00:24:46,300 THAT CARD SUGGESTED HE CAN TREAT 980 00:24:46,366 --> 00:24:48,633 PARKINSONS, ALZHEIMERS, AUTISM, 981 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:49,833 M.S. AND ALS. 982 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:51,066 IT SEEMS THE ONLY THING HIS 983 00:24:51,133 --> 00:24:52,700 STEM CELLS CAN'T DO IS HELP THAT 984 00:24:52,766 --> 00:24:54,600 STATION PROOFREAD THEIR LIST OF 985 00:24:54,666 --> 00:24:55,433 "CONDITIONS CAN STEM CELL 986 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:56,333 THERAPY BENEFIT." 987 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,233 BECAUSE OTHER THAN THAT, 988 00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,666 GOT YOU THEY COVERED HAVE! 989 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:01,766 AND LOOK, WHILE THERE IS NO WAY 990 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:02,700 OF KNOWING EXACTLY HOW MANY 991 00:25:02,766 --> 00:25:04,133 PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THESE SHOWS 992 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,800 AS THEY AIR, THAT'S NOT REALLY 993 00:25:06,866 --> 00:25:08,300 THE POINT, AS THIS MARKETING 994 00:25:08,366 --> 00:25:09,366 EXECUTIVE AT NEXSTAR EXPLAINED 995 00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:11,033 TO POTENTIAL ADVERTISERS. 996 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:12,466 >> NOW, HERE'S THE DEAL. 997 00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:14,133 MOST PEOPLE THINK, "OKAY, SO I 998 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,700 GO ON THE TV SHOW, I'M ON TV, 999 00:25:15,766 --> 00:25:17,200 GREAT, THIS IS AWESOME, AND IT 1000 00:25:17,266 --> 00:25:18,033 AIRS AT 4:00, I GO ON, GREAT, 1001 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:19,366 AND PEOPLE SEE ME, OKAY, 1002 00:25:19,433 --> 00:25:24,633 SO THIS IS COOL." 1003 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:26,100 I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, 1004 00:25:26,166 --> 00:25:27,633 WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GO ON AND DO 1005 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,800 THAT, THAT ISN'T EVEN THE CAKE. 1006 00:25:29,866 --> 00:25:31,433 THAT'S JUST THE ICING. 1007 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:34,800 YOU KNOW WHAT THE CAKE IS? 1008 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:38,200 THE VIDEO FILE. 1009 00:25:38,266 --> 00:25:38,433 [LAUGHS] 1010 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:39,633 AT THE END, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A 1011 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:40,933 FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE VIDEO FILE. 1012 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:41,533 AND YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT WITH 1013 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:41,700 IT? 1014 00:25:41,766 --> 00:25:44,633 POST IT EVERYWHERE! 1015 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:45,000 [LAUGHS] 1016 00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:45,866 >> John: OKAY, FIRST OF ALL: 1017 00:25:45,933 --> 00:25:47,133 WHAT IS THAT MOTION? 1018 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,900 THAT IS UNNECESSARILY GROSS. 1019 00:25:49,966 --> 00:25:50,766 THIS ISN'T HOW YOU REPRESENT 1020 00:25:50,833 --> 00:25:52,566 CAKE AND ICING. 1021 00:25:52,633 --> 00:25:53,533 THIS IS HOW YOU BRING A 1022 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:54,966 MASH'S HAM TO ORGASM. 1023 00:25:55,033 --> 00:25:57,233 YOU GIVE IT THE OL' WIGGLE AND 1024 00:25:57,300 --> 00:25:57,833 SQUEEZE, AND THEN A TWIST AND 1025 00:25:57,900 --> 00:25:58,366 A SNAP. 1026 00:25:58,433 --> 00:25:59,500 OH, SHIT! 1027 00:25:59,566 --> 00:26:01,833 >> WHAT IS IT? 1028 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:05,466 >> John: SORRY, GEORGE. 1029 00:26:05,533 --> 00:26:06,600 I'M SORRY. 1030 00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:07,133 THAT ONE WAS GENUINELY AN 1031 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:07,533 ACCIDENT. 1032 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:08,400 I WAS JUST TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE 1033 00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:09,266 HOW TO BRING A MASH'S HAM TO 1034 00:26:09,333 --> 00:26:09,500 ORGASM. 1035 00:26:09,566 --> 00:26:13,100 >> THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT. 1036 00:26:13,166 --> 00:26:16,833 >> John: OH. 1037 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:17,466 I GUESS THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION 1038 00:26:17,533 --> 00:26:18,000 TO HAVE. 1039 00:26:18,066 --> 00:26:18,633 THE POINT IS, THAT MARKETING 1040 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:19,666 EXECUTIVE IS RIGHT. 1041 00:26:19,733 --> 00:26:20,833 THE CAKE IS THE VIDEO FILE, 1042 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:21,700 AND COMPANIES WILL TAKE THAT 1043 00:26:21,766 --> 00:26:22,866 VIDEO AND RUN WITH IT. 1044 00:26:22,933 --> 00:26:23,933 REMEMBER THAT NATUROPATHIC 1045 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:24,866 DOCTOR WHO CLAIMED STEM CELLS 1046 00:26:24,933 --> 00:26:25,500 ARE A TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S 1047 00:26:25,566 --> 00:26:27,833 AND AUTISM? 1048 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:29,600 HERE'S HIS WEBSITE, WHICH 1049 00:26:29,666 --> 00:26:30,833 PROUDLY FEATURES THE MANY TIMES 1050 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,833 HE WAS GIVEN AN UNCRITICAL 1051 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:36,833 PLATFORM ON TRUSTED LOCAL TV. 1052 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:37,400 AND YOU MIGHT THINK VIEWERS 1053 00:26:37,466 --> 00:26:38,466 SHOULD BE SMART ENOUGH TO 1054 00:26:38,533 --> 00:26:39,366 APPROACH ANYTHING ON THESE SHOWS 1055 00:26:39,433 --> 00:26:43,566 WITH SKEPTICISM. 1056 00:26:43,633 --> 00:26:49,066 THE THING IS, THOUGH, MANY OF 1057 00:26:49,133 --> 00:26:49,700 THESE STATIONS ALSO SWAP FIGURES 1058 00:26:49,766 --> 00:26:50,466 FROM THEIR NEWSROOM TO THEIR 1059 00:26:50,533 --> 00:26:51,300 SPONSORED CONTENT SHOWS. 1060 00:26:51,366 --> 00:26:53,500 AT ABC4 UTAH, FOR INSTANCE, 1061 00:26:53,566 --> 00:26:54,000 SURAE CHINN IS BOTH THE 1062 00:26:54,066 --> 00:26:54,500 CHANNEL'S CHIEF MEDICAL 1063 00:26:54,566 --> 00:26:55,600 CORRESPONDENT AND A HOST OF 1064 00:26:55,666 --> 00:26:56,733 THE SPONSORED CONTENT SHOW 1065 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,033 "GOOD THINGS UTAH." 1066 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:00,266 AND IT REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE A 1067 00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:02,500 LINE IS GETTING BLURRED THERE. 1068 00:27:02,566 --> 00:27:04,733 AND LOOK, IDEALLY, STATIONS 1069 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:05,833 WOULDN'T ENGAGE IN THIS PRACTICE 1070 00:27:05,900 --> 00:27:06,766 AT ALL -- OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, 1071 00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:08,466 THEIR DISCLOSURES WOULD BE 1072 00:27:08,533 --> 00:27:09,466 HARDER FOR VIEWERS TO MISS, 1073 00:27:09,533 --> 00:27:10,800 AND THEY'D DO SIGNIFICANTLY 1074 00:27:10,866 --> 00:27:12,466 MORE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT 1075 00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:14,566 IF THEY'RE LETTING SOMEONE BUY 1076 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,300 THEIR WAY ONTO THEIR CHANNEL, 1077 00:27:16,366 --> 00:27:17,700 AND PRESENT SOMETHING AS REAL, 1078 00:27:17,766 --> 00:27:18,700 THAT IT'S NOT, IN FACT, TOTAL 1079 00:27:18,766 --> 00:27:19,800 NONSENSE. 1080 00:27:19,866 --> 00:27:21,333 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT'S FAR TOO 1081 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,200 EASY TO MAKE A RIDICULOUS 1082 00:27:23,266 --> 00:27:24,100 PRODUCT THAT MAKES OUTLANDISH 1083 00:27:24,166 --> 00:27:25,366 CLAIMS, AND GET IT ONTO 1084 00:27:25,433 --> 00:27:27,366 LOCAL TV. 1085 00:27:27,433 --> 00:27:29,266 AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS, 1086 00:27:29,333 --> 00:27:30,600 WE DID. 1087 00:27:30,666 --> 00:27:32,266 WE STARTED A COMPANY CALLED 1088 00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:33,766 VENUS INVENTIONS, AND CREATED 1089 00:27:33,833 --> 00:27:35,966 SOMETHING CALLED THE VENUS VEIL. 1090 00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:37,633 AN ABSURD MEDICAL PRODUCT BASED 1091 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:38,766 ON TECHNOLOGY THAT ABSOLUTELY 1092 00:27:38,833 --> 00:27:41,733 DOES NOT EXIST. 1093 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,566 WE SET UP THIS WEBSITE, AND EVEN 1094 00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:45,533 HIRED AN ACTRESS TO BRANDIGRATE 1095 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,833 THE SHIT OUT OF THE VENUS VEIL, 1096 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:47,433 INTO SHOWS IT HAD NO BUSINESS 1097 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:48,633 BEING ON. 1098 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,466 DID IT WORK? 1099 00:27:51,533 --> 00:27:52,833 I DUNNO -- YOU TELL ME, 1100 00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:55,266 ABC 4 UTAH! 1101 00:27:55,333 --> 00:27:57,100 >> I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK WITH 1102 00:27:57,166 --> 00:27:58,966 ERICA HERNANDEZ WITH 1103 00:27:59,033 --> 00:28:01,933 THE VENUS VEIL, A REVOLUTIONARY 1104 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:02,700 NEW PRODUCT ON THE LINE. 1105 00:28:02,766 --> 00:28:03,766 WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? 1106 00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:05,866 I'M SO INTRIGUED. 1107 00:28:05,933 --> 00:28:06,400 >> I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE 1108 00:28:06,466 --> 00:28:07,500 INTRIGUED. 1109 00:28:07,566 --> 00:28:09,666 SO THIS IS THE VENUS VEIL. 1110 00:28:09,733 --> 00:28:10,500 IT IS THE WORLD'S FIRST 1111 00:28:10,566 --> 00:28:12,500 SEXUAL HEALTH BLANKET. 1112 00:28:12,566 --> 00:28:14,400 >> John: YEP! 1113 00:28:14,466 --> 00:28:16,333 THAT WAS ON ABC 4 LAST FRIDAY. 1114 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,966 AND I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU IT WAS 1115 00:28:18,033 --> 00:28:19,166 DIFFICULT TO GET IT ON, BUT IT 1116 00:28:19,233 --> 00:28:21,100 REALLY WASN'T. 1117 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:22,633 AND REMEMBER, THAT'S THEIR 1118 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,366 CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT. 1119 00:28:24,433 --> 00:28:26,000 AND IT SEEMS STRIKING THAT 1120 00:28:26,066 --> 00:28:27,700 SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UPS 1121 00:28:27,766 --> 00:28:28,666 ON CLAIMS WE MADE ABOUT THE VEIL 1122 00:28:28,733 --> 00:28:30,233 THAT YOU'D HOPE A MEDICAL 1123 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:31,266 CORRESPONDENT WOULD IMMEDIATELY 1124 00:28:31,333 --> 00:28:33,300 TAKE ISSUE WITH. 1125 00:28:33,366 --> 00:28:34,600 >> THE VEIL IS BEING DESIGNED 1126 00:28:34,666 --> 00:28:36,633 WITH THE HOPE THAT IT WILL 1127 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,566 PRECISELY DRAW OUT THE NATURAL 1128 00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:41,333 ALKALINE UNDERCURRENTS OF THE 1129 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,633 VAGINA, AND INITIATE A LOW-GRADE 1130 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:44,200 STATE OF WHAT WE CALL 1131 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:46,233 MICRO-DEATH, WHICH SOUNDS 1132 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:48,033 INCREDIBLY SCARY, BUT THAT'S 1133 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:49,433 ACTUALLY JUST RESTARTING THAT 1134 00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:50,733 AREA'S NATURAL LIFE CYCLE. 1135 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,566 IT'S USING THIS FIELD OF 1136 00:28:52,633 --> 00:28:54,333 MAGNETO-GENETICS I WAS TALKING 1137 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:55,800 ABOUT, AND ALSO A TECHNOLOGY 1138 00:28:55,866 --> 00:28:57,200 THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A REALLY 1139 00:28:57,266 --> 00:28:58,500 LONG TIME THAT WAS PIONEERED IN 1140 00:28:58,566 --> 00:29:00,800 GERMANY ABOUT 80 YEARS AGO. 1141 00:29:00,866 --> 00:29:02,166 SO THIS IS FULL OF CUTTING-EDGE 1142 00:29:02,233 --> 00:29:02,766 TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT JUST LOOKS 1143 00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,100 LIKE A BLANKET. 1144 00:29:04,166 --> 00:29:07,866 >> John: YEAH! 1145 00:29:07,933 --> 00:29:08,833 IT DOES. 1146 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:09,866 AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS. 1147 00:29:09,933 --> 00:29:10,566 IT IS JUST A BLANKET. 1148 00:29:10,633 --> 00:29:11,433 ALSO, TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS 1149 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:11,966 PIONEERED IN GERMANY ABOUT 1150 00:29:12,033 --> 00:29:13,133 80 YEARS AGO? 1151 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,466 I WOULD HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 1152 00:29:14,533 --> 00:29:15,633 ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD 1153 00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:18,200 IN GERMAN HISTORY. 1154 00:29:18,266 --> 00:29:19,433 AND I KNOW THAT LOOKS BAD. 1155 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:20,666 BUT LET'S BE FAIR HERE, 1156 00:29:20,733 --> 00:29:22,900 IT'S JUST AN ISOLATED EXAMPLE. 1157 00:29:22,966 --> 00:29:23,866 THERE WAS NO WAY ANOTHER STATION 1158 00:29:23,933 --> 00:29:24,433 WAS GOING TO FALL FOR THIS. 1159 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:25,433 RIGHT? 1160 00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:28,266 ABSOLUTELY NO WAY. 1161 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:30,433 IS THERE, KVUE AUSTIN? 1162 00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:31,500 BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LET US 1163 00:29:31,566 --> 00:29:33,066 PAY TO DIRECTLY FOLLOW YOUR 1164 00:29:33,133 --> 00:29:34,066 10:00 PM LOCAL NEWS THIS 1165 00:29:34,133 --> 00:29:35,633 THURSDAY, WOULD YOU? 1166 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:37,933 THERE'S NO WAY THAT HAPPENED. 1167 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:38,733 >> IT INCLUDES SOME PRETTY 1168 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:39,833 INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY. 1169 00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:41,333 >> YES, IT DOES. 1170 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:42,600 SO THE TEAM BEHIND THE VEIL 1171 00:29:42,666 --> 00:29:43,400 WAS INSPIRED BY THE FIELD OF 1172 00:29:43,466 --> 00:29:44,633 MAGNETO-GENETICS. 1173 00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,200 BUT BASICALLY, YOUR BLOOD IS 1174 00:29:46,266 --> 00:29:47,666 FULL OF IRON, BUT IT'S DISPERSED 1175 00:29:47,733 --> 00:29:49,133 IN SUCH A WAY IT ISN'T AFFECTED 1176 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,566 BY NORMAL MAGNETS. 1177 00:29:50,633 --> 00:29:51,800 SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE VEIL IS 1178 00:29:51,866 --> 00:29:53,633 WITH THE RIGHT BLEND OF 1179 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:54,933 PROPRIETARY MAGNETIC FIBERS, 1180 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,033 YOU CAN CREATE A SELF-CONTAINED 1181 00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:59,200 MAGNETIC FIELD THAT RESTIMULATES 1182 00:29:59,266 --> 00:30:00,633 BLOOD FLOW AND GETS YOU FEELING 1183 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:01,633 LIKE YOUR NORMAL SELF AGAIN. 1184 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:03,066 >> VERY INTERESTING. 1185 00:30:03,133 --> 00:30:04,433 >> John: IS IT? 1186 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:06,400 IS IT INTERESTING? 1187 00:30:06,466 --> 00:30:07,533 OR IS THAT OBVIOUS BULLSHIT THAT 1188 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:08,666 DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 1189 00:30:08,733 --> 00:30:10,033 ON IN THE SAME HOUR 1190 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:11,533 AS COVERAGE OF THE CEASE-FIRE 1191 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,933 IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1192 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:13,800 A SHORTAGE OF LIFEGUARDS IN 1193 00:30:13,866 --> 00:30:14,700 LOCAL PUBLIC POOLS, AND AN 1194 00:30:14,766 --> 00:30:15,766 INVESTIGATIVE PIECE 1195 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:17,000 ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND 1196 00:30:17,066 --> 00:30:17,966 BAIL REFORM? 1197 00:30:18,033 --> 00:30:19,866 ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE 1198 00:30:19,933 --> 00:30:21,433 THE OTHERS, AND IT'S DEFINITELY 1199 00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:23,566 OUR NAZI-ERA FUCK BLANKET. 1200 00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:25,833 BUT SURELY, IF YOU SAW THIS 1201 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:29,900 BLANKET IN PERSON, THEN, 1202 00:30:29,966 --> 00:30:30,333 IN A STUDIO, 1203 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:31,800 YOU WOULD KNOW NOT TO 1204 00:30:31,866 --> 00:30:33,333 ENTHUSIASTICALLY COSIGN ON 1205 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:33,966 THE COMPLETELY BASELESS CLAIMS 1206 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:34,666 BEING MADE RIGHT IN FRONT 1207 00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:36,000 OF YOU. 1208 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:38,533 YOU'D PROTECT YOUR VIEWERS FROM 1209 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:39,366 THAT HAPPENING, WOULDN'T YOU, 1210 00:30:39,433 --> 00:30:41,000 DENVER'S "MILE HIGH LIVING?" 1211 00:30:41,066 --> 00:30:43,466 >> THIS IS MEANT TO TREAT SEXUAL 1212 00:30:43,533 --> 00:30:44,700 CONDITIONS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE 1213 00:30:44,766 --> 00:30:46,433 ARE EMBARRASSED TO TALK ABOUT 1214 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:48,666 THEIR SEXUAL HEALTH, RIGHT? 1215 00:30:48,733 --> 00:30:49,566 SO IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE 1216 00:30:49,633 --> 00:30:51,900 SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY DISCRETE 1217 00:30:51,966 --> 00:30:54,700 AND ALSO REALLY STYLISH SO YOU 1218 00:30:54,766 --> 00:30:55,433 CAN HAVE IT IN YOUR HOME AND IT 1219 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:56,066 REALLY -- I MEAN, COULD IT LOOK 1220 00:30:56,133 --> 00:30:57,266 LESS LIKE A MEDICAL PRODUCT? 1221 00:30:57,333 --> 00:30:57,833 >> YEAH, NO, IT DOESN'T LOOK 1222 00:30:57,900 --> 00:30:58,233 LIKE THAT. 1223 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:00,233 YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF 1224 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:00,833 THOSE THINGS I THINK A LOT OF 1225 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:01,466 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE LOOKING 1226 00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:01,966 TO ENHANCE THEIR LIVES, 1227 00:31:02,033 --> 00:31:02,833 BUT THEY ALSO DON'T WANT 1228 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:03,766 ANYTHING TOO INVASIVE. 1229 00:31:03,833 --> 00:31:05,166 >> RIGHT, YEAH. 1230 00:31:05,233 --> 00:31:06,233 >> SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, 1231 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:06,800 AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT NEEDING A 1232 00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:07,466 PRESCRIPTION OR ANYTHING LIKE 1233 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:08,000 THAT AS WELL. 1234 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:09,066 >> YES. 1235 00:31:09,133 --> 00:31:09,866 >> WELL, THANK YOU, ERICA. 1236 00:31:09,933 --> 00:31:10,500 THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN 1237 00:31:10,566 --> 00:31:10,833 TODAY. 1238 00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:11,700 WE APPRECIATE IT. 1239 00:31:11,766 --> 00:31:12,500 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 1240 00:31:12,566 --> 00:31:12,900 ME. 1241 00:31:12,966 --> 00:31:13,500 THANKS FOR MAKING IT SO EASY. 1242 00:31:13,566 --> 00:31:14,400 THIS WAS GREAT. 1243 00:31:14,466 --> 00:31:14,900 >> YEAH, SUPER EASY. 1244 00:31:14,966 --> 00:31:15,600 >> John: YEAH! 1245 00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:17,000 SUPER EASY! 1246 00:31:17,066 --> 00:31:18,566 YOU COULD EVEN ARGUE 1247 00:31:18,633 --> 00:31:20,366 "WAY TOO EASY." 1248 00:31:20,433 --> 00:31:21,933 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, NONE OF 1249 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000 THIS WAS NEARLY DIFFICULT ENOUGH 1250 00:31:23,066 --> 00:31:24,566 TO GET ONTO TV. 1251 00:31:24,633 --> 00:31:28,633 AND IT WASN'T EVEN EXPENSIVE. 1252 00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:30,666 THAT COST JUST $2800. 1253 00:31:30,733 --> 00:31:33,266 THIS ONE COST $2650. 1254 00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:35,066 AND THIS ONE ONLY COST $1750. 1255 00:31:35,133 --> 00:31:36,800 IT WAS ALL SHOCKINGLY 1256 00:31:36,866 --> 00:31:38,100 AFFORDABLE, AND SADLY, ON SOME 1257 00:31:38,166 --> 00:31:39,133 STATIONS, DIDN'T EVEN LOOK THAT 1258 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,833 OUT OF PLACE. 1259 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:43,833 AND THAT IS NOT GOOD. 1260 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:45,966 BECAUSE, AS WE'VE SAID FOR 1261 00:31:46,033 --> 00:31:46,766 YEARS NOW, THE INTEGRITY OF 1262 00:31:46,833 --> 00:31:47,866 LOCAL NEWS IS CRUCIALLY 1263 00:31:47,933 --> 00:31:50,766 IMPORTANT. 1264 00:31:50,833 --> 00:31:51,500 AND THERE IS REAL HARM FOR 1265 00:31:51,566 --> 00:31:52,400 EVERYONE IF THAT INTEGRITY 1266 00:31:52,466 --> 00:31:53,700 IS DAMAGED. 1267 00:31:53,766 --> 00:31:55,300 SO TO THE OWNERS OF THESE 1268 00:31:55,366 --> 00:31:57,766 STATIONS WHO ARE SELLING THEM 1269 00:31:57,833 --> 00:31:58,700 OUT AT A DEPRESSINGLY CHEAP 1270 00:31:58,766 --> 00:32:01,066 PRICE, I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION. 1271 00:32:01,133 --> 00:32:01,733 IF I MAY QUOTE THE WORDS OF A 1272 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:02,966 VERY WISE NEWS ANCHOR: 1273 00:32:03,033 --> 00:32:05,366 THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? 1274 00:32:05,433 --> 00:32:06,633 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1275 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:08,800 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1276 00:32:08,866 --> 00:32:10,833 IF YOU WANT TO SEE OUR VENUS 1277 00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:12,533 VEIL SEGMENTS IN FULL -- THE 1278 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,266 WHOLE CAKE, IF YOU WILL -- YOU 1279 00:32:13,333 --> 00:32:14,166 CAN GO TO VenusInventions.com. 1280 00:32:14,233 --> 00:32:17,466 GOOD NIGHT! 1281 00:32:17,533 --> 00:32:19,700 >> ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS OF 1282 00:32:19,766 --> 00:32:20,200 THIS AT ALL? 1283 00:32:20,266 --> 00:32:22,066 >> YOU MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT 1284 00:32:22,133 --> 00:32:23,033 OF TINGLING BUT WE LIKEN IT TO 1285 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:24,333 WHAT YOU MIGHT FEEL IF YOU ARE 1286 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,200 STANDING OVER A REALLY LOUD 1287 00:32:27,266 --> 00:32:28,266 SEVERAL OF HAVE A TIGHT