1 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:35,133 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:35,600 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:35,666 --> 00:00:36,133 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 4 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,200 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 5 00:00:37,266 --> 00:00:41,766 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 6 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:42,566 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 7 00:00:42,633 --> 00:00:42,733 US. 8 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,433 JUST TIME FOR A QUICK RECAP OF 9 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:43,700 THE WEEK. 10 00:00:43,766 --> 00:00:44,200 AND IT'S BEEN BUSY ONE. 11 00:00:44,266 --> 00:00:44,766 A FORMER FACEBOOK EMPLOYEE 12 00:00:44,833 --> 00:00:45,266 CONFIRMED WHAT EVERYONE 13 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:46,666 BASICALLY KNEW, FACEBOOK'S 14 00:00:46,733 --> 00:00:47,400 TERRIBLE AND IT'S VERY MUCH BY 15 00:00:47,466 --> 00:00:49,066 DESIGN. 16 00:00:49,133 --> 00:00:50,766 OTIS THE BEAR, THE THREE-TIME 17 00:00:50,833 --> 00:00:52,300 WINNER OF FAT BEAR WEEK BECAME 18 00:00:52,366 --> 00:00:53,766 THE FOUR-TIME WINNER, BECAUSE 19 00:00:53,833 --> 00:00:54,833 MERITOCRACY IS A LIE AND OUR 20 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:56,833 SYSTEM IS BROKEN. 21 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:57,700 AND IN IDAHO, THERE WAS THIS 22 00:00:57,766 --> 00:00:59,366 DRAMATIC POWER GRAB. 23 00:00:59,433 --> 00:01:00,866 >> THERE IS A BLISTERING BATTLE 24 00:01:00,933 --> 00:01:02,466 HAPPENING NOW BETWEEN THE TWO 25 00:01:02,533 --> 00:01:04,833 TOP ELECTED OFFICIALS IN IDAHO. 26 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:07,333 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JANICE 27 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,266 McGEACHIN SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE 28 00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:09,666 ORDER BANNING VACCINE MANDATES 29 00:01:09,733 --> 00:01:10,800 IN SCHOOLS AND COVID TESTING IN 30 00:01:10,866 --> 00:01:13,633 CERTAIN CAPACITIES. 31 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:14,500 THE PROBLEM IS THE GOVERNOR, 32 00:01:14,566 --> 00:01:16,633 BRAD LITTLE, WAS OUT OF THE 33 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:17,433 STATE WHEN SHE DID IT, AND 34 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:18,400 QUICKLY PROMISED TO UNDO THE 35 00:01:18,466 --> 00:01:21,733 ORDER. 36 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:22,733 >> John: YEAH, IT'S TRUE! 37 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:23,366 WHILE THE IDAHO GOVERNOR WAS OUT 38 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:24,266 OF STATE, HIS LIEUTENANT 39 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:25,200 GOVERNOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE 40 00:01:25,266 --> 00:01:26,366 ORDER TRYING TO BAN SCHOOLS FROM 41 00:01:26,433 --> 00:01:27,633 REQUIRING EMPLOYEES TO BE 42 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:29,200 VACCINATED. 43 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:30,433 AND NOT JUST THAT -- SHE ALSO 44 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:32,400 SENT THE STATE NATIONAL GUARD A 45 00:01:32,466 --> 00:01:34,133 QUERY ABOUT ACTIVATING TROOPS 46 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:34,633 AND SENDING THEM TO THE 47 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:36,200 U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. 48 00:01:36,266 --> 00:01:37,033 WHICH IS A PRETTY BOLD MOVE FROM 49 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:40,300 A SECOND IN COMMAND. 50 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:41,833 IT'S BASICALLY A PLANE'S PILOT 51 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:42,566 GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND THE 52 00:01:42,633 --> 00:01:44,266 CO-PILOT ANNOUNCING, "CHANGE OF 53 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:46,000 PLANS, WE'RE HEADED TO RENO. 54 00:01:46,066 --> 00:01:47,200 MY BUDDY SAID HE'D SET ME UP 55 00:01:47,266 --> 00:01:48,833 WITH HIS COUSIN IF I WAS EVER 56 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:53,800 THERE, AND I SAW A PICTURE OF 57 00:01:53,866 --> 00:01:54,333 HER AND SHE'S AN ABSOLUTE 58 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:54,600 SMOKESHOW. 59 00:01:54,666 --> 00:01:55,033 SO STRAP IN, FOLKS. 60 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:55,866 IT'S GONNA BE BUMPY ON PURPOSE." 61 00:01:55,933 --> 00:01:56,700 AND THE THING IS, IN IDAHO, THE 62 00:01:56,766 --> 00:01:57,266 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DOES 63 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:58,400 TECHNICALLY BECOME ACTING 64 00:01:58,466 --> 00:02:00,200 GOVERNOR WHENEVER THE ACTUAL 65 00:02:00,266 --> 00:02:02,300 GOVERNOR LEAVES THE STATE THANKS 66 00:02:02,366 --> 00:02:03,033 TO A STATE CONSTITUTION THAT WAS 67 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:05,700 DEFINITELY WRITTEN LONG BEFORE 68 00:02:05,766 --> 00:02:07,366 CELL PHONES EXISTED, BUT KNOWING 69 00:02:07,433 --> 00:02:08,566 THAT, IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE 70 00:02:08,633 --> 00:02:09,800 THAT BRAD LITTLE CHOSE TO LEAVE 71 00:02:09,866 --> 00:02:10,766 THE STATE AT ALL, ESPECIALLY 72 00:02:10,833 --> 00:02:13,000 BECAUSE McGEACHIN HAD ACTUALLY 73 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:14,166 TRIED A SIMILAR STUNT BACK IN 74 00:02:14,233 --> 00:02:15,533 MAY WHEN HE LEFT FOR A 75 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,833 CONFERENCE IN TENNESSEE AND SHE 76 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:18,100 ISSUED AN ORDER BANNING MASK 77 00:02:18,166 --> 00:02:20,633 MANDATES. 78 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:22,066 SO IT FEELS BORDERLINE RECKLESS 79 00:02:22,133 --> 00:02:28,466 FOR HIM TO STEP OUTSIDE THE 80 00:02:28,533 --> 00:02:29,300 STATE RIGHT NOW 81 00:02:29,366 --> 00:02:29,933 BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S EVER 82 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:30,400 DISGUISED WHO SHE IS. 83 00:02:30,466 --> 00:02:31,033 JUST LOOK AT THIS APPEARANCE SHE 84 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:31,566 MADE LAST YEAR IN A VIDEO 85 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:33,333 CRITICIZING COVID RESTRICTIONS. 86 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,200 >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF US 87 00:02:34,266 --> 00:02:36,733 ARE, BY NATURE, FREE AND EQUAL, 88 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,466 AND HAVE CERTAIN INALIENABLE 89 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:41,100 RIGHTS, AMONG WHICH ARE ENJOYING 90 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:43,166 AND DEFENDING LIFE AND LIBERTY, 91 00:02:43,233 --> 00:02:45,333 ACQUIRING, POSSESSING, AND 92 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,833 PROTECTING PROPERTY, AND 93 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:49,766 PURSUING HAPPINESS, AND SECURING 94 00:02:49,833 --> 00:02:52,400 SAFETY. 95 00:02:52,466 --> 00:02:53,633 >> John: WOW. 96 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:57,066 THAT IS A RICH TEXT. 97 00:02:57,133 --> 00:02:57,600 ALTHOUGH, I WILL SAY, THAT 98 00:02:57,666 --> 00:02:58,233 REPRESENTS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 99 00:02:58,300 --> 00:02:58,833 BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER 100 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:00,133 SEEN. 101 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:00,866 AN ELEPHANT? 102 00:03:00,933 --> 00:03:02,866 DOESN'T QUITE DO IT. 103 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:03,466 A SWIRLY SNAKE SAYING DON'T 104 00:03:03,533 --> 00:03:04,033 TREAD ON ME? 105 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:05,500 NO. 106 00:03:05,566 --> 00:03:06,566 BUT A GUN BIBLE AND A MISQUOTED 107 00:03:06,633 --> 00:03:08,600 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? 108 00:03:08,666 --> 00:03:10,166 THAT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY I 109 00:03:10,233 --> 00:03:14,266 KNOW. 110 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:15,233 AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOING 111 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:15,866 TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM, HAVING 112 00:03:15,933 --> 00:03:19,500 TO KEEP A CONSTANT EYE ON THE 113 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:20,166 ULTRA-RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, SO 114 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:20,733 THEY DON'T SUDDENLY GRAB THE 115 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:21,400 WHEEL AND STEER US STRAIGHT INTO 116 00:03:21,466 --> 00:03:22,900 HELL. 117 00:03:22,966 --> 00:03:24,333 AND SPEAKING OF HELL, THAT 118 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,233 BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND STORY, 119 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:26,966 OAN, THE ONE AMERICA NEWS 120 00:03:27,033 --> 00:03:28,666 NETWORK. 121 00:03:28,733 --> 00:03:29,266 YOU MAY REMEMBER WE COVERED IT 122 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:29,966 LAST YEAR. 123 00:03:30,033 --> 00:03:31,566 IT'S A FAR RIGHT CHANNEL THAT 124 00:03:31,633 --> 00:03:33,066 PEDDLES COVID MISINFORMATION AND 125 00:03:33,133 --> 00:03:34,133 CONSPIRACY THEORIES. 126 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:34,966 WELL, THIS WEEK, WE LEARNED SOME 127 00:03:35,033 --> 00:03:37,666 PRETTY UNSETTLING NEWS. 128 00:03:37,733 --> 00:03:39,000 >> A NEW REUTERS INVESTIGATION 129 00:03:39,066 --> 00:03:40,066 BASED ON A REVIEW OF COURT 130 00:03:40,133 --> 00:03:42,233 RECORDS REVEALS THAT OANN HAS 131 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:43,500 FLOURISHED THANKS TO FINANCIAL 132 00:03:43,566 --> 00:03:45,733 SUPPORT FROM A SURPRISING 133 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,666 MAINSTREAM SOURCE, AT&T. 134 00:03:48,733 --> 00:03:50,666 >> John: YUP! 135 00:03:50,733 --> 00:03:51,733 TURNS OUT AT&T HAS BEEN UP TO 136 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,933 SOME SHIT. 137 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:54,833 AND IT'S WORTH NOTING -- AT&T IS 138 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:56,833 STILL, TECHNICALLY, OUR BUSINESS 139 00:03:56,900 --> 00:03:58,433 DADDY, MAKING OAN OUR BUSINESS 140 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:00,833 STEPSIBLING, AND NOT IN A HOT 141 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:03,300 WAY. 142 00:04:03,366 --> 00:04:04,200 REUTERS REPORTED THAT, IN 143 00:04:04,266 --> 00:04:05,900 DEPOSITIONS, OAN'S FOUNDER 144 00:04:05,966 --> 00:04:07,233 ROBERT HERRING TESTIFIED AT&T 145 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:08,366 EXECUTIVES ONCE TOLD HIM THEY 146 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:10,033 WANTED A CONSERVATIVE NETWORK, 147 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:11,400 AND HE CLAIMS, "WHEN THEY SAID 148 00:04:11,466 --> 00:04:12,566 THAT, I JUMPED TO IT AND BUILT 149 00:04:12,633 --> 00:04:13,800 ONE." 150 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:15,233 AND ONCE HE BUILT THE CHANNEL, 151 00:04:15,300 --> 00:04:16,300 AT&T CARRIED IT. 152 00:04:16,366 --> 00:04:17,500 FIRST ON THEIR U-VERSE SYSTEM, 153 00:04:17,566 --> 00:04:20,533 AND THEN ON DIRECT TV. 154 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,033 AND WITH THAT HELP, OAN HAS 155 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:23,566 GROWN INTO THE TOXIC NETWORK IT 156 00:04:23,633 --> 00:04:24,700 IS TODAY, ONE THAT'S HAPPY TO 157 00:04:24,766 --> 00:04:25,900 GIVE A PLATFORM TO BATSHIT 158 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:27,133 ELECTION FRAUD THEORIES FROM 159 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,766 AMERICA'S MOST OUT-OF-BREATH 160 00:04:28,833 --> 00:04:30,833 PILLOW FETISHIST, AND ONE THAT, 161 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:31,800 A FEW MONTHS AGO, FEATURED ONE 162 00:04:31,866 --> 00:04:34,700 OF ITS COMMENTATORS SAYING THIS. 163 00:04:34,766 --> 00:04:36,233 >> DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS, 164 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:37,466 THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS LEFT 165 00:04:37,533 --> 00:04:39,066 FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE 166 00:04:39,133 --> 00:04:40,500 COUNTRY, PROVIDING A TRAIL OF 167 00:04:40,566 --> 00:04:43,233 EVIDENCE THAT THE 2020 ELECTION 168 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:45,566 WAS NOT ONLY TAMPERED WITH, BUT 169 00:04:45,633 --> 00:04:47,333 WAS ACTUALLY OVERTHROWN. 170 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,366 ANY AMERICAN INVOLVED IN THESE 171 00:04:49,433 --> 00:04:50,600 EFFORTS, FROM THOSE WHO RAN THE 172 00:04:50,666 --> 00:04:52,566 VOTING MACHINES TO THE VERY 173 00:04:52,633 --> 00:04:54,933 HIGHEST GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IS 174 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,233 GUILTY OF TREASON UNDER U.S. 175 00:04:57,300 --> 00:04:59,100 CODE 2381, WHICH CARRIES WITH IT 176 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:03,933 THE PENALTY OF DEATH. 177 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,233 >> John: LOOK, I GET THAT WE'RE 178 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:06,400 WATCHING A CALL FOR MASS 179 00:05:06,466 --> 00:05:07,600 EXECUTIONS FROM A GUY WITH, FOR 180 00:05:07,666 --> 00:05:09,433 LACK OF A BETTER TERM, "BIG 181 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:11,966 THEATER KID ENERGY," BUT ARE YOU 182 00:05:12,033 --> 00:05:13,466 REALLY SAYING THOSE WHO RAN THE 183 00:05:13,533 --> 00:05:14,133 VOTING MACHINES COULD BE 184 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:14,800 TRAITORS? 185 00:05:14,866 --> 00:05:16,800 YOU MEAN DOLORES? 186 00:05:16,866 --> 00:05:19,200 DOLORES FROM DOWN THE STREET? 187 00:05:19,266 --> 00:05:20,233 WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SPEND 12 188 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:21,366 HOURS OF HER -- LET'S FACE IT -- 189 00:05:21,433 --> 00:05:23,433 DWINDLING "NCIS"-WATCHING TIME 190 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:24,700 DOLING OUT PARTICIPATION 191 00:05:24,766 --> 00:05:25,766 STICKERS TO VOTERS? 192 00:05:25,833 --> 00:05:26,966 THAT DOLORES? 193 00:05:27,033 --> 00:05:28,366 ALL RIGHT, DEATH TO DOLORES, I 194 00:05:28,433 --> 00:05:30,033 GUESS. 195 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:33,366 SORRY, LO-LO, BUT DECAF PITBULL 196 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:34,066 HERE HEARD A RUMOR FROM A PILLOW 197 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:34,800 SALESMAN THAT YOU DESERVE THE 198 00:05:34,866 --> 00:05:36,966 CHAIR. 199 00:05:37,033 --> 00:05:39,200 NOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, AT&T 200 00:05:39,266 --> 00:05:40,900 SAYS THAT NO "SENIOR" EXECUTIVE 201 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:42,000 SUGGESTED TO HERRING THAT HE 202 00:05:42,066 --> 00:05:42,966 CREATE ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE 203 00:05:43,033 --> 00:05:43,966 NETWORK, WITH THE CARVE-OUT OF 204 00:05:44,033 --> 00:05:45,233 "SENIOR" THERE BEING PRETTY 205 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:47,333 STRIKING. 206 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,766 THEY ALSO SAY THEY'VE NEVER HAD 207 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:50,333 A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN OAN'S 208 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,933 SUCCESS AND "DO NOT FUND" THE 209 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:52,500 NETWORK, NEITHER OF WHICH IS 210 00:05:52,566 --> 00:05:54,066 100% THE ISSUE HERE. 211 00:05:54,133 --> 00:05:59,033 THEY ALSO CLAIM THE ONLY REASON 212 00:05:59,100 --> 00:05:59,666 OAN WAS ON DIRECTV WAS THAT THE 213 00:05:59,733 --> 00:06:03,900 NETWORK HAD SUED THEM. 214 00:06:03,966 --> 00:06:04,300 AND OKAY! 215 00:06:04,366 --> 00:06:04,866 I GUESS THE LARGEST TELECOM 216 00:06:04,933 --> 00:06:05,500 COMPANY IN THE WORLD GOT ROLLED 217 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:06,133 IN A LAWSUIT BY A RAGTAG BAND OF 218 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,033 FASCISTS. 219 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:10,300 IT HAPPENS! 220 00:06:10,366 --> 00:06:11,300 BUT THE LARGER POINT IS, OAN 221 00:06:11,366 --> 00:06:12,100 WOULD BE LITERALLY NOTHING 222 00:06:12,166 --> 00:06:13,833 WITHOUT AT&T. 223 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:14,566 AN OAN ACCOUNTANT REPORTEDLY 224 00:06:14,633 --> 00:06:15,566 SAID, UNDER OATH, THAT AT&T 225 00:06:15,633 --> 00:06:18,800 PROVIDED 90% OF HERRING 226 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:20,400 NETWORKS' INCOME. 227 00:06:20,466 --> 00:06:22,733 AS FOR OAN'S HORRENDOUS CONTENT, 228 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,966 AT&T TOLD US DIRECTV RESPECTS 229 00:06:25,033 --> 00:06:27,433 THE EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE OF 230 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:29,200 THE CHANNELS IT CARRIES, JUST AS 231 00:06:29,266 --> 00:06:31,300 AT&T IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING 232 00:06:31,366 --> 00:06:32,400 EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE FOR EVERY 233 00:06:32,466 --> 00:06:33,633 WARNER MEDIA SHOW, INCLUDING 234 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:37,433 THIS ONE. 235 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:37,966 AND THAT IS SUCH A RELIEF! 236 00:06:38,033 --> 00:06:39,700 ESPECIALLY THAT LAST PART. 237 00:06:39,766 --> 00:06:41,500 BECAUSE IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO 238 00:06:41,566 --> 00:06:42,700 USE THAT GENEROUS EDITORIAL 239 00:06:42,766 --> 00:06:44,033 INDEPENDENCE TO OFFER SOME 240 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:49,333 CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. 241 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,566 TAKE AT&T'S RECENT CAMPAIGN. 242 00:06:50,633 --> 00:06:51,800 "MORE FOR YOUR THING, THAT'S OUR 243 00:06:51,866 --> 00:06:52,566 THING," WHICH IS, RESPECTFULLY, 244 00:06:52,633 --> 00:06:55,033 COMPLETE GIBBERISH. 245 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:55,900 IT SOUNDS LIKE YODA PITCHING A 246 00:06:55,966 --> 00:06:57,866 PENIS-ENLARGEMENT DEVICE. 247 00:06:57,933 --> 00:06:59,000 IT'S SO NONSENSICAL I HAVE TO 248 00:06:59,066 --> 00:06:59,666 ASSUME SOMETHING WAS LOST IN 249 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:01,166 COMMUNICATION, WHICH ACTUALLY 250 00:07:01,233 --> 00:07:02,200 WOULD BE A MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE 251 00:07:02,266 --> 00:07:04,700 SLOGAN FOR THE COMPANY. 252 00:07:04,766 --> 00:07:06,133 AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, 253 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:06,900 AT&T, DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT 254 00:07:06,966 --> 00:07:08,066 MORE. 255 00:07:08,133 --> 00:07:10,200 HOW ABOUT "AT&T, ALL THE 256 00:07:10,266 --> 00:07:11,000 BUSINESS SAVVY OF QUIBI WITHOUT 257 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:11,533 THE COURTESY OF COMMITTING 258 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,266 CORPORATE SUICIDE." 259 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:15,200 OR "AT&T, IF YOU RUN A CABLE OUT 260 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:16,333 THE BACK OF YOUR HEADQUARTERS 261 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:17,500 AND PLUG IT INTO T-MOBILE'S 262 00:07:17,566 --> 00:07:18,733 NETWORK WHILE THEY AREN'T 263 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:19,500 LOOKING, THAT'S LEGAL, RIGHT? 264 00:07:19,566 --> 00:07:21,300 ASKING FOR A FRIEND." 265 00:07:21,366 --> 00:07:23,500 ANY OF THOSE ARE YOURS IF YOU 266 00:07:23,566 --> 00:07:24,333 WANT THEM! 267 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,466 AND LOOK, AT&T, I KNOW OUR 268 00:07:26,533 --> 00:07:27,166 RELATIONSHIP IS A LITTLE 269 00:07:27,233 --> 00:07:29,133 AWKWARD, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE 270 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,466 TRYING TO SPIN THIS BUSINESS 271 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:31,333 BABY OFF IN YOUR DEAL WITH 272 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,333 DISCOVERY. 273 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,733 BUT WHILE WE'RE STILL 274 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:38,833 TECHNICALLY RELATED, LET ME JUST 275 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:39,200 SAY THIS. 276 00:07:39,266 --> 00:07:39,733 YOU'RE A TERRIBLE COMPANY. 277 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:40,333 YOU DO BAD THINGS AND YOU MAKE 278 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,000 THE WORLD WORSE. 279 00:07:41,066 --> 00:07:41,766 PLEASE DON'T BOTHER KEEPING IN 280 00:07:41,833 --> 00:07:42,366 TOUCH ONCE THE MERGER'S 281 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:43,266 COMPLETE. 282 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:44,100 ALTHOUGH THAT SHOULDN'T BE A 283 00:07:44,166 --> 00:07:45,533 PROBLEM. 284 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,533 YOU'RE AT&T. 285 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,466 IT'S NOT LIKE YOUR MESSAGES WILL 286 00:07:48,533 --> 00:07:51,500 GO THROUGH ANYWAY. 287 00:07:51,566 --> 00:07:58,100 AND NOW, THIS. 288 00:07:58,166 --> 00:08:01,700 >> AND NOW, FOX AND FRIENDS AS 289 00:08:01,766 --> 00:08:02,633 BRIAN KILL MEAD LIKES 290 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:03,233 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAY, WAY 291 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:05,266 TOO MUCH. 292 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:07,333 >> IF YOU READ ONE REPUTABLE 293 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,033 BOOK ON COLUMBUS AND STILL DON'T 294 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:09,733 THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A 295 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,333 COLUMBUS DAY, YOU'RE NOT PAYING 296 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:12,600 ATTENTION. 297 00:08:12,666 --> 00:08:16,166 HE MARRIED TO WORLD OF THE TIME. 298 00:08:16,233 --> 00:08:19,666 I JUST DID THE MATH, 527 YEARS 299 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:20,700 AGO, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 300 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:21,800 DISCOVERED THE NEW WORLD. 301 00:08:21,866 --> 00:08:23,533 WHAT HE DID AS AN EXPLORER 302 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,866 FIGHTING THE ODDS TO DO SO THEY 303 00:08:24,933 --> 00:08:28,066 SAID WAS LIKE GOING TO THE MOON 304 00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:30,800 TODAY BUT ONLY MORE DANGEROUS. 305 00:08:30,866 --> 00:08:31,433 ONE PERSON DESCRIBED AS GOING TO 306 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:33,933 THE MOON BACK IN THE 1960s 307 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:34,800 ONLY MORE DANGEROUS. 308 00:08:34,866 --> 00:08:37,333 ONLY IT WAS MORE DANGEROUS. 309 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,100 ONLY MORE DANGEROUS. 310 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:39,266 BASICALLY, HE DID THE EQUIVALENT 311 00:08:39,333 --> 00:08:41,366 OF GOING TO THE MOON IN THE 312 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:42,133 1490s. 313 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:42,933 NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 314 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,066 ACTUALLY MORE DANGEROUS. 315 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:50,066 I WAS ALMOST THE CHRISTOPHER 316 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:50,733 COLUMBUS OF THE SHOW. 317 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:51,966 >> YOU ARE THE CHRISTOPHER 318 00:08:52,033 --> 00:08:54,800 COLUMBUS OF PET GIVES. 319 00:08:54,866 --> 00:08:56,866 >> SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK 320 00:08:56,933 --> 00:08:57,466 COLUMBUS IS ACTUALLY SPANISH. 321 00:08:57,533 --> 00:09:00,600 >> I DON'T BUY THAT AT ALL. 322 00:09:00,666 --> 00:09:02,800 I READ FOUR VOYAGES AND TOTALLY 323 00:09:02,866 --> 00:09:03,133 ITALIAN. 324 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,000 COULDN'T BE MORE ITALIAN. 325 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:07,433 I WAS COLUMBUS FOR HALLOWEEN, NO 326 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:07,866 PICTURES AVAILABLE. 327 00:09:07,933 --> 00:09:10,766 >> I'M LIKE WHAT YOU TALKING 328 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:11,600 ABOUT? 329 00:09:11,666 --> 00:09:12,800 >> John: MOVING ON. 330 00:09:12,866 --> 00:09:13,733 FOR A MAIN STORY TONIGHT, WE'RE 331 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,533 GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 332 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,866 INTERNET, MAGICAL PLACE WHERE 333 00:09:17,933 --> 00:09:18,866 YOU FIND COMMUNITIES OF 334 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:19,500 LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS LIKE A 335 00:09:19,566 --> 00:09:22,700 TIKTOKER WHO CREATED THE STORY 336 00:09:22,766 --> 00:09:23,900 ABOUT THINGS NARROWLY FITTING 337 00:09:23,966 --> 00:09:25,533 INTO TIGHT SPACES, SOMETHING THE 338 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:26,133 SUCCEEDING WEEK BRITISH WOMAN 339 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,866 WAS A BIG FAN OF. 340 00:09:28,933 --> 00:09:29,733 >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO! 341 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:30,166 OH, THAT WENT NICE. 342 00:09:30,233 --> 00:09:30,800 THAT LITERALLY FITTED PERFECTLY. 343 00:09:30,866 --> 00:09:33,666 OH, THAT'S NICE. 344 00:09:33,733 --> 00:09:34,266 OH, BLOODY HELL, BIT CLOSE FOR 345 00:09:34,333 --> 00:09:37,200 COMFORT, THAT. 346 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:38,466 STRESSING ME OUT A BIT, BUT THAT 347 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:49,300 WERE NICE. 348 00:09:49,366 --> 00:09:49,566 OH, GO ON! 349 00:09:49,633 --> 00:09:49,933 OH, YES, GO ON. 350 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:50,533 HOW'D YOU FIND THAT ALL THESE 351 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,133 THINGS FIT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I 352 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:51,333 MEAN? 353 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:51,966 DID YOU JUST SIT IN YOUR HOUSE 354 00:09:52,033 --> 00:09:52,566 AND JUST SEE IF THINGS FIT IN 355 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:53,433 HOLES? 356 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:54,133 >> John: YOU KNOW WHAT? 357 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:54,666 SHE'S ASKING A LEGITIMATE 358 00:09:54,733 --> 00:09:57,600 QUESTION THERE. 359 00:09:57,666 --> 00:09:58,166 AND I DO THINK THE ANSWER IS 360 00:09:58,233 --> 00:09:59,033 "YES." 361 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:00,000 BUT SADLY, OUR STORY ISN'T GOING 362 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:00,633 TO BE ABOUT THE FUN SIDE OF THE 363 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:01,966 INTERNET. 364 00:10:02,033 --> 00:10:02,633 IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THE 365 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:04,533 RAMPANT MISINFORMATION ON IT. 366 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:05,833 IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE COVERED 367 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:06,800 MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE, FROM ALEX 368 00:10:06,866 --> 00:10:08,366 JONES TO VACCINE MISINFORMATION 369 00:10:08,433 --> 00:10:10,066 TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES. 370 00:10:10,133 --> 00:10:11,766 BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK 371 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:12,533 SPECIFICALLY AT MISINFORMATION 372 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,400 THAT SPREADS AMONG IMMIGRANT, 373 00:10:13,466 --> 00:10:15,133 DIASPORA COMMUNITIES. 374 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:16,800 BASICALLY, INSTEAD OF STUFF LIKE 375 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:17,966 THIS FACEBOOK POST IN ENGLISH, 376 00:10:18,033 --> 00:10:19,200 TITLED "THE FAKE VACCINATION OF 377 00:10:19,266 --> 00:10:20,200 KAMALA HARRIS," WHICH, 378 00:10:20,266 --> 00:10:21,233 INCIDENTALLY, FACEBOOK HAS 379 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,200 FLAGGED AS FALSE INFORMATION, 380 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:27,400 WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 381 00:10:27,466 --> 00:10:31,166 STUFF LIKE THIS POST IN SPANISH, 382 00:10:31,233 --> 00:10:32,800 FEATURING THE EXACT SAME VIDEO 383 00:10:32,866 --> 00:10:33,666 WHICH -- AS OF THIS TAPING -- 384 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:34,133 HAS NO SUCH WARNING. 385 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,666 AND THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T THAT 386 00:10:35,733 --> 00:10:36,233 SURPRISING WHEN YOU CONSIDER 387 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:36,866 THAT -- ACCORDING TO THE RECENT 388 00:10:36,933 --> 00:10:37,466 FACEBOOK FILES EXPOSE -- WHILE 389 00:10:37,533 --> 00:10:37,966 MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF 390 00:10:38,033 --> 00:10:39,066 FACEBOOK'S MONTHLY USERS ARE 391 00:10:39,133 --> 00:10:41,300 OUTSIDE THE U.S. AND CANADA, 392 00:10:41,366 --> 00:10:42,133 WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOURS THE 393 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,566 COMPANY SPENDS ON MONITORING 394 00:10:43,633 --> 00:10:45,000 MISINFORMATION, LAST YEAR, ONLY 395 00:10:45,066 --> 00:10:48,166 13% WERE SPENT ON CONTENT FROM 396 00:10:48,233 --> 00:10:50,066 OUTSIDE THE U.S. 397 00:10:50,133 --> 00:10:51,733 SO IT SEEMS THAT FACEBOOK'S 398 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:52,300 ADOPTED THE SAME GENERAL 399 00:10:52,366 --> 00:10:53,766 ATTITUDE TO MISINFORMATION THAT 400 00:10:53,833 --> 00:10:54,833 THE OSCARS TOOK TOWARD BEST 401 00:10:54,900 --> 00:10:56,066 PICTURES FOR THE FIRST 90 YEARS 402 00:10:56,133 --> 00:10:57,000 OF ITS EXISTENCE. 403 00:10:57,066 --> 00:10:58,933 BASICALLY, IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN 404 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,133 IN ENGLISH, IT DOESN'T 405 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,933 FUNDAMENTALLY MATTER. 406 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:02,966 AND THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION 407 00:11:03,033 --> 00:11:04,733 HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES. 408 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:05,766 WHEN A REPORTER RECENTLY TRIED 409 00:11:05,833 --> 00:11:06,966 TO FIGURE OUT WHY VACCINATION 410 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:08,333 RATES AMONG LATINO COMMUNITIES 411 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,900 IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY 412 00:11:09,966 --> 00:11:12,000 REMAIN LOW, ONE WOMAN EXPLAINED 413 00:11:12,066 --> 00:11:14,266 HER RELUCTANCE LIKE THIS. 414 00:11:14,333 --> 00:11:15,033 [SPEAKING SPANISH] 415 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:15,566 >> I'VE LISTENED TO HEALTH 416 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:16,600 LEADERS. 417 00:11:16,666 --> 00:11:18,233 >> LIKE WHO? 418 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:19,333 >> THERE'S A DOCTOR WHO I'VE 419 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:20,133 HEARD AND SEEN IN SOME 420 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,533 DOCUMENTARIES WHO SAYS THAT THE 421 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,466 VIRUS IS CURABLE. 422 00:11:26,533 --> 00:11:27,000 I FOUND ONE OF THE FEMALE 423 00:11:27,066 --> 00:11:29,366 DOCTOR. 424 00:11:29,433 --> 00:11:30,500 >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR 425 00:11:30,566 --> 00:11:31,500 MY PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR IS TO 426 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:32,933 SAY NO. 427 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,233 WE SHOULDN'T BE GETTING THE 428 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:35,566 COVID VACCINE. 429 00:11:35,633 --> 00:11:37,133 >> HOW DID YOU FIND THIS VIDEO? 430 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,400 >> MY MOTHER SENT IT TO ME. 431 00:11:39,466 --> 00:11:40,533 >> THROUGH WHAT MEANS? 432 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,266 >> SHE SENT IT THROUGH FACEBOOK. 433 00:11:43,333 --> 00:11:45,366 >> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THIS 434 00:11:45,433 --> 00:11:46,466 DOCTOR AND NOT SOMEONE LIKE DR. 435 00:11:46,533 --> 00:11:48,400 FAUCI? 436 00:11:48,466 --> 00:11:50,000 >> I HAVEN'T SEEN DR. FAUCI. 437 00:11:50,066 --> 00:11:50,466 >> NEVER? 438 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:52,266 >> NO, I HAVEN'T. 439 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:53,666 >> John: YEAH, THAT'S NOT GREAT! 440 00:11:53,733 --> 00:11:54,300 IS IT? 441 00:11:54,366 --> 00:11:55,266 AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD REMINDER 442 00:11:55,333 --> 00:11:59,733 OF HOW, THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, 443 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:00,333 IT'S POSSIBLE TO SILO YOURSELF 444 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:00,900 OFF AND HAVE VERY DIFFERENT 445 00:12:00,966 --> 00:12:01,400 EXPERIENCES OF LIVING IN 446 00:12:01,466 --> 00:12:02,466 AMERICA. 447 00:12:02,533 --> 00:12:03,466 BECAUSE SHE WAS AWARE OF A 448 00:12:03,533 --> 00:12:04,933 DOCTOR FROM EL SALVADOR PEDDLING 449 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,200 BULLSHIT COVID CURES, BUT HAD 450 00:12:06,266 --> 00:12:08,666 NEVER HEARD OF DR. FAUCI. 451 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:09,733 AND ON THAT POINT, I HONESTLY 452 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,733 KIND OF ENVY HER. 453 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,100 WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT FAUCI, 454 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,533 I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE, IT 455 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,300 WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE 456 00:12:15,366 --> 00:12:17,166 SEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS OF HIM 457 00:12:17,233 --> 00:12:19,033 OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. 458 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,600 THAT WOMAN WILL NEVER KNOW THE 459 00:12:20,666 --> 00:12:21,933 DYSTOPIAN HELL OF SEEING FAUCI 460 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,966 SUPERIMPOSED OVER A VOTIVE 461 00:12:24,033 --> 00:12:25,633 CANDLE OR HEARING PEOPLE REFER 462 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:27,866 TO THE VACCINE AS A FAUCI 463 00:12:27,933 --> 00:12:28,800 OUCHIE. 464 00:12:28,866 --> 00:12:30,233 SHE ENJOYS AN INNER PEACE I WILL 465 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:31,800 NEVER KNOW. 466 00:12:31,866 --> 00:12:33,133 AND LOOK, WE CLEARLY HAVEN'T 467 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,200 REMOTELY FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO 468 00:12:34,266 --> 00:12:36,000 WITH ENGLISH-LANGUAGE 469 00:12:36,066 --> 00:12:37,100 MISINFORMATION YET, AS PROVEN BY 470 00:12:37,166 --> 00:12:37,733 THE FACT THAT WHEN I SAY THE 471 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,966 WORDS "HORSE DEWORMER" OR "THE 472 00:12:40,033 --> 00:12:42,033 LETTER Q," YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT 473 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:43,466 I'M REFERRING TO. 474 00:12:43,533 --> 00:12:44,666 BUT WHILE I KNOW IT'S HARD TO 475 00:12:44,733 --> 00:12:45,333 IMAGINE THAT THE SITUATION COULD 476 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,900 BE WORSE, WHEN IT COMES TO 477 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,566 NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE 478 00:12:49,633 --> 00:12:51,766 MISINFORMATION, IT HONESTLY IS. 479 00:12:51,833 --> 00:12:53,300 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 480 00:12:53,366 --> 00:12:54,600 MISINFORMATION IN DIASPORA 481 00:12:54,666 --> 00:12:56,000 COMMUNITIES, HOW EASILY IT CAN 482 00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:57,000 BE SPREAD, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE 483 00:12:57,066 --> 00:12:57,833 ABOUT IT. 484 00:12:57,900 --> 00:12:58,933 AND LET'S START WITH THE FACT 485 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,800 THAT WHILE SOME MISINFORMATION 486 00:13:00,866 --> 00:13:01,733 IS BASICALLY THE SAME IN OTHER 487 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:02,933 LANGUAGES, IN OTHER CASES, IT 488 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,866 TAPS INTO CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 489 00:13:04,933 --> 00:13:06,600 INTERESTS OR FEARS. 490 00:13:06,666 --> 00:13:08,033 FOR INSTANCE, COMMUNITIES WITH 491 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:09,466 LIVED EXPERIENCE UNDER COMMUNIST 492 00:13:09,533 --> 00:13:10,566 OR SOCIALIST REGIMES ARE OFTEN 493 00:13:10,633 --> 00:13:11,600 TARGETED WITH MISINFORMATION 494 00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:13,033 THAT TRIES TO STOKE FEARS ABOUT 495 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:14,333 SOCIALISM. 496 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,633 IN FACT, JOE BIDEN'S 497 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:16,500 UNDERPERFORMANCE IN 498 00:13:16,566 --> 00:13:18,400 MAJORITY-LATINO AREAS IN FLORIDA 499 00:13:18,466 --> 00:13:19,633 MAY HAVE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH 500 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:25,066 THE FACT THAT CUBAN COMMUNITIES, 501 00:13:25,133 --> 00:13:25,700 WERE INUNDATED BY FALSE CLAIMS 502 00:13:25,766 --> 00:13:26,800 LIKE THIS. 503 00:13:26,866 --> 00:13:27,866 >> FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MANY 504 00:13:27,933 --> 00:13:30,300 HISPANIC-AMERICAN VOTERS HAVE 505 00:13:30,366 --> 00:13:31,366 SEEN REPORTS AND IMAGES TRYING 506 00:13:31,433 --> 00:13:33,933 TO TIE JOE BIDEN TO SOCIALISM. 507 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:34,500 FOR INSTANCE, THIS PHOTO HAS 508 00:13:34,566 --> 00:13:35,566 BEEN FLOATING AROUND ON SOCIAL 509 00:13:35,633 --> 00:13:36,700 MEDIA. 510 00:13:36,766 --> 00:13:38,233 IT CLAIMS TO BE JILL BIDEN NEXT 511 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:39,900 TO FIDEL CASTRO. 512 00:13:39,966 --> 00:13:42,833 BUT IN FACT, THIS IS FALSE. 513 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:44,833 IT'S ACTUALLY A PHOTO OF LATE 514 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:45,800 NORWEGIAN EXPLORER THOR 515 00:13:45,866 --> 00:13:47,966 HEYERDAHL AND HIS WIFE, 516 00:13:48,033 --> 00:13:50,400 JACQUELINE BIER. 517 00:13:50,466 --> 00:13:51,000 >> John: OKAY, THAT PHOTO IS 518 00:13:51,066 --> 00:13:52,400 CLEARLY NOT JILL BIDEN. 519 00:13:52,466 --> 00:13:53,333 AND THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT JOE 520 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,666 BIDEN. 521 00:13:54,733 --> 00:13:56,133 ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS A LOT MORE 522 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:57,833 LIKE HIM THAN THIS ANIMATRONIC 523 00:13:57,900 --> 00:13:58,433 VERSION AT DISNEY WORLD'S HALL 524 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:00,066 OF PRESIDENTS DOES. 525 00:14:00,133 --> 00:14:02,166 WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? 526 00:14:02,233 --> 00:14:03,400 THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WOULD 527 00:14:03,466 --> 00:14:04,100 HAPPEN IF AN ELDERLY ANDERSON 528 00:14:04,166 --> 00:14:05,333 COOPER GOT A FACELIFT FROM A 529 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,300 PLASTIC SURGEON WITHOUT A 530 00:14:06,366 --> 00:14:08,566 MEDICAL LICENSE. 531 00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:10,066 AND SOMETIMES, THE SPREAD OF 532 00:14:10,133 --> 00:14:11,300 MISINFORMATION IS EXACERBATED BY 533 00:14:11,366 --> 00:14:12,866 THE FACT THAT, FOR MANY DIASPORA 534 00:14:12,933 --> 00:14:14,233 COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE U.S., 535 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:15,466 THERE JUST AREN'T MANY 536 00:14:15,533 --> 00:14:16,000 ALTERNATIVES IN THEIR OWN 537 00:14:16,066 --> 00:14:17,533 LANGUAGES. 538 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,166 FOR MANY OLDER VIETNAMESE 539 00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:20,433 AMERICANS, THERE'S SUCH A VACUUM 540 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,200 OF CREDIBLE NEWS CHANNELS THAT 541 00:14:22,266 --> 00:14:23,800 BROADCAST IN VIETNAMESE THAT 542 00:14:23,866 --> 00:14:25,200 MANY TURN TO YOUTUBE FOR THEIR 543 00:14:25,266 --> 00:14:27,500 NEWS, WITH CERTAIN CHANNELS ON 544 00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:29,566 IN THEIR HOUSES 24/7. 545 00:14:29,633 --> 00:14:31,300 ONE POPULAR HOST BASED HERE IN 546 00:14:31,366 --> 00:14:33,266 THE U.S. IS NGUY VU, WHO BRANDS 547 00:14:33,333 --> 00:14:34,900 HIMSELF "KING RADIO." 548 00:14:34,966 --> 00:14:36,166 HE'S BASICALLY A VIETNAMESE ALEX 549 00:14:36,233 --> 00:14:37,166 JONES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN RANTS 550 00:14:37,233 --> 00:14:40,100 LIKE THESE. 551 00:14:40,166 --> 00:14:40,733 >> CHINA COMPLETELY HAS CONTROL 552 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:41,833 OF BIDEN. 553 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:43,000 THE WHOLE SITUATION WITH HUNTER 554 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:44,500 BIDEN'S LAPTOP AND THE TROVE OF 555 00:14:44,566 --> 00:14:47,633 DATA IT CONTAINS, I THINK XI 556 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:48,366 JINPING HAS GOT HIS HANDS ON ALL 557 00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:50,733 OF IT. 558 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,033 GEORGE SOROS WAS PART OF THE 559 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:52,766 FINANCIAL PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE 560 00:14:52,833 --> 00:14:57,400 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 561 00:14:57,466 --> 00:14:58,533 WHY ARE WE STILL BEING FORCED TO 562 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,833 WEAR MASKS? 563 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:03,400 MASKS ARE KILLING PEOPLE. 564 00:15:03,466 --> 00:15:04,366 IF YOU'RE IN A STATE THAT GIVES 565 00:15:04,433 --> 00:15:05,633 YOU THE RIGHT TO NOT WEAR A 566 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,166 MASK, AND THEN YOU ENTER 567 00:15:07,233 --> 00:15:08,533 SOMEONE'S HOUSE BUT THEY TRY TO 568 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,066 MAKE YOU WEAR ONE, TELL THEM 569 00:15:10,133 --> 00:15:13,066 "FUCK YOU." 570 00:15:13,133 --> 00:15:14,000 >> John: I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE 571 00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:15,333 WHERE THE ALEX JONES COMPARISONS 572 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,666 COME FROM. 573 00:15:16,733 --> 00:15:17,700 BOTH HAVE VOICES THAT SOUND LIKE 574 00:15:17,766 --> 00:15:18,900 BONES GOING THROUGH A WOOD 575 00:15:18,966 --> 00:15:20,133 CHIPPER, BOTH HAVE AN INABILITY 576 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,766 TO CONTROL THE VOLUME OF SAID 577 00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:24,500 VOICES, AND BOTH HAVE SETS 578 00:15:24,566 --> 00:15:25,133 CLEARLY INSPIRED BY A WINDOWS 95 579 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,733 SCREENSAVER. 580 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,933 ALSO, THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME 581 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,766 BUSINESS MODEL WITH KING RADIO 582 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:32,033 SELLING HIS AUDIENCE VIAGRA, 583 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:33,633 MEDICATIONS, AND BEAUTY CREAMS 584 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:34,666 THAT HE CLAIMS ARE MADE BY HIS 585 00:15:34,733 --> 00:15:35,733 COUSIN. 586 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,000 WHICH SHOULD BE A HUGE RED FLAG. 587 00:15:40,066 --> 00:15:40,800 UNLESS HIS COUSIN IS NAMED STEVE 588 00:15:40,866 --> 00:15:42,600 CLINIQUE, I DO NOT WANT ANY 589 00:15:42,666 --> 00:15:44,900 CREAMS FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL. 590 00:15:44,966 --> 00:15:45,900 BUT AGAIN, WHILE ALEX JONES HAS 591 00:15:45,966 --> 00:15:48,033 BEEN REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE FOR 592 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:49,333 SPREADING MISINFORMATION, KING 593 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,566 RADIO IS STILL GOING STRONG ON 594 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:53,666 THE PLATFORM, DESPITE THE FACT 595 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:55,966 YOU JUST HEARD HIM SAY, "MASKS 596 00:15:56,033 --> 00:15:58,200 ARE KILLING PEOPLE," WHICH 597 00:15:58,266 --> 00:15:59,100 CLEARLY VIOLATES YOUTUBE'S BAN 598 00:15:59,166 --> 00:15:59,733 ON CLAIMS THAT WEARING A MASK IS 599 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:07,566 DANGEROUS. 600 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:08,300 AND WHAT I GUESS THIS MEANS IS, 601 00:16:08,366 --> 00:16:08,933 ALEX JONES COULD PROBABLY FIND 602 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,066 HIS WAY BACK ONTO YOUTUBE. 603 00:16:10,133 --> 00:16:10,633 HE JUST NEEDS TO COMPLETE A 604 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:14,400 ROSETTA STONE VIETNAMESE COURSE. 605 00:16:14,466 --> 00:16:15,100 AND AS BAD AS FACEBOOK AND 606 00:16:15,166 --> 00:16:15,866 YOUTUBE ARE -- AND THEY ARE 607 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:16,800 SCREAMINGLY BAD -- AT LEAST IN 608 00:16:16,866 --> 00:16:18,500 THEORY, THEY CAN BE MONITORED. 609 00:16:18,566 --> 00:16:19,500 BUT THERE'S ANOTHER WAY 610 00:16:19,566 --> 00:16:21,100 MISINFORMATION SPREADS THAT'S 611 00:16:21,166 --> 00:16:22,433 ACTUALLY INVISIBLE TO MOST 612 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,600 PEOPLE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, ALSO 613 00:16:24,666 --> 00:16:25,900 HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST 614 00:16:25,966 --> 00:16:27,566 POPULAR TOOLS OF COMMUNICATION 615 00:16:27,633 --> 00:16:29,000 AMONG IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND 616 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:31,833 THAT IS PRIVATE MESSAGING APPS. 617 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:33,233 THE BIGGEST, BY FAR, IS 618 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:34,366 WHATSAPP, OWNED BY FACEBOOK, 619 00:16:34,433 --> 00:16:35,233 WHICH IS MASSIVE ALL OVER THE 620 00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:37,233 WORLD. 621 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:39,100 SO MUCH SO, IT'S BECOME PART OF 622 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,200 MANY PEOPLE'S DAILY ROUTINE. 623 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:43,200 IN INDIA, SENDING "GOOD MORNING" 624 00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:45,200 MESSAGES ON WHATSAPP IS 625 00:16:45,266 --> 00:16:46,100 INCREDIBLY POPULAR, MEANING 626 00:16:46,166 --> 00:16:48,533 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WAKE UP TO 627 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,033 RELATIVES HAVING SENT THEM ONE 628 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,133 OF THESE, OR EVEN A VIDEO LIKE 629 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:56,200 THIS. 630 00:16:56,266 --> 00:17:08,166 ♪ ♪ 631 00:17:08,233 --> 00:17:09,033 I WILL SAY, THAT'S AN 632 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:09,866 AGGRESSIVELY PLEASANT WAY TO 633 00:17:09,933 --> 00:17:11,966 WAKE UP! 634 00:17:12,033 --> 00:17:13,566 WHEN WE CAME ACROSS THAT MESSAGE 635 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:14,933 UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE, THE TOP 636 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:16,733 CMMENT WAS SIMPLY "NICE." 637 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,866 WHICH IS PRETTY STRIKING. 638 00:17:18,933 --> 00:17:20,400 NOTHING ELSE ON THE PLATFORM HAS 639 00:17:20,466 --> 00:17:21,766 A RESPONSE THAT WHOLESOME. 640 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:24,033 YOU JUST KNOW THE AMERICAN 641 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:25,166 VERSION OF GOOD MORNING WOULD 642 00:17:25,233 --> 00:17:25,866 HAVE A TOP COMMENT LIKE "YOU 643 00:17:25,933 --> 00:17:27,200 KNOW WHO HAD A SHIT MORNING? 644 00:17:27,266 --> 00:17:28,000 HARAMBE. 645 00:17:28,066 --> 00:17:30,866 REST IN PEACE, KING." 646 00:17:30,933 --> 00:17:32,766 BUT IT'S NOT JUST WHATSAPP. 647 00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:33,333 CERTAIN COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR 648 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:34,566 OWN PREFERRED APP. 649 00:17:34,633 --> 00:17:36,300 KOREAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE 650 00:17:36,366 --> 00:17:36,866 KAKAOTALK, WHILE MORE RECENT 651 00:17:36,933 --> 00:17:38,633 CHINESE IMMIGRANTS USE WECHAT. 652 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:40,533 AND IF YOU'RE NOT ON THESE APPS, 653 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,066 IT CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND 654 00:17:42,133 --> 00:17:43,166 JUST HOW CENTRAL THEY ARE TO 655 00:17:43,233 --> 00:17:45,700 PEOPLE'S LIVES. 656 00:17:45,766 --> 00:17:47,633 >> THIS TUNE AND LOADING SCREEN 657 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,633 ARE INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE TO 658 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:50,500 OVER ONE BILLION PEOPLE AROUND 659 00:17:50,566 --> 00:17:52,933 THE WORLD. 660 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,166 IN CHINA, WHERE MOST WESTERN 661 00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:55,766 SOCIAL MEDIA IS BANNED, WECHAT 662 00:17:55,833 --> 00:17:58,500 IS ESSENTIAL. 663 00:17:58,566 --> 00:17:59,633 PEOPLE USE IT TO TEXT EACH 664 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,033 OTHER, ORDER FOOD, HAIL RIDES, 665 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:03,633 AND PAY FOR THINGS. 666 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:04,833 OUTSIDE OF CHINA, THE DIASPORA 667 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:06,600 USES IT TO CONNECT WITH FELLOW 668 00:18:06,666 --> 00:18:08,333 CHINESE SPEAKERS AND ISSUES IN 669 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:09,766 THE COUNTRY THEY'RE LIVING IN. 670 00:18:09,833 --> 00:18:10,500 >> John: EXACTLY. 671 00:18:10,566 --> 00:18:12,033 COMMUNICATION, FOOD ORDERS, 672 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,566 TRAVEL, PAYMENT, EVERYTHING, ALL 673 00:18:13,633 --> 00:18:15,166 IN ONE APP. 674 00:18:15,233 --> 00:18:17,000 THAT'S SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT 675 00:18:17,066 --> 00:18:18,633 THAN THE U.S.-BASED MODEL, WHERE 676 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:19,666 YOU HAVE ONE APP TO CONVINCE YOU 677 00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:20,900 EVERYONE'S HAVING A BETTER TIME 678 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:22,800 THAN YOU, ONE THAT FUNCTIONS AS 679 00:18:22,866 --> 00:18:24,033 AN ENDLESSLY REFRESHING FURY 680 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:25,400 GENERATOR, ONE FOR PRETENDING 681 00:18:25,466 --> 00:18:26,366 YOU'LL MEDITATE ONE DAY, ONE 682 00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:27,733 THAT LETS YOU PAY TOO MUCH FOR 683 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,033 FAST FOOD, ONE FOR HORNY 684 00:18:29,100 --> 00:18:30,500 MISTAKES, AND ONE THAT SIMPLY 685 00:18:30,566 --> 00:18:31,333 LETS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY 686 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:31,900 OLD AND THE WORLD NO LONGER 687 00:18:31,966 --> 00:18:34,433 BELONGS TO YOU. 688 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:36,633 SO I GUESS, IN A WAY, KUDOS TO 689 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:37,900 WECHAT FOR STREAMLINING OUR 690 00:18:37,966 --> 00:18:39,733 SHARED DIGITAL NIGHTMARE INTO 691 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,933 ONE CONVENIENT PLACE. 692 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,033 SO THESE APPS ARE A CHEAP AND 693 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:44,633 UBIQUITOUS WAY TO ALLOW PEOPLE 694 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:45,500 TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH FAMILY AND 695 00:18:45,566 --> 00:18:47,200 FRIENDS, AND ALSO GET NEWS AND 696 00:18:47,266 --> 00:18:49,366 SHARE INFORMATION IN THEIR HOME 697 00:18:49,433 --> 00:18:50,200 LANGUAGES. 698 00:18:50,266 --> 00:18:52,533 WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY APPEALING. 699 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:53,900 UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE ALSO A 700 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:58,933 HUGE VECTOR FOR MISINFORMATION. 701 00:18:59,000 --> 00:18:59,566 >> THERE IS ACTUALLY A SAYING IN 702 00:18:59,633 --> 00:19:00,266 THE LATINO COMMUNITY, IN THE 703 00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:01,666 VENEZUELAN AND CUBAN COMMUNITIES 704 00:19:01,733 --> 00:19:02,966 ABOUT LA TIA DEL WHATSAPP. 705 00:19:03,033 --> 00:19:04,033 IT'S THE AUNT THAT GOES ON 706 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:06,600 WHATSAPP AND RECEIVES ANY TYPE 707 00:19:06,666 --> 00:19:07,766 OF CONSPIRACY THEORY AND 708 00:19:07,833 --> 00:19:09,733 FORWARDS IT TO ALL HER CONTACTS. 709 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:10,533 WE ALL HAVE SOMEBODY IN OUR 710 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,200 FAMILY LIKE THAT. 711 00:19:12,266 --> 00:19:14,200 >> John: OH, YEAH, WE DO. 712 00:19:14,266 --> 00:19:16,033 AND IT'S ALMOST COMFORTING TO 713 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:16,833 KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF 714 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:19,366 BACKGROUND, EVERY SINGLE FAMILY 715 00:19:19,433 --> 00:19:21,000 HAS ONE MEMBER THAT WHEN ANYONE 716 00:19:21,066 --> 00:19:22,066 GETS A MESSAGE FROM THEM, THE 717 00:19:22,133 --> 00:19:23,433 FIRST RESPONSE IS TO GO "OH, 718 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,233 SHIT, WHAT NOW?" 719 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:27,233 IT'S A TRULY UNIVERSAL 720 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:29,433 EXPERIENCE. 721 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:30,466 AND THERE ARE PARTICULAR REASONS 722 00:19:30,533 --> 00:19:32,100 THESE APPS HAVE BECOME 723 00:19:32,166 --> 00:19:32,700 ESPECIALLY FERTILE GROUNDS FOR 724 00:19:32,766 --> 00:19:33,633 MISINFORMATION. 725 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:34,966 FOR INSTANCE, IN MANY COUNTRIES, 726 00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:36,666 FACEBOOK -- WHICH, REMEMBER, 727 00:19:36,733 --> 00:19:39,033 OWNS WHATSAPP -- HAS PARTNERED 728 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:40,166 WITH MOBILE PHONE CARRIERS TO 729 00:19:40,233 --> 00:19:42,000 MAKE ACCESSING ITS SERVICES A 730 00:19:42,066 --> 00:19:43,900 LOT CHEAPER THAN ACCESSING THE 731 00:19:43,966 --> 00:19:45,366 REST OF THE INTERNET. 732 00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:46,933 SO MISINFORMATION CAN SPREAD FAR 733 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,033 AND WIDE WITHOUT THE SAME 734 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:50,033 ABILITY TO CHECK IT. 735 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,266 IN BRAZIL, A BROADBAND 736 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:53,800 CONNECTION CAN COST UP TO 15 737 00:19:53,866 --> 00:19:55,366 PERCENT OF A HOUSEHOLD'S INCOME, 738 00:19:55,433 --> 00:19:57,300 ESSENTIALLY MAKING FACT-CHECKING 739 00:19:57,366 --> 00:19:58,833 TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE AVERAGE 740 00:19:58,900 --> 00:19:59,600 BRAZILIAN. 741 00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:00,666 WHICH IS A TRULY TERRIFYING 742 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:03,400 THOUGHT. 743 00:20:03,466 --> 00:20:04,466 AND WECHAT HAS ITS OWN FEATURES 744 00:20:04,533 --> 00:20:05,033 THAT MAKE SOURCING HARDER TO 745 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:05,866 FOLLOW. 746 00:20:05,933 --> 00:20:07,000 BECAUSE IT HAS A FUNCTION FOR 747 00:20:07,066 --> 00:20:11,600 USERS TO SET THEMSELVES UP AS 748 00:20:11,666 --> 00:20:12,300 WHAT'S KNOWN AS SELF-MEDIA -- 749 00:20:12,366 --> 00:20:12,933 BASICALLY A PSEUDO "NEWS 750 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:13,566 CHANNEL," BUT THERE'S A CRUCIAL 751 00:20:13,633 --> 00:20:15,033 LIMITATION THERE. 752 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:16,166 >> WHILE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER 753 00:20:16,233 --> 00:20:17,866 GENERALLY ALLOW PUBLISHERS TO 754 00:20:17,933 --> 00:20:19,633 POST LINKS THAT TAKE USERS TO 755 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:21,200 OTHER WEBSITES, WECHAT BANS MOST 756 00:20:21,266 --> 00:20:22,466 PUBLISHERS FROM EMBEDDING 757 00:20:22,533 --> 00:20:24,700 HYPERLINKS IN ARTICLES. 758 00:20:24,766 --> 00:20:25,933 THIS MEANS PRETTY MUCH 759 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:26,766 EVERYTHING IS SELF-CONTAINED ON 760 00:20:26,833 --> 00:20:28,900 THE PLATFORM. 761 00:20:28,966 --> 00:20:30,400 IT'S HARD TO FIND THE ORIGINAL 762 00:20:30,466 --> 00:20:40,466 SOURCE MATERIAL AND DEBUNK IT. 763 00:20:40,533 --> 00:20:41,100 >> John: RIGHT, AND THAT'S A BIG 764 00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:41,733 DEAL, BECAUSE WHO YOUR SOURCE IS 765 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:41,966 MATTERS! 766 00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:42,600 A BOOK CALLED "HOW I BROKE RULES 767 00:20:42,666 --> 00:20:43,100 AND MADE HISTORY" READS 768 00:20:43,166 --> 00:20:43,733 COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY IF IT WAS 769 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:44,333 WRITTEN BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG 770 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,633 OR OSAMA BIN LADEN. 771 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:49,100 SO MISINFORMATION CAN CIRCULATE 772 00:20:49,166 --> 00:20:49,900 FREELY ON MESSAGING APPS, AND IN 773 00:20:49,966 --> 00:20:51,400 CLOSED GROUPS, BASICALLY 774 00:20:51,466 --> 00:20:53,633 INVISIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, 775 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:57,333 AND SOMETIMES, WHEN THE MESSAGES 776 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:57,933 ARE END-TO-END ENCRYPTED, EVEN 777 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:58,966 TO THE COMPANIES THAT HOST THEM. 778 00:20:59,033 --> 00:21:00,266 AND THEY'RE OFTEN BEING PASSED 779 00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:02,033 AROUND BY TRUSTED FRIENDS AND 780 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:03,400 FAMILY MEMBERS, LENDING THEM AN 781 00:21:03,466 --> 00:21:05,366 AURA OF LEGITIMACY. 782 00:21:05,433 --> 00:21:07,200 AND IT CAN BE TRULY EXASPERATING 783 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,400 FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO SEE JUST 784 00:21:08,466 --> 00:21:09,366 HOW SUSCEPTIBLE THEIR RELATIVES 785 00:21:09,433 --> 00:21:11,733 ARE TO THIS BULLSHIT. 786 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,166 SUBREDDITS LIKE "ASIAN PARENT 787 00:21:13,233 --> 00:21:15,000 STORIES" ARE FULL OF POSTS LIKE 788 00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:18,633 "WECHAT FUCKED UP MY PARENTS." 789 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,166 AND LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN READ A 790 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:21,100 MESSAGE THAT WAS FLYING AROUND 791 00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:21,833 HER SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY'S 792 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:25,533 WHATSAPP GROUP. 793 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,166 >> "PLEASE DO NOT FULL PETROL TO 794 00:21:26,233 --> 00:21:27,700 THE MAXIMUM LIMIT. 795 00:21:27,766 --> 00:21:29,033 IT MAY CAUSE EXPLOSION. 796 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:30,833 THIS WEEK, FIVE EXPLOSION 797 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:32,233 ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED DUE TO 798 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:33,966 FILLING PETROL TO THE MAXIMUM. 799 00:21:34,033 --> 00:21:35,566 PLEASE DO SHARE THIS MESSAGE. 800 00:21:35,633 --> 00:21:37,366 RESCUE 1122." 801 00:21:37,433 --> 00:21:38,833 I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT, I'VE 802 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:40,400 NEVER SEEN IT, SO I DON'T SEE 803 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:41,266 HOW SHE BELIEVES IT. 804 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,100 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 805 00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:45,800 BECAUSE WHATSAPP SAYS SO, IT'S 806 00:21:45,866 --> 00:21:46,000 TRUE. 807 00:21:46,066 --> 00:21:47,500 YOUR CAR'S GONNA EXPLODE. 808 00:21:47,566 --> 00:21:53,800 >> John: YEAH, IT'S TRUE! 809 00:21:53,866 --> 00:21:54,200 I MEAN, IT'S NOT. 810 00:21:54,266 --> 00:21:54,833 YOUR CAR'S NOT GOING TO EXPLODE. 811 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:55,266 WHAT'S TRUE IS THAT 812 00:21:55,333 --> 00:21:55,833 MISINFORMATION LIKE THAT IS 813 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,100 EVERYWHERE ON THESE APPS. 814 00:21:57,166 --> 00:21:58,900 OUR OWN STAFF HAS HAD FAMILY 815 00:21:58,966 --> 00:22:00,800 MEMBERS CIRCULATE THINGS LIKE 816 00:22:00,866 --> 00:22:02,133 THESE VIDEOS IN KOREAN PROMOTING 817 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,633 CONSPIRACY THEORIES LIKE QANON, 818 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:04,800 OR THIS POST ABOUT HOW AYURVEDIC 819 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:06,666 DOCTORS SAY WE CAN SAVE 820 00:22:06,733 --> 00:22:07,966 OURSELVES FROM CORONAVIRUS, WITH 821 00:22:08,033 --> 00:22:13,433 TIPS LIKE "BOILED BLACK PEPPERS 822 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:14,066 IN WATER AND ADD LEMON JUICE, IT 823 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:14,633 KILLS THE VIRUS." 824 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,633 WHICH WOULD BE GREAT NEWS IF IT 825 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:19,833 WAS TRUE, BUT IT ISN'T. 826 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:20,433 THIS PROBLEM IS SO FAMILIAR TO 827 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:21,733 YOUNGER GENERATIONS THAT ONE SON 828 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:22,733 OF INDIAN PARENTS MOCKED IT ON 829 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,333 TIKTOK LIKE THIS. 830 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,466 >> HERE'S HOW YOU MAKE BROWN 831 00:22:25,533 --> 00:22:26,333 PARENTS BELIEVE LITERALLY 832 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,833 ANYTHING. 833 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:28,700 YOU'RE GONNA START WITH A PLAIN 834 00:22:28,766 --> 00:22:29,300 BACKGROUND AND WRITE WHATEVER 835 00:22:29,366 --> 00:22:30,800 YOU WANT, BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOU 836 00:22:30,866 --> 00:22:31,433 WRITE IT IN THIS FONT, THAT'S 837 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:32,533 CRUCIAL. 838 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,533 NOW, MENTION ANY RELIGIOUS TEXT 839 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,133 AND TALK ABOUT BODY, MIND, 840 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,300 SPIRIT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 841 00:22:36,366 --> 00:22:37,700 AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU MENTION A 842 00:22:37,766 --> 00:22:39,600 HARVARD SCIENTIST HELPED CONFIRM 843 00:22:39,666 --> 00:22:40,400 ANCIENT WISDOM, 'CAUSE WE LOVE 844 00:22:40,466 --> 00:22:41,600 THOSE HEADLINES. 845 00:22:41,666 --> 00:22:42,700 NOW, MAKE A DIAGRAM THAT LOOKS 846 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:44,300 SCIENTIFIC AND RELIGIOUS AT THE 847 00:22:44,366 --> 00:22:45,200 SAME TIME AND THROW SOME 848 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:45,833 SANSKRIT ON THERE, DON'T WORRY 849 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:46,533 ABOUT ACCURACY. 850 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:47,366 BEAUTIFUL! 851 00:22:47,433 --> 00:22:48,566 NOW, MENTION SOME CHEMICALS. 852 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,000 I CHOSE KANYE AND DRAKE'S NAME 853 00:22:50,066 --> 00:22:50,566 AND MADE THEM LOOK LIKE 854 00:22:50,633 --> 00:22:51,400 COMPOUNDS. 855 00:22:51,466 --> 00:22:52,466 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE 856 00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:53,233 REAL OR NOT. 857 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:54,366 OUR UNCLES AND AUNTIES HAVE PhDS 858 00:22:54,433 --> 00:22:55,333 IN SCIENCE BUT THAT'S NO MATCH 859 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,300 FOR WHATSAPP. 860 00:22:56,366 --> 00:22:57,366 NOW, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU 861 00:22:57,433 --> 00:22:58,266 INSULT WESTERN MEDICINE AND 862 00:22:58,333 --> 00:22:59,433 CULTURE AT THIS LAST PART. 863 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:00,466 YOU KNOW THE DRILL. 864 00:23:00,533 --> 00:23:01,233 THREE DOTS, THREE EXCLAMATION 865 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:02,100 POINTS, CITE YOUR SOURCES, AND 866 00:23:02,166 --> 00:23:03,066 MAKE THE IMAGE QUALITY A LITTLE 867 00:23:03,133 --> 00:23:04,466 WORSE. 868 00:23:04,533 --> 00:23:08,366 AND THAT IS PERFECTION. 869 00:23:08,433 --> 00:23:11,666 >> John: YEAH! 870 00:23:11,733 --> 00:23:13,400 ALL IT TAKES IS A FEW 871 00:23:13,466 --> 00:23:14,933 SUPERFICIAL LABELS AND STYLISH 872 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,100 CHOICES TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT 873 00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:17,333 SOMETHING WITH NO REAL SUBSTANCE 874 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,200 IS ACTUALLY MEANINGFUL AND GOOD 875 00:23:19,266 --> 00:23:20,200 OR, AS IT'S KNOWN IN AMERICA, 876 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:22,766 THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE. 877 00:23:22,833 --> 00:23:28,400 WHILE THAT WAS CLEARLY FUN, THAT 878 00:23:28,466 --> 00:23:30,266 GUY LATER POSTED A FOLLOWUP 879 00:23:30,333 --> 00:23:32,200 SAYING THAT HIS IMAGE HAD WORKED 880 00:23:32,266 --> 00:23:33,500 SLIGHTLY TOO WELL, BECAUSE IT 881 00:23:33,566 --> 00:23:34,166 WAS MAKING THE ROUNDS ON 882 00:23:34,233 --> 00:23:35,300 WHATSAPP, BUT NOT ALWAYS AS A 883 00:23:35,366 --> 00:23:37,700 JOKE. 884 00:23:37,766 --> 00:23:38,600 AND WE'VE SEEN THE VERY REAL 885 00:23:38,666 --> 00:23:39,633 IMPACTS MISINFORMATION ON THESE 886 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:41,066 APPS CAN HAVE. 887 00:23:41,133 --> 00:23:42,600 IN INDIA, MISINFORMATION HAS 888 00:23:42,666 --> 00:23:43,733 BEEN LINKED TO VIOLENCE AND 889 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,633 DEATHS, TO THE POINT WHERE 890 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:46,400 WHATSAPP FELT IT NECESSARY TO 891 00:23:46,466 --> 00:23:48,966 CREATE THIS AD. 892 00:23:49,033 --> 00:23:51,833 >> MEET KAVYA. 893 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:55,400 SHE LIVES AWAY FROM HER FAMILY, 894 00:23:55,466 --> 00:23:57,833 BUT VERY CLOSE TO THEIR HEARTS 895 00:23:57,900 --> 00:23:59,666 ON THE FAMILY WHATSAPP GROUP. 896 00:23:59,733 --> 00:24:00,766 BUT TODAY, SHE'S A LITTLE 897 00:24:00,833 --> 00:24:02,700 SERIOUS. 898 00:24:02,766 --> 00:24:04,033 FUFAJI HAS FORWARDED SOME RANDOM 899 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:05,466 FAKE NEWS ON THE FAMILY GROUP. 900 00:24:05,533 --> 00:24:06,633 KAVYA CALLED HIM RIGHT AWAY. 901 00:24:06,700 --> 00:24:07,333 >> KAVYA? 902 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,900 >> DO YOU HAVE SOME PROOF OF 903 00:24:08,966 --> 00:24:09,733 THAT MESSAGE OR DID YOU JUST 904 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:10,466 FORWARD IT? 905 00:24:10,533 --> 00:24:11,066 >> I JUST RECEIVED IT ON SOME 906 00:24:11,133 --> 00:24:12,266 RANDOM GROUP. 907 00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:13,100 >> AND MADE HIM UNDERSTAND THAT 908 00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:16,000 FAKE NEWS CAN CAUSE VIOLENCE. 909 00:24:16,066 --> 00:24:16,533 >> WE SHOULDN'T CIRCULATE 910 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,233 SOMETHING DANGEROUS, RIGHT? 911 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:19,633 >> SHE CONVINCED FUFAJI TO LEAVE 912 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:21,300 THAT GROUP. 913 00:24:21,366 --> 00:24:22,366 BE LIKE KAVYA. 914 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:28,700 SHARE JOY, NOT RUMOURS. 915 00:24:28,766 --> 00:24:34,166 >> John: YEAH, YEAH, SURE, 916 00:24:34,233 --> 00:24:36,033 IT'S A NICE SENTIMENT, BUT IT'S 917 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:36,566 NOT GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE TO 918 00:24:36,633 --> 00:24:37,100 PRODUCE A PSA ESSENTIALLY 919 00:24:37,166 --> 00:24:37,733 SAYING, "LOOK, SOME OF WHAT'S ON 920 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:38,433 OUR SERVICE IS DANGEROUS 921 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:39,066 NONSENSE AND IF YOU COULD HELP 922 00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:39,666 CLEAN IT UP FOR US, THAT'D BE 923 00:24:39,733 --> 00:24:40,200 GREAT!" 924 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:41,000 AT THE VERY LEAST, THEY MIGHT 925 00:24:41,066 --> 00:24:42,100 WANT TO CHANGE THAT SLOGAN TO 926 00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:43,400 "SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 927 00:24:43,466 --> 00:24:44,433 KEEPING MISINFORMATION FROM 928 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:45,333 DESTROYING THE FABRIC OF OUR 929 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:45,966 SOCIETY BECAUSE WE CLEARLY CAN'T 930 00:24:46,033 --> 00:24:48,933 DO IT." 931 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,900 SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT ALL 932 00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:51,300 THIS? 933 00:24:51,366 --> 00:24:52,533 WELL, IDEALLY, PLATFORMS LIKE 934 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,766 FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OTHERS 935 00:24:53,833 --> 00:24:55,566 WOULD BE AT LEAST AS PROACTIVE 936 00:24:55,633 --> 00:24:56,466 ABOUT TAKING DOWN MISINFORMATION 937 00:24:56,533 --> 00:24:58,033 IN OTHER LANGUAGES AS THEY ARE 938 00:24:58,100 --> 00:24:59,800 ABOUT TAKING IT DOWN IN ENGLISH. 939 00:24:59,866 --> 00:25:05,233 WHICH I KNOW IS A LOW, LOW BAR, 940 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:05,866 BUT IT DOES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 941 00:25:05,933 --> 00:25:06,533 WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 942 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,000 AS FOR PRIVATE MESSAGING APPS, 943 00:25:08,066 --> 00:25:08,933 THAT'S TRICKIER, BECAUSE OF HOW 944 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,600 THEY'RE DESIGNED. 945 00:25:10,666 --> 00:25:11,933 AND EVEN WHEN SOME HAVE TAKEN 946 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,266 STEPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF 947 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:13,966 MISINFORMATION, THEY'VE OFTEN 948 00:25:14,033 --> 00:25:16,566 AMOUNTED TO HALF-MEASURES. 949 00:25:16,633 --> 00:25:17,600 WHATSAPP, FOR INSTANCE, STARTED 950 00:25:17,666 --> 00:25:18,966 PLACING LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF 951 00:25:19,033 --> 00:25:20,866 CHATS A MESSAGE CAN BE FORWARDED 952 00:25:20,933 --> 00:25:21,833 TO, CAPPING IT AT UP TO FIVE 953 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,133 CHATS AT A TIME. 954 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,200 WHICH MIGHT SOUND GOOD, BUT IN 955 00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:26,966 PRACTICE, IT LEAVES PLENTY OF 956 00:25:27,033 --> 00:25:28,833 ROOM FOR DAMAGE. 957 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:31,400 >> IF A MESSAGE IS SENT TO A 958 00:25:31,466 --> 00:25:33,600 WHATSAPP GROUP OF 20, THEN EACH 959 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:35,300 OF THEM SHARES IT WITH 20 OTHER 960 00:25:35,366 --> 00:25:39,733 PEOPLE, AND THIS HAPPENS FIVE 961 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,266 TIMES, IT CAN REACH MORE THAN 3 962 00:25:41,333 --> 00:25:45,433 MILLION PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY. 963 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:46,300 >> John: YEAH, IT CAN STILL 964 00:25:46,366 --> 00:25:48,433 SPREAD PRETTY FAR. 965 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:49,500 AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T THE 966 00:25:49,566 --> 00:25:50,766 MAIN POINT HERE, BUT ALSO HOW 967 00:25:50,833 --> 00:25:52,566 MANY OF US ARE IN TWO GROUP 968 00:25:52,633 --> 00:25:53,900 CHATS OF 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE 969 00:25:53,966 --> 00:25:54,933 EACH? 970 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,400 AND IF YOU ARE, HOW THE FUCK DO 971 00:25:56,466 --> 00:25:58,000 YOU SLEEP? 972 00:25:58,066 --> 00:25:59,433 HOW DO YOU GET ANYTHING DONE 973 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:00,833 WITHOUT CONSTANTLY SWIPING AWAY 974 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:02,400 NOTIFICATIONS? 975 00:26:02,466 --> 00:26:03,300 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING HOLD ON, 976 00:26:03,366 --> 00:26:04,166 IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, JUST MUTE 977 00:26:04,233 --> 00:26:06,133 THEM, THEN HOW DO YOU THEN CATCH 978 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,100 UP ON ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED 979 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:08,333 IN THE CHAT? 980 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,300 YOU'D SPEND HALF YOUR DAY 981 00:26:10,366 --> 00:26:11,566 SCROLLING BACK UP JUST SO YOU'D 982 00:26:11,633 --> 00:26:12,133 KNOW WHAT THIS GIF MEANT IN 983 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,566 CONTEXT. 984 00:26:13,633 --> 00:26:15,233 MOM SENT THAT? 985 00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:16,933 IN RESPONSE TO WHAT? 986 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,633 I HAVE TO KNOW. 987 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:21,233 A KEY PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THAT 988 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:22,566 MANY COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE THE 989 00:26:22,633 --> 00:26:23,733 SAME FACT-CHECKING RESOURCES 990 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,633 THAT ENGLISH-SPEAKING ONES DO. 991 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:27,666 IF SOMEONE SENDS YOU AN ALEX 992 00:26:27,733 --> 00:26:28,933 JONES CLIP, YOU CAN RESPOND TO 993 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,800 IT WITH ANY NUMBER OF TRUSTED 994 00:26:30,866 --> 00:26:31,900 SOURCES DEBUNKING HIM. 995 00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:33,166 YOU CAN SEND THEM SOMETHING FROM 996 00:26:33,233 --> 00:26:35,100 POLITIFACT, OR SNOPES, OR 997 00:26:35,166 --> 00:26:37,100 FACTCHECK.ORG. 998 00:26:37,166 --> 00:26:37,833 BUT IF SOMEONE SENDS YOU A CLIP 999 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:39,633 FROM KING RADIO, 1000 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:40,333 VIETNAMESE-LANGUAGE 1001 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,966 FACT-CHECKING SOURCES ARE THIN 1002 00:26:43,033 --> 00:26:44,000 ON THE GROUND. 1003 00:26:44,066 --> 00:26:45,000 THERE ARE SOME -- THERE'S VIET 1004 00:26:45,066 --> 00:26:45,966 FACT CHECK, A VOLUNTEER-LED 1005 00:26:46,033 --> 00:26:47,900 PROJECT, AND THE INTERPRETER, 1006 00:26:47,966 --> 00:26:49,300 WHICH WORKS TO TRANSLATE NEWS 1007 00:26:49,366 --> 00:26:50,533 ARTICLES FROM REPUTABLE OUTLETS 1008 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,633 INTO VIETNAMESE. 1009 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,533 BUT THESE ARE OFTEN SMALL 1010 00:26:54,600 --> 00:27:03,400 ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PEOPLE 1011 00:27:03,466 --> 00:27:04,033 RUNNING THEM ARE OUTMATCHED AND 1012 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:04,500 UNDERSTANDABLY FUCKING 1013 00:27:04,566 --> 00:27:04,766 EXHAUSTED. 1014 00:27:04,833 --> 00:27:05,300 SO GROUPS LIKE THESE NEED 1015 00:27:05,366 --> 00:27:05,900 RESOURCES TO BETTER MATCH THE 1016 00:27:05,966 --> 00:27:06,433 CHALLENGE THEY'RE FACING. 1017 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,200 BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE NEEDS TO 1018 00:27:07,266 --> 00:27:08,600 BE PUBLIC PRESSURE ON PLATFORMS 1019 00:27:08,666 --> 00:27:09,900 TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL FORMS 1020 00:27:09,966 --> 00:27:11,766 OF MISINFORMATION, WHETHER 1021 00:27:11,833 --> 00:27:13,300 THEY'RE IN ENGLISH OR NOT. 1022 00:27:13,366 --> 00:27:14,733 BECAUSE A WHOLE LOT DEPENDS ON 1023 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,100 THIS. 1024 00:27:16,166 --> 00:27:18,600 AND UNTIL THEY DO, IF YOU'RE A 1025 00:27:18,666 --> 00:27:19,666 MEMBER OF ONE OF THESE DIASPORA 1026 00:27:19,733 --> 00:27:20,733 COMMUNITIES, YOU MAY NEED TO 1027 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,233 PREPARE YOURSELF FOR MORE 1028 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:23,500 DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH 1029 00:27:23,566 --> 00:27:26,866 YOUR CRAZIEST UNCLES. 1030 00:27:26,933 --> 00:27:29,066 ALTHOUGH THERE'S ONE TINY WAY WE 1031 00:27:29,133 --> 00:27:30,566 MAY BE ABLE TO HELP, BECAUSE WE 1032 00:27:30,633 --> 00:27:31,600 MADE SOME "GOOD MORNING" 1033 00:27:31,666 --> 00:27:33,533 MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY TAILORED 1034 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:34,700 FOR YOUR NEEDS. 1035 00:27:34,766 --> 00:27:36,033 LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH READS, 1036 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:37,633 "GOOD MORNING! 1037 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:38,800 TAKE EVERY CHANCE YOU GET IN 1038 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:39,833 LIFE AND RETHINK SHARING NEWS 1039 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,266 FROM A BULLSHIT SOURCE!" 1040 00:27:42,333 --> 00:27:44,366 IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SEND THAT 1041 00:27:44,433 --> 00:27:45,100 TO AN UNCLE IN THE MORNING 1042 00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:46,000 RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO 1043 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:48,500 HIM. 1044 00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:49,500 OR YOU CAN SEND HIM A VIDEO 1045 00:27:49,566 --> 00:27:50,833 MESSAGE LIKE THIS. 1046 00:27:50,900 --> 00:28:04,800 ♪ ♪ 1047 00:28:04,866 --> 00:28:05,766 >> John: THAT'S RIGHT! 1048 00:28:05,833 --> 00:28:06,900 IT MAY NOT BE THE MORNING 1049 00:28:06,966 --> 00:28:08,866 MESSAGE THEY WANT, BUT IT'S 1050 00:28:08,933 --> 00:28:09,733 DEFINITELY THE MORNING MESSAGE 1051 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,866 THAT THEY NEED. 1052 00:28:11,933 --> 00:28:13,533 AND FOR VIETNAMESE-AMERICANS IN 1053 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,200 PARTICULAR, IF ANY OF YOUR 1054 00:28:15,266 --> 00:28:16,366 RELATIVES HAVE KING RADIO ON IN 1055 00:28:16,433 --> 00:28:18,166 THE BACKGROUND 24 HOURS A DAY, 1056 00:28:18,233 --> 00:28:19,500 WE MADE A SPECIAL MESSAGE JUST 1057 00:28:19,566 --> 00:28:20,900 FOR YOU. 1058 00:28:20,966 --> 00:28:34,433 ♪ ♪ 1059 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:35,133 >> John: YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT 1060 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:36,166 MESSAGE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND 1061 00:28:36,233 --> 00:28:38,266 VIETNAMESE AND A FEW MORE LIKE 1062 00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:39,300 THEM AT 1063 00:28:39,366 --> 00:28:41,100 BetterMorningMessages.com. 1064 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:42,700 FEEL FREE TO USE THEM WHEN YOU 1065 00:28:42,766 --> 00:28:43,833 CAN'T HANDLE A WHOLE 1066 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:45,733 CONVERSATION, BUT KNOW THAT YOU 1067 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,166 REALLY HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. 1068 00:28:48,233 --> 00:28:48,766 THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANK YOU SO 1069 00:28:48,833 --> 00:28:52,533 MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1070 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:53,133 WE'RE OFF NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'LL 1071 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:53,566 BE BACK AFTER THAT. 1072 00:28:53,633 --> 00:28:54,633 GOOD NIGHT!