A functioning press is vital to any democracy in the present United States is being dismantled by both Major Political parties by a fair and cousins here to talk about it fair and you are a real journalist i mean there is nobody argue with you are real journalists and you write reports that really matter and in those reports you do the damndest things you ask questions and then maybe you disagree with the narrative out there for the day thats what journalists do there are journalism is dying we have a whole generation and how many there snowflakes i mean get these snowflakes Political Correctness its destroying our ability to even ask questions this this matt taibbi story that it was brilliant matt taibbi is a real journalist its brilliant the guys one of the best in the business talk about it i want to spend some time talking about what he had to say here with this this is been you know a piece that absolutely blew up all over social media you had a lot of people on the left. Mostly saying type hes lost his mind hes gone off the deep end hes going conservative now. Because he dared write a piece that said listen folks on the left its ok to ask questions if youre a reporter its ok to say wait a minute slow down a 2nd we may have something wrong and tell you the names names he calls people out as well he should because that is what a journalist does and i think a lot of times especially on the left we like to think hey were much better than conservative media but that doesnt mean everything we say or do is right ok let me preface this you and i have been doing Progressive Left wing media for how many years almost almost 2 decades almost 2 decades every time we do a story where some some numb nut out in numb land on social media disagrees with what we have to say all of a sudden all my god were fascists weve said something that they cant process its like they have an inability to think so ty e. B. Does the story now let me just say this kelo Lucy Kellaway lucy works for the intercept the leaf who you and i have interviewed so many times he isnt brill he is actually a real Investigative Reporter actually hes probably the person that had more impact on Campaign Financing than any journalist in the business changing the way we go about it and talking about it so all of a sudden this a calla a tele lucy she works for the intercept who by the way im always talk about what a Great Organization that is i dont know anymore i literally dont even know what the hells happening at the intercept so to pick it up what is this what was this horrible thing that leaf on it is leaf falling had the audacity to you know speak to a africanamerican activist who said listen we also need to be talking about crimes against africanamericans by africanamericans which you know. So you can agree that maybe this isnt relevant to whats happening at the moment in this country but the response from from a killer lacy from entire social media against leaf on was absolutely disproportionate to the fact that the man asked a question while reporting a song that is all he did he asked the question should we think about the idea in our this Broad Society how we get under control black on black crime i mean was 35 africanamericans shot in the streets up in chicago you read about every weekend so heres what hes asking about it he says cant we do better getting this under control well the snowflakes on social media go crazy why because theyre unable to think for themselves theyre terrified of questions they. Call it virtual virtue signaling oh i dont you know i think like the celebrities think let me let me be on the side that everybody else is on god forbid i should ask something thats politically incorrect according to social Media Standards this matt taibbi got it right that me he did and also you know to maybe this isnt probably the best time to be asking that particular question in the media that doesnt mean that leaf on was wrong to ask it but it just means that it maybe its not related to what were seeing right now and again i agree with almost everything is said here maybe not 100 percent of everything but one thing i certainly dont agree with is the response that this has triggered from the left on social media i spend a lot of time on twitter just reading people basically learning more about how people react to things and its a fascinating case study in humanity just reading through twitter and they lost their minds not because they disagree with him on everything but because he questioned. What the left had become and that is something we do have to do because again hes the type hes not going after progressives here he makes it clear in the piece of progress i want most to progress it isnt that important progressive journalist in america its these middle to upper class you know liberals who probably have done horrible things in the past and now theyre trying to atone it by being the tone police is a virtue virtue signallers you know this story talks about how a leaf falling for doing that story was brought before the h. R. Department at the intercept you know who outed brought out a brought a capella lucy whoever the hell that is keller lucy would been sitting in front of me i said look what is the problem with asking questions whats the problem with the original thought whats the problem of saying i cant always be politically correct because im a journalist thats the person a tele lucy would been sitting in front of me and that job would have been in question not only follow well you know and the other thing that brings up and here is the tom cotton op ed now that thats obviously heard a lot of anger all over social media you had the editorial chief i believe from New York Times have to resign over this and its because everybody now in the i despise tom daschle had eisenhowers if we dont on time weve done rounds of stories a man about the guy he was in hunted borderline trees a theory and deal but what they perceive him to be saying what social media said he said didnt get said in the op ed exactly because no but nobody will read time to read about actually read the narrative it showed up on twitter crazy world where you know its ok to be. Ok to be certifiably crazy on twitter these days and if its not politically correct oh my god all i am so disgusted and tired of these folks that call themselves journalists that dont have an original thought theyre terrified to ask the. Gentle question look can you imagine this editor on the tom cotton story going to leadership of the New York Times and grovelling like a damn domestic animal saying oh im so sorry im so sorry thats thats the level of journalism nowadays and its terrifying its almost like you know i look at chaz right now what the. Saddle it reminds me of lord of the flies now heres what i mean lord of the flies he had these kids theyre in charge you know theyre theyve theyve got control of their space look whats happening in chasse ok whats happening there is you have literally warlords telling you cant be here because you dont agree with this you cant be here because you said this it is insane and we dont even appreciate the level of insanity and we know i do have to point out too like i disagree with everything cotton does say in the op ed because i took the time to read it yeah but at the same time he had a right to say it New York Times has a right to publish it and as tybee points out unfortunately for those of us who disagree with it polls show majority of people do agree with it heres why dont we have it and heres why they owe journalists on the left have become left wing grifters yeah theyre so theyre so theyre so worried about approval they have become left wing grifters who want to sell more ads on their side because it creates it creates interest there grifters theres nothing short of grifters the millionaire in charge of the Treasury Department has decided to keep the names of the Companies Getting coronavirus bailout money completely secret ok s. B. A. S. B. A. Thats where the money is coming through has always always made that Information Available but not under the little munchkin right stupid you know is going to do what steve does and that is keep everything secret give money to his powerful friends. You know powerful financial interest and then hide it from the public and that is exactly whats happening here and the reason hes doing it now is because we know from the 1st round of stimulus that 245 at least publicly traded Companies Got their hands on some of that Small Business loan money and steve says wow i took a lot of heat for that because yeah i shouldnt have but i did so this time im just not going to tell you you have no way of knowing until a new administration comes along and releases it where this money goes but this this to me is appalling not just because hes hiding it because we know whats going to happen we know where its gonna go well ok we know theres frog we know theres hustle we know theres all types of iteration of fraud we know that 4500000. 00 Companies Split up 500000000000. 00 and the s. B. A. Has always said you want that information who got the money were going to give it to you but the little munchkin comes on says no we cant do it why because he is useless in his job in that department and heres the problem heres the real problem it was a failure it was a total utter failure and his name goes on the failure his picture goes on the failure and if this information ever comes out we can then Start Talking about what a huge failure the guy is right i mean it is nothing short of a bond villain i mean that thats what he is thats what hes doing in this administration but regardless everything right now is infuriating with the response from the federal government with coronavirus american citizens were given what 1200 bucks 2 months ago and they havent gotten another dime even though its not safe to go back to work were seeing the numbers spike everywhere there is no relief for working class people in this country im a new chin is trying to hide this program so that the wealthy corporations that suggestion get more money we already know its happening we already know that the c. E. O. s. The you know i have involved in hucksterism to get the money we know theres been con jobs for them to get the money we know that theres hustlers out there that in 13 days now think about this in 13 days they were already out of money because the 1st people in line with the affluent the 1st people in line with these corporations that had their lawyers collect the money up and mom and pop thats got a store on main street that really needs the money they ran out of money we had it happen right around here in pensacola youre getting calls like crazy what you mean theres no money this is a restaurant 3 generations in the family it but its not a c. E. O. Of a Major Corporation and they would create little Shell Companies and little new you know oh i have 5 employees at this business that was started 3 days ago i need 10000000. 00 thats how the scheme worked and thats what newton is trying to and he is terrified by it because hes an idiot youve always called him an idiot and everything youve ever written and everything youve ever done in social media i applaud that because he is a true hero coming up dozens of Drug Companies are facing legal actions for cooperating with one another to singe in their prescription prices sky. That more when we come back. Ah no no crowd. No shots no. Action just dont speak up. No arrests. Points your thirst for action. The deep history of the book of just a nonconformist utopia or a politically correct ill take your dig nonetheless the experiment being played out in seattle is no laughing matter the ideas of law and order and the legitimate use of force are at stake a piece of advice go visit shots for chast visits you. In the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of Northern Ireland that was coordinated loyalists attacks protecting only catholic population in belfast tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was that the r. U. C. The Police Actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of coal streets in belfast at the time more than a 100 innocent civilians were. As the review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent and of the currents which the collusion was involved in some of those cases that killers would later be named goodwin and the gang i think it went to the very very top i think it is crossed the water where all the taste since you thought it was going on and give the go ahead. A sweeping lawsuit accuses 26. 00 drug manufacturers of colluding in a price fixing scheme to drive the cost of gin their prescriptions or those joins me now to talk about this story really to which companies are named in the lawsuit and how did they defraud the public. Well there are 26. 00 Companies Named the defendants include notable drug makers milan pfizer Sun Pharmaceutical industries and novartis is sandoz unit and at least 10 drug Company Executives who are responsible for Sales Marketing pricing in operations the 450. 00 page complaint outlines how the companies and executives artificially inflated the prices of 80 generic drugs through phone calls Text Messages emails corporate conventions and even cozy dinner parties the executives reportedly in constant communication colluding to fix prices and restrain competition their alleged activities are of course illegal under federal and state antitrust and Consumer Protection laws so its great to see this lawsuit coming forward. Yeah but in america if youre dressed up in a suit you have a tie on and you carry a briefcase and you get a bit. Your laws are different from everybody else i see none of these thugs will see the inside of a prison even though d the laws very clear its felony felony felony were not talking about misdemeanor law here were talking about serious felonies in the department of justice under clinton was unwilling to do anything about it under bush was when unwilling to do it under obama not going to send anybody in prison under trial nobodys going to go to prison so so this is been going on for so long because we they they know they never have to go to prison all they do is pay a fine and thats get out of jail free what drugs do the companies inflate what what prices did they inflate. Well this complaint really focuses on generic. Topical skin products so dermatology products including the local anesthetic light it cant mint antifungal cream missile and lets head across drops for treating glaucoma and other eye diseases these are drugs that are commonly prescribed so many people rely on them and this game unfortunately took place allegedly between 20092016 which denied millions of consumers access to affordable generic alternatives to those expensive brand name counterparts and the fact that the prices of these generic topical drugs had increased exponentially over that time frame is really what prompted this investigation prices were skyrocketing without explanation in some cases doubling tripling or even increasing by over 1000 person. Well we know this we know the you start 2000 we know the eric holder not only did not prosecute them he gave them their way out every time they were every time they were corner eric holder let him nobody was even investigated much less prosecuted then comes in Loretta Lynch right after eric holder you see the both of those folks just like we saw with the Bush Administration just like we saw with the clinton Administration Just like we see with the trumpet ministration they all are just joined with industry all kinds of industry not just drug industry all the industry the cost of generic drugs arent just high in dermatology there are higher across the board as in the health care in general what kind of bills are covert 19 patients seeing these days. Its been absolutely crazy how people who have been treated for kobe 1000 have reported receiving astronomical medical bills one woman in new york accidentally received a bill that should have actually gone directly to her Insurance Company but it eliminated how High Health Care prices are now her bill totaled over 400000. 00 it was reduced to 75000. 00 as a. Financial assistance benefit but still she cant afford to pay that much when she actually looked at the bill to find out what she was charged for it was really vague it did it include 1. 00 line for prescriptions for over 42000. 00 actually was titled pharmacy now there was no itemized breakdown letting her know what the drugs had cost or even what drugs the doctors gave her and then another coven 1000. 00 patient from seattle said that his car on a virus medical bills totaled over 1100000. 00 now hes not going to have to pay most of that due to special Financial Aid rules that apply only to cope in 19 due to those congressional bills that were just passed but people suffering from other diseases like cancer theyre often on the hook for similarly outrageous bills. And the point is this the point is we these these folks these c. E. O. s absolutely know that they are criminally breaking the law but theyre absolutely know that in washington d. C. Theyre going to get away with it someones going to have to pay a fine but nobody goes to prison so the next c. E. O. Comes in and does exactly the same thing without a perp walk this is never going to change and i havent seen a president that is have the damn backbone to do what he should have done in appoint an attorney general who serious about throwing white collar criminals in prison and thats what we have here and its only going to get worse bridgie to thank you for joining me. Thanks mike airlines around the world have taken a nosedive with the coronavirus pandemic scrapping millions of travel plans so whats the story of the airlines tweaking their passenger agreements making it more difficult to get paid when you pay an airline a 1000 dollars trying to get it back when they cancel your flight lets talk about the yes so basically these there are a number of airlines that have added these additional clauses even before code head where they you know you have to sign these carriage of car contracts that carriage when you buy a ticket is. Its a standard industry document if you want to take it before you can even swipe your credit card to buy that plane ticket you basically have to agree to this and there are clauses in there that say if youve got a problem with this airline were going to have to go to arbitration or you can file an individual lawsuit but no class actions and so essentially its one of those what you call a contract of adhesion yes yes it is on joyce yeah so heres how it works airline owes you 800. 00 because you paid them and they say they canceled not even on a covert they just canceled the flight so you call them and you say i want my 100. 00 back they say well no youre going to have to youre going to go to arbitration to get a bag or get a valid order or get a voucher and what is a pap inning is these if you if youre owed 800. 00 by the airline right you cant sue him because the cost to sue them is so much but the way you could go after him is in a class action where you had thousands of people that were treated the same way and its one lawsuit and they say under the one lawsuit this conduct by American Airlines was wrong it was a contract of adhesion the you made these people sign they had to sign in order to travel its of due process argument its an equal protection argument and frankly the only way that anybodys going to get the money back is the class action well i think that because they talked about that that class actions are actually where the few avenues that an individual has in order to pursue the litigation for exactly what youre talking about and when you Say Something like that i might well gosh can you go to Small Claims Court know you had it in your state but thats what they said it most airlines arent subject to state or individual state laws and or consumer laws that would be in place and actually protect the consumer have to sue in federal court the chance look heres the only good news there is a spectacular Class Action Law firm handling a case on this is called burger monterey we work with them all the time there are powells we do business with them were partners and some lawsuits they are the best Class Action Law firm in america theyre going to. American airlines are going after some of these other folks thats the only sure thats the only the only possibility of changing all those as of yesterday so you have American AirlinesBritish Airways friend to Airline Spirit airlines also have the new class action clause and you have American Airlines is one of the few that responded and said no no we give people arbitration as an option or doze off the plane and they can still bring an individual lawsuit which if you dont realize what that means like you talked about the individual lawsuit is not an option they owe you 700. 00 a gram 5000 just initiate lawsuit they know this once they get the the guy the person thats owed money in arbitration the arbitrators are typically typically controlled by the corporation right so if the amazon has been under fire for exactly there is no theres no arbitrator there thats out looking for the consumer the arbitrator gets their job because of their contacts with these various corporations so this whole process of what American Airlines is doing what incensed me about some of the articles that were written is they actually with a straight face American Airlines with a straight face says were trying to help thats what they say thats what were trying to help our passengers as in the what which i mean exactly right yet again even with the spend we you know you can still bring in individual lawsuit with a straight face knowing that thats going to get them nowhere but it defeats the whole industry is going to change because part of this you know youve got so many cancellations of flights billions of dollars going to have flying actions theyre facing so it seems like this is almost a hail mary on the part of the airline and the contracts hes in are not favored by the court so its not going to work out well. Mostly depends on what judge it appears and from the father who had some good news last week google was hit with a 5000000000 dollar lawsuit for privacy violations being committed by the tech company the lawsuit claims that the company has been tracking the data of users even when those user specifically said dont track me youre not permitted to track me this Class Action Lawsuit. In a Long Time Coming in tourneys are expecting the class to cover millions of users whove had their privacy violated their rights violated by google if its successful the lawsuits hoping to recover up to 5000. 00 for every individual who had their data scraped and tracked by google illegally Online Privacy violations are becoming far too common and while other countries have taken strong steps towards guaranteeing that users arent taken advantage of america is falling dangerously behind due to the severe lack of regulations and leadership at the top this is what corporate money buys you in the United States in american Internet Users are the ones who pay that prize even though they dont know it most of the time so thats often find us on twitter and facebook at facebook dot com slash r t americas mayor whats all our t. V. Programs on direct t. V. 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Is right now my focus because its a very dangerous oh no care power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass wheres the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is or powerline with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in the very real ways though a struggle. This is the one business show you cant afford to miss. And washington coming up with by trade tensions with china the United States is easing up on 5 the restrictions against huawei well talk about this story and more with economics professor Richard Wolfe on the head of the f. A. A. Says in the fix for made in the oversight of the boeing 737. 00 max because of lawmakers look to learn more about the jet. And the 2 fatal crashes which surrounded it we have a pashto today so lets just start. The u. S. Commerce Department Released a new rule on tuesday that will allow American Companies to collaborate with wall way on setting standards for next generation technologies essentially what this means is the new rule will amanda wall way entity listing and it will allow certain technologies to be released to walk away and its affiliates if it contributes quote to the revision or development of a standard in a Standards Organization will the u. S. Added waterway to its entity list in may of 2019 this was over National Security concerns a claim that wall way has repeatedly denied but in an interview with fox business commerce secretary ross clarified that this new rule is not to help wall way but simply to quote help make sure we have ubiquity in 5 g. Adding the change is really simply a clarification it isnt that were doing something to help all way what were doing is something to make it easier for Global Standards to be symmetrical ross reiterated National Security concerns remain over while we still have g. And said that spying is a very real issue will the rule is scheduled to be formally published this thursday. For more we are joined by a host of Economic Data and author of understand