Georgetown university hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] thank you. We are very proud of our partnership with the night First Amendment institute of columbia. Startedus have projects by the Knight Foundation and now have other supporters as well. I want to pick up with the notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . Kara no, i dont, all i read about is how it doesnt. It is a cesspool. Sanford i sort of knew what your answer would he. Kara it is not completely a cesspool, it is just the way it has evolved has created dust she brought up the idea of the Public Square present everybody thinks that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook is a Public Square, or reddit, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is that both of them are Public Squares owned and to the benefit of millionaires. So
Notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . I want to pick up with the notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . Kara no, i dont, all i read about is how it doesnt. Has evolved has created dust she brought up the idea of the Public Square present everybody thinks that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook is a Public Square, or reddit, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is that both of them are Public Squares owned and to the benefit of millionaires. So it is not a Public Squares. We have deemed them the rights of a Public Square but they arent taking the responsibilities of any public space. The
Thank you. Thank you, katie, we are very proud of our partnership with the Fourth Amendment institute of columbia. Foundation, and now have other supporters as well. I want to pick up, right with the notion of these marketplace ideas. I think thats what a lot of people think the internet was going to be. Some people really believe that it has carried, do you believe that social media are performing effectively, as the marketplace of ideas that we all drink about . Stanford, i really dont, all i do is write about how it isnt, and it is a cesspool. You know i sort of you what your answer would be you set me up for that. It is complicated, because it is not completely a cesspool, it is just the way it evolved. You brought up the idea of Public Square. Everybody thinks of these companies, that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook, or read it, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is most of them are private squares, owned and it to the benefit of billionaires. So, it is not a Pu
After rioters attacked foreign owned businesses and Migrant Workers. Plus earth came dory and killed at least 7 people in the bahamas and the Prime Minister warns the number of dead will rise the storm is now approaching the u. S. Eastern seaboard where millions of people have been ordered to leave their homes. I am william glue cruft welcome to the show british Prime Minister Boris Johnson says hell seek to call snap elections after suffering a major parliamentary defeat over breakfast. Lawmakers including rebels within his own party voted to move towards blocking a no deal that could delay the u. K. s october 31st deadline to leave the European Union johnson whos determined to leave by then a deal or no deal is threatening a snap election if parliament ultimately votes to block isnt b o plans. Correspondent barbara they will joins me now from london so barbara walk us through this showdown what happens now what are the possible outcomes. Now the 1st thing we saw earlier tonight was o
Previously. And tuesday morning, at least two more fires burning outs of control in the los angeles area, causing more evacuations as fire crews continue to face an uphill battle. Mother nature will decide when we have the ability to put it out. It is pushing hard to the wind. Reporter and firefighters here expect the firefight and the threat on continue throughout the week red flag warnings here until thursday. Reporting live from ventura, california. Abc7 news. I know you mentioned this a little earlier. In the story, there are some high winds. What do you think about the conditions firefighters are facing in the coming days . Reporter firefighters will continue to face high winds. They are expected to dive down this evening but then kick off wednesday night into thursday. And that has been problematic for firefighters. It is one of the reasons why they werent able to gain access to the areas they needed to get to where they were burning. And they were not able to fly helicopters. Yo