this afternoon, the u.s. conference of catholic bishops will meet to discuss if politicians should be able to take communion if they support abortion rights. president biden is the nation s second catholic president. pope francis says that communion is not the reward of saints but the bread of sinners, but there is a push by conservative american bishops to revisit that issue. check out these shades. randolph, usa, a massachusetts company made the pair of custom aviators president biden gave to the russian president putin. he s made aviators for the u.s. military and nato partners for years. the ceo of the company says it s a high honor. listen. the phone started going off the hook, social media was going crazy, and we knew then that, okay, something happened. this is the style that was gifted. it s what we call our concord style. to have something like this happen, it just puts a smile on all our faces, it s an honor.
prosperous black community, it was rewritten as a race riot. and so we see that, i think, happening now. we really saw it happening immediately, even as the this sort of display of white rage and anger and fear was going on. you know, the idea that it was really antifa, the idea now that these were really, you know, just tourists and it was just a peaceful gathering. so, you know, it s a dark time but it s also a familiar time. we ve been here in this country many times before when it comes to these kinds of events. the social media aspect and the media silo, where some people just stay in their cone of what they perceive to be true is what makes it extra dangerous in the sense it s hard to break through to people who refuse to watch the video and see what they see. there s the politics impact, the policy impact. politics first, this is chuck schumer today asking a question. republicans, are you becoming anti-police? some of the same republicans who falsely accused democrats of w
biden pushing back without this snowballing it actually hurting him? i don t know if he has found it or if any democrat has figured out the sweet spot in these situations. we saw the clinton campaign struggle with that. this is not something that is unexpected, particular formal joe biden but for democrats in general that something like this would happen where trump would find a falsehood to try to promulgate here. it s how you combat it. because to julie s point, they re not going to do the equivalent during a lie at him. but there is a huge risk. what s joe biden going to do, give an hour-long speech point by point debunking what his son did? that only gives more oxygen to it as well. i think a big piece of this which democrats are still figuring out is the social media aspect. republicans are increasingly, and there have been evidence of other republican firms putting out misinformation, putting out falsehoods across social media, across platforms, and it s
the whole thing about polarization you were talking act, it seems as if there s almost global polarization. in britain unlike here, you explain to me. in britain does the social media aspect has that inflamed and taken this argument to a new level where now nothing can be done? absolutely. i mean, the social media has certainly played a role. there s all kinds of dark conspiracy theories in the uk as in here about meddling by outside forces i.e. russia. that aside, the reality is you have a situation where everyone is looking for quick fix solutions. people are very angry with the system and the establishment. they re really grappling on whatever celebrity or cause they can. and it s worth pointing out something i think a lot of americans don t understand is someone like jeremy corbyn has been popular with young people. they ve even been selling jeremy
nature are on the rise. is that consistent with your research? and what do you think is behind it? beyond this social media aspect that we ve been discussing. great point. and yes, it is. we have a report coming out soon, it s going to show hate, extremists, homicides with respect to white nationalives and far right, rising at a time when jihadists is falling. and additionally social media engagement as we ve discussed. but one of the things that i think is interesting about this is it is internationalized. this is salient. a book from france, he referenced americans, in his messaging, it was a hodgepodge collage scrapbook. and the bottom line is in america, we have very loose standards because of the first amendment. hatred alone is not a basis for a criminal investigation. and even incitement in the abstract to violence is something that is not criminally