Off. But a bit of a leak coming from europe. That is right. After a week in which some of the rhetoric from that year ps that has been somewhat following. We heard from Jean Claude Juncker of his sort of willingness and desire to form some kind of deal with the uk. We now see eu officials pouring hot water on the british proposalfor an pouring hot water on the british proposal for an alternative to the backstop. Licking their displeasure. All of downing street do insist the proposals they made were merely a kind of springboard for future talks, the rhetoric from the eu officials has been fairly damning. They refer to it is a stupid idea, almost insulting to have been suggested. My problem with this is not the contents of the story is much as the headline. Because it is a little ove rd ramatic much as the headline. Because it is a little overdramatic to put it lightly. It implies that we have a workable brexit plan. The dastardly people in it brussels as he said are trying to sabotage i
The nasdaq up better than 1 . Thats a rally. By the way, the yield curve is not inverted. Treasury rates are now firmly above their lows of the last two weeks. Got a question for you. Why would apple, with over 200 billion in cash, borrow even more money . They are jumping on the cheap money band wagon, issuing bonds along with cocacola, disney, deere and a host of other Blue Chip Companies. They are making hay while cheap money flows. And they will pull in money from overseas, too. Over here, corporations pay interest. Over there, not so much. In a moment, you are going to see the extent of the devastation in the bahamas and dorians track. Its strengthening and heading for the carolinas. Varney company about to begin. Stuart we start with the hurricane. It is now a cat 3 storm as it makes its way up the east coast and takes aim at the carolinas. Meanwhile, in the bahamas, more images emerging of absolute devastation. At least 20 are dead. That number is expected to rise. Jeff flock is
Over creators the ability to determine whether or not they can pay their rent but also just access to the news in the 1st place at this point whether youre on the left or the right or wherever you pretty much have to use these platforms and thats not necessarily best for american journalism but he also identifies large corporations and wealthy individuals who are buying up Media Outlets around the country owning more and more. You know theyve changed the rules in terms of how many different outlets you can own in a particular area and all of this is happening at the same time that more and more communities are losing their small newspapers or more independent local news as well Something Like 1400 communities in the past 2 years of lost a newspaper thousands of journalists have lost tens of thousands in the past couple of decades some like 3800 journalists lost their jobs in the last year and you cant lose 3800 journalists without losing Something Else something probably important to d
Of decades some like 3800 journalists lost their jobs in the last year and you cant lose 3800 journalists without losing Something Else something probably important to democracy and so im glad that he has a solution that he has set of solutions and also i think its savvy because you know whether youre a natural Bernie Sanders supporter or a hard core maga head you have issues with the media and you should have issues with the media because the media has a lot of issues so lets get into some of the details i was really surprised to hear you just say that youre actually in favor of breaking up these Big Companies i assume youre talking about Facebook Google im talking about you know big tech generally ok roles so much of the flow of information and i think theyre playing unfairly they want to have their cake and eat it too weve seen this senator cruz has brought this up a lot the distinction between being a tech platform and a publisher of content which curates the content wont let certa
With the media because the media has a lot of issues so lets get into some of the details i was really surprised to hear you just say that youre actually in favor of breaking up these Big Companies i assume youre talking about Facebook Google im talking about big tech generally ok roles so much of the flow of information and i think theyre playing unfairly they want to have their cake and eat it too weve seen this senator cruz has brought this up a lot the distinction between being a tech platform and a publisher of content which curates the content wont let certain people publish certain things and there are certain Legal Protections if youre only going to be a tech platform and youre there certain liabilities if youre to be a publisher like any of us big tech wants to have their cake and eat it too they should not be allowed to do that they are gaming the system and we need to stop that so how do we stop it if were not going to appoint some sort of Law Enforcement or independent agen