They truly arent interested in what they think, yet they have enormous control over your life. You should be worried about it. You probably are worried about it. We were wrong. Rest easy, america. Weve got happy news for you tonight. Good tidings from our friends in the Academic Research community. On monday a pair of researchers from New York University in New York City released what they described as a study of social media and censorship and they didnt hide Area Conclusions in the footnote. They got to it in the title. This new paper is called false accusation, the unfounded claim that social Media Companies censor conservatives. Quite a literal study. It turns out what weve been telling you for years isnt true. Its merely an unfounded claim. No truth to it. Its all there in the paper. We read it. On page 16 we learned, yes, conservatives frequently point to twitters practice of suspending or permanently banning account holders as evidence of bias against the right. Thats true. They
You should be worried about it. You probably are worried about it. We were wrong. Rest easy, america. Weve got happy news for you tonight. Good tidings from our friends in the Academic Research community. On monday a pair of researchers from New York University in New York City released what they described as a study of social media and censorship and they didnt hide Area Conclusions in the footnote. They got to it in the title. This new paper is called false accusation, the unfounded claim that social Media Companies censor conservatives. Quite a literal study. It turns out what weve been telling you for years isnt true. Its merely an unfounded claim. No truth to it. Its all there in the paper. We read it. On page 16 we learned, yes, conservatives frequently point to twitters practice of suspending or permanently banning account holders as evidence of bias against the right. Thats true. They never stop winding. Happily the study concludes, however, facts dont support this claim. Conse
Rachel nice of our producers to give a tip of the hat to the classy side of the couch. Will that was a shot of the Uss Silver Sides museum. Im unfamiliar with of that memorial and that museum. I want to know immediately the history of that ship and why it is right there in michigan. I want to know more about Uss Silver Sides. You will tell me on social media and give you an update little later but we begin this hour with the drama surrounding the biden family, the president is on a 10 day vacation after a federal judge in delaware rejected hunters sweetheart please deal. He still being investigated for suspicious foreign business dealings. Rachel to expected testimony from unders former business partner, devon archer. It could reveal the extent of joabs involvement. Will the president dismantling talk of impeachment inquiry yesterday. President biden republicans may have to find Something Else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down. Maybe they will decide to impeach may
greg: oh, yeah! happy thursday. oh, i love you already. so boston s top donkey wants christmas without a honky. [laughter] greg: this week the mayor s office sent out an e-mail invite to members of the boston city council. it was an invitation to, and this isn t my wording, it s what the mayor said, to electeds of colored holiday party. yes, she was making a list of everyone who isn t white. but to her embarrassment the invitation went to the entire city council, even the white folks. that s right, in 2023, the mayor of one of america s biggest democrat-run cities through a racially segregated holiday bash that would have made george wallace proud. good thing they didn t call it a christmas party, right? that would be offensive. me? i m still waiting on the muslim hanukkah. although you have to translate from the river to the sea into hebrew. but really, menorah? that sounds sexist. i m sticking to my white s only kwanzaa bash. steve doocy is making his favorite gum bow
moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i