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Hey, what's going on,
everybody. I'm Trevor Noah
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and this is The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Today is February 22,
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which means it's the last week
of Black History Month.
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Which is why I've decided
now is the perfect time
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to make some new Black history,
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by being the first Black man
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to ski down Mount Everest.
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I tripped getting into my Uber.
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Anyway, on tonight's show,
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it's raining plane parts
in Colorado,
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Michael Kosta proves
that election fraud is real,
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and why everything
is bigger in Texas,
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including the electricity bills.
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So let's do this, people.
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Welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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-? ? -ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's
couch in New York City
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to your couch
somewhere in the world, this is
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The Daily Social Distancing Show
with Trevor Noah.
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Let's kick things off
with some travel news.
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If you're one of those people
who can't wait
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to fly on an airplane again,
first of all,
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congratulations on being basic.
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And second, you may be willing
to wait just a little longer
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after seeing this.
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NEWSMAN: This morning, the FAA
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and Japan's
Civil Aviation Bureau
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grounding all Boeing 777s
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with a specific
Pratt & Whitney engine
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as the NTSB investigates
how this 777 engine
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fell apart in midair
just after takeoff.
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231 passengers aboard United 328
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from Denver to Honolulu
Saturday,
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that terrifying sight
right outside their windows.
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Overnight, the NTSB saying
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two fan blades on the engine
were fractured.
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You can see a broken fan blade
in this image.
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On the ground, massive pieces
of metal falling onto
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neighborhoods, some running
away, trying to avoid
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getting hit by pieces
falling out of the sky.
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NEWSMAN:
This giant piece falling
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on Kirby Klements' lawn,
crushing his truck.
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KLEMENTS: When I stood up
and looked out the window,
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I go, "Oh, no, that's
the front end of an airplane."
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Goddamn!
A giant piece of an airplane
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landing in your front yard?
That's terrifying.
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I mean, on the other hand,
how great is it
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to get something complimentary
from an airline for once?
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Customer service is back, baby!
Aah!
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And as terrifying
as this moment was,
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what's really impressive
is that someone was on a plane,
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saw the engine was on fire,
and their first impulse
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was to take out their phone
and record it.
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That's how addictive
it is to go viral.
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Every single one of us will
spend our last moments alive
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chasing retreats.
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I'm going down but,
oh, my likes are going up.
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But, at the same time,
you're also on a plane.
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So, I mean, there's-there's
really no other good way
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to spend your last
few minutes on earth.
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Oh, God, the plane is going
down! The plane is going down!
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(crying): Oh.
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Let me just load Croods 2.
(cries)
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Seriously, though,
it is hard to overstate
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how terrible this was.
I mean, yeah,
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nobody got hurt,
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but the plane
was headed to Honolulu
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and instead
it had to land in Denver.
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Tell me that
that's not a tragedy.
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Oh, and just by the way, it
turns out that this wasn't even
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the only Boeing accident
this week.
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Yeah.
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At this point, Boeing
has such a terrible record
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that people won't even wait
for something to go wrong
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before they say goodbye
to their loved ones.
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Hey, man, I just want to say
that I love you
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and I'm grateful
that you were my friend.
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Dude, what happened?
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Did you find out
you have cancer?
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No, I just booked
a flight on a Boeing.
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No!
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But let's move on now
to the coronavirus pandemic.
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It's the reason all your
sex dreams are now just about
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going out bowling.
There's no question that
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things in the U.S. are moving
in the right direction.
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More people
are getting the vaccine,
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fewer people
are getting infected
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and our maskne is finally
starting to clear up.
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But at the same time,
things are still very bad.
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And today the country
reached a grim milestone
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to remind all of us of that.
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The coronavirus and the
pandemic's once-unthinkable toll
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in the U.S.--
more than 500,000 lives lost
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in less than one year.
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SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: First reported
fatality came on February 29.
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-Three months later it was
100,000 dead. -And then...
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and then by mid-September the
death toll climbed to 200,000
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and surpassed 300,000
by mid-December.
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GUTHRIE: But then came
the deadliest period
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in the pandemic--
400,000 deaths on January 19,
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and now, just one month later,
here we are,
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half a million COVID deaths
in this country.
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NEWSWOMAN: President Biden
will mark the milestone
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at the White House
with a moment of silence
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and a candle-lighting ceremony.
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That's right, people.
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500,000 COVID deaths.
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A number that
nobody wanted to see.
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And as painful as that is,
you have to admit,
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you have to admit it is nice
to see America's president
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actually take a moment--
just a moment--
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to recognize the toll
that coronavirus has taken.
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I mean, the only time
the previous president
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showed any sadness was when
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he accidentally deleted
Fox News off of his DVR.
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What a day for Americans.
What a sad day!
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My sweet Hannity is gone.
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The good news is that
the number of new infections
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has plummeted
in the last few weeks.
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But what's interesting is the
number that they've plummeted to
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is where they were last July,
which, at the time,
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everyone thought was
so horrifying that the country
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immediately started
locking down again.
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And this just goes to show you
that your perspective
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can change based on where
you're coming from. That's it.
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Like, if I got attacked
right now by a wolf,
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I'd probably be like,
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"Aah! This is
the worst day of my life!
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Aah!"
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But if I went from being
attacked by four wolves
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to one wolf,
I'd probably be like,
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"Ah, what a relaxing way
to start the week."
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So, look, this is why
it's so important
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to get people vaccinated
as quickly as possible.
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And don't give me any excuses
about how you're too busy
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or it's not convenient.
Last weekend
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a 90-year-old Seattle woman
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walked six miles in the snow
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to keep her appointment
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because the roads
hadn't been plowed,
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which is incredible.
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Although, if you believe
old people stories,
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walking miles in the snow
is what they do all the time.
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They love that shit.
But still,
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if a 90-year-old woman
can do it, you can do it too.
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And don't tell me, "But Trevor,
I'm not 90 years old,
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I'm too young
to get the vaccine right now."
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That's also no excuse.
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A strange story now, showing
the length two Florida women
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were willing to go to
to get the vaccine.
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They're caught
dressing as grannies
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just so they could get the shot.
Now, here's the thing:
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it worked for them
the first time around.
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Officials say the women
are 34 and 44 years old.
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So you can see one of them wore
a bonnet and long cardigan.
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The other didn't make much
of an effort to cover up.
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A vaccinator thought
they looked funny,
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so they were stopped
before getting their shots.
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And that's when they found out
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both women had faked
their birth dates.
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Now officials want to know how
they were able to get away
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with getting the first shot.
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The women are not facing
any charges,
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but police did yell at them,
calling their actions selfish.
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Okay, this is outrageous.
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You call that dressing up
as a granny?!
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All that woman did was
put a bonnet on.
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Add that other one
didn't do anything.
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Put on a wig, hunch over,
or even easier,
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just download the Facebook app
on your phone.
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I mean, if you've got that,
you're 75 minimum.
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If you want to cheat your way
to the vaccine,
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you at least have
to put in the work.
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No one would have bought
this charade.
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I'm pretty sure
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Mrs. Doubtfire wouldn't
have gotten the kids back
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if he just showed up like,
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"Hey, it's me, Mrs. Doubtfire.
I'm your nanny."
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How did they even think
that they could pretend
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to be old women at that age?
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I mean, personally,
I blame porn.
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You know,
they start putting women
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in the MILF category at 26.
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Of course
we have unrealistic ideas
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of what grannies look like.
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But what's crazy is,
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they would have gotten away
with it
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if the doctors hadn't gotten
suspicious.
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Hey, wait a minute.
If you're a grandma,
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how come you haven't tried
to set me up
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with one of your grandkids yet?
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But let's move on now
to our main story--
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the ongoing crisis in Texas.
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A week after the state was
battered by winter storms
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that took out the power grid,
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nearly nine million people
still don't have clean water.
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But don't worry.
Help is on the way.
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After getting blasted
for flying to Cancún
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when his own heat went off,
Ted Cruz, Texas senator
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and Disney prince
before true love's kiss,
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is now back in his home state
doing the literal bare minimum
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for the sake of the cameras.
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Ted Cruz appearing back in front
of the cameras, not in Cancún.
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Yeah, he spent the weekend
helping Houston
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residents and first responders.
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He served barbecue
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to firefighters
and police officers.
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Also delivered safe drinking
water to folks who need it.
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Sorry, Cruz.
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This is not gonna cut it,
my man.
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See this right here--
this is the politician version
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of coming home with flowers
the day after Valentine's Day.
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It's not nothing, but your ass
is still sleeping on the couch.
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And honestly, I don't know why
politicians try
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to pull off
these lame photo ops.
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They basically just turn people
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who actually need real help
into political props.
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And their photographers
probably just make it worse.
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-(camera shutter clicking) -Yes,
yes, that's fabulous, darling.
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Yes, yes, yes. Pout more.
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Pout more, more like you don't
have any food or water.
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But I don't have
any food or water.
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-Great. Use that. Use that, yes.
-(camera shutter clicking)
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Feel it, feel it.
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Now fortunately,
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most Texans do have
their electricity back on now,
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so they can finally log on
to all those Zoom meetings
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that really should have
just been e-mails.
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But even some people who didn't
lose their power are finding out
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that they weren't as lucky
as they first thought.
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The desperation growing
in Texas.
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Temperatures are
finally rising,
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but so is outrage over
absurdly-high electric bills.
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NEWSMAN: Texans like
Scott Willoughby, who signed up
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for Griddy Energy, not knowing
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his rate could vary
with the market.
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So when power supply
went down from the storm,
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his typically $200 bill
took off.
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What was the damage?
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$16,798, something like that.
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And this was not a bill,
this was withdrawn?
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This was withdrawn
straight from my account.
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NEWSMAN 2:
In Fort Worth,
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the utility company
charged Ty Williams $17,000.
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So we were held hostage,
really, with our-our rate
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that we were working with.
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It was really crazy.
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I'm trying to get, you know,
gas and groceries
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and make sure
that my pipes don't explode.
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Um, the last thing
that I'm thinking about is
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that $7,000 bill
from my utility company.
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Wow, people.
$17,000 for electricity?
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At that point,
it's cheaper to literally
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burn your own money for warmth.
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There's probably one Amish
guy on the street right now
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all smug as hell,
seeing this story.
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He's eating
a homemade stick of butter like,
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"I told thou so, bitches."
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Because seriously, people,
at $17,000,
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it's almost not worth
having any electricity.
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I mean, at the very least,
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you're gonna have
to make extremely tough choices.
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Do you charge Grandma's
oxygen machine,
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or your PlayStation
controller?
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Because, I mean, Grandma needs
the oxygen to live,
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but you can't just stop playing
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
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before you've united England.
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I think Grandma would have
understood that.
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But the question is,
why are some Texans being hit
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with bills bigger
than their belt buckles?
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Well, unlike every other state,
it turns out
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Texas has very few regulations
on its utility companies.
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And this free market system
used to be the pride of Texas.
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In fact, a couple of years ago,
Ted Cruz was bragging that...
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"The success of Texas energy
was built over many years
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on free enterprise
and low regulation."
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But now, now that
Texans are being charged $20,000
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to toast a bagel,
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Cruz has discovered that
regulation might not be so bad.
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NEWSMAN: Sunday, Senator Ted
Cruz tweeting "This is wrong.
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"No power company should
get a windfall
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"because of a natural disaster,
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"and Texans should not
get hammered
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"by ridiculous rate increases
for last week's energy debacle.
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"State and local regulators
should act swiftly
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to prevent this injustice."
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Oh, you tell them, Ted Cruz.
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"The only Texan that should
be getting hammered is me,
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at the hotel bar in Cancún."
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So, yes, Ted Cruz has reversed
his stance on regulation,
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like it was a flight path
to Mexico.
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And I mean, let's be honest.
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Nobody forced these Texans
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to choose the world's shadiest
company for their electricity.
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But also, nobody really talked
about the worst-case scenario
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when they touted the wonders
of an unregulated market.
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When conservatives talk
about freedom from government,
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they only focus
on the good things,
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but that's not
the whole picture.
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If you were running a zoo,
and you told all the antelopes,
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"Congrats, guys.
We're giving you all the freedom
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to roam around the zoo,"
that's good news.
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But it would be only fair
to tell them
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that the lions are also gonna
be getting that freedom,
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because that shit is not as good
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for the antelopes
as you make it sound.
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All right, when we come back,
Michael Kosta shows us
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how humans aren't
the only species
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with election fraud scandals.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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For months now,
the liberal media has told you
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that election fraud isn't real.
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And that's what we thought, too,
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until Michael Kosta did
some investigative work
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and uncovered a story
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that may just rock
your faith in democracy.
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KOSTA: 2020 was
one big diarrhea dump of a year.
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A whole continent was on fire.
The ongoing pandemic.
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I invested all my money
into Quibi.
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But then came the big election,
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and just when it started
to seem hopeful,
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people started calling
the election a fraud.
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I wasn't surprised
that there was election fraud,
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'cause it isn't
the first time it's happened.
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I couldn't believe it,
as if 2020 wasn't bad enough.
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It's shameful.
This election rigging
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has threatened to derail
avian democracy.
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KOSTA: That's right,
avian democracy is in peril.
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New Zealand's
Bird of the Year competition
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has been rocked with revelations
of a slew of fraudulent votes
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streamed in overnight
for the little spotted kiwi,
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which pushed it into
an unexpected and false lead.
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KOSTA: You know, I expect this
type of behavior from America,
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but not from beautiful,
perfect, COVID-free New Zealand.
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As a fellow bird enthusiast,
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I felt that not only
were they shitting on democracy,
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but more importantly,
they were tearing
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these two
majestic creatures apart.
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We've been running
the Bird of the Year competition
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-for 15 years.
-KOSTA: Laura Keown,
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spokesperson for New Zealand's
Bird of the Year competition.
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It started as a page
in the Forest & Bird magazine,
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where people wrote down
their favorite bird
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and sent it in the mail.
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But now it's all gone online,
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and it's
an absolute cultural phenomenon.
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I love Forest & Bird.
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The centerfold
for the crested finch in '98...
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(whistles)
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That's just, I'm gonna...
we'll keep going.
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What is the significance of this
competition for people, Laura?
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Well, Bird of the Year
is our chance to celebrate
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our amazing native species.
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80% of our birds,
they're facing extinction.
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So it's a chance
to get motivated
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to protect
the birds that they love.
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I think we should address the
pigeon in the mall food court.
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Do you believe
that there was bird fraud?
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Yes, there was some irregular
voting that was detected.
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What was it about the election
that ruffled your feathers?
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Yeah, so, the votes
for the little spotted kiwi
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just spiked all of a sudden
and, uh, looked really strange.
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Little spotted kiwi?
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Oh, my God, that's what
my ex-girlfriend used to c...
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So, who ended up winning
the actual election?
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The winner was the kakapo.
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-Well, the kakapo is amazing.
-KOSTA: Bonnie Hartfield,
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campaign manager,
Team Kaka-poop.
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It's this massive green bird,
so it doesn't fly,
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and all they do is sleep all day
and eat food and just hang out.
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They are also very horny birds.
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They will try
and screw anything.
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Flightless, sleeps all day,
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fat and horny.
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Sounds like me
during quarantine.
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Congratulations,
you beautiful bird.
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But the question remains: who
sent in all the illegal votes
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so the kaka-roach would win?
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The kakapo
doesn't deserve to win.
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KOSTA:
Emma Rawson, number one suspect
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and campaign manager
for kiwi p°ukulukukoo.
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Close. Kiwi pukupuku.
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Kiwi plukutukudu.
Can you do it slower, please?
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-Kiwi pukupuku.
-Pukulukuku.
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-Pukupuku. -Okay, obviously,
this is just an accent thing,
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so let's just get into it.
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Why did you do it,
Kellyanne Kiwi?
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Look, I didn't do it.
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Little spotted kiwi embodies
the values of truth,
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democracy, freedom,
equality, fairness.
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Voter fraud is not the kiwi way.
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According to who?
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Me?
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KOSTA:
You can't argue with that.
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So who was behind this?
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I needed to speak
with someone on the inside.
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I needed
my very own Peep throat.
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-Oh, birds, I love birds.
-KOSTA: Yvan Richard,
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data scientist, voting analyst
and lover of birds.
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Walk me through
the day you realized
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there was an injustice happening
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inside of this
prestigious bird competition.
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How did you contact
Forest & Bird?
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You just pick up
that red telephone on your desk
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that triggers the alarm and goes
straight to their headquarters?
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Say yes.
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That's it?
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00:17:53,105 --> 00:17:56,075
You just noticed a bunch
of e-mails from one IP address
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-and you deleted them?
-Yes.
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That's boring.
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KOSTA: Still, it's a relief
to find a case of voter fraud
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with actual evidence.
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Now the only thing left
to decide: the punishment.
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Laura, what fate lies
for these criminals?
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You take birdseed
and spread it on their genitals
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and let the birds loose?
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-You know? -Well, we just...
we just urge people
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to play by the rules,
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to make sure that we have
a fair bird election.
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And, you know,
if they try to cheat,
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be assured we will find them
and we'll be very disappointed.
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Disappointed.
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And then... then you put
the birdseed on the genitals
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and you let the birds loose,
like, Hitchcock style.
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(high-pitched):
Bop-bop, bop, bop-bop, bop-bop.
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Aah! Aah! Bop-bop, bop...
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KOSTA: So, in the end,
bird democracy triumphed.
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The kiwis' fraud was uncovered,
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the kakalopagus took
its rightful office,
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and us avian fans can get back
to the bird-watching
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-? ?
-we love so much.
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Mm, mm, mm.
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00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:55,067
? ?
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Thank you so much for that,
Michael.
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All right, when we come back,
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Sharon McMahon
from Sharon Says So
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tells me how she separates truth
from fiction in politics.
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You don't want to miss it.
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Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Earlier today,
I spoke with Sharon McMahon.
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She's a former
U.S. government studies teacher
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who runs the popular Instagram
account @SharonSaysSo.
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We talked about her approach
to government and politics,
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fighting misinformation
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00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:26,766
and how she's using her platform
to give back.
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Here's the other problem.
We don't use
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the popular vote
in the United States, right?
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We use the electoral college,
and every four years,
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the entire American population
is like,
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"Remind me
how this works again."
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It's not that simple.
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Because the electoral college
is a winner-take-all system--
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by the way, I have another video
on that if you want to watch it.
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It's a winner-take-all system.
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It makes it
so it's next to impossible
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for a third-party candidate
to ever get real traction
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and to ever be, like,
a real contender
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in the United States.
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Sharon McMahon, welcome to The
Daily Social Distancing Show.
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-Thank you.
-You have
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one of the most interesting
Instagram accounts out there
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because it's not popular
because of, uh,
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00:20:09,475 --> 00:20:12,712
the, you know, destinations
that are being listed.
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00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:14,580
It's not popular
because of thirst traps.
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00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:16,482
It's not popular
because of memes.
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00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:18,417
It is popular because
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00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:21,854
you give people facts.
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That seems ludicrous,
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and maybe five years ago,
someone would have said,
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"Why would anyone
have an Instagram account
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where all they're doing
is sharing facts?"
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But that is what you do.
And the last time I checked,
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you have something
over half a million subscribers,
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and that number keeps jumping up
and jumping up and jumping up.
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00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:39,405
Let's start at the beginning.
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Why on earth would you start
a fact-based Instagram account?
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00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:45,177
(laughs)
Well, you know,
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00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:47,480
it's not
my incredible sweater collection
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that is interesting to people.
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You know, I have been a high
school teacher for a long time,
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and I started noticing
an incredible amount--
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00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,225
Trevor,
maybe you've noticed this--
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an incredible amount
of misinformation
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circulating on the Internet.
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00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:06,532
And it was one of those things
where I just was...
487
00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:07,900
You know, like, I would...
488
00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:09,735
My face would just get closer
to the screen,
489
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:12,438
and I was like,
"What is even happening?
490
00:21:12,471 --> 00:21:14,240
Where-where
does this come from?"
491
00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:15,575
So, I just started making
492
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:18,644
some little videos about facts,
493
00:21:18,678 --> 00:21:21,314
and apparently,
facts are missing.
494
00:21:21,347 --> 00:21:23,816
And facts are popular right now.
495
00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:25,551
What do you think it is
about these videos
496
00:21:25,585 --> 00:21:27,119
that engages
with people so much?
497
00:21:27,153 --> 00:21:29,956
I mean, surely, people
can just get facts out there.
498
00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,258
Why do you think that they're
attracted to your videos,
499
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:33,759
and what keeps them engaged?
500
00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,696
I honestly don't think
501
00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:39,098
people believe
they can gets facts.
502
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,834
That is really the crux
of the matter,
503
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:44,503
is they don't understand
where to get facts.
504
00:21:44,537 --> 00:21:47,373
They don't know who to trust.
505
00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:50,643
They feel like they're
getting played every day.
506
00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:53,412
-Right. -And it's like
a game of Survivor.
507
00:21:53,446 --> 00:21:56,415
Like, I don't know what
the person's motivation is.
508
00:21:56,449 --> 00:22:00,319
-Yes. -I don't know
if they're trying to swindle me.
509
00:22:00,353 --> 00:22:02,321
You know what I mean?
Like, there is just...
510
00:22:02,355 --> 00:22:03,856
They're afraid
of getting played.
511
00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:05,825
And I think when they, you know,
512
00:22:05,858 --> 00:22:08,294
maybe saw that I, you know,
am not a politician,
513
00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,263
I don't work
for some big company,
514
00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:13,299
I literally am just a teacher,
515
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:16,669
um, that has just resonated
with some people.
516
00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:19,438
It's resonated with them,
but, I mean, it's interesting
517
00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:21,440
that you haven't been dragged
into anything,
518
00:22:21,474 --> 00:22:23,509
because, you know, facts,
519
00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:25,144
whether we like
to admit it or not,
520
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:28,514
can become a contentious, um,
conversation starter these days.
521
00:22:28,548 --> 00:22:30,650
You know, uh, like some of...
some of the first videos
522
00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,718
of yours that I saw,
which were really impressive,
523
00:22:32,752 --> 00:22:34,954
that people loved, were the ones
that were about QAnon.
524
00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:37,590
And, I mean, you were stepping
into the fray with QAnon,
525
00:22:37,623 --> 00:22:39,458
debunking QAnon myths,
526
00:22:39,492 --> 00:22:41,360
and you had people
on your page saying,
527
00:22:41,394 --> 00:22:44,330
"Hey, I believed in QAnon,
and then I watched these videos.
528
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,932
Now I don't believe in QAnon."
529
00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:48,401
But, now, my question to you is
530
00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:49,702
how do you do that
531
00:22:49,735 --> 00:22:51,304
without getting dragged
into the fray?
532
00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:53,673
Because oftentimes,
being for facts
533
00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:55,608
means that you're
against somebody at some point.
534
00:22:55,641 --> 00:22:58,277
Yeah. That, you know,
that is a question
535
00:22:58,311 --> 00:23:00,780
I ask myself every day.
(laughs)
536
00:23:00,813 --> 00:23:02,315
You know, like,
I almost feel like,
537
00:23:02,348 --> 00:23:04,250
"when is the other shoe
gonna drop?" sometimes.
538
00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:05,585
Like, when is...
539
00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:07,954
When are the throngs
going to come for me?
540
00:23:07,987 --> 00:23:10,323
-Right. -That is a thought
that I have had, for sure.
541
00:23:10,356 --> 00:23:11,857
Um, I think part of it
542
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:14,594
is just that I really work hard
to stay respectful.
543
00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:16,829
I really work hard
to stay respectful,
544
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:18,264
to not make fun of people,
545
00:23:18,297 --> 00:23:21,667
to honor the fact that there are
a variety of viewpoints
546
00:23:21,701 --> 00:23:23,703
and that, you know,
I'm not here to try
547
00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:27,206
to convince you
of my one perfect viewpoint.
548
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,108
-NOAH: Right.
-McMAHON: That's really...
549
00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:30,509
That's the only answer I have.
550
00:23:30,543 --> 00:23:32,245
I honestly don't... I don't...
551
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:35,014
I'm-I'm waiting for the other
shoe to drop in some ways.
552
00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:37,450
So, when-when you're
doing the work,
553
00:23:37,483 --> 00:23:39,352
you're digging
and getting the information,
554
00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:40,620
and you're putting together
the facts,
555
00:23:40,653 --> 00:23:42,421
you have to do
the same thing for QAnon.
556
00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:45,258
You have to do the research.
How do you not get sucked into
557
00:23:45,291 --> 00:23:47,460
the QAnon conspiracies
that you've debunked?
558
00:23:47,493 --> 00:23:49,161
Because, I mean, some of them
are really convincing.
559
00:23:49,195 --> 00:23:50,963
Clearly, people get sucked in.
So how do you
560
00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:53,199
not get sucked into the things
that are nonfactual?
561
00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:54,934
Yeah. You know, that...
562
00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:57,003
The QAnon research is...
563
00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:59,505
That is some
of the most interesting
564
00:23:59,538 --> 00:24:01,707
and also disturbing things
565
00:24:01,741 --> 00:24:03,609
-I have ever... Yes.
-I can imagine, yeah.
566
00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:06,612
Um, it's like information you
don't even really want to know.
567
00:24:06,646 --> 00:24:08,281
-(laughs)
-You know? Like, like,
568
00:24:08,314 --> 00:24:10,283
I don't even know
if I want to know this.
569
00:24:10,316 --> 00:24:13,419
Um, so, the re... The way
I don't get sucked into it
570
00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,521
is that I have all
of this education and experience
571
00:24:15,555 --> 00:24:18,057
about what the constitution
actually says.
572
00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:20,826
And I've, you know, I've been
teaching the constitution
573
00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:22,895
and the... and government
for so many years that...
574
00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:24,764
And I've read the constitution
so many times,
575
00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:26,098
I know what's in it
and what's not.
576
00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:27,867
And it's very easy
for me to say, like,
577
00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:30,636
"Actually, there is
no second constitution."
578
00:24:30,670 --> 00:24:31,904
-(laughs)
-You know what I mean?
579
00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:34,674
Like, "Actually,
that's not real."
580
00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:36,943
Uh, the United States
is not a corporation
581
00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:39,979
that was sold to London
in the 1800s.
582
00:24:40,012 --> 00:24:42,915
You know, it's just very easy
for me to tease out
583
00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:44,317
what is real and what's not.
584
00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:46,652
-Right. -And I'm sure
it's because of my education
585
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:48,621
and experience in...
on this topic.
586
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,756
It feels like we live
in an age now
587
00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:54,093
where there is a, you know,
there's a birth of information.
588
00:24:54,126 --> 00:24:56,529
I mean, it's everywhere.
But figuring out
589
00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:57,663
how to sift through
the information
590
00:24:57,697 --> 00:24:58,931
is something that we lack.
591
00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,366
And that is what
I've always thought teachers do,
592
00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:02,235
is they bring you
into this-this room
593
00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:04,237
where they help you
sift through information
594
00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:06,105
as you are growing up
through life.
595
00:25:06,138 --> 00:25:08,841
As a teacher, what do you think
596
00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:11,711
some of the challenges have been
in teaching people things?
597
00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,546
Because people come in
with preconceived notions
598
00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:15,214
of everything,
and then you have to teach them,
599
00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:16,816
which means
you have to unteach them.
600
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:20,953
Yes, this is
the average American today.
601
00:25:20,987 --> 00:25:24,056
My experience has been that
they have a very difficult time
602
00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:27,927
distinguishing
between a lie and bias.
603
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,530
-They believe that those
two things are the same. -Huh.
604
00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:34,000
They perceive-- Let's say
they watch one of your videos,
605
00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:37,703
Trevor, where you are, you know,
um, going after Tucker Carlson.
606
00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,438
-Right.
-Just for example.
607
00:25:39,472 --> 00:25:42,408
They-- That-That's obviously
a biased point of view,
608
00:25:42,441 --> 00:25:45,478
and that is a point of view that
you are more than free to hold.
609
00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:47,513
They're free to hold a different
point of view, right?
610
00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:50,049
-Right.
-But-but at the core
611
00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:52,351
of say a video
you may have made on that
612
00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:55,121
are actual clips
of things he has said,
613
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:58,224
actual facts
about where he's gone to school.
614
00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:01,627
-Right. -So you have
a biased lens about the facts.
615
00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:03,162
And so does every human.
616
00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:05,131
-Ah. Okay. Right.
-So does every human.
617
00:26:05,164 --> 00:26:07,133
This is not a dig on you
in any way.
618
00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:09,035
We all have our own bias
619
00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:12,672
that we are looking through
at a variety of topics.
620
00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:14,040
People don't realize that.
621
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:16,409
They see a video like yours,
if they are conservative,
622
00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:18,511
and they think,
"Well, he's just a liar."
623
00:26:18,544 --> 00:26:20,313
They don't understand
624
00:26:20,346 --> 00:26:24,016
that there's a difference
between a bias and a lie.
625
00:26:24,050 --> 00:26:26,919
-Right, right, right. -And so
they are unable to engage
626
00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:28,654
with biased information
627
00:26:28,688 --> 00:26:31,691
that doesn't align
with their viewpoint.
628
00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:33,159
-Huh.
-Make sense?
629
00:26:33,192 --> 00:26:34,594
-So if they... -That-that makes
a lot of sense. Yeah.
630
00:26:34,627 --> 00:26:36,729
They look at a CNN article
and it's about,
631
00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:38,931
let's say, uh,
Trump's tax returns,
632
00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:41,801
they see that,
"Well, they just hate Trump.
633
00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:43,703
They are just out to get him."
634
00:26:43,736 --> 00:26:46,405
-Right. -And they immediately
discount the information,
635
00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:50,409
when the information is based on
a factual Supreme Court ruling.
636
00:26:50,443 --> 00:26:52,445
-Right, right, right.
-And that's what I'm finding,
637
00:26:52,478 --> 00:26:54,513
is that I need to spend
a lot of time educating
638
00:26:54,547 --> 00:26:56,716
on the difference
between bias and lie.
639
00:26:56,749 --> 00:26:58,751
It feels like this is
a great time to you,
640
00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:00,519
and I think that's why
you've been so successful.
641
00:27:00,553 --> 00:27:02,955
I mean, everything
from Ted Cruz's trip to,
642
00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:04,557
you know,
what's happening in Texas,
643
00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:06,025
uh, you know, all the way
through to, as you said,
644
00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:07,627
the Constitution and QAnon,
645
00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:09,829
you tackle a range of subjects
646
00:27:09,862 --> 00:27:12,031
and you-- and you-you present it
in a form
647
00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:14,634
that's easy to digest
and people really enjoy.
648
00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:18,170
My question then to you is,
where do you get your facts?
649
00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:21,841
My goal every day is to read
five to ten news sources
650
00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,542
from across the spectrum.
651
00:27:23,576 --> 00:27:26,212
So I am reading everything
from, you know,
652
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:29,882
the far-right news to, like,
the more extreme liberal news.
653
00:27:29,916 --> 00:27:31,817
Um, when a story is of interest,
654
00:27:31,851 --> 00:27:34,153
let's say the most recent thing
about, you know,
655
00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:35,655
Ted Cruz going to Mexico,
656
00:27:35,688 --> 00:27:39,258
I always make a point of looking
for that specific story
657
00:27:39,292 --> 00:27:42,495
-from a variety of viewpoints.
-Mm-hmm.
658
00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:45,932
Always falling back
to primary sources.
659
00:27:45,965 --> 00:27:47,633
-(laughs)
-You know what I mean?
660
00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:49,635
Like, the jour-- Journalism 101.
661
00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:51,637
I'm not a journalist.
But that's--
662
00:27:51,671 --> 00:27:53,839
If you can find it
in the Constitution,
663
00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:56,509
if you can find it
in the actual text of the law,
664
00:27:56,542 --> 00:27:59,245
if you can find
the actual document,
665
00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:02,782
falling back to those
is always key as much as I'm--
666
00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:04,183
as much as possible.
667
00:28:04,217 --> 00:28:07,053
Before I let you go,
you've also used your platform
668
00:28:07,086 --> 00:28:09,288
to help people in need,
669
00:28:09,322 --> 00:28:11,023
and, you know, you've been big
670
00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:12,959
in getting group philanthropy
going
671
00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:15,328
and getting a lot of your-your
viewers or your followers
672
00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:18,331
to-to join in and help,
um, worthy efforts.
673
00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:21,367
Most recently,
you went after medical debt,
674
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,969
something that a lot of people
are struggling through
675
00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:25,238
right now,
especially because of COVID.
676
00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:26,839
Talk me through that
and what you've been doing
677
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:28,908
and what you've been able
to achieve.
678
00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:31,344
I decided to partner
with an organization
679
00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:35,147
called RIP Medical Debt, which
is a 501(c)(3) organization,
680
00:28:35,181 --> 00:28:38,451
and what they do is
they buy medical debt
681
00:28:38,484 --> 00:28:39,986
and they forgive it.
682
00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:43,289
And because they buy huge chunks
of medical debt at a time,
683
00:28:43,322 --> 00:28:46,025
they're able to get
massive discounts on it.
684
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:48,861
So, in five days,
my community raised
685
00:28:48,895 --> 00:28:53,933
over $560,000
for this organization,
686
00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:58,104
which will forgive $56 million
of medical debt.
687
00:28:58,137 --> 00:29:00,773
-Wow.
-I mean, that is the definition
688
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:03,409
of social media
being used for good.
689
00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:07,680
-Right. -For crowdsourcing
help for people who need it.
690
00:29:07,713 --> 00:29:09,315
You're doing an amazing job.
691
00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:11,250
Um, I can see why
you're so popular.
692
00:29:11,284 --> 00:29:13,719
And, uh, hopefully it goes
from 500,000 followers
693
00:29:13,753 --> 00:29:16,222
to a million to two million
and so on, because, uh,
694
00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:17,490
in a world with facts,
695
00:29:17,523 --> 00:29:20,560
maybe we can get to a place
where we agree on reality
696
00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:22,128
and then we just get to fight
about what we think
697
00:29:22,161 --> 00:29:24,330
-about that reality,
which is the bias. -Yes.
698
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:26,532
A-Ag-- 100% agree.
699
00:29:26,566 --> 00:29:27,967
Let's agree on facts,
700
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,102
and then we can fight
about real facts.
701
00:29:30,136 --> 00:29:31,837
-Yes. I love that.
-Yes. Yes.
702
00:29:31,871 --> 00:29:33,005
Thank you so much for joining me
on the show.
703
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:35,041
-Thank you so much. Yes.
-Take care.
704
00:29:35,074 --> 00:29:37,476
Be sure to check out
@SharonSaysSo on Instagram
705
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:38,878
and on Facebook.
706
00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:40,146
All right, we're gonna take
a quick break,
707
00:29:40,179 --> 00:29:40,246
but we'll be right back
after this.
708
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:44,883
Well, that's our show
for tonight. But before we go,
709
00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,585
Texas needs our help.
710
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:49,721
The blackout right now
isn't just causing power
711
00:29:49,754 --> 00:29:51,289
and heating failures,
712
00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:55,193
it's causing massive food
insecurity all over the state.
713
00:29:55,226 --> 00:29:58,997
Now, one organization on
the ground is Houston Food Bank.
714
00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:02,567
They're leading hunger relief
in 18 Southeast Texas counties,
715
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,636
and if you can help them out
in any way,
716
00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:07,639
then please donate
to the link below.
717
00:30:07,672 --> 00:30:10,208
Until tomorrow,
stay safe out there,
718
00:30:10,241 --> 00:30:12,310
wear a mask, and, remember,
719
00:30:12,343 --> 00:30:15,346
if you're pretending
that you're a grandmother,
720
00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:18,016
say "why, thank you, young man,"
721
00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:21,920
not "why, thank you,
guy who's the same age as me."
722
00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:24,889
Now here it is,
your Moment of Zen.
723
00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:27,892
NEWSMAN: Not even the Muppets
are safe from the woke mob.
724
00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:30,028
Disney slapping
The Muppet Show
725
00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:32,297
with an offensive content
warning.
726
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:34,566
-Can you believe that?
-This blows my mind.
727
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:37,302
The Muppets are imprinted
on our DNA growing up,
728
00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:39,437
and now they, too,
are on the chopping block.
729
00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:41,072
-Total Mickey Mouse move, guys.
-(chuckling)
730
00:30:41,106 --> 00:30:42,474
It's really appalling.
731
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,676
I don't remember the Muppets
ever being offensive,
732
00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:47,779
but here we are, again,
cancel culture.
733
00:30:47,812 --> 00:30:49,647
(groaning)
734
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:50,915
What's wrong with you?
735
00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:51,016
Uh, it's either this show
or indigestion.