1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,870 -♪ ♪ -ANNOUNCER: Coming to you 2 00:00:02,970 --> 00:00:05,305 from New York City, the only city in America, 3 00:00:05,405 --> 00:00:07,741 it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:12,279 Tonight-- Florida goes trolling, 5 00:00:12,379 --> 00:00:14,748 the Internet hates another thing 6 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,717 and George Stephanopoulos! 7 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:21,221 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah! 8 00:00:21,321 --> 00:00:24,424 (cheers and applause) 9 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:40,040 What's going on, everybody? 10 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:41,642 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 11 00:00:41,742 --> 00:00:43,143 Thank you so much for tuning in. 12 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:45,012 Thank you for coming out in person. 13 00:00:45,112 --> 00:00:47,481 Thank you for being here. 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Let's get into it. 18 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:56,456 Mother Earth just became a billionaire, 19 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:58,859 the game of chess is getting dirty, 20 00:00:58,959 --> 00:01:01,395 and there's been a massive outbreak of racism 21 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:02,763 under the sea. 22 00:01:02,863 --> 00:01:04,131 So, let's do this, people. 23 00:01:04,231 --> 00:01:06,066 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 24 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:08,669 -♪ ♪ -(applause and cheering) 25 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,074 All right! 26 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:15,609 I'm going to be honest. 27 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:17,211 With all the news that happened today, 28 00:01:17,311 --> 00:01:20,347 I don't think we have enough space in today's show. 29 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:22,182 Yeah, I'm sorry. I-I tried everything. 30 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:23,717 I even went to a junkyard and asked them 31 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:26,119 to use that machine that crushes the cars. 32 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:28,088 And now I need a new car. 33 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:32,259 But there's still too much news and not enough time. 34 00:01:32,359 --> 00:01:35,162 Fortunately, not enough time is just enough time 35 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:37,865 for a segment we call Ain't Nobody Got Time for That. 36 00:01:37,965 --> 00:01:41,668 -♪ ♪ -(applause and cheering) 37 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:45,772 All right, let's kick things off with one of the most amazing 38 00:01:45,873 --> 00:01:49,376 and positive stories involving a billionaire. 39 00:01:49,476 --> 00:01:51,512 You know how most billionaires only seem to want 40 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,514 to get more and more and more billions 41 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:55,215 so that, I guess, they can afford the new iPhone? 42 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:56,783 Well, it turns out 43 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:59,887 not every super-rich person thinks like that. 44 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:02,723 In an extraordinary act of charity, 45 00:02:02,823 --> 00:02:06,059 the founder of the outdoor gear and clothing brand Patagonia 46 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:10,364 has given away his $3 billion company. 47 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:12,199 Ownership has now been transferred 48 00:02:12,299 --> 00:02:13,901 to a specially-created trust that is going 49 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:16,937 to use any profits not reinvested in the business 50 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:18,939 to fight climate change. 51 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:23,143 That's expected to be roughly $100 million a year. 52 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:25,179 83-year-old Yvon Chouinard, 53 00:02:25,279 --> 00:02:28,081 who started Patagonia roughly a half century ago said, 54 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:31,952 "We are making Earth our only shareholder." 55 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:33,820 Wow! 56 00:02:33,921 --> 00:02:36,957 The founder of Patagonia decided being a billionaire 57 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:38,859 was too much balling for any one person 58 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:42,496 and so he's decided to give all the money away. 59 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:44,631 (cheers and applause) 60 00:02:46,767 --> 00:02:48,468 Which... 61 00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:49,937 which, when you think about it, 62 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,105 is actually the most baller move of all time, huh? 63 00:02:52,139 --> 00:02:53,640 Yeah, because who is more of a baller: 64 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:54,975 the person who has a billion dollars 65 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,476 or the person who literally 66 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,345 uses their billion dollars to make it rain? 67 00:02:58,445 --> 00:02:59,580 That's what he's doing. 68 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,814 'Cause the earth is going through a drought. 69 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:01,815 He saw it happening in California. 70 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:02,950 He's like, I'm gonna make it rain. 71 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,117 And who would've thought that a billionaire 72 00:03:04,218 --> 00:03:05,953 could give away his money to help the planet 73 00:03:06,053 --> 00:03:07,588 instead of trying to escape it in a penis rocket. 74 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:09,223 I didn't even know that was possible. 75 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:11,124 I didn't know but apparently you can. 76 00:03:11,225 --> 00:03:13,360 And if I'm the earth, this is great news for me. 77 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:14,962 'Cause I mean, yeah, pollution is killing me 78 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:17,364 but now I'm rich enough to stunt on other planets? 79 00:03:17,464 --> 00:03:18,932 "Where's your private jet, Pluto? 80 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:20,634 "Are you even a planet anymore? 81 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:23,637 Bam, bitch." 82 00:03:23,737 --> 00:03:25,539 I will say it's going to be a little bit awkward 83 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,641 for Yvon Chouinard's kids when they try and explain 84 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:29,910 why they didn't inherit their dad's billions. 85 00:03:30,077 --> 00:03:32,946 You know, it's like, "So did your father give you the money?" 86 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,115 It's like, "No, he gave it to a polar bear." 87 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:36,383 (laughter) 88 00:03:36,483 --> 00:03:38,085 It's like, "Damn, you probably suck." 89 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:40,387 Now, if we had more time, we could talk about 90 00:03:40,487 --> 00:03:42,222 how the founder of Patagonia is showing us 91 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:45,092 that you can still be super rich and not be a billionaire. 92 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:46,660 And he's showing that hypercapitalism 93 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,262 isn't the only way a business can run. 94 00:03:48,362 --> 00:03:50,264 And it can still be successful and it can still make money 95 00:03:50,364 --> 00:03:52,399 and it can contribute as much as it gets. 96 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:53,901 But we don't have the time to talk about all of that 97 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:55,335 because while the owner of Patagonia 98 00:03:55,435 --> 00:03:57,604 is trying to be the earth's biggest advocate, 99 00:03:57,704 --> 00:03:58,939 Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, 100 00:03:59,106 --> 00:04:01,441 is trying to be the earth's biggest dick. 101 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:03,143 Now to that dramatic and controversial twist 102 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:04,878 in the battle over immigration overnight. 103 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:07,080 The governor of Florida taking credit 104 00:04:07,181 --> 00:04:10,784 for sending at least two planes filled with migrants 105 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:13,820 to the wealthy Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard. 106 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:16,323 MAN: The planes carried 50 migrants from Venezuela. 107 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:18,759 The island community was given no heads-up about it. 108 00:04:18,859 --> 00:04:21,828 All they did was see some planes and a bunch of people come off. 109 00:04:21,929 --> 00:04:24,631 The group arrived with children and some elderly family members, 110 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:26,733 all of whom could not speak English. 111 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:29,136 The community, though, banded together. 112 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:31,672 They helped them. They set them up in a nearby church overnight. 113 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:33,941 MAN 2: Now, what's truly bizarre about the situation 114 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:36,510 is all of these immigrants came from Texas 115 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:38,912 and it appears only the planes were provided by Florida, 116 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:41,515 specifically to bring them here. 117 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:45,719 You know, there's assholes and then there's this guy. 118 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:48,455 -(laughter) -No, because, you know, sometimes, 119 00:04:48,555 --> 00:04:50,657 you know, someone is so terrible, 120 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:52,326 the word "asshole" doesn't quite capture 121 00:04:52,426 --> 00:04:54,494 their essence enough. You know? 122 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:55,929 Yeah, 'cause everyone is an asshole. 123 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:57,564 Like my neighbor is an asshole, you know? 124 00:04:57,664 --> 00:04:59,099 Drivers in traffic are assholes. 125 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:00,567 Hell, I'm an asshole. 126 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:03,403 But Ron DeSantis-- he's like, he's like the-the little edges, 127 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:05,105 the little ridges around the asshole 128 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:07,307 that really catch all the shit. 129 00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:10,043 And because I can't show you that on TV, 130 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:11,345 here's a picture of a star-nosed mole 131 00:05:11,445 --> 00:05:14,515 so you know exactly what I'm trying to say. 132 00:05:14,615 --> 00:05:16,650 Those little... 133 00:05:17,684 --> 00:05:19,052 'Cause here's the thing, remember, 134 00:05:19,086 --> 00:05:21,455 Ron DeSantis is the governor of Florida. 135 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:24,057 So why is he grabbing refugees in Texas 136 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:25,692 and shipping them to Massachusetts, huh? 137 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,060 Why, so he can prove 138 00:05:27,094 --> 00:05:28,195 that America's immigration system is broken? 139 00:05:28,295 --> 00:05:29,730 Yeah, everyone knows that, 140 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:32,599 but instead of pushing lawmakers to actually reform the system, 141 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,902 he's using taxpayer money to, what, go viral? 142 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,737 'Cause this is what he... what he wants to do, right? 143 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:38,272 And this is what gets to me. 144 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:40,541 If you told DeSantis to spend the same amount of money helping 145 00:05:40,641 --> 00:05:41,775 these asylum seekers, he'd be like, 146 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:43,177 "Oh, we don't have the funding for that," 147 00:05:43,277 --> 00:05:44,645 but to troll the Democrats, suddenly he's like, 148 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:47,548 "Put it on my card, yeah." 149 00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:49,883 And by the way, America actually has a history of doing this. 150 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:52,619 Yeah, in the 1960s, racist organizations in the South 151 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:55,122 shipped Black people up to Northern states 152 00:05:55,222 --> 00:05:57,424 to make liberals uncomfortable, 153 00:05:57,524 --> 00:05:59,159 but Ron DeSantis obviously doesn't know about that 154 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:00,594 because the pages in his history books were torn out 155 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,162 in his state, so I get it. 156 00:06:02,262 --> 00:06:05,232 Now, if we had more time we could delve into a long history 157 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:07,034 of how American lawmakers are all too happy 158 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:08,836 to pour tons of resources into destabilizing 159 00:06:08,936 --> 00:06:10,904 Central and South American countries, but when the effects 160 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:12,773 of that destabilization are felt in America, 161 00:06:12,873 --> 00:06:14,208 suddenly they don't have the money to pay 162 00:06:14,308 --> 00:06:15,409 for the consequences of their actions, 163 00:06:15,509 --> 00:06:16,944 but we don't have the time to get into that 164 00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:18,679 because while American lawmakers are arguing 165 00:06:18,779 --> 00:06:20,347 about what's happening at land borders, 166 00:06:20,447 --> 00:06:22,316 Americans on the Internet are at war 167 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:24,418 about what's happening under the sea. 168 00:06:24,518 --> 00:06:26,253 The new trailer for the live-action remake 169 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:30,524 of The Little Mermaid already has more than 100 million views. 170 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:33,660 While it's got a lot of fans, it is also being attacked 171 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,529 by some Internet trolls. 172 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:37,865 Actress Halle Bailey stars as Ariel 173 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:40,100 in Disney's new live-action film, 174 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,270 and she looks nothing like the animated Little Mermaid 175 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:47,074 with red hair from the original 1989 classic. 176 00:06:47,174 --> 00:06:50,677 The trailer has received more than 1.5 million dislikes 177 00:06:50,777 --> 00:06:51,879 on YouTube. 178 00:06:51,979 --> 00:06:54,481 Then there are the ugly, racist tweets. 179 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:57,084 "The Little Mermaid is white, not Black." 180 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:59,753 Really, people, we're doing this again, huh? 181 00:06:59,853 --> 00:07:01,288 "She looks nothing like the ori..." 182 00:07:01,388 --> 00:07:03,223 Nothing like? They both have the tail, huh? 183 00:07:03,323 --> 00:07:05,425 They both have the red... "She looks nothing like her. 184 00:07:05,526 --> 00:07:08,762 How do I even know this is a mermaid?" 185 00:07:08,862 --> 00:07:11,231 Once again, a bunch of Internet racists are upset 186 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:14,768 that a fictional character is being played by a Black person, 187 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:17,304 and, honestly, I don't know what the big deal is. 188 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:21,575 You guys realize that Nemo was Black, too, right? 189 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:24,378 Yeah, yeah, that whole movie was about a fish 190 00:07:24,478 --> 00:07:26,313 who can't find his dad, yeah. 191 00:07:26,413 --> 00:07:28,315 -(audience groans) -Oh, calm down, calm down. 192 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:31,051 I can say that because my dad left and he's white. 193 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:32,953 So who's racist now? 194 00:07:37,224 --> 00:07:39,193 This is so ridiculous. 195 00:07:39,293 --> 00:07:41,228 First of all, of course the Little Mermaid is Black. 196 00:07:41,328 --> 00:07:44,531 All right? Everyone whose name starts with Lil is Black. 197 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:46,667 Lil Wayne, Lil Nas X, Lil' Kim. 198 00:07:46,767 --> 00:07:48,402 Honestly, if you heard that there was a woman 199 00:07:48,502 --> 00:07:49,670 named Little Mermaid, you'd just assume that 200 00:07:49,770 --> 00:07:51,471 she's on a track with Cardi B., you know? 201 00:07:51,572 --> 00:07:53,473 ♪ With my wet-ass flippers. ♪ 202 00:07:53,574 --> 00:07:55,475 So, look... 203 00:07:55,576 --> 00:07:57,911 So, look, stop being ridiculous. 204 00:07:58,078 --> 00:07:59,580 It's imaginary. 205 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,814 You know, I hope this scandal 206 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:02,482 doesn't overshadow the rest of the movie. 207 00:08:02,583 --> 00:08:04,518 The Little Mermaid is a beautiful story 208 00:08:04,618 --> 00:08:07,621 about a young woman changing her core identity to please a man. 209 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:11,892 Let's not forget about that, people. 210 00:08:12,025 --> 00:08:13,594 Well, look, if we had more time, we could talk about 211 00:08:13,694 --> 00:08:17,064 how Disney already created a Black mermaid 30 years ago 212 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:20,300 and nobody cared or how there's still plenty of white princesses 213 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,402 for little girls whose dream it is to be in a monarchy. 214 00:08:22,503 --> 00:08:23,904 And let's not forget you can still watch 215 00:08:24,037 --> 00:08:25,205 the original Little Mermaid. It's not like 216 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:26,773 if you try and turn it on, Mickey's gonna 217 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:29,243 jump out of the screen and be like, "You're racist! Ha-ha!" 218 00:08:29,343 --> 00:08:30,577 But we don't have time for that. 219 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:32,513 Because racism isn't just on Twitter. 220 00:08:32,613 --> 00:08:34,948 It turns out it's also ruining the NBA. 221 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:36,884 This evening, the major headline out of the NBA. 222 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:38,552 They have now suspended Phoenix Suns 223 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:41,488 and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for a year. 224 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:43,557 They have fined him ten million dollars 225 00:08:43,657 --> 00:08:46,059 after a nearly year-long investigation that detailed 226 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:49,062 inappropriate behavior during his 18 years with the team. 227 00:08:49,096 --> 00:08:51,431 NEWSMAN: The league says Sarver, whose teams 228 00:08:51,532 --> 00:08:55,068 are mostly Black, repeated the N-word five times, 229 00:08:55,169 --> 00:08:58,739 bullied employees, and sent pornographic material, 230 00:08:58,839 --> 00:09:01,375 including a video, to staffers. 231 00:09:01,475 --> 00:09:04,378 Sarver also allegedly made jokes frequently to employees in large 232 00:09:04,478 --> 00:09:08,048 and small settings about sex and sex-related anatomy. 233 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:09,550 Whew. 234 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:11,752 They say this guy was using the N-word, 235 00:09:11,852 --> 00:09:14,521 he was bullying people and there was sexual harassment. 236 00:09:14,621 --> 00:09:17,024 That's a triple-double in HR violations. 237 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:19,092 I mean, how do you justify 238 00:09:19,193 --> 00:09:21,562 sending porn to your employees? 239 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:24,031 What are you doing, huh? What-What's the rationale? 240 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:25,699 Just be like, "Did you see that gang bang video 241 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:27,634 "that I e-mailed you? Well, that's the kind of teamwork 242 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:29,803 "I want to see on the court tonight, people! 243 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:33,207 Come on, get out there!" 244 00:09:33,307 --> 00:09:35,309 Now, to be fair, to be fair, 245 00:09:35,409 --> 00:09:38,512 Sarver wasn't calling Black people the N-word, all right? 246 00:09:38,612 --> 00:09:41,782 He was just allegedly repeating Black people's use 247 00:09:41,882 --> 00:09:44,718 of the N-word, and then complaining about 248 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:47,387 why he couldn't say it but they could. 249 00:09:47,487 --> 00:09:49,590 But he was saying it. 250 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:53,527 So he isn't necessarily racist, but he's definitely a moron. 251 00:09:53,627 --> 00:09:55,429 And here's what I don't get, here's what I don't get. 252 00:09:55,529 --> 00:09:58,832 If you're someone who wants to walk around saying the N-word, 253 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:01,935 then pretty much the worst place in the world for you 254 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:04,371 is the NBA. 255 00:10:04,471 --> 00:10:05,772 He's like, "I love saying the N-word 256 00:10:05,873 --> 00:10:07,574 and I hate the sound of squeaky shoes." 257 00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:10,410 Well, my man, you chose the wrong field. 258 00:10:10,511 --> 00:10:11,979 Now, if we had more time, 259 00:10:12,079 --> 00:10:14,014 we could talk about whether or not a one-year suspension 260 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,283 is enough of a punishment for what this owner has done. 261 00:10:16,383 --> 00:10:18,151 Because if you can't learn in five minutes 262 00:10:18,252 --> 00:10:19,286 that you shouldn't be saying the N-word, 263 00:10:19,386 --> 00:10:20,554 I'm not sure that a year is gonna help. 264 00:10:20,654 --> 00:10:21,922 But we don't have the time for that. 265 00:10:22,022 --> 00:10:24,024 Because while the NBA's dealing with one bad owner, 266 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:26,126 there's a scandal in the chess world right now 267 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:28,428 that is shaking the entire sport. 268 00:10:28,529 --> 00:10:30,831 NEWSMAN: A cheating scandal's rocking the world of chess 269 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:31,999 like never before. 270 00:10:32,099 --> 00:10:34,401 After world chess champion Magnus Carlsen 271 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:37,738 recently lost a match to young up-and-comer Hans Niemann, 272 00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:39,439 Carlsen abruptly quit the tournament 273 00:10:39,540 --> 00:10:42,075 and then posted a cryptic tweet that many interpreted 274 00:10:42,176 --> 00:10:44,077 as an accusation that Niemann had cheated. 275 00:10:44,178 --> 00:10:46,446 Since then, speculation has run wild 276 00:10:46,547 --> 00:10:48,248 about how Niemann could have cheated, 277 00:10:48,348 --> 00:10:49,583 with some people suggesting 278 00:10:49,683 --> 00:10:51,985 that some kind of wearable vibrating device 279 00:10:52,085 --> 00:10:53,620 could have been feeding him moves. 280 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:54,955 A world champion has never withdrawn 281 00:10:55,055 --> 00:10:56,390 from a chess tournament before this, 282 00:10:56,490 --> 00:10:57,925 in this history of the game of chess. 283 00:10:58,025 --> 00:10:59,626 So it's really unprecedented. 284 00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:02,162 Yeah. You're damn right this is unprecedented. 285 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:05,098 A chess grandmaster might have been cheating? 286 00:11:05,199 --> 00:11:07,067 That is disgusting! 287 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:08,335 The game of chess is sacred. 288 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:11,138 It's an ancient game of skill and strategy. 289 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:14,074 (baby voice): With the little horseys that you play with. 290 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:16,276 (neighs) L-shape! 291 00:11:17,878 --> 00:11:19,513 Now, even though lots of people 292 00:11:19,613 --> 00:11:20,948 are accusing Niemann of cheating, 293 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:23,517 nobody can say exactly how he did it. 294 00:11:23,617 --> 00:11:26,420 Although, you may have heard them say "vibrating." 295 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,388 Yeah. The one theory 296 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:31,792 which the Internet is running wild with is that he used 297 00:11:31,892 --> 00:11:35,095 vibrating anal beads 298 00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:37,865 to tell him what moves to make. 299 00:11:39,566 --> 00:11:41,335 Which I know sounds nuts, but... 300 00:11:41,435 --> 00:11:43,904 I get why someone would use vibrating anal beads to cheat. 301 00:11:44,004 --> 00:11:45,873 You know? Because even if you lose, 302 00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:47,441 you still kind of win, you know? 303 00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:48,942 (laughter, gasping) 304 00:11:49,109 --> 00:11:51,545 (applause) 305 00:11:51,645 --> 00:11:53,113 And let's be clear. Let us be clear. 306 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:55,682 There is absolutely no place for sex toys 307 00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:57,918 in the game of chess. 308 00:11:58,018 --> 00:11:59,720 Except for the pawns. 309 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:02,122 And the bishop, if you nasty. 310 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:05,792 Now, if only we had more time, 311 00:12:05,893 --> 00:12:07,728 we could have so much fun joking about 312 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,730 which vibrations equal which moves. 313 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:12,132 Or we could even talk about the real scandal in chess, 314 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,268 which is how are all the pieces the same size? 315 00:12:14,368 --> 00:12:16,603 Huh? So is the giant horse the size of a castle? 316 00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:18,138 Or is it a tiny castle the size of a horse? 317 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,073 Either way, protecting your king is the least of your problems! 318 00:12:20,107 --> 00:12:21,408 But we just don't have the time for that. 319 00:12:21,508 --> 00:12:23,977 Because I'm being told through my... vibrating beads 320 00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:25,312 that we need to go to a commercial break. 321 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:26,914 So, don't go away. 'Cause when we come back, 322 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,882 we're gonna find out what you know about the news. 323 00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:30,150 You don't want to miss it. 324 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:32,286 (cheering and applause) 325 00:12:41,474 --> 00:12:43,509 (cheering, applause) 326 00:12:47,380 --> 00:12:49,715 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 327 00:12:49,815 --> 00:12:52,885 You know, here at the show, we pay a lot of attention 328 00:12:52,985 --> 00:12:55,154 to what's going on in the news. 329 00:12:55,254 --> 00:12:56,622 But how much are the people 330 00:12:56,722 --> 00:12:58,658 outside our studio following along? 331 00:12:58,758 --> 00:13:00,593 Well, we sent Michael Kosta to find out 332 00:13:00,693 --> 00:13:02,895 for another edition of Fill Me In. 333 00:13:02,995 --> 00:13:05,131 Welcome to... 334 00:13:06,332 --> 00:13:08,834 -Coming up blank. -Welcome to... 335 00:13:08,935 --> 00:13:11,003 -Answer the question? -Answer the question?! 336 00:13:11,103 --> 00:13:13,372 -With Michael. Uh... -Fill Me In. 337 00:13:13,472 --> 00:13:16,342 KOASTA: Time to find out how much New Yorkers know 338 00:13:16,442 --> 00:13:18,711 about today's most trending quotes. 339 00:13:18,811 --> 00:13:21,280 -Taylor Swift-- her new album's called Midnights. -WOMAN: Oh. 340 00:13:21,380 --> 00:13:23,349 It's for people who lie awake at night, 341 00:13:23,449 --> 00:13:25,351 "Hoping that just maybe, 342 00:13:25,451 --> 00:13:28,621 when the clock strikes 12:00, we will..." 343 00:13:28,721 --> 00:13:29,689 Fall asleep? 344 00:13:29,789 --> 00:13:31,857 -Party. -Turn into a pumpkin. 345 00:13:31,958 --> 00:13:34,594 Okay, so you think Taylor Swift's new album Midnights 346 00:13:34,694 --> 00:13:36,429 is an homage to Cinderella? 347 00:13:36,529 --> 00:13:38,698 -Something like that. -Kate, 348 00:13:38,798 --> 00:13:41,367 -why does your dumb husband say things like this? -(laughter) 349 00:13:41,467 --> 00:13:42,468 Greet one another. 350 00:13:42,535 --> 00:13:44,470 What's another word for greet 351 00:13:44,537 --> 00:13:48,474 that has most of the same letters in it but isn't greet? 352 00:13:48,574 --> 00:13:49,709 Meet yourself? 353 00:13:49,809 --> 00:13:51,544 "Meet yourself" is the right answer! 354 00:13:51,644 --> 00:13:53,079 Ooh! Big reaction! 355 00:13:53,179 --> 00:13:54,747 -All right, who's this? -WOMAN: That's my man. 356 00:13:54,847 --> 00:13:56,482 -That's my man. -That's my man. 357 00:13:56,582 --> 00:13:57,817 Timothée Chalamet. 358 00:13:57,917 --> 00:13:59,986 -No! No, sir! -What? Is it...? 359 00:14:00,086 --> 00:14:01,821 -That is Harry Styles. -Oh, it's Harry Styles. 360 00:14:01,921 --> 00:14:04,190 All right, he just said this about his new film. 361 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:05,758 "My favorite thing about the movie is that 362 00:14:05,858 --> 00:14:08,361 it feels like 'blank.'" 363 00:14:08,494 --> 00:14:10,596 -Real. -That is good, and it's wrong. 364 00:14:10,696 --> 00:14:12,865 What does a movie feel like? 365 00:14:12,965 --> 00:14:14,767 -Entertainment. -Entertainment. 366 00:14:14,867 --> 00:14:17,136 How is a movie supposed to feel? 367 00:14:17,236 --> 00:14:19,238 Is it supposed to feel like a book? 368 00:14:19,338 --> 00:14:22,508 -No. -No. Is it supposed to feel like a TV show? 369 00:14:22,608 --> 00:14:24,510 -No. -No. Is it supposed to feel like 370 00:14:24,577 --> 00:14:26,379 -a Broadway musical? -No. 371 00:14:26,512 --> 00:14:29,282 No. So, a movie's supposed to feel like a... 372 00:14:29,382 --> 00:14:31,684 -Entertainment? -No, Shut up, you already said that. 373 00:14:31,784 --> 00:14:33,719 -A movie feels like a... -A movie. 374 00:14:33,819 --> 00:14:35,288 A movie! Yes! 375 00:14:35,388 --> 00:14:38,391 Timothée Chalamet said at the premiere of his newest movie, 376 00:14:38,524 --> 00:14:41,127 "It's tough to be alive right now, 377 00:14:41,227 --> 00:14:42,895 'blank' is in the air." 378 00:14:42,995 --> 00:14:46,032 -Um, love is in the air? -You smell love? 379 00:14:46,132 --> 00:14:47,667 -Not really. -Around here? 380 00:14:47,767 --> 00:14:49,201 Kind of smells like shit. 381 00:14:49,302 --> 00:14:50,937 It's something that happened in Rome. 382 00:14:51,037 --> 00:14:53,906 -Ash. -Ash. Let me see if that works. 383 00:14:54,006 --> 00:14:57,476 It's tough to be alive right now, ash is in the air. 384 00:14:57,543 --> 00:14:59,745 What happened to Rome? Eventually it... 385 00:14:59,845 --> 00:15:02,014 -Fell. -Collapsed. -Whoa, now we're getting somewhere. 386 00:15:02,114 --> 00:15:04,817 It's too late. Really, we should just be packing a go bag. 387 00:15:04,917 --> 00:15:07,320 -You know what I'm saying? -I-- -Society collapsed? 388 00:15:07,486 --> 00:15:10,289 -You got it right! (whoops) -(exclaiming) 389 00:15:10,389 --> 00:15:12,992 Kim Kardashian, when asked 390 00:15:13,092 --> 00:15:15,328 what her talent is, says, 391 00:15:15,494 --> 00:15:17,763 "I can give you a million (bleep) talents. 392 00:15:17,863 --> 00:15:21,867 I can cook well, use my 'blank' for anything." 393 00:15:21,968 --> 00:15:24,537 -You got that one. -It's not what you think. 394 00:15:24,637 --> 00:15:26,973 -Perverts. -Brain, brain. -Her brain. 395 00:15:27,073 --> 00:15:28,975 Well, guess what, brain is wrong. 396 00:15:29,075 --> 00:15:31,143 Let me give you a hint. It's one part of her body 397 00:15:31,244 --> 00:15:33,512 that we've seen the least of. 398 00:15:33,546 --> 00:15:35,581 -I was gonna say feet. -You were gonna say feet. 399 00:15:35,681 --> 00:15:37,416 -What's on the feet? -Shoes. 400 00:15:37,516 --> 00:15:39,418 Shoes. What's in the shoes? 401 00:15:39,518 --> 00:15:41,087 -Socks. -Socks. 402 00:15:41,187 --> 00:15:42,488 What's in the socks? 403 00:15:42,588 --> 00:15:43,522 -Feet. -Feet. 404 00:15:43,623 --> 00:15:44,924 What is in the feet? 405 00:15:45,024 --> 00:15:46,792 -Toes. -Her DNA. -Uh, uh! 406 00:15:46,892 --> 00:15:48,461 -Toes? -Her toes! 407 00:15:48,494 --> 00:15:50,329 -(whoops) -And, no, not all of today's quotes 408 00:15:50,463 --> 00:15:51,530 are from movie stars. 409 00:15:51,631 --> 00:15:54,033 Okay, AOC. Quote, 410 00:15:54,133 --> 00:15:55,701 "It's really important for people to feel like 411 00:15:55,801 --> 00:15:58,604 their elected officials blank." 412 00:15:58,704 --> 00:16:00,172 -Care? -She didn't say "care." 413 00:16:00,273 --> 00:16:02,174 She gave it a little more New York sass. 414 00:16:02,275 --> 00:16:03,342 Give a (bleep). 415 00:16:03,476 --> 00:16:04,977 Ooh, that's too much sass. 416 00:16:05,077 --> 00:16:07,780 It's caring but using a word for poop. 417 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,116 -Give a shit. -Oh! Now put it together! 418 00:16:10,216 --> 00:16:11,717 -Oh! -"It's really important for people to feel like 419 00:16:11,817 --> 00:16:12,885 their elected officials..." 420 00:16:12,985 --> 00:16:14,353 -Give a shit! -Three times! 421 00:16:14,487 --> 00:16:15,821 One, two, three! 422 00:16:15,922 --> 00:16:17,323 Give a shit! 423 00:16:17,490 --> 00:16:19,992 Do you feel like your elected official gives a shit about you? 424 00:16:20,092 --> 00:16:21,560 70? 425 00:16:21,661 --> 00:16:23,629 You know who does give a shit about you? 426 00:16:23,729 --> 00:16:25,097 Harry Styles. 427 00:16:26,198 --> 00:16:28,167 -No. -♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause) 428 00:16:28,267 --> 00:16:29,502 Thank you so much for that, Michael. 429 00:16:29,568 --> 00:16:31,170 All right, stay tuned. Because when we come back, 430 00:16:31,270 --> 00:16:33,572 George Stephanopoulos will be joining me 431 00:16:33,673 --> 00:16:35,575 right here on the show. You don't want to miss it. 432 00:16:35,675 --> 00:16:37,710 (cheering and applause) 433 00:16:46,253 --> 00:16:48,288 (applause and cheering) 434 00:16:50,257 --> 00:16:52,059 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 435 00:16:52,159 --> 00:16:53,994 My guest tonight is the host 436 00:16:54,094 --> 00:16:56,096 of Good Morning America and This Week. 437 00:16:56,196 --> 00:16:59,433 He's here to talk about his new weekly political docuseries 438 00:16:59,533 --> 00:17:03,136 for Hulu called Power Trip, which premieres September 25. 439 00:17:03,236 --> 00:17:05,338 GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Uh, we're going to run you ragged. 440 00:17:05,439 --> 00:17:07,340 You're going to have to cover policy, politics, 441 00:17:07,441 --> 00:17:10,677 and do it in a very polarized environment 442 00:17:10,777 --> 00:17:13,880 where you're going to have to gain trust from all sides. 443 00:17:15,148 --> 00:17:18,652 Let me hear you! (shouting) 444 00:17:18,752 --> 00:17:20,954 CROWD: Shut it down! 445 00:17:21,054 --> 00:17:22,789 This is just the beginning. You ain't seen nothing yet. 446 00:17:22,889 --> 00:17:24,157 -Thank you. -(applause and cheering) 447 00:17:24,257 --> 00:17:26,860 You guys are fake news. Fake, fake news. 448 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,129 STEPHANOPOULOS: I think our democracy is on a knife edge. 449 00:17:29,229 --> 00:17:30,997 There's so much at stake. 450 00:17:31,098 --> 00:17:33,600 Please welcome George Stephanopoulos! 451 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:36,203 (applause and cheering) 452 00:17:42,776 --> 00:17:44,811 How's it going? 453 00:17:46,346 --> 00:17:47,614 George Stephanopoulos, welcome to The Daily Show. 454 00:17:47,714 --> 00:17:49,282 This is... It's great to be here. Thank you. 455 00:17:49,383 --> 00:17:50,851 This is... this is so amazing having you here 456 00:17:50,951 --> 00:17:53,553 because, I mean, like, I feel like this is your world. 457 00:17:53,653 --> 00:17:55,555 You know, you're one of the-the most familiar faces. 458 00:17:55,655 --> 00:17:56,990 You're one of the names 459 00:17:57,090 --> 00:17:58,692 that is most synonymous with all things news. 460 00:17:58,792 --> 00:18:01,528 And now you're taking us behind the scenes in this docuseries 461 00:18:01,628 --> 00:18:05,265 where ABC is going to be, um, embedding journalists. 462 00:18:05,365 --> 00:18:06,867 Yeah, we've got seven young journalists. 463 00:18:06,967 --> 00:18:08,568 -They're in their twenties. -Right. 464 00:18:08,668 --> 00:18:10,971 They're all ambitious, passionate, smart kids. 465 00:18:11,071 --> 00:18:12,539 They don't have a lot of experience, 466 00:18:12,639 --> 00:18:14,908 but they're going to go out on the campaign trail, 467 00:18:15,008 --> 00:18:16,276 basically a zone defense, covering the country 468 00:18:16,343 --> 00:18:17,978 and cover all these campaigns. 469 00:18:18,078 --> 00:18:19,713 We're doing it for the first time 470 00:18:19,813 --> 00:18:22,182 for these midterm elections because, I said it in that clip, 471 00:18:22,282 --> 00:18:24,785 I think our democracy is at stake in the midterms. 472 00:18:24,885 --> 00:18:27,120 We've never seen anything like it before 473 00:18:27,287 --> 00:18:30,123 and we want to make sure we get it in as real a way as we can. 474 00:18:30,290 --> 00:18:32,592 It feels like these midterms are going to be different. 475 00:18:32,693 --> 00:18:35,162 And, you know, and people often say that. 476 00:18:35,295 --> 00:18:37,731 I've seen, you know, American news try and drum up interest, 477 00:18:37,831 --> 00:18:39,299 but it feels like these ones 478 00:18:39,399 --> 00:18:40,667 are going to be particularly different. 479 00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:42,903 This is the first time, I think, in a midterm election-- 480 00:18:43,003 --> 00:18:45,372 we saw a little bit of it in 2020, a lot of it in 2020-- 481 00:18:45,472 --> 00:18:48,842 where the very way we debate and decide elections 482 00:18:48,942 --> 00:18:50,243 -Mm-hmm. -is under assault. 483 00:18:50,277 --> 00:18:52,779 I mean, you've got 40% of the country 484 00:18:52,879 --> 00:18:55,682 who still doesn't believe the last election is over. 485 00:18:55,782 --> 00:18:58,251 40% of the country who is determined... 486 00:18:58,285 --> 00:19:00,053 who doesn't accept facts 487 00:19:00,153 --> 00:19:01,355 -Right. -in a debate. 488 00:19:01,455 --> 00:19:04,257 And, you know, our whole system is premised on the ideas, 489 00:19:04,358 --> 00:19:07,394 both sides can argue out, based on a common set of facts. 490 00:19:07,494 --> 00:19:09,796 Whoever wins, wins, and you go on to fight another day. 491 00:19:09,896 --> 00:19:11,832 This is different because that has not been 492 00:19:11,932 --> 00:19:13,934 settled after the last election. 493 00:19:14,034 --> 00:19:15,335 Let me ask you this. 494 00:19:15,435 --> 00:19:16,870 As somebody who's been covering the news for so long, 495 00:19:16,970 --> 00:19:18,438 somebody's who's been involved in campaigns, 496 00:19:18,538 --> 00:19:21,675 you've seen the tide shift, you've seen the attitude change. 497 00:19:21,775 --> 00:19:24,811 Did you see this coming? Is it new? 498 00:19:24,911 --> 00:19:27,614 And if you did see it coming, what was the moment? 499 00:19:27,714 --> 00:19:29,583 There's got to be one moment where you noticed 500 00:19:29,683 --> 00:19:31,017 that something had shifted? 501 00:19:31,118 --> 00:19:33,286 I can't say I ever saw this coming to this degree. 502 00:19:33,387 --> 00:19:37,124 I never believed... I mean, I still well up 503 00:19:37,290 --> 00:19:39,359 when I think of the Capitol under assault 504 00:19:39,459 --> 00:19:41,762 on January 6 after an election. 505 00:19:41,862 --> 00:19:43,997 Our whole system is premised on the idea 506 00:19:44,097 --> 00:19:46,033 -of a peaceful transfer of power. -Mm-hmm. 507 00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:48,068 But the change that started to happen... 508 00:19:48,235 --> 00:19:50,904 I-I'm... You make it sound like I'm very old-- I guess I am-- 509 00:19:51,004 --> 00:19:52,339 but when I first worked in campaign... 510 00:19:52,439 --> 00:19:53,807 No, I-I just said you've been doing it for a long time. 511 00:19:53,907 --> 00:19:55,876 -Yeah, long time. -Yeah, you could be a news child star. 512 00:19:55,976 --> 00:19:59,513 -I didn't say you were old, George. -(laughs) 513 00:19:59,613 --> 00:20:01,248 When I first worked in campaigns, 514 00:20:01,348 --> 00:20:03,517 we used to footnote our commercials 515 00:20:03,617 --> 00:20:05,052 'cause we were so concerned 516 00:20:05,152 --> 00:20:07,521 about being called out for not telling the truth. 517 00:20:07,621 --> 00:20:09,289 -Interesting. -Inter... But what-what has changed 518 00:20:09,389 --> 00:20:13,660 over time is that, as-as each side basically just tries 519 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:14,861 to get out their own voters 520 00:20:14,961 --> 00:20:16,630 rather than trying to persuade others, 521 00:20:16,730 --> 00:20:18,999 they care less about whether they're called out 522 00:20:19,099 --> 00:20:21,468 by the media on telling the truth or not. 523 00:20:21,568 --> 00:20:22,869 You know, it's-it's interesting you say that 524 00:20:22,969 --> 00:20:24,938 because I've noticed on-on the news shows, 525 00:20:25,038 --> 00:20:27,607 you'll be talking to politicians, 526 00:20:27,708 --> 00:20:30,677 and back in the day it felt like a politician was so afraid 527 00:20:30,777 --> 00:20:32,946 to-to-to contradict themselves, to be a hypocrite, 528 00:20:33,046 --> 00:20:34,848 to have any moment where there was a discrepancy, 529 00:20:34,948 --> 00:20:37,150 and now it feels like just having the platform 530 00:20:37,284 --> 00:20:40,120 to come on your news show and say something 531 00:20:40,287 --> 00:20:42,723 -is more important than whether, whether or not you... -1,000%. 532 00:20:42,823 --> 00:20:44,091 -You know? -And, and what they love... 533 00:20:44,191 --> 00:20:46,860 Often you'll have someone come on, and you can show 534 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,829 and it can be footnoted, you can go to the dictionary, 535 00:20:48,929 --> 00:20:51,631 you can go to 8,000 reference books and say, 536 00:20:51,732 --> 00:20:53,533 "You're just not telling the truth," 537 00:20:53,633 --> 00:20:55,268 and they say, "Well, you're lying." 538 00:20:55,369 --> 00:20:59,239 And they don't care because to the-the-the group of voters 539 00:20:59,306 --> 00:21:02,242 they're trying to appeal to, calling us out, 540 00:21:02,309 --> 00:21:04,010 whether we're right or wrong, works for them. 541 00:21:04,111 --> 00:21:05,512 So, do you, do you ever get to a point 542 00:21:05,612 --> 00:21:07,080 where, as a news organization, you say, 543 00:21:07,247 --> 00:21:08,648 -"We can't have certain people on"? -Absolutely. 544 00:21:08,749 --> 00:21:11,785 No, no, right now, I mean, I will not put anybody on my show 545 00:21:11,885 --> 00:21:13,954 who will not accept the results of the last election. 546 00:21:14,054 --> 00:21:15,822 -Just-- They don't come on. -Wow. 547 00:21:15,922 --> 00:21:17,824 (cheering, applause) 548 00:21:17,924 --> 00:21:20,527 Um... So, you have-- 549 00:21:20,627 --> 00:21:22,662 you have new issues coming up all the time. 550 00:21:22,763 --> 00:21:25,432 I had an interview with a-a senator a weeks back, 551 00:21:25,532 --> 00:21:27,634 which I still can't believe. And remember 552 00:21:27,734 --> 00:21:29,269 how when Hillary Clinton had her emails 553 00:21:29,336 --> 00:21:30,504 -that were classified, -Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 554 00:21:30,604 --> 00:21:32,906 how Trump said, "lock her up." 555 00:21:33,006 --> 00:21:36,610 Republicans wanted investigation after investigation. 556 00:21:36,710 --> 00:21:38,912 This senator would not even say that Trump 557 00:21:39,012 --> 00:21:42,616 having all of those documents in his house was wrong. 558 00:21:42,716 --> 00:21:45,285 Four questions, four times, 559 00:21:45,385 --> 00:21:46,787 would not say it was wrong. 560 00:21:46,887 --> 00:21:49,489 So you're in an interesting position. 561 00:21:49,589 --> 00:21:52,559 For a long time, America had an agreed idea 562 00:21:52,659 --> 00:21:54,494 of what was happening on the news, for the most part. 563 00:21:54,594 --> 00:21:56,430 -Supposed to, yeah. -Right. Cable news came 564 00:21:56,530 --> 00:21:59,132 and then it became, you know, really partisan. 565 00:21:59,232 --> 00:22:00,967 You could have it this way and you could have it that way 566 00:22:01,068 --> 00:22:03,070 and your facts could almost be à la carte now. 567 00:22:03,236 --> 00:22:05,639 -You still occupy a position-- -Trying to. 568 00:22:05,739 --> 00:22:07,774 Yeah, but you still occupy this position where most people 569 00:22:07,874 --> 00:22:10,477 think of it as, "Okay, this is the-the middle. This is--" 570 00:22:10,577 --> 00:22:12,713 But the Overton window of middle is shifting. 571 00:22:12,813 --> 00:22:15,082 How do you now respond? Do-do you try and-- 572 00:22:15,248 --> 00:22:17,084 do you have to cater to some of these politicians? 573 00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:18,885 Here's what you don't do. I mean, 574 00:22:18,985 --> 00:22:20,887 I think there is a risk when you're talking 575 00:22:20,987 --> 00:22:24,257 to certain, uh, politicians if-- if-if you're willing to say, 576 00:22:24,291 --> 00:22:26,259 -"What you're saying is not true." -Mm-hmm. 577 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:29,730 And sometimes you have to risk looking partisan by doing that. 578 00:22:29,830 --> 00:22:33,266 But I think we can't bow to that threat. 579 00:22:33,367 --> 00:22:36,269 -Mm. -I mean, as long as-as 580 00:22:36,303 --> 00:22:39,439 I'm confident when I am that we're arguing about facts, 581 00:22:39,539 --> 00:22:42,275 undisputable facts, I have no problem saying, 582 00:22:42,342 --> 00:22:43,777 "You're not telling the truth." 583 00:22:43,877 --> 00:22:45,912 Even if that's gonna cause somebody to say, 584 00:22:46,012 --> 00:22:48,615 "Oh, you know, you're just being, uh, a political hack." 585 00:22:48,715 --> 00:22:51,218 You have to do that. That's what we have to stand up for 586 00:22:51,318 --> 00:22:53,020 as journalists-- right and wrong, 587 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,955 -fact, not fiction. -Mm-hmm. 588 00:22:55,055 --> 00:22:57,024 You, um... You-you are now 589 00:22:57,124 --> 00:22:59,359 sending these journalists as embeds, you know? 590 00:22:59,459 --> 00:23:00,794 They're-they're on the ground. 591 00:23:00,894 --> 00:23:02,629 They're getting information on the ground from these people. 592 00:23:02,729 --> 00:23:04,798 What we see, even in that clip-- and-and I think the docuseries 593 00:23:04,898 --> 00:23:06,433 -really-really gets into it... -"You're fake news," right? 594 00:23:06,533 --> 00:23:08,502 ...is people say, "Well, you're fake news." 595 00:23:08,602 --> 00:23:10,871 Do you think we're moving towards a world 596 00:23:10,971 --> 00:23:13,974 where the news is what you want to hear 597 00:23:14,074 --> 00:23:18,245 and then what you do essentially almost falls away? 598 00:23:18,278 --> 00:23:20,847 It's-it's the grea-- I think it's one of the greatest dangers 599 00:23:20,947 --> 00:23:22,382 our democracy faces right now. 600 00:23:22,482 --> 00:23:24,584 I think there's no question about that. 601 00:23:24,684 --> 00:23:25,585 You see it right there. 602 00:23:25,686 --> 00:23:26,853 By definition, 603 00:23:26,953 --> 00:23:28,755 there's gonna be certain people who, 604 00:23:28,855 --> 00:23:30,691 no matter what the facts are, 605 00:23:30,791 --> 00:23:32,926 if I'm saying it, you're a liar. 606 00:23:33,026 --> 00:23:34,294 It's fake news. 607 00:23:34,394 --> 00:23:36,697 If their-- if their candidate is saying he's right, 608 00:23:36,797 --> 00:23:37,964 not wrong-- And-and you're right. 609 00:23:38,065 --> 00:23:39,700 People just end up 610 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,002 going to the places where they know 611 00:23:42,102 --> 00:23:44,271 the view that they already have is gonna be reinforced, 612 00:23:44,371 --> 00:23:45,372 whether or not it's true. 613 00:23:45,472 --> 00:23:47,040 Have you found any way to break through? 614 00:23:47,207 --> 00:23:48,575 On the ground? On your show? 615 00:23:48,675 --> 00:23:50,310 -In-in any of the journalism? -Well, we're gonna try to do it 616 00:23:50,410 --> 00:23:51,344 with this new show. 617 00:23:51,445 --> 00:23:52,779 I-I think what we're gonna try to do 618 00:23:52,879 --> 00:23:55,682 is show the process 619 00:23:55,782 --> 00:23:59,086 of these young reporters trying to get the truth. 620 00:23:59,219 --> 00:24:01,221 Show them doing it in the right way. 621 00:24:01,321 --> 00:24:04,091 Showing them doing it, we hope, with integrity. 622 00:24:04,224 --> 00:24:06,293 So-- Showing the risks they take to do it. 623 00:24:06,393 --> 00:24:07,594 And if-- I think if people have-- 624 00:24:07,694 --> 00:24:10,897 If-if we have some transparency on the process, 625 00:24:10,997 --> 00:24:13,100 I hope the people will trust what they're hearing. 626 00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:14,568 -Well, I wish you the best of luck. -Thank you. 627 00:24:14,668 --> 00:24:16,236 -Thank you so much for joining me on the show. -Thank you. 628 00:24:16,303 --> 00:24:18,572 It's a really, really fascinating docuseries. 629 00:24:18,672 --> 00:24:19,606 Make sure to check it out. 630 00:24:19,706 --> 00:24:20,607 George Stephanopoulos, everybody. 631 00:24:20,707 --> 00:24:21,708 We're gonna take a quick break, 632 00:24:21,808 --> 00:24:23,777 but we'll be right back after this. 633 00:24:23,877 --> 00:24:25,045 Thank you very much. 634 00:24:25,145 --> 00:24:26,246 Yeah. Best of luck. 635 00:24:26,279 --> 00:24:28,315 (cheering and applause) 636 00:24:30,452 --> 00:24:32,487 (cheering and applause) 637 00:24:33,621 --> 00:24:34,556 Well, that's our show for tonight! 638 00:24:34,656 --> 00:24:35,890 Charlamagne is coming up next. 639 00:24:35,991 --> 00:24:38,293 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 640 00:24:38,393 --> 00:24:42,130 The FBI came after me and took my phone. 641 00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:44,199 They surrounded me at a Hardee's. 642 00:24:44,299 --> 00:24:46,501 And they told me not to tell anybody. 643 00:24:46,601 --> 00:24:48,370 Here's an order not to-- "Don't tell anybody." 644 00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:50,205 Okay, I won't. (chuckles) 645 00:24:50,305 --> 00:24:51,506 Well, I am.