THE LATEST TOP GUN.
NEXT CASE, EARLIER THIS WEEK,
CONSERVATIVE VOICES TOOK TO THE
HILL TESTIFYING AGAINST GOOGLE'S
ALLEGED CENSORSHIP OF THEIR
CONTENT, SENATOR TED CRUZ EVEN
CHANNELED OUR NEXT GUEST AND HIS
LINE OF QUESTIONING, TO A GOOGLE
EXECUTIVE.
ROLL TAPE.
>> ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT
HAS BEEN DEMONETIZED BY GOOGLE,
REPEATEDLY IS PRAGER UNIVERSITY.
DENNIS PRAGER IS SITTING HERE
TESTIFYING ON THE NEXT CHANNEL.
MR. PRAGER IS, IN MY JUDGMENT, A
HIGHLY-LEARNED INDIVIDUAL
STUDIED AND WELL THOUGHT ON A
GREAT MANY ISSUES, AND IN MY
EXPERIENCE, I'VE ALWAYS FOUND
THAT I LEARNED WHEN LISTENING TO
MR. PRAGER WHETHER I HAPPENED TO
AGREE WITH A PARTICULAR ISSUE OR
NOT AND YET, YOUTUBE ACTIVELY
SENSORS THE CONTENT MR. PRAGER
IS PRODUCING.
IS IT YOUR VIEW THAT MR. PRAGER
IS SOMEHOW DISSEMINATING
DANGEROUS IDEAS OR IDEAS THAT
FIT INTO THE BUCKETS YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT OF VIOLENT EXTREM
ISM OR HATE SPEECH?
>> NO, SENATOR.
WE DO HAVE A VERY SMALL PERCENT
OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS WHO OPT FOR
WHAT WE CALL RESTRICTED MODE.
THESE ARE MOSTLY INSTITUTIONS
LIKE CHURCHES OR PERHAPS SCHOOLS
, WHERE THERE'S CERTAIN
MORE MATURE CONTENT THAT THEY
CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
NOW THIS IS LESS THAN 2% OF THE
OVERALL YOUTUBE WATCHERS, BUT WE
DO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT TO
GIVE THOSE INSTITUTIONS THAT
DEGREE OF CONTROL.
>> THE RESTRICTIONS ARE FOR
BLOCKING THINGS LIKE PORNOGRAPHY
, BUT APPARENTLY, IN
YOUTUBE'S WORLD, TALKING ABOUT
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND THE
NATION OF ISRAEL IS COMPARABLE
AND SHOULD BE BLOCKED.
ASHLEY: THAT SAYS IT ALL THERE.
THE MAN HIMSELF IS WITH US NOW,
DENNIS PRAGER, FOUNDER OF PRAGER
U.
DENNIS?
WHAT IS THIS THAT YOU'RE HEARING
WE HEARD MR. CRUZ SAY YOU'RE
GOING TO BE TESTIFYING.
IT WAS AN INTERESTING SESSION,
NO DOUBT, THIS WEEK.
WHAT WAS SAID IN YOUR HEARING?
>> WELL I JUST NEED TO COMMENT.
I WAS THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
I HAVE HEARD THIS ABOUT THREE OR
FOUR TIMES.
I GENUINELY LAUGH EACH TIME, SO
WHAT DID MR. PRAGER SAY THAT
EXACTLY IS VIOLENT OR GRAPHIC OR
EXTREME OR HATE-FILLED AND HE
SAID, WELL, NOTHING.
WHY DIDN'T THE PANEL SORT OF END
THEN?
[LAUGHTER]
SO THE MAN WAS ALMOST BRILLIANT,
I'LL HAVE TO COMMEND HIM.
IT'S LIKE WELL DID YOU RUN OVER
THAT OLD LADY?
YES.
BUT --
THEN WE JUST CONTINUED THE
CONVERSATION, BUT IF YOU RAN
OVER THE OLD LADY, ISN'T THAT
THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE HERE?
WHY ARE 56 OF DENNIS PRAGER,
PRAGER U'S NOT MY VIDEOS ONLY A
HANDFUL OF THEM ARE MINE SO TO
GET THAT DENNIS PRAGER, A PRAGER
UNIVERSITY VIDEO 56 OF 320 OF
OUR FIVE MINUTE VIDEOS CANNOT BE
SEEN BY ANY FAMILY THAT FILTERS
OUT PORNOGRAPHY AND VIOLENCE, BY
EVERY SCHOOL, BY EVERY LIBRARY.
THEY CAN'T.
IT JUST CANNOT BE SEEN.
IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T EXIST, AND
ONE OF THEM IS MINE, DENNIS
PRAGER, MY INTRODUCTION TO THE
10 COMMANDMENTS, SO IF YOU
DIDN'T PLAY THIS PART, THIS IS
WORTHY OF AS I SAID IT THEN, I
SAID I FEEL LIKE I'M IN WHERE HE
SAID WELL, THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
VIDEO CONTAINS REFERENCE TO
MURDER.
ASHLEY: OH, MY GOSH.
THAT'S SOMETHING COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT AS THEY SAY.
LISTEN, OBVIOUSLY, WE HEARD THIS
IN THE HEARING.
YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO CHALLENGE
THIS, I WOULD ASSUME, AND ARE
YOU GETTING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
RESPONSE?
>> YES, NONSENSE.
NONSENSE.
THERE ISN'T ONE OF OUR VIDEOS
THAT ARE "MATURE."
YES, THEY'RE ALMA HURRICANE
FLORENCE IN THE SENSE THAT WE
APPEAL TO THE MIND, NOT TO THE
EMOTIONS, THAT'S TRUE, BUT
MATURE MEANS A 15-YEAR-OLD OR A
13, 12, 11-YEAR-OLD SHOULDN'T
SEE IT, THERE ISN'T ONE SUCH
VIDEO.
I MEAN, THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL.
BY THE WAY THIS IS A VERY
INTERESTING THING.
OUT OF OUR 320 VIDEOS, 15 ARE
ABOUT ISRAEL, SO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S
NOT A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE.
HALF OF THEM ARE ON THE
RESTRICTED LIST.
IF YOU SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE
ABOUT AMERICA IT'S RESTRICTED,
ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT ISRAEL
IT'S RESTRICTED AND THEN THERE
ARE THINGS RESTRICTED THAT I
CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT WHY.
ASHLEY: [LAUGHTER]
ALL RIGHT, DENNIS, WELL WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IT.
HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL SAY WAIT
A MINUTE.
THIS IS INSANE BUT DENNIS PRAGER