>>> NOW THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT IMPEACHING A BRILLIANT JURIST, A
MAN THAT DID NOTHING WRONG, A
MAN THAT WAS CAUGHT UP IN A HOAX
THAT WAS SET UP BY THE DEMOCRATS
USING THE DEMOCRATS’ LAWYERS.
IT WAS ALL MADE UP, IT WAS
FABRICATED, AND IT’S A DISGRACE.
>> SO YOU HEARD THE WORD "HOAX"
THERE, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKING
ABOUT THE NOMINATION FIGHT
SURROUNDING JUSTICE KAVANAUGH
EMPLOYING THAT GO-TO PHRASE WHEN
HE ENCOUNTERS A PROBLEM, AND
THAT IS TO LABEL SOMETHING A
HOAX.
HOAX. >> YOU CAN TALK ALL YOU WANT
ABOUT RUSSIA, WHICH IS ALL A
FAKE NEWS FABRICATED DEAL.
>> IT’S A DEMOCRAT HOAX THAT WAS
BROUGHT UP AS AN EXCUSE FOR
LOSING AN ELECTION.
>> THIS WAS A -- REALLY A HOAX
CREATED LARGELY BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> THE RUSSIAN COLLUSION HOAX.
IT’S A HOAX.
>> THEN THEY GO AFTER US FOR A
RUSSIAN HOAX.
RUSSIAN HOAX. IT’S A WITCH HUNT HOAX.
>> I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. I NEVER DID.
IT WAS A BIG HOAX.
IT’S A HOAX.
IT’S CALLED THE DEMOCRAT HOAX.
IT’S A BIG FAT HOAX.
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. >> JUST REMEMBER, WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING AND WHAT YOU’RE READING
IS NOT WHAT’S HAPPENING.
>> WHILE IT MAY SEEM FAMILIAR BY
NOW, THE PRACTICE OF LABELING
SOMETHING THAT IS UNPROVEN, IS
FAKE OR A HOAX, HAS ITS OWN REAL
DANGERS.
DANGERS. ONE AUTHOR EXPLAINED THIS IN HIS
BOOK "ON TYRANNY."
IN IT HE WRITES, QUOTE, TO
ABANDON FACT IS TO ABANDON
FREEDOM.
FREEDOM. IF NOTHING IS TRUE, THEN NO ONE
CAN CRITICIZE POWER BECAUSE
THERE IS NO BASIS UPON WHICH TO
DO SO.
DO SO. IF NOTHING IS TRUE, THEN ALL IS
SPECTACLE.
SPECTACLE. FOR MORE WE WELCOME BACK TO THE
BROADCAST PROFESSOR TIMOTHY
SCHNEIDER.
SCHNEIDER. HE STARTED ACADEMICALLY AS AN
IVY LEAGUE SCHOLAR AND WAS IN
EUROPE WITH THE HOLOCAUST
ORIGINALLY.
ORIGINALLY. HIS LATEST BOOK IS "THE ROAD TO
UNFREEDOM."
UNFREEDOM." RUSSIA, EUROPE, AMERICA.
WE’LL HAVE YOU ON AGAIN TO TALK
ABOUT THE NEXT BOOK.
SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN
SINCE PUBLISHING THIS BOOK, FAKE
NEWS, HOAX, THE DANGER OF IT.
>> FAKE NEWS IS A PROBLEM
BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU’RE TRYING
TO GOVERN FROM UNCERTAINTY.
WHAT YOU’RE DOING AS PRESIDENT
IS FILLING THE PUBLIC’S FEAR
WITH FICTION.
WITH FICTION. THEN YOU BLAME IT ON THE OTHER
SIDE, THE DEMOCRATS OR THE
JOURNALISTS, THEN YOU TRY TO
GOVERN FROM A POSITION OF
CONFUSION.
CONFUSION. WHAT I’VE NOTICED IS THAT THE
REST OF THE WORLD LOOKS AT THIS
AND IS COPYING IT.
IT’S PARTICULARLY DISTURBING IN
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA WHERE I’VE
BEEN SPENDING SOME TIME LATELY.
IN GERMANY, THERE IS A PHRASE
LEUGENPLASTEN.
LEUGENPLASTEN. IT’S DISTURBING BECAUSE IT’S
WHAT HITLER SAID ABOUT JOURNAL
JOURNALISTS
JOURNALISTS JOURNALISTS.
JOURNALISTS. THE REAL JOURNALISTS ARE THE
LYING JOURNALISTS.
LYING JOURNALISTS. IT IS A DIRECT TRANSLATION OF
FAKE NEWS IN ENGLISH.
SO WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS OUR OWN
WAYS OF UNDERWRITING OUR OWN
DEMOCRACY ARE TRYING TO COME
BACK.
BACK. >> WEAVING TOGETHER YOUR
EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN MAKE A
DIRECT RED LINE TIE TO WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES TO
THESE TERRIBLE TALES WE’RE
HEARING IN EUROPE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS ALL ONE STORY.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM. WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES MATTERS
TO US.
TO US. THE RISE OF AUTHORITARIANISM HAS
BEEN THE STORY THROUGHOUT THE
WEST FOR THE LAST DECADE OR SO,
AND AHUTHORITARIANS LOOK AT
TRUMP, THEY COPY HIS ACTIONS,
EXPRESS HIS ADMIRATION FOR HIM
JUST AS HE EXPRESSES HIS
ADMIRATION FOR THEM.
>> BEFORE MODES IN WHICH THE
TRUTH DIES, OPEN HOSTILITY TO
VERIFIABLE REALITY.
VERIFIABLE REALITY. SHA
SHA SHAMANISTIC INCANTATION, MAGICAL
THINKING, MISPLACED FAITH.
>> I WROTE THIS BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT STARTED, AND I WISH
THEY ALL FOUR WEREN’T THERE, BUT
WEAVER SEEN ALL FOUR.
CALLING RUSSIA A HOAX IS DENIAL
OF THE 26 MILLION EXPOSURES ON
FACEBOOK, IT’S A DENIAL OF THE
HEADLINES.
HEADLINES. AND THEN SHAMASTIC INCANTATION.
THE THINGS THAT HAVE MAGICAL
POWER, FORGET WHAT’S ACTUALLY
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> MEXICO CAN PAY FOR THE WALL.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND THERE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A
WALL, THERE JUST HAS TO BE A
CHANT, THE THING THAT MAKES US
FEEL LIKE US AND FORGET THE
FACT.
FACT. >> I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR
RETURNING TO OUR BROADCAST.
THIS IS THE BOOK.
VERY SIMPLE, "ON TYRANNY,"
WRITTEN BY THE MAN WHO HAS JUST
RETURNED FROM WRITING HIS NEXT
BOOK.
BOOK. THAT IS EUROPE, AND THAT’S A