♪ ♪
>> Tom: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
IT’S ME, TOM SHILLUE.
LET’S LOOK AT HIM TONIGHT’S
GUESTS!
SHE PUT HERSELF THROUGH COLLEGE
RUNNING MOONSHINE.
COHOST OF "THE BOTTOM LINE" ON
FOX BUSINESS, DAGEN McDOWELL.
[APPLAUSE]
HE RIDES A BIKE AND HE’S FROM
PHILADELPHIA.
YET, SOMEHOW HE IS STILL ALIVE.
CEO OF ELECTRIC BIKE
TECHNOLOGIES, JASON KRAFT.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE IS AN EXPERT ON POLITICS,
WHICH FOR THIS SHOW MAKES YOU
UNIQUE.
FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT,
GILLIAN TURNER.
[APPLAUSE]
BY NIGHT SHE IS A POPULAR TV
PERSONALITY.
BY DAY, HE’S A PROFESSIONAL DOG
WALKER.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, KAT TIMPF.
[APPLAUSE]
WELL, IT’S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE
WE CLEANED OUT THE FRIDGE, SO
BEFORE WE GET TO SOME NEW
STORIES, LET’S DO THIS.
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>> Announcer: GREG’S
LEFTOVERS, MMM!"
>> Tom:>> Tom: IT LEFTOVERS WHER
READ RECENT JOKES WE DIDN’T USE.
JUST LIKE WHEN GREG DOES IT COME
IT’S MY FIRST TIME READING
THESE.
HERE WE GO.
DURING A RECENT JAIL INTERVIEW,
GHISLAINE MAX ACCLAIMED
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS INDEED
MURDERED IN HIS CELL.
SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS THIS BECAUSE
HE NEVER REALLY LIKED TO HANG BY
HIMSELF.
[AUDIENCE REACTS]
JEFF BEZOS THE PATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND LAUREN
SANCHEZ REVEALED AN INTERVIEW
THAT IN 1999 SHE WAS DEVASTATED
AFTER FINDING OUT SHE DIDN’T
LAND A JOB IS ONE OF THE COHOSTS
OF "THE VIEW."
BUT TV INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY IT’S
LIKELY SHE DID MEET THE SHOWS
MINIMUM WEIGHT REQUIREMENT.
[LAUGHTER]
WAIT A MINUTE!
[APPLAUSE]
I DON’T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE
OKAYED THAT ONE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ROLLING OUT A
RENTER’S BILL OF RIGHTS.
HE SAID HE WAS DEEPLY MOVED
AFTER HEARING ABOUT A DRUG
ADDICT WHO LIVED WITH HIS
PARENTS IN DELAWARE, YET STILL
PAID $50,000 A MONTH IN RENT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AT LEAST 20 DOLLAR STORES IN
DETROIT HAVE BEEN ROBBED THIS
MONTH.
THEY SAY KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A
CRIMINAL WHO LACKS AMBITION.
[LAUGHTER]
GOODWIN.
THE DENVER AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY
IS INVESTIGATING TRACES OF
METHAMPHETAMINE FOUND IN THE
RESTROOMS.
IT’S A SAD THOUGHT TO THINK OF
DRUGS IN A LIBRARY, ALTHOUGH IT
DOES EXPLAIN THE SUCCESS OF
THEIR SPEED-READING PROGRAM.
[LAUGHTER]
BECAUSE OF RAMPANT CRIME, NIKE
HAS CHOSEN TO PERMANENTLY SHUT
DOWN ITS FLAGSHIP STORE IN
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
IN THE RELATED STORY, NIKE IS
ALSO INTRODUCING A BRAND-NEW
SLOGAN: "JUST GIVE UP."
[LAUGHTER]
A TECH MOGUL NAMED BRYAN
JOHNSON, WHOSE 45 YEARS OLD,
SAID HE SPENDS $2 MILLION A YEAR
TO HAVE THE BODY OF AN
18-YEAR-OLD.
BUT WE FOUND A PICTURE, AND IT’S
NOT WORKING.
[LAUGHTER]
IT’S AN AC/D.C. JOKE.
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
REFUSED TO SAY THIS WEEK WHETHER
OR NOT HE IS SEARCHING FOR
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS
HOME, THOUGH I’M PRETTY SURE IT
WAS BARACK OBAMA WHO ONCE SAID,
"IF YOU LIKE YOUR CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS."
[LAUGHTER]
ACCORDING TO NASA, 2022 WAS THE
FIFTH HOTTEST YEAR IN HISTORY.
IN FACT, IT WAS SO HOT, THREE
NEW YORK CITY CABDRIVERS ACTUALLY FLUTED WITH THE IDEA OF
TURNING THE AIR CONDITIONING ON.
[LAUGHTER]
AT THE LOCAL JOKE.
DISGRACED CRYPTOCURRENCY MOGUL
SAM BANK MEN-FRIED HAS
REPORTEDLY ENLISTED THE SERVICES OF
A 75-POUND DOG TRAINED TO ATTACK
ON COMMAND USING A SECRET CODE
WORD. LET ME GUESS,
PUTTING?
[LAUGHTER]
FINALLY, HUNTER BIDEN’S ART
DEALER, GEORGES BERGES, SAYS
BIDEN WILL BE AMONG ONE OF THE
MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ARTISTS IN
THIS CENTURY, BECAUSE HIS ART
GIVES US HOPE.
IT REALLY DOES.
WE HOPE HE QUITS PAINTING REAL
SOON.
[APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
NOW TO SOME NEWS.
WILL LABELING SOCIAL MEDIA
DEFECTIVE PROVEN EFFECTIVE?
PLAINTIFFS ARE EXPECTED TO FILE
A LAWSUIT NEXT MONTH AGAINST
META, THE PARENT COMPANY OF
FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, FOR THE
ALLEGED DAMAGES THEY HAVE DONE
TO AMERICA’S MENTAL HEALTH.
THE CASE HINGES ON A LEGAL
THEORY THAT ALGORITHMS ARE
DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS THAT
ENCOURAGE ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR AND
ARE GOVERNED BY EXISTING PRODUCT
LIABILITY LAW.
HOWEVER, LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE
LAW TRADITIONALLY APPLIES TO
TANGIBLE STUFF, LIKE A CAR OR A
TOASTER.
AND, IN SOME CASES, A
PRESIDENCY.
THE LAWSUIT ARGUES SOCIAL MEDIA
GIANTS KNEW THEIR ALGORITHMS AND
ALGORITHMS ENCOURAGED USERS TO
VIEW MENTALLY HARMFUL POSTS THAT
CAUSE EATING DISORDERS, ANXIETY,
AND DEPRESSION.
COINCIDENTALLY, THE SAME
SYMPTOMS YOU GET FOR WORKING FOR
GREG GUTFELD.
[LAUGHTER]
SO THAT’S THE DEAL.
GILLIAN, DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?
OBVIOUSLY SOCIAL MEDIA HAS IT’S
PROBLEMS, BUT CAN YOU SUE?
>> YES, YOU CAN SEE YOU, BECAUSE
A WHOLE SLEW OF STATES ARE NOW S
VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS.
THERE’S BEEN THIS EFFORT ACROSS
THE GOVERNMENT TO BAN VARIOUS
PLATFORMS ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES.
I WILL ALSO SAY, FOR SOMEBODY
WHO WANTS TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE
ISSUES OF THE DAYTIME, YOU HAD A
LOT OF FAT JOKES.
I’M TRYING TO DECIDE HOW I FEEL
ABOUT THAT.
>> Tom: LOOK, YOU GOT TO DO
WHATEVER THE WRITERS TELL YOU ON
THIS SHOW, APPARENTLY.
>> ANOTHER WORD ABOUT THIS
LAWSUIT, IF I MAY.
THEY ARE NOT JUST ACCUSING THE
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OF
ENCOURAGING ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR.
REMEMBER, THESE PLATFORMS, BY
DESIGN, ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN
FOUNDERS, ARE LITERALLY CREATED
IN ORDER TO PERPETUATE ADDICTION
ADDICTION.
ALL THE ALGORITHMS ARE GEARED
TOWARDS INSTIGATING MORE CLICKS
AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR.
>> Tom: THEY’VE KIND OF
ADMITTED THAT.
JASON, I THINK ZUCKERBERG HAS
BRAGGED ABOUT IT WHEN HE GOES TO
ADVERTISERS.
HE SAYS THEY’VE CRACKED THE
CODE, PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO THE
PLATFORMS, RIGHT?
>> IT’S TRUE.
I DON’T THINK YOU SHOULD BAN
ANYTHING.
STOP BANNING THINGS.
WHY DO DON’T YOU THAN PARENTS
DON’T TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS
CANNOT GET THE PERSONAL
RESPONSIBLY.
IT’S NOT FACEBOOK’S FAULT YOU
LET YOUR KID HANG OUT ON THERE
ALL THE TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
>> Tom: THERE’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE TRYING TO BAN TIKTOK.
THEY SAY THAT’S CHINA.
SHOULD WE NOT DO THAT BECAUSE OF
CHINA?
>> I DO BUSINESS IN CHINA, AND I
ALWAYS KNOW --
>> WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS?
>> I KNOW THEY’RE WATCHING.
I MAKE ELECTRIC BIKES.
>> I’M JOKING.
[LAUGHS]
’S BECAUSE SHE’S GIVING IT A
PLUG, JASON!
>> IS HE THE GUY FROM THE
"GILMORE GIRLS"?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Tom: IT’S TRUE.
KAT, DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE
A SUCCESSFUL LAWSUIT?
>> LOOK, I THINK IT’S DUMB, SO
THAT WOULD BE MY LEGAL RULING.
>> Tom: IT’S DUMB TO SUE?
>> I’M ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
MAKE PEOPLE THAT DON’T THINK
GUNS KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL
PEOPLE.
IF SOCIAL MEDIA MAKES YOU FEEL
BAD ABOUT YOURSELF FROM LOOKING
AT SOCIAL MEDIA, IT’S THE PEOPLE
THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT
YOURSELF.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOOKS THE BEST
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU NEVER LOOK LIKE THAT.
I CAN TOTALLY ADMIT THAT.
WHEN I POST A PICTURE OF MYSELF
ON INSTAGRAM, BY THE TIME YOU
LOOK AT IT, I DON’T LIKE THAT
ANYMORE.
[LAUGHS]
I LOOK LIKE BETH FROM
"LITTLE WOMEN, CLOSE TO RIGHT BEFORE THE SCARLET
FEVER TAKES HER.
[LAUGHTER]
EXCEPT WITH LESS HAIR.
YOU JUST HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT.
I TRIED A DAY TRANSPARENT AND
SAY I WEAR A LOT OF HAIR
EXTENSIONS AND MAKEUP ON.
THIS IS ME WITH BRONZER, BELIEVE
IT OR NOT.
YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT,
BECAUSE IT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL
BAD, BUT SOCIAL MEDIA MAKES YOU
FEEL BAD.
WAIT UNTIL I TELL YOU ABOUT
PEOPLE.
>> Tom: IT IS SO TRUE.
DAGEN, IT’S PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT?
PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW AT THIS
POINT THAT THESE THINGS AREN’T
GOOD FOR YOU, AND YOU GOT TO
SELF-REGULATE.
>> WELL, THE PEOPLE ARE
DEFECTIVE BEFORE THEY EVER GO ON
THE SOCIAL MEDIA!
AND I SAY THAT AS A PERSON WITH
MAJOR DEFECTS.
I AM THE FORD PINTO OF THE
McDOWELL FAMILY.
YOU SMACKED ME ON THE ASS,
EXPLODE.
[LAUGHTER]
LIKE THE ’TOK AND THE ’GRAM AND
THE TWIT’ COME IN THEY MAKE YOUR
CRAZY WORSE.
KAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS.
YOU GO ONLINE FOR POSITIVE
REINFORCEMENT AND REASSURANCE
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE EQUALLY
BATWING BANANAS.
LIKE, "EVERYBODY LOVES MY NEW
MADONNA LOOK!
MY SHAVED EYEBROWS AND MY BIG
PUFFED UP SOUFFLE MOUTH, AND MY
HAIRLINE THAT STARTS SOMEWHERE
BACK BEHIND MY EARS!
EVERYBODY JUST THINKS I’M
AWESOME!"
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THEN AGAIN, IN REVERSE, IT
CAN MAYBE TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE
NUTTINESS WHEN MAYBE EVERYBODY
REALIZES THAT MADONNA, WITH HER
BIG PUFFED UP SOUFFLE MOUTH,
CAN’T SING BECAUSE SHE CAN’T
MOVE HER MOUTH.
SO MAYBE IT HAS A POSITIVE
EFFECT ON THE REAL WORLD.
>> BUT WHAT IF YOU ARE LIKE 8?
NONE OF US -- WE ARE ALL REALLY
YOUNG ON THE SHOW TODAY, BUT
NONE OF US ARE YOUNG ENOUGH TO
HAVE GROWN UP ON THESE APPS.
WHAT IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE
STUFF WHEN YOU ARE A KID?
IMAGINE HOW CRAZY ARE GOING TO
BE WHEN YOU’RE AN ADULT.
>> WELL, WE NEED TO BURN THEIR
PARENTS.
[LAUGHTER]
NOT LITERALLY.
>> Tom: YOU MEAN EXPOSE THEM!
EXPOSE THE PARENTS.
WHEN SNAPCHAT FIRST CAME OUT,
BECAUSE THE SNAPS DISAPPEARED,
EVERYONE SAID THIS WAS REALLY
NASTY BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL USE IT
TO SEXT EACH OTHER.
BUT THEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT
SNAPCHAT USERS HAD A HEALTHIER
RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE THE THINGS
DISAPPEAR.
INSTAGRAM, ESPECIALLY YOUNG
GIRLS, THEY GET OBSESSED WITH
THE IMAGE, WHETHER IT GETS LIKES
OR NOT, BECAUSE IT’S PERMANENT.
SO THE PERMANENCE WAS CAUSING
MORE INSECURITY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT DOES.
LIKE DAGEN SAID --
>> THAT IS SOME MADE-UP RESEARCH
HE JUST COUGHED UP.
YOU JUST MADE THAT UP!
>> Tom: YOU DON’T BELIEVE
THAT?
>> I DIDN’T MEAN BURN LIKE IN
THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
BUT WHO THINKS IT’S OKAY THAT AN
8-YEAR-OLD IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> Tom: I DON’T THINK THAT.
>> I’M DOING THE "THE INVASION
OF THE BODY SNATCHERS" POINT AND
SCREECH ANY PERSON LETTING THEIR
SMALL CHILD ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> KIDS DON’T LIKE FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK IS THE MOST UNCOOL
THINGS FOR KIDS.
>> IT’S LIKE LINKEDIN.
>> Tom: THAT’S FOR OLD PEOPLE,
RIGHT?
>> WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
KIDS ON FACEBOOK.
>>>> Tom: THIS IS THE KIND OF
LAWSUIT I THINK DEMOCRATS LIKE.
THEY DON’T WANT US LOOKING TO
THE REAL THING THAT FACEBOOK
DID, WHICH WAS EFFECT THE LAST
ELECTION.
THEY WERE TAKING DOWN VOTES IN
FAVOR OF REPUBLICANS AND
BOOSTING ANYTHING FAVORABLE TO
DEMOCRATS.