- Republicans and right wingers are attacking
MrBeast right now.
Right now, we're seeing exactly what I said would happen.
Last week, MrBeast took to Twitter to defend his friend,
Chris Tyson, who recently revealed that he's been receiving
hormone replacement therapy with Chris not coming out
as any specific identity yet, but in his Twitter bio saying
he uses any pronouns.
And while literally, the only thing MrBeast has done is
not actively kick out one of his oldest friends
from his videos and responded to a tweet
with, "Yeah, this is getting absurd.
Chris is not my nightmare, he's my fucking friend
and things are fine.
All this transphobia is starting to me off."
Based off of some of the reactions we've seen
from right wingers, you would've thought
MrBeast launched a video titled like "Last to Leave
the Circle Gets Free Gender Reassignment Surgery".
Though I will say, we've seen a range of reactions using
different strategies.
Some like Ben Shapiro are framing it as MrBeast is
actually kind of the victim of the situation.
Shapiro is saying he doesn't wanna expose his kids
to content featuring trans or gender nonconforming people
and that other parents would have those same questions
and concerns and--
- And that's not the fault of MrBeast,
that's the fault of Chris Tyson.
- And so he's more playing the business angle
like we've seen others do, applying pressure,
but not fully going after MrBeast's throat just yet.
But then you have others going a little bit further
like Matt Walsh saying, MrBeast is sold out
to the trans cults.
And then you have others going even further
like Steven Crowder saying that MrBeast is shoving
the trans agenda on children.
And in that, among a number of transphobic things,
he says step one is to start the subtle infusion
into children's programming.
But they're making it sound like MrBeast is part
of some larger batshit conspiracy,
which again, all of this is happening,
MrBeast is being targeted because he replied
to a tweet saying he didn't like people being transphobic
to his friend.
Also, when I say people, I mean
literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people.
He just didn't leave his friend out to dry.
Looking at this whole situation,
there's really no reason to believe that this campaign
against MrBeast is gonna stop.
And that's for a number of reasons, including
for these right wing talking heads being anti-trans,
a winning culture war issue when it comes to their fan base.
And with MrBeast having literally one
of the biggest audiences in the world for content
that is inherently non-political,
there's a lot of views, a lot of subscribers,
and a lot of money to be siphoned.
And so really the only thing I don't know
with this situation is how MrBeast is going to move forward
because this is really the first time that his business
in any way has been challenged.
While different, it makes me think back to Taylor Swift
when she was being pressured by the people
around her to not speak out about politics
but she still chose to despite the risk of alienating
half of her audience.
So obviously with Taylor Swift that was more proactive
rather than having to be reactive.
But as far as how all this is actually gonna play out,
we're gonna have to wait to see it.
In the meantime, I'd love to know your thoughts
in those comments down below.
And then I guess really quick I should address this
since it shows up on camera.
This is not a fashion choice;
I had an accident on my hike yesterday.
Wish it was a cooler story.
I was finishing up a hike, I was on the descent part,
I was kind of tired.
There's this kind of older couple coming towards me.
The path in general was narrow, but there was a spot
that I could jump to to get outta the way.
So I do that, it's a little hop, the ground there has
a lot of loose rocks, it's essentially like gravel.
I land weird, hand slam into the ground
'cause I gotta protect the money maker.
I lose like three tiny chunks of skin, we'll call it.
Hand now covered in blood and dirt and, of course,
it stung and stuff, but you know
what actually stung the worst?
The couple that I was getting outta the way of,
they didn't stop or even say in passing like, "You okay?"
It was like I didn't exist and it killed my faith
in humanity for the rest of the walk back to the car
where I could bandage myself up.
And I just keep trying to tell myself
that that was an outlier, that 99% or maybe nine outta 10
of the people that are watching this without me being me,
they see someone eat shit, they go, "Hey, you okay?"
Even if it's a question filled with a little bit of laughter
'cause you watched someone eat shit in front of you.
And understand, in no way am I the victim of the situation.
I was just so, I was so disappointed.
I was like, "Fuck, is this where we're at?"
But anyway, that's just me explaining why I'm gonna have
a bandage on my hand for the next little bit.
Also, I won't be showing you the wound in this video.
It still might be up on my Instagram story, but I feel
like I traumatized some people by posting that.
Yeah, that was a story about nothing.
And then babies screaming, it's one of the worst sounds
in the world and it's a sound most of us will have to live
through at some point in our lives
even if we don't have kids, right?
Until the robots take over and we all get
our private jet packs, we're gonna have to take
public transportation to some degree.
And there, there's always a chance that there might be
a baby on the flight and we all react differently to it.
Before I had kids in the long, long ago,
I would get very angry.
I would feel very personally victimized.
And then when I became a parent I realized, oh, no, my God,
those poor parents, not only are they having to deal
with and try to calm down a crying baby, they just,
they feel all the eyes on them judging them, hating them.
Or fast forward to now and I just turn on noise canceling
and I just, I go about my day and ignore other humans
like a regular person.
But understandably, everyone reacts different
to a crying baby on a plane with one man's reaction going
incredibly viral and spawning a massive debate.
Whereas the video opens with a group
of three flight crew members huddled around a guy
while a nearby passenger records.
Apparently, the flight was stuck in a holding pattern
for weather and the guy says that the baby's been crying
for 40 minutes.
And when the staff asks him to stop yelling,
he responds with this tape.
- Okay, because you're yelling.
- [Passenger] So is the baby.
- Okay, so you're a man.
- [Passenger] Did that (beeping) pay extra to yell?
- Okay, so.
- [Man] Shut up!
- [Man 2] (beeping) you and shut up.
- The video is almost four minutes long,
the guy's yelling for nearly all of it.
And while the whole thing's incredibly off putting,
at one point it got so bizarre, I was like, is this a bit?
Is this a prank?
- If they put cuffs on that kid,
I'm good with going to jail.
- [Flight Attendant] Ain't nobody putting no cuffs
on no child.
(beeping)
It's a child.
- And once we get to the end of the video, he's seen arguing
with security in the airport before being escorted away.
And you know, the response here has been mixed.
Some criticizing the parents for not calming the child down,
saying 40 minutes is excessive or even saying
babies don't belong on planes.
Though on the other end, you have people saying
if you can't handle a baby crying in a public space,
don't go in public spaces.
And as far as my takeaway, I mean one, we all understand
this man snapped.
Like in no world am I defending him,
but as far as the reaction to the baby, I think,
it really depends more on the context.
Like is the parent genuinely not trying?
Most often than not, that's not the case.
Because again, the sound of a crying baby is
one of the worst sounds in the world
and they're closest to that sound.
But on the other side of this, I understand the frustration
of all the other passengers.
They made the choice not to drag their loin fruit
onto the plane or have them in the first place
and yet, someone else's problem is now their problem
and they're stuck in it.
I get it.
Again, it doesn't excuse this man's behavior,
but I do think it would make sense
for airlines to be able to offer certain flights
without kids under a certain age.
But hey, that's the story, some of my mindless rambling
and now I pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts here?
And then never before in human history have you seen
a human specimen quite like this.
Meet the 47-year-old Scottish ultra-marathon runner
who, this month, got third place in a 50-mile race
from Manchester to Liverpool.
And her stats are outta this fucking world
with tracking data showing she ran a mile
in just one minute and 40 seconds.
Now when I say that, it might raise a red flag for you
'cause that's 36 miles per hour.
Not even a methed-out Usain Bolt's running that fast.
So how'd she do it?
Is she super human?
No, the answer is always the simplest thing,
she just cheated.
Apparently, she took a car for around two and a half miles
of the race and then just got out and kept running.
So she's now been disqualified.
But her defense is she wasn't actually trying to cheat,
saying what had actually happened was
a non-malicious miscommunication, telling the BBC
she got lost halfway through the race, her leg felt sore,
she began to limp.
So when she sees a friend on the side of the course,
she says she accepted a ride in his car
to the next checkpoint to tell a marshall
she was pulling out of the race.
But claiming when she got there, the marshalls told her
you will hate yourself if you stop.
So she said she continued non-competitively,
even saying she chose not to overtake the runner in front
so as not to interfere in the race.
But then when she crossed the finish line non-competitively,
there was a medal and a third place trophy
just suddenly thrust into her arms
and she went along with it, posing for photos
and later telling the BBC she kinda just spaced out
and wasn't thinking clearly, saying I was tired
and jet lagged and felt sick.
I made a massive error accepting the trophy
and should have handed it back.
But you have people saying that excuse is
a little bit suspect because the race's director said
she didn't make any effort to return the award
over the subsequent seven days.
Though you have defenders saying, to be fair,
it would be very odd if she intentionally cheated here.
(indistinct) that this race is just so small compared
to some of the other ones she's competed at,
like the 255 mile ultra-marathon in Taiwan
that she won, setting a world record.
And then let's talk about you beautiful bastards
for a minute.
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And then Fox News and Dominion have reached
a massive settlement, but this is not where it ends.
Right, 'cause yes, the two have been engaged
in a lengthy, high-profile legal battle over claims
the network aired election lies.
With the long-awaited trial supposed to kick off yesterday,
but instead, the two sides reached
a last=minute agreement to settle
for a whopping $787 million.
That is how much it was worth to them to make sure
that Rupert Murdoch or any
of the Fox News talking heads did not have to speak
under oath in court, with some outlets reporting
that this is the single biggest
publicly disclosed settlement ever
in an American defamation case.
Though, notably, it is still way less than the $1.6 billion
Dominion initially sought with the suit.
Now notably here, the exact terms
of the deal have not been made clear to the public.
But we saw in a statement yesterday Fox saying,
"We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims
about Dominion to be false.
This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment
to the highest journalistic standards."
And that specific admission there is
actually super important.
It is a key thing to take away because it could have
implications for the other legal battles
that Fox is still facing because the network is also facing
a $2.7 billion defamation suit
from another voting technology company, Smartmatic,
with that being over similar claims that Fox made.
What's more, experts say that the historically high amount
Fox paid in the Dominion settlement also sets a precedent
for how much it'll pay in similar cases
like the Smartmatic suit.
But even with the amounts that we're talking about here,
you have some saying it's still not enough of a deterrent.
Some mentioning specific numbers, noting that last year,
Fox News reportedly brought in just under $14 billion.
So the settlement we've seen here,
the possible settlements we'll see in the future,
while sizable, still can be categorized
as the cost of doing business.
So the specific business in question here being (indistinct)
to the American public, sowing doubt in democracy,
which is why so many wanted to see this go to trial to see
what actually would come out on the stand.
But hey, that's where we are now
and we're gonna have to wait to see how all this plays out.
And then, there are a lot of people that are off
about the Paralympics' TikTok account.
So let's talk about it 'cause this controversy largely deals
with the official Paralympics page sharing videos
of their athletes on kind of meme sounds.
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♪ We can't go under it ♪
♪ Oh no, we gotta go through it ♪
(theme music from "Thomas the Tank Engine" playing)
- Those videos sparking some heated debates,
some calling those videos wildly offensive,
arguing it's completely dehumanizing behavior,
saying Paralympians deserve the same amount of respect
as any other world-class performing athlete
and saying a TikTok account full of videos with a joke being
their disabilities is disgusting and unprofessional.
Some also comparing the Paralympics page
to the Olympics page where there are
still some meme TikToks, but most are just celebrating
the athleticism of the competitors rather than being jokey.
And so with this debate growing, we saw
several Paralympians being interviewed
and there, we saw mixed reactions.
You had a British table tennis player who supports the page,
saying, "A lot of the videos I've seen on TikTok
of people complaining are from able-bodied people,"
and saying, "We can also make light of our situation
and if I fall outta my chair in front of my friends
and I'm not injured, we would make fun of it
and we would laugh."
Also, another supporter,
a wheelchair basketball athlete saying, "The Paralympics is
a great opportunity to celebrate difference
and if we're going to celebrate the great things,
we can also laugh at the funny things."
And arguing, "I think doing these videos and getting
people to view them is just basically getting us notice
and recognizing it's okay to have a disability
and it's fine, normalize it, feel comfortable around it,
and have a laugh with it."
But there are also people who saw it differently,
like one English amputee soccer player saying
that instead of promoting incredible athletes,
the page just mocks them for views.
And that was a very common critique that we saw
that they've kind of lost sight of their athletes
in favor of engagement.
However, again, on the flip side, you had others arguing
that the engagement has brought more awareness
to the Paralympics and these athletes in general.
And according to the International Paralympic Committee,
the person running the account is
a Paralympian themselves who they say has quote, "created
a strong following through edgy and unique content,"
and saying the goal of the page is "to educate
an otherwise oblivious audience about the Paralympics
and the achievements of its athletes."
Which is why ultimately with this story,
I don't wanna pass this question off to everyone.
Specifically, if you are a part of the disabled community,
what are your thoughts on this?
Do you feel like this is an in-on-the-joke,
great way to get attention?
Or do you feel like no, the specific attention that comes
from these kind of videos, it's bad?
That you're losing humanity in the pursuit of engagement?
Any and all thoughts, I'd love to hear from you.
And then if you are a content creator,
you need to disclose when you're doing ads.
This is not a pro tip, it is the literal minimum bar.
Otherwise, it's just an eventuality you are going to get
in legal trouble and you're gonna find yourself
in an insider report like these weight loss influencers
like Jordan just did because she and many others worked
with an app called DietBet.
And for the last five years, the general plan was to get
followers to join the app, join a weight loss challenge,
and then the creator gets a small cut.
But the issue that popped up for a lot was it was
never clear that it was an ad
and their followers didn't always know,
which is a major problem.
And while, yes, it is on the creator to put the disclosure,
it didn't help that DietBet and its parent company,
Weigh Better, also didn't make it clear in contracts
that the creators had to disclose the relationship.
Even giving examples of posts that explicitly lack
the standard hashtag ad or hashtag sponsored,
which arguably made it seem like it wasn't necessary.
And so now a lot of these creators are in a tough spot
'cause they're gonna be lucky if the FTC doesn't come
after them and they're possibly gonna take a hit
from their audiences who go, oh,
so how am I supposed to trust you?
Because again, the very least you can do
with your audience is to let them know
when they're being advertised to.
And then, first it was the French, then the Brits,
then the Germans, and now the Canadians are joining
this chorus of workers around the world saying
enough is enough when it comes to inflation.
With nearly a third of federal workers there
or over 155,000 people walking off the job this morning,
making this the biggest strike Canada has seen
in over three decades.
And the union's demands mostly focus on pay as well
as other issues like remote work and working conditions
with the first group of 35,000 tax workers initially asking
for a more than 30% wage increase over three years.
And the second group
of some 120,000 treasury board workers asking
for just 13.5% over the same period.
But you have the Canadian government saying its proposal
of just 9% is fair and competitive and arguing
that the union's demands are unaffordable
and would severely impact its ability to deliver
services to Canadians, to which seemingly,
the workers responded, we'll show you
what severely impacted really means
because while essential services will remain open,
others may be either delayed or just shut down.
With this including passport renewals and immigration,
airport and border crossing
and everyone's number one favorite, tax returns.
With those being a key thing because the deadline
for filings is May 1st.
But while talks are ongoing throughout this strike,
there are a couple of reasons why this might not end
in the union's favor.
First, both sides have actually been negotiating
for two years now.
So the fact that they still haven't come
to even a tentative agreement is very telling.
And secondly, the government could pass mandatory
back-to-work legislation, which is exactly what happened
after the last federal strike of this size back in 1991.
Though I will say this time it's a little more
up in the air whether Justin Trudeau could actually muster
the Parliamentary support for such a bill.
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