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Starting with this controversy
and massive growing backlash against YouTuber
and entrepreneur MrBeast,
following him putting out a video
where he donated 20,000 pairs of shoes
to kids in South Africa.
With Jimmy at one point in the video, even saying
these were their first ever pair of shoes.
And while many people's reaction to this was,
"Wow, stuff like this, it restores my faith in humanity.
We're seeing good being done in the world."
You also had a big growing group of people questioning
the philanthropy behind all this, saying things like,
"This isn't really charity,"
saying he's using needy people as props
to make himself look like the good guy.
Tweets going viral saying,
"Let me know when y'all catch up
and realize how weird this motherfucker is."
But in general, those criticizing MrBeast
and the content, they were talking about the nature
and incentives of charity content.
With a number of those people arguing,
there are plenty of wealthy people who do public acts
of service but, quote, "don't frame that work
as weird voyeuristic stunts."
And others adding, "So weird that 20,000 children need
to rely on a rich white man from the west
to have their basic needs met
and get their faces plastered on the internet
so he can earn clout."
But to that, you had others who support the content saying,
"No, he's making this content not only to inspire others
to do the same, but also by making that content,
he's able to foot the bill."
With MrBeast even responding to one of his critics saying,
"No hate, you probably just haven't seen this channel,
but actually it is a charity,
and I obviously don't profit from it.
100% of all revenue from Beast Philanthropy goes
towards running my food banks
and helping ease human suffering,
and since inception, I've personally put in millions
into Beast Philanthropy.
That's the whole point, make content around helping people
to generate more money to help more people."
Though with that, you still had people
questioning MrBeast's intent,
which is really a hard argument to have
because you can never really see inside of someone's heart,
inside of someone's soul.
And there, you actually had critics going back
to some of MrBeast's early charity content,
with them finding and posting clips like this.
- Most people get mad
and say this is a bad way to get views.
Tell them, like, you're okay with this.
Are you okay with it?
- Hell yeah.
(MrBeast laughs)
- That's right, YouTube.
- Best day of my life, right here.
- Homeless people don't care if I use 'em for views.
- Though with that, you saw many people defending
MrBeast saying, you know, "This is over five years ago,"
and arguing things like his understanding
and sensitivity about the people featured
in his content has likely evolved.
And then, finally, the argument at the very least,
a net good was done.
So that's the story in the central debate
that we're seeing right now.
And of course with it, I'd love to know your thoughts
in those comments down below.
But as far as my take, it's very close to kind of
the last time we talked about something similar
around MrBeast.
I understand and get why there is so much anger
around this situation,
but I don't think that it should be targeted
towards MrBeast.
Like, he is the product and, I think, a net good
in a completely fucked up system, a system,
or rather, a set of systems where 20,000 kids
don't have the fucking most basic need,
except now they do but only because a billionaire
or soon-to-be billionaire was like,
"Yeah, I guess this is worth a second of my time."
And I understand the weird or messed up feelings
watching someone that's desperate
all of a sudden getting help and, like, that's content.
But then the practical side of my brain's like,
well, if it makes it sustainable, net good.
Is it the ideal situation?
In no fucking way,
and often with a lot of these videos
and situations, like, you look at it
and it looks like, oh, you're putting band-aids
on a fuckin' gushing wound.
But like I said, when it comes to stuff like this,
I'm a net results guy.
Are the lives of tens of thousands of people
slightly better because of this video?
Yes.
And outside of that and combating a system
where a fuckin' MrBeast has to step in,
the rest is noise to me.
But hey, that's the story and my personal takeaway,
and whether you agree or you disagree with me,
I'd love to hear from you in those comments down below.
And then, a decent chunk of the internet today
has been dunking on Jake Paul,
and I'm being forced to do the unthinkable
and back Jake Paul here.
Like, I genuinely think he's one
of the worst people out there,
but had I been in the situation he was just in,
would've done the same thing.
So apparently, Jake Paul's leaving a Miami Heat game,
all of a sudden, he's confronted by a group of men.
Turns out, it's Floyd Mayweather and his crew.
Not the best situation for little Jake Paul
who seems to only have one security guard.
- [Floyd] What happened, you're not tough anymore
since your loss?
What happened since your loss?
Y'all, let's bust him up.
Where you running, Jake?
Where you goin' since your fight, since your loss?
What's up, Jake?
- 'Cause Jake Paul has said some wild, personal shit
about Floyd Mayweather.
There was also that incident back in 2021
where he stole his hat.
And so as this group of guys are approaching him
and they're taunting him, the cameras are out.
What does Jake Paul do, does he step up?
No, he does a 180, high knees outta there.
Usain Bolt who?
He gets outta there.
- [Crowd Member] Why are you scared?
Why are you scared?
- [Floyd] Jake Paul, running champ.
- And a lot of the initial reaction was,
"Man, did you see that little bitch Jake Paul run away?"
Yeah, you know where I didn't see Jake Paul?
Unconscious on the ground on Worldstar.
Jake Paul made a video afterwards where he's like,
"You know, they rolled 50 guys deep."
He tweeted 25 guys deep.
I don't care if it was four or five guys deep.
If I'm that outnumbered by myself, baby,
I'm a runner, I'm a track star.
Are you kiddin' me?
Especially with some of this shit Jake said!
He gave them a reason.
And while I'm not arguing that Paul
doesn't deserve an ass whoopin',
but one of the few times in his life,
he made the right move in how
to handle yourself in a situation.
And then, the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment,
wants to legalize betting unscripted matches,
at least, in Michigan and Colorado.
With them reportedly in talks with
the accounting firm Ernst & Young
to make sure that the results of the match are kept
under lock and key with them hoping that'll be enough
to convince state regulators to allow betting
on their matchups.
And the fact that it's Ernst & Young is very significant
because they previously worked with award shows
like the Emmys and the Academy Awards.
Those shows are essentially the WWE'S blueprint.
It's already legal to bet on them in some states
even appearing on FanDuel and DraftKings.
But also, it's not a straight comparison.
The Academy Awards voting results are known
by a very small group, but they aren't scripted by writers.
And then even if regulators do give the okay,
are gambling organizations going to place odds
on those scripted matches?
But right now, that's really all the movement we've seen.
Though, if this does manage to work out for them,
I mean, this could open the door to a whole new world
of gambling, character deaths
and the results of season finales for TV shows.
Personally, I'll say I think it is a very bad idea.
Though, I think I got a few uncles that'll be like,
"Hey, it ain't more or less scripted than the NFL
and the NBA, am I right?"
Also, no, I don't know what the fuck
that attempted accent was.
What are your thoughts?
I think there's at least three degenerate gamblers
that are part of the nation.
You for it or against it, why?
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And then, what the actual fuck is happening
in East Cleveland?
And I ask that because yesterday we saw the FBI
and local prosecutor do a press conference
where they unveiled indictments against 11 current
or former East Cleveland police officers
with charges ranging from assault, to dereliction of duty,
to interfering with civil rights,
bringing the total number of cops indicted
over the last seven months to 16
with all of it caught on a slew of body cam videos.
Also, just so you understand the perspective,
'cause you're like, "16 cops, that's not a lot."
We're not talkin' about Los Angeles,
we're talkin' about a city of just 14,000 people.
So not only is this a small community,
but there's only about two dozen active duty cops left
after these indictments,
which is why you have people saying this isn't a case
of, like, a bad apple or two, this is a bad department.
But onto the videos, we first see one where
a cop car hits a guy and then the officers get out,
they handcuff him on the ground,
and then they punch him repeatedly
with him suffering a broken pelvis.
And as he tries to roll onto his side,
they scream at him to stop resisting,
then they tase him three times while he groans in pain.
In other videos, you see cops just beating
on people who are either handcuffed, surrendering,
or otherwise present no real threat.
Like one officer who repeatedly stomped
on a man who was just lying on the ground.
In another incident, a cop approaches a man who's kneeling
down and just kicks him to the ground,
with that same officer in another video rushing up
to a guy sitting against a wall with his hands up,
shoving him to the ground,
and kicking him in the groin.
Next up, you got a video showing a police cruiser
chasing a man, and as they near him, you hear...
- [Officer 1] Get his (beep).
- [Officer 2] Get his (beep).
Get his (beep), boy!
- By the time they get out,
the person's already laying on the ground,
but still, three officers run up and beat him
before throwing him in the back of the cruiser.
With one of the men saying several minutes later...
- [Officer Homan] Nice little (beep) whooping.
- And yet another clip, an officer repeatedly hits a man
in the face and you hear him screaming
that he needs medical attention afterward.
- I need to go to the hospital.
- [Officer] No one cut you.
- I need to go to the hospital!
I'm bleedin'!
My whole hand broke and everything!
- [Officer] Get in the car.
- And then, finally, there's one where we catch
a cop finding someone's phone
in the back of the cruiser then pressing down
on it with two hands and breaking it.
And then, key thing here, afterward you hear him
and another officer agree to cover it up
and then laugh about it.
- Nothin'.
- [Officer Mundson] I didn't see anything either.
- How's this still turned on? (chuckles)
- [Officer Mundson] That's impressive.
I'm surprised the battery hasn't exploded yet.
- And something I want you to keep in mind
is that almost everything that you saw,
happened just in the last year or two,
and that is not even all of it.
In total, there are 17 victims from these incidents,
and a key thing, that's only what was caught
by investigators.
And so now, we'll hopefully see these scumbags
get convicted, thrown into prison,
but no matter what we do,
it just seems like this shit just keeps happening
over and over and over again.
And then, opioids are killing children.
With a new study by the journal "Pediatrics" finding
that opioids are the number one cause
of fatal poisoning deaths in children under five.
So researchers looked at 731 poisoning-related deaths
that took place from 2005 to 2018 in 40 states
and found that nearly half were caused by the drugs.
And the proportion of fatal poisonings caused
by opioids has gotten significantly worse over time,
jumping from 24% of the deaths in 2005 to 52% in 2018.
And those figures track with the increase
in opiate overdoses among adults for the same time frame.
In fact, according to the CDC,
opioid overdoses killed around five
out of every 100,000 Americans in 2005 compared
to around 21 out of every 100,000 in 2020.
And overall, overdose deaths quintupled
since 1999 with opioids accounting for nearly 75%
of those fatalities in 2020.
So that helps explain why opiates now account
for a higher percentage of poisoning deaths in children,
but the study's authors also say
that the spike can be attributed to a shift
in the kinds of opiates people are using.
In the early 2000s,
more people abused prescription opioids,
but as regulators cracked down, they turned
to alternatives like fentanyl and heroin,
which not only are stronger and more deadly,
they also don't come with childproof packaging
like prescriptions.
And then, the number of plastic particles
in the world's oceans is now a whopping 171 trillion.
With this coming from a new study saying
that it's reached unprecedented levels with the number
of plastics back in 2005 totaling just 16 trillion.
So we're talkin' water bottles, food packaging,
toothbrushes, toilet seats, laundry baskets,
hard hats, pretty much anything you can think of,
with lots of it reportedly being mistaken
for prey by wildlife like whales, turtles, fish,
and seabirds who starve to death
as plastic fills their stomachs.
But also a huge thing, humans unknowingly consume it too,
with microplastics now being found all over our body
from the lungs, and veins, to the placenta,
and our blood.
And in fact, one study estimated
that people eat around one credit card worth
of plastic every week.
And where you can find these plastics,
it spans the entire globe.
They've been found pretty much everywhere
from the summit of Mount Everest
to the depths of the Mariana Trench,
which is why this latest study's author warns,
"Without urgent policy intervention
to limit plastic production,
the rate at which plastic waste will enter the ocean
between now and 2040 will increase by around 2.6 times,"
and adding that the solution isn't just to clean up
and recycle but to reduce our use of plastic
in the first place.
And that's where today's show ends.
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But until then, as always, my name's Philip DeFranco.
You've just been filled in.
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