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And the first thing we're gonna talk about today,
is digital entertainment and business news.
Because over the last year, we've seen
the internet personality wars heat up
with large creators getting poached
from their normal platforms of choice
for exclusive high dollar deals.
In the last year, we saw Twitch seeing
high profile departures of Ninja.
Shroud, who then left for Mixer.
You know, along with those we saw other
exclusive deals like Twitch locking down Drlupo,
TimTheTatMan, Lirik.
Google and YouTube locking down the likes of
CouRage, Typical Gamer, Valkyrae and others.
Also, it hasn't just been big content creators.
I mean, earlier this year Twitch took a huge blow
when Activision Blizzard and Google announced
a multi-year partnership with YouTube,
or making YouTube the exclusive partner
for its eSports league including
Call of Duty league and Overwatch league.
That was incredibly notable,
because exclusive rights to Activision Blizzard events
used to be held by Twitch after signing a two-year deal
back in 2017.
Right, it was a deal so big that it was described
by Quartz as the equivalent
of the Superbowl and the Olympic Games
making FOX their exclusive viewing partner
for several years shutting out all other networks.
But now, the massive news that we've seen
over the last 24 hours
is that YouTube's biggest individual creator, PewDiePie
has signed an exclusive live-streaming deal with YouTube.
Right, and this move, notably, coming almost a year
after PewDiePie teamed up with Dlive,
which was a small, blockchain based live streaming site,
but, now all this time after,
it appears they were able to lock him down.
Now, as far as how much it cost them,
financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed,
but in a press release from YouTube,
PewDiePie has said,
"YouTube has been my home for over a decade now
and live streaming on the platform feels like a natural fit
as I continue to look for new ways to create content
and interact with fans worldwide."
And adding,
"Live streaming is something I'm focusing a lot on
in 2020 and beyond, so to be able to partner
with YouTube and be at the forefront of new product features
is special and exciting for the future."
And I will say, seeing this news I,
and I imagine, many others were like
yeah, this make sense.
Right, if the most subscribed to individual
on your platform jumped ship to another one
of the big players, doesn't look great for you.
Especially because for the future of YouTube,
I know YouTube gaming and live streaming
is a big aspect of their goals.
But, that said, it didn't stop some
to try to muddy this situation.
With a number of outlets spending a majority
of their headline and article space
laying out PewDiePie's past controversies.
Right, and some, briefly laid out his history
in an attempt to explain
his kind of on-again, off-again relationship with YouTube,
but others use language that seemed to suggest
that YouTube should not have made this deal.
Right, as Motherboard, for instance,
wrote that YouTube is completely ignoring
the years of bad behavior in its article titled
YouTube and PewDiePie Can't Afford to Quit Each Other.
Forbes decided to go with the headline
PewDiePie Signs Deal With YouTube
Despite History of Racist, Anti-Semitic Comments.
With the Washington Post calling him
controversial but popular and opening its cover by pointing
to the Wall Street Journal's heavily criticized report
about the YouTubers use of anti-Semitic jokes
with the paper writing
"Now, it appears to be water under the bridge."
It's not shocking that this happened.
I imagine both YouTube and Felix
new that this was coming.
I mean, pretty much in any PewDiePie coverage,
they're like do you remember what he said in the past?
But, with that said, with there being
that anticipation for there to be backlash
or negative news articles or angle,
I think that is what makes this deal so notable
that YouTube was like whatever.
The audience, the actual people consuming content,
they decide what is King on our site.
Right, they decide, not negative press.
And with all that said, kind of my final thoughts on this
is just kind of watching this war play out very slowly
over the past year has been very fascinating,
and it very much feels like the ultimate winners here
are the creators that are getting locked down
to stay on Twitch and YouTube specifically.
Right, they're essentially getting airdropped moneybags
to just continue doing what they're already doing
out of fear that they might leave.
Oh, and they're having to take a hit on views
because those platforms are worried
that if enough people moved to, let's say, a mixer,
that then, you know, there could actually be
this domino effect that we haven't fully seen
on a grand scale.
That said, Quibi, if you would like
to offer me 20 million dollars
to exclusively stream this show on Quibi, hit me up.
Not really.
Unless.
Then, I wanted to share
my favorite quickie news story of the day.
And that is the story of a five-year-old boy
who was pulled over for driving a car.
Now, obviously, I cannot endorse this behavior
to the literal 10s and 12s and five-year-olds
watching this show along with their parents.
But the reason I love this story
is just that the childish absurdity to it.
According to reports, this highway patrol trooper
sees this car going 32 miles per hour in a 70.
Right, and so that trooper says
all right, so initially I thought
that this was somebody that was inebriated
or someone in a medical emergency,
so he initiates a traffic stop
and lo and behold, five-year-old behind the wheel.
And as far as the reason this five-year-old
was driving a car by himself,
apparently was because he was driving
to California to buy a Lamborghini
with the money in his wallet,
which was, reportedly, three dollars.
Which, once again, I love,
because it's just absolutely absurd,
but in the mind of a five-year-old,
totally makes sense.
But, unfortunately with this situation,
that's kind of where the we can have fun with this story,
'cause thank God no one got hurt ends,
and we get to the part of the story
about blame and consequences, because how did this happen?
One, reportedly, "the boys parents were both
at work at the time and an older sibling
in their teens was supposed to be babysitting him
when he grabbed the car keys and left."
Which is also why, two, the highway patrol trooper
reportedly said that "the agency was in communication
with the county attorney to determine whether any charges
should be filed against the boy's parents."
It's actually, that's the note that I want to end on.
What are your thoughts regarding that point?
Do you think there should be charges against the parents?
Yes, no, why, why not?
Which, actually, on that note,
I'd never looked into this before,
but researching for this story,
I found that, actually, a majority of U.S. states
don't have a minimum age law
or even a statewide recommendation
as far as leaving children at home.
And, of those who do have laws or at the very least,
some sort of guidance, you have examples like Kansas,
with an age recommendation of at least six,
with the state of Illinois
at the higher end of 14 years old.
Yeah, like I said, let me know what you're thinking and why.
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Tomorrow's guest is Andrew Yang.
We've had a lot of people asking we release
the full recording of our chat.
So, here we go.
And, obviously, for the time being,
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So, yeah, be on the lookout for that.
Then, we've got the teaser trailer for Space Force
with Steve Carrell coming out the end of the month
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And then, let's talk about something that's very important
and very concerning, and that's the escalating tensions
that we're seeing with mask requirements.
Right, and this story actually starts
in Stillwater, Oklahoma because on Friday,
the city enacted a new requirement
forcing all customers and employees
in local businesses to wear face masks,
and, notably, that comes as the state
begins reopening businesses
like restaurants, gyms, and movie theaters.
However, what we ended up actually seeing
just three hours later,
you had multiple businesses reporting
that their employees had faced not only verbal abuse,
but also violent threats,
one of those threats even reportedly including a shooting.
And so, we ended up seeing later that same day
was the city rolling back those requirements,
with city manager Norman McNickle saying in a statement,
"The City of Stillwater has attempted to keep people safe
by the simple requirement to wear a face covering
to protect others.
It is unfortunate and distressing
that those who refuse and threaten violence
are so self-absorbed as to not follow
what is a simple show of respect
and kindness to others."
And providing further insight
into why they were rolling back these requirements,
you had Mayor Will Joyce saying
that their police force just is not equipped
to handle this.
- It's been a difficult issue for the past few weeks.
We've had a strong encouragement in all of our orders
for the last few weeks for everyone to wear face coverings
while out in public, you know,
while we were still under a shelter-in-place order,
and sort of measuring that against the idea
of trying to enforce a broader order,
which is difficult.
We're, you know, a small city.
We don't have the kind of police force
that can go out and try to deal
with every single one of the people
who may not be willing to wear the mask.
- So, right now, city officials
are still encouraging customers and employees
to continue wearing face masks, but the city
isn't actually requiring them to do so.
But, of course, if a business wants to have a mask policy,
much like they could have a no shirt, no shoes policy,
they could.
But as far as what businesses will do,
that remains to be seen,
and I mentioned that previous story
because also on the same day a security guard
in Flint, Michigan was actually shot and killed
for telling a customer to wear a face mask.
According to police, this incident began
when a Family Dollar security guard
by the name of Calvin Munerlyn told a woman
that she needed to wear a mask to stay in the store.
We read reports that that woman laughed,
went back to her car, however, her mother,
who was wearing a face mask, remained in the store.
She then, reportedly, begins yelling
and even spitting at Calvin, and because of that,
Calvin asks the cashier not to serve this woman.
She then storms out, gets in her car, she drives off,
but about 20 minutes later, that car drives back
into the parking lot and that woman's husband and son,
reportedly, get out of the car.
They walk into the store,
and according to surveillance footage,
her husband, Larry Teague, approaches Calvin.
Teague then starts yelling at Calvin,
telling Calvin that he disrespected the women
in Teague's family, and that, is when police say,
the woman's son, Ramonyea Bishop pulled out a gun
and shot Calvin in the head, killing him.
So, just a horrible, heart wrenching, tragic story,
but also incredibly notable
because it's the first public incidence
that we've seen of the extreme use of violence
over face masks.
Now, with this incidence, as of yesterday,
not only were Bishop and Teague charged
with pre-meditated first degree murder,
but also the mother here, Sharmel Teague,
she was also charged with the same crime.
Though notably, she's the only one
who's been arrested so far.
Both Bishop and Larry Teague are still at large.
And so that's where we are.
I mean, hopefully the police can find these two,
bring all three to justice,
because, I guess, just to not mince any words here,
to be straightforward, all three of these people
are worthless scumbags.
You've got Calvin, who's just simply trying to do his job.
He's trying to keep the employees
and the customers safe and feeling secure.
And now, because of these assholes,
a man, a husband, a father to eight children is dead.
And while, so far, this is an isolated incident,
I hope, I need, for the three here
to be made an example of
just to show any other worthless assholes
that might resort to violence
because their feelings got hurt
because they got called out
on being an inconsiderate asshole
that they will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
And then, let's talk about this very massive news
coming out of the Philippines connected
to President Duterte, everyone's favorite,
definitely not insane narcissist.
But today, the Philippine government
ordered the country's biggest news network, ABS-CBN
to stop operations, making this the first time
that a major broadcaster has been shut down
by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
And that move, coming after
the company's license expired yesterday
because the country's Congress failed to renew it,
and that's because, very notably here,
in the Philippines, it's Congress
that has the sole power to grant broadcast licenses,
and so what we ended up seeing here
is that the lower house, which is overwhelmingly stacked
with Duterte's allies refused to pass bills
that would renew ABS-CBN's permit.
Just think about it like if the Trump administration
could and decided to shut down FOX News or MSNBC.
Right, it's essentially the same idea,
because the scope that this network has is big,
if not actually even bigger.
The company itself has been around nearly 75 years
and, according to one report, ABS-CBN's TV channel
is watched by two out of every five Filipinos,
which is roughly 40 million people.
That's like if in the United States,
over 130 million Americans watched a news network,
and on top of that, the network
also runs a popular radio station
that has 25 percent share of the market,
also has a cable TV channel, and runs a subsidiary
that offers online content which are not included
in the shutdown order.
But, this is still incredibly significant
because it is, quite literally, the government deciding
to shut down the biggest TV news network
in the middle of a pandemic.
Right, and as of this morning, the Philippines
has reported over 9600 confirmed cases and 630 deaths.
Much of the population is under quarantine measures.
Also, last month Duterte ordered the police and military
to shoot and kill anyone who violated the lockdown
and according to reports, ABS-CBN was on the frontlines
of the pandemic throughout all of this,
reporting on hard topics
like the state of healthcare workers
and hunger under quarantine.
And on top of that, the network also said
that it gave relief goods
worth nearly six million dollars to about 600,000 families
that were under lockdown.
While this is obviously really big,
this is also not completely out of nowhere.
I mean, Duterte has been threatening to close ABS-CBN
since he took office in 2016 and, in fact,
his beef with the network goes back
even before he was president.
During the 2016 election, he accused the company
of refusing to run one of his political ads,
which they denied doing.
Since then, he's also accused the network
of tax evasion, also reportedly
calling its reporters sons of bitches
and accusing them of being spies.
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN has been closely and critically
documenting Duterte's so-called war on drugs,
which has killed thousands,
a move which, obviously angered him.
And so, as a result, Duterte has repeatedly said
that he would never sign a law
renewing ABS-CBN's broadcast license,
even reportedly telling the network's owners
that if they wanted a license,
they needed to sell the company,
which was a move that pushed many to believe
that he wanted an ally of his
to take over the leading broadcaster.
Then, seemingly in an effort to get Duterte
to back off, we saw ABS-CBN's president
apologize to Duterte in a congressional hearing,
and while Duterte accepted that apology,
he then said that license renewal was up to Congress,
which of course, was filled with his allies
who continued to hold up that process.
Now, that said, there seems to be some hope,
because the country's Department of Justice
and National Telecommunications Commission, the NTC,
had previously told Congress
that a temporary permit would be issued.
Right, and that was something that would allow the network
to continue operations after its license expired,
but, on Sunday, the government's top lawyer
threatened to charge the NTC with graft
if they gave ABS-CBN the temporary permit,
which they ended up not doing.
One of the top lawyers claimed that the NTC
doesn't have the power to give out those permits.
Others have pointed out that is exactly something
it has done a number of times before.
Right, so that was a move that got a lot of backlash,
even from some of Duterte's allies.
You had the Senate Majority Leader
calling the move "highly irregular", adding
"I know for a fact that there
are many stations operating on a provisional authority."
and adding,
"We can cite many instances when the NTC
granted a provisional authority
for those still applying for their franchises."
We also saw a lot of criticism from industry groups
and human rights activists, many who called it
an attack on press freedoms and freedom of speech.
Groups like the Foreign Correspondence Association
of the Philippines saying in a statement,
"ABS-CBN's indefatigable journalists
have fully embraced their role to provide the public
with vital information on the pandemic despite risks
to their health and safety.
The move is clearly a case of political harassment
against a pillar of Philippine democracy
that employs thousands of Filipinos whose livelihoods
are now at risk with the order."
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
also calling this a "brazen move to shut down ABS-CBN"
saying "that he intends to silence the critical media
and intimidate everyone else into submission."
Human Rights Watch also condemning the move
saying that the Solicitor General should
"stop acting like Duterte's attack dog."
But that said, unfortunately, this speaks
to a broader trend in the Philippines.
I mean, the Philippines was "once considered
to have the freest press in Asia",
but recently it has consistently been ranked
as one of the most dangerous countries
for journalists in the world.
And Duterte's administration has furthered
that hostile environment for reporters,
and Duterte, himself,
has openly threatened journalists and media outlets,
even making death threats against some reporters
and saying that no journalist should be exempted
from assassination.
But ultimately, that's where we are with the situation.
We have to wait to see what's gonna happen next,
because right now, ABS-CBN has ten days
to respond to the government's order
and explain why they should be allowed to stay open
and after that, according to reports,
a hearing will be set after the lockdown ends,
which, I mean, that could be a long time from now.
And yeah, I mention this not only because
it, by itself, is big news, not only because
this is not the first time that Duterte
has done something like this,
but also because it is a cautionary tale.
As one CBS report on this explained,
Maria Ressa, who was once a correspondent
for CNN International and now runs the Manila-based
online news service, Rappler,
she's now facing close to a dozen court cases,
with Ressa telling 60 Minutes last year
that she'd been threatened not just with imprisonment,
but rape and even death for her reporting
of Duterte's drug war.
And separately, Ressa told CBSN
that Duterte's policies were an attempt
to silence and manipulate the media
to pervert the course of democracy,
and she called it a cautionary tale
for the United States.
Because, as every country has had to figure out,
or will figure out in the future,
everything seems impossible that it could happen
where you live until it happens.
It's a slow lean and a slow push
and then it happens all at once.
But like I said, that's the story as it is now,
and of course, I pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts on this?
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