in the headlines this saturday morning u.s. democrats pushing for a ministry of truth is the claim from critics appalling politicians but the guy go online free speech speaks to leading investigative journalist glenn greenwald. there on the leading. 1000000000 years of all the guards in my novel sort of belly sir in the way that people believe is egypt. the vast majority of americans across political lines now believe the country's quote forming a pop we get reaction to that shock new poll than. you know that. you have rights in the capital you have a president who has been impeached now for you. there is no moral compass.

shift in vaccine advice in norway is 13 people receiving the 5 is a jew but the country's drugs agency says it's not salaam. good morning and welcome to the program from moscow the 16th of january money and kevin owen delighted to be here with you for the next half an hour to take you through those headlines in a bit more detail you can stay with me that 1st the u.s. ministry of truth is how it's being described this war critics say democratic party lawmakers a gunning for after donald trump and thousands of his supporters were kicked off the major social media platforms a growing splits in american society politicians affiliated to president elect joe biden now want to clamp down on anything they brand this information open reports.

the congresswoman who is known by her initials is seen as a rising star in the democratic party a o c is all about diversity social justice and protecting civil liberties she communicates with her adoring public primarily through social media with thousands sharing her tweets and live streams why do we need to change people's well being and ability to survive for yet another corporate bailout we need to get the relief of going out our elected officials offices. and demanding believe no holding back there but it seems that now alexandria cortez's a ok with media censorship we're going to have to figure out. how we rate in our media environment so that you can't just disinformation and misinformation so bridle the news media and teach people how to properly consume

news now you can see where this is heading for a o.c.s. critics let's unpack this proposal she wants to basically establish a ministry of truth we've all read 1904 and you know to determine what is truth and what is not so who sits on this committee exactly i'm curious that she's talking about is fine for a member of congress to blast the media president trump has been known to do that now and again but i don't want some federal commission deciding what is false but what a.o. c. wants the government to do is already being done by social media's gatekeepers donald trump and his closest supporters have been taken off of social media one by one facebook has even banned any reference to stop the steal the catch phrase donald trump supporters used when they said they felt the election was rigged against them and they're finding online hangouts to be much harder to come by at this point we've seen twitter's rival parlor drop from the app stores before being shut down by amazon completely twitter c.e.o.

jack dorsey was caught on tape suggesting this is just the beginning we know we are focused on one and don't think this is going to be much bigger just wanted to focus solely on. the real world but also. a much longer term around just an image over time. that don't believe this is going away and politicians have long been accused of being slow on the digital uptake but they seem to be learning 1st hand who really has the power over what we hear see and read in these increasingly polarized times mean that open conversation is needed more than ever but the billionaires who hold the keys now have c all the cards they love my. and r.t. new york and in the latest episode of artes on contact chris hedges speaks at length and to investigative journalist glenn greenwald about the growing censorship powers of unelected tech executives who want to watch the whole thing you can

tomorrow sunday all day. i party clearly it's the way they are in my trunk or yeah that and i have free speech. whatever they want to call it quits and this terror is right when extremism because it's simply too dangerous and it not only should the free speech be restricted i lost the congress which presumably have to be amended 1st man and put it well and they're on their knees pleading with. billionaires an oligarchy and monopolist and so it's on bally to censor in the way that they believe is politically advantageous if you want to go on twitter and post a link to the new york post reporting on which contain a lot of information about what joe biden was doing in ukraine when he was doing i don't have a presidential front runner you couldn't even post a link to

a band if he spoke our it lee announced through a longtime democratic party operative now works as a spy are never going to suppress the spread of that story that was stunning intervention on the part of silicon valley let's talk about removing donald trump from social media platforms i think even the shopping was of the shopping network i mean and why that's dangerous a dangerous precedent i've been really interesting. that numerous world leader including one famously after known use relationship with president trump stood up and very ounce twitter's decision. to ban president trump from the popular met includes chance for merkel who is a center right politician with you know trump has argued and bickered almost entire presidency why because they're extremely concerned that these private ackman

awfully who they cannot battle the e.u. has been trying to break out to go out and break out they spoke for years and he simply can't do search you are all are also coming from their democracies and they know that it facebook and twitter can cause a trauma from accessing the internet they know it could be done to them as well and to their countries as well they simply destroyed it computing platform at the urging of people a congressman roe conn congresswoman alexander across your test the issue demands heard on twitter and within 70. 2 hours are our response from year net so it doesn't understand why this is so dangerous. our ability to organize on the internet to be heard is concentrated and the number of stars can barely out are still exists from the outside of the realm of democratic accountability who operate no transparency and with no limits. an

overwhelming majority of americans on both sides of the political spectrum no say the nation is quote falling apart the findings were alarming new poll that some 80 percent of democrats independents and republicans somewhat or strongly agree that the country is disintegrating so is that the view of the streets too here's a snapshot. i'm playing the part. you know that. everything you know about the. people and you have 400000 individuals americans dying from coronavirus you have millions of people unemployed you have a business is falling for bankruptcy you have rights in the capital you have a president who's been impeached not once but for you. there is no moral compass. and we can't play issues between current president and the president coming it's

not a very. easy switch over i think a kind of what the current. president biden is doing its part trying to impeach he'll try to help president. bush. just like you know to come up with a program bit later corporate america appears to be playing its part in splitting up the country to some of the biggest companies pulling financial support from just about any law making president trump a covering that. shortly. this next though health officials in norway are adjusting the vaccination advice after the deaths of 13 elderly people possibly from side effects of been given a dose of the fires of all those who died because home residents aged over 80 it seems that some of these patients get such severe side effects in the form of fever and malays that it can make a very serious illness even more serious which may lead to death. norway launched

its covert immunization program with a pfizer vaccine in late december and on friday rolled out the mcgurn of vaccine to nursing home residents are on the priority list since then 29 people have reported to have been suffering side effects after getting the pfizer jab but the national medicines regulator insists it's not alarmed by the numbers adding the risks are low except among the most frail of patients and people with underlying health issues experts we spoke to agree that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks but the caution is needed for the most vulnerable. so you feel for it is in no way believe that there may be a problem that it's right to be cautious that vaccine should only ever really be given to people who would fit well in any case if somebody who's seriously. frail. really got me to think about giving them a back seat i think the 5 is a back seat is one of terms of its effectiveness initially at least

seems to be one of the best roxy on the market but how long will it last for remains to be seeing but it is a good vaccine there is nothing wrong with it i don't think it's nothing to worry about i think i think that the scientists and the medical community in norway as well as the world community should look at those depths and see if there's something that they had in common there is a concern but i think at this point and so many people have gotten this vaccine and not had major problems i still haven't seen any legitimate evidence that this vaccination and the risk of the vaccination outweighs the dentist at this point you know. so but this is brett 1st but they're cheap they're healthy they're nutritious and easy on the environment most of all do would that be enough to convince you to add meal worms to your daily

diet the european food safety authority has done research which says they are safe for humans to eat it's now up to e.u. members to decide whether or not the beetle luvvie can be served up. this 1st european food safety just a risk assessment of a new suit does normal food going to be the way for the 1st e.u. word approval or risk of dilution is a disservice if the necessary step in the regulation of normal foods by supporters and policymakers in the e.u. in making science because decisions and ensuring the safety of consumers so it helps to whet your appetite the un's food and agriculture agency says insects are a good source of protein and fiber for a start the big benefit for the planet is that their production causes far less greenhouse gases and emissions they're far more sustainable there's also a much lower risk of the spread of animal to human diseases and bear another moment code at the moment so far so good them but researchers point to inconclusive studies which still leave something of a sour taste which is what we look at next 1st up more work is needed they say on

allergies like many insects meal worms contain kited which is perfectly safe for most of us to eat also found in shellfish which of course that was a big no no for some allergic diners but another wriggling doubt there which might put off the more sensitive european palettes there are cognitive reasons derived from our social and cultural experiences the so-called yuck factor that makes the thought of eating insects repellents to many europeans with time and exposure is such entities again change lower costs and prices could enhance food security and new demand will open economic opportunities to but these could also affect existing sectors. karen told the campaigners about sustainable farming poverty animal rights to see if they have any beef about eating bugs now. and it's it's good that the european regulators say sake but that doesn't mean say it's right or sustainable in

my opinion and i know this is controversial i think we're much better off eating the animals which can graze the pastures which predominates in europe and aligning on top with sustainable production systems that's the crucial thing it's not about the cows it's about how well they are moving to insects or whether they would be tempted to just produce meat cheaper and cheaper and the cost would be cruelty to land was more negative impact farmland and i think that's an area where i'm concerned it would be better for a younger well for want of young charles ours and his. new found anywhere. from a just a welfare perspective to better themselves rather than ask for them to vote for a clone or suspect it's the worst soul train of 2 you know birds we have to devote to consumption i don't think that's right actually i think that

a lot of environmentalist think the cow is worse but the environment recent research an oxford university has suggested that the calculations that could agriculture organization the u.n. organization has made about the contribution that ruminant and what that's cows and sheep make s'mores climate change is being exaggerated so actually if we factor in the way it which house grazing pasture could contribute towards locking up carbon in the soil that cancels out then we think that missions cows may even be carbon positive and therefore part of the solution if we want to eat a sustainable diet give me grass spread. any time over be able we've got to realize. we have. about food security we have very real issues around. lawyer walter going through which we have to keep in mind that the number of insects killed per let's say virtual room food is where you saw

in the case of little worms might be a little bit different because i mean we're not quite as intelligent as other insects such as but so in c. in c. and many more insects let's say one cow which can lay your several 100 of your grandmother's meats. artefactual morning ahead of the program brazil's health minister admitting health care is quote collapse there in the country's amazonian region they're overwhelmed right now like so many other places around the world by a lack of equipment and doctors in one of the territories worst hit by coven. you know this is a theme that is awesome fascinating how markets can attract investors who are

investing in destruction of their own country or their own communities it's like similar to the business model of the mafia you know when they burn down a restaurant and they collect the insurance extender. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic development the only really exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. join me every 1st week simon sure. i'm sure. i'll see you then.

join us corporations and pull financial support from politicians who spoken out in favor of donald trump despite the firms themselves having pumped huge sums into the president's party previously. taylor looks next to corporate america's efforts to fit in with the incoming democratic administration. don't trump free fall from the american president to enemy number one is always complete but it turns out guilty by association too if you voted for trump you voted for the person who claimed supported you voted for the person who nazis support you voted for the person who the all right supports that's the crowd that you're in a problem being heckled is that nazi having a trump find a new yard might cost you your twitter account but for lawmakers on the hill

loyalty to the president has come at a much higher price over we're not yet making contributions at this point in the election cycle nike's political action committee will not support any member of congress who ignores these principles of democracy including those who voted to decide if ideal actual college results for some it was news that mike even donated to the red tape and they did $150000.00 in 2020 while the democrats got handed over a 1000000 so besides being a monster crossan jumping on the gun nike's move was also a mosque across in forgetting that when your going to take the moral high ground you better make sure you will clean as some whistle yourself nike uses slave labor politicians should be refusing their donations like anyone cares nike got rich off the backs and sweat of child labor and pittance wages in asia all good americans should refuse to support them or accept any donations from them and you also better

make sure you're consistent i'm sure that the osa guts of donations to the democrats that objected to the electoral college vote in 2016 asking for a friend after the 200-200-4016 elections democrats cried foul and contested the outcomes as is that constitutional right. don't remember nike pulling its millions than fox because it didn't and neither did any of the dozens of other companies that have now decided the constitution is wrong and republicans need to be taught a lesson disney wal-mart and be imus and general electric morgan stanley the list goes on some have even gone a step further and asked for a refund take josh hawley to fossella to commit to objecting he's been asked by greeting cards giant who want to pay back past donations season's greetings

seditionist we want our money back who is also being called on to resign and had a contract for an upcoming book canceled counseling being something holy is generally not a fan of this could not be more than let me be clear this is not just a contract dispute it's a direct assault on the 1st amendment only approved speech can now be published this is the left looking to cancel everyone they don't approve of we'll never know of course but i'm guessing that if trump was still on twitter around about now with the words * which would probably be making a caps lock parents it's. unparalleled to see the democrat party acting like such sore winners instead of celebrating and instead of moving forward with their agenda they've become even more slight full and nastier than they were during the 4 years of trim if this is what it's going to be like everyone should be terrified their mission now is the engines and blood and i think people are rightly

scared you know these people have absolutely the entire media and big tech industrial complex in their pockets and all i can d.b.l. they have all a big business and they've won the election all bets are off. good news coming in from south america cemetery because unable to cope oxygen shortages for patients only a fraction of the medics needed to treat the huge influx in brazil's amazon region the country's the 2nd was to to the world off the us with hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the pandemic brazil's health minister not admitting health care in the area has quote collapsed.

if you believe we have lived through the moment a foreign panic the pandemic came back to me now sometimes on the trail also people are losing their loved ones this face is tragic in our capital. there were only 4 doctors here yesterday and over 70 patients in this room and there were 12 patients in 2 treated where my mother was being treated. we really have to work hard to keep up with the flow it's not easy but we're trying

to take care of people. so even if you see the facts it will work it will take a while so we know the numbers do not he's found while some close friends looks like. they'd todd dutch governments resigned over scandal in which thousands of families were torn apart after being wrongly accused of child benefit fraud administrative errors so heavy handed tax officials go after households mistakenly forcing them to significant welfare payments to penske reports. it is already offered his resignation it to the king in the netherlands and that report said that it was both the government that he presided over at this time but also the previous rigid administration that we're all partly responsible for want happened now this all began back in 2012 when parents were regarded as fools despite the tax

dorothy's and this is because they had sometimes just incorrectly filled out documents so when one part of the report that said some people missed signatures almost reports now strangely enough it was families that had dual nationality that seemed to be well guarded with particular suspicion at just because that fact at one point presenting about 600 all of the family says that this was ethnic profiling never nor was being implemented it was said it was poor with an eye and cool meaning they were looking up 6 people well in individual circumstances families loss that they are allowing sometimes with no reason given to them and other families who directed received benefits were being held at them for the money to be paid back thousands and thousands of families impacted as we mentioned but the toll for many of these posts that this false accusation demands from claims essentially just too much the enormous strain was one of the reasons i got divorced

the tax office is very powerful without going to judge they dry you out they came to my house and took my refrigerator they took away my car they took 40 percent of my salary under the pressure of an overheated political need to fight fraud parents were falsely branded as willful proud stars the victims were powerless against powerful institutions of the rule of law and did not receive the protection they deserved well marketing has said the buck essentially stops with his current administration but he's not only home made me a gay take n.p.n. telepaths a new cold. listen is supported by can happen before those elections in march but he's also going to remain in parties to lead in spite of the fact that he says that he is part of shaping the belief in this scandal that some already costuming health policy need just like we don't want presided over the scandal can remain in the journal rightly so the good minute resigns innocent people have been criminalized

their lives destroyed and the college has been incorrectly and incompletely informed about this but it's some believe bill if those responsible continue to be in party leaders well margaret just says he will be staying on and that can take the capacity it all down mainly to maintain the situation surrounding $1000.00 pandemic we felt the need to step down because of the extreme seriousness of the report by the bottom of the committee and which has started and thorley and in-depth what happened and we came to the conclusion that it's an affordable and that we stepped down and at the same time that we are still capable we think with full support of parliament we respectfully ask for support requests for the support him we think we will get it of course within the parameters of all the debates and discussions we will have respondent to be effective in fighting to come across it

well he's an immediate response ability and it did seem contrite in that press conference all friday afternoon and so far his party still is polling high ahead of elections in march but it is yet to be seen how this scandal crucially light impact that. that's it so far this saturday i'm going to selection of programs tell of a few in your part of the world after the break you are not international but for now just after 28 minutes past the hour we have to go to work it is the day of a great week. aesop's fables caution us to be careful what we wish for because it might just come true after 4 years of donald trump the democrats are trying infinitely retaking power in the united states is a cause for celebration or concern. so

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