to sit down in. the moment. control. from. in the headlines this saturday morning democrats are pushing for a ministry of truth is the claim from critics of biden link politicians to further online free speech speaks to leading investigative journalist glenn greenwald about . their own leading. 1000000000 years of oligarchs and monopoly sort of valley and serve. the believers egypt's. majority of americans across political lines now believe the country's quote falling apart we get reaction to this shock new poll. you know that.

you have riots in the capital you have a president who's been impeached now wants for you. there is no moral compass. and a shift in vaccine advice in norway 13 die after receiving the pfizer but the country drugs agency says it's not a law. ted 0 one of the morning here good morning read and welcome to the program from moscow the 16th of january my name's kevin 0 in here for the next 30 minutes with the latest for you and starting with this a u.s. ministry of truth is what critics say democratic party lawmakers are gunning for after donald trump and thousands of his supporters were kicked off the major social media platforms i mean growing splits in american society politicians affiliated to president elect joe biden now want to clamp down on anything they brand this

information is the allegation kellam 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 well enough 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

a few 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 encounter and i don't think this is going to be much bigger just wanted to. focus solely on the. well it does but also. a much longer term around just an image over time. i 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 all the cards they love my. r.t. new york in the laces episode of up his own contact chris hedges them speaks at

length to investigative journalist glenn greenwald about the growing censorship powers of unelected tech exacts going to watch the full thing you can comb any time tomorrow that's when it streams from di are equally the way they are very much on board yet that and i have free speech. whatever they want to call it quits this terror is right when extremism to this is dangerous and it not only. their free speech be restricted i lost the congress which presumably have to be amended 1st man and put it oh and they're on their knees pleading with. billionaires an oligarchy and monopolist and so on it's on bally to censor in a 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 early 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 from a famously after known use relationship with president trump stood up and very ounce twitter's decision. to ban president trump from the popular myth includes chance for merkel who is a center right politician with him 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 up 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 to co-op resident 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 cos your court has the issue demands heard on twitter and within 70. 2 hours are 0 response from the internet 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 so-called belly out are

still exists from the outside of the realm of democratic accountability to operate no transparency and where it's. main time seems overwhelming majority of americans on both sides of the political spectrum now say the nation is quote for ling apart the findings from alarming new poll that some 80 percent of democrats independents and republicans somewhat or strongly agree the country is disintegrating so is that the view in the streets to well is a snapshot. mark. 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 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 the 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 as far as trying to impeach the ultra president is a childish. come a bit later in the program to corporate america appears to be playing its part in splitting up the country some of the biggest companies are pulling financial support just about any lawmaker who's currently been backing the president we talk about that in more detail than something different now health officials in norway are adjusting the code vaccination advice after the deaths of 13 elderly people possibly from side effects of been given a dose of the phase a vaccine or those who died for care 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 the pfizer vaccine in late december and then on friday rolled out the modernity vaccine to nursing home residents on the priority list since then 29 people have reported to have been suffering from side effects after getting the pfizer jab but the national medicines regulator insists it's not alarmed by the numbers being the risks are low except among the most frail of patients and people with underlying health issues experts we spoke to agreed to that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks but the caution is needed for the most vulnerable. if we all sort of in norway believe that there may be a problem 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 5 is

a back seat is one of the 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 me 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 and 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 there are so many people have gotten this vaccine and not had a huge crowd because i still haven't seen any legitimate evidence that this vaccination in the risk of the vaccination outweighs that then it's at this point in. this sort of having a breakfast right now but the cheap healthy the nutritious and they're easy on the environment good these days them but would that be enough to convince you to

mealworms 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 the e.u. to decide whether the beatles love a carrot in fact be served up. it's 1st european food safety just a risk assessment of a new suit doesn't all food going to be the way for the 1st word approval or risk of dilution is a does. 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 that if it whets your appetite the e.u.'s food and agriculture agency says insects are a good source of protein and fiber for a start their big benefit for the planet too is that their production is sustainable causes for less greenhouse gas emissions and there's also a risk of much lower risk of the spread of animal to human diseases with cold at the moment that couldn't be better news so far so good that but research has point to inconclusive studies too which still leaves something of

a sour taste which will look at now more works needed they say on allergies for a start like many insects meal worms contain katyn as well which is perfectly safe for most of us to eat but it's also found in shellfish because that's a big no no for some allergic diners but perhaps the biggest no no the wriggling which might put off some of the more sensitive european pilots end of the day is what these things actually are there are cognitive reasons derived from our social and cultural experiences this still called yuck factor that makes the thought of eating insects repellents to many year of beans 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. nicaea and talk to campaigners on sustainable farming poverty and animal rights to see if they've got any beef about eating bugs. we've got a rising population globally we have real real concerns about food security i think

the issue is about having a 3rd that's sustainable 'd that is a thought of all has relatively negative impacts so i think the insect option is one as very much of navigating insects is just serve perpetrates yes these are to me it is necessary in the end because certain cities are needs so if i'm with the matter of going for jobs or in which we have to divide our meat consumption my niece or her old times like we have to needs in terms less meat because it is sufficiently cowers are very carbon intensive the majority of current footprint of animal or culture comes from remove them so they chose cheap i think that a lot of been brought in but let's think the cow is worth but the environment recent research on oxford university suggested that the calculations that agriculture organization the u.n. organization has made about the contribution that ruminant animals that's cows and

sheep make towards climate change is being exaggerated so actually if we factor in the way it which house great the pasture could contribute towards locking up carbon in the store that cancels out then we 'd they visions i'm committee with me well because i used to use them for fishing bait and to treat my pets where as a boy and it's it's good that the european regulators say sake but i don't personally fancy it i'm stuck with a little bit of the yuck factor simply i don't think they're going to part called a major part of the future diet of 21st century humanity i think we really just didn't review this illusion that people have problems with insects in the market is approaching many people that by approaching sharif's across europe at the moment you get a protein drink which says it contains protein. that protein is produced. more

and more people are beginning to see. also want to know you can. chocolate flavored and ginger flavored. locusts and all small she things i don't think it's an action of why all of it is just a matter of it's coming down already here and if they won't give it a trendy name it will be come something but more people except in the go-go's. head of the program. it's international this weekend we appreciate it here by the way brazil's health minister admits health has quote collapsed in the country's amazon region overwhelmed right now by a lack of equipment and. in one of the worst hit.

you know this is a theme that native markets can attract investors who are investing in destruction of their own country or their own communities it's like. the business model of the mafia you know when they burn down a restaurant and they collect on the insurance etc. the world is driven by a dream shaped by our own person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask.

18 minutes past the hour and join us corporations are pulled financial support from politicians who spoke out in favor of donald trump than despite those firms themselves of them having pumped huge sums into the president's party previously. the looks of corporate america's efforts them to fit in with the incoming democratic administration. don't trump free fall from 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

vets the crowd that you are in apart from being heckled is that nazi having a trump sign 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 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 200-2004 unto 1016 elections democrats cried foul and contested the outcomes as is that constitutional right. don't remember nike pulling its millions than that's 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 be amazon 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 mark 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 cancelled counseling being something holy is generally not a fan of this could not be more william 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 wads which would probably be making 8 caps lock parents it's. unparalleled to see the democrat party acting like such sore winners instead of celebrating and instead moving forward with their agenda they've instead 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 dimia they have all a big business and they won the election all bets are off. i'm from south america this next news some a true because unable to cope oxygen shortages for covert patients that only a fraction of the medics needed to treat the huge influx in brazil's amazon region the countries the 2nd was tents in the world off to the u.s. with hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the pandemic brazil's health minister now admits health care in the area as quote collapsed.

the plague we have lived through a moment a foreign panic the pandemic came back to me now so many times on the trauma that it's also people are losing that left lung this face strategy canal 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. even as we seek the facts and it will hurt it will take a while so we know the numbers as soon as he is found while some close friends like to see. the entire dutch government's resigned over scandal in which thousands of families were turned torn apart up to be wrongly accused of child benefit fraud administrative error is so heavy handed tax officials go off to households mistakenly forcing them to significant welfare payments has caused a lot of trouble as he shouted bensky 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 rejected ministration that we're all partly responsible for want happened now this all began back in 2012 when parents were regarded as. tax dorothy's and this was 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 was families that had dual nationality it seemed to be well guarded with particular suspicion at just because of that one lawyer representing about $600.00 of the family says that this was ethnic profiling never nor was being implemented it was said it was poor with an eye pool meaning they were looking up 6 people while the individual circumstances family's loss that they are allowing sometimes with no reason given to them and other families who do already received benefits

for being hounded then 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 for payments 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 status 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 leave his current administration but he's not only what made me a gay take n.p.n. telepaths a new code. listen is supported by can happen before those elections in march but he's also going to remain in party's leader despite the fact that he says that he

is sort of shaken own fit this scandal that some already questioning how postini 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 house has been incorrectly and incompletely informed about this but it's some believe bill even those responsible gun senior being party leaders well mocker just says he will be staying on in the uk a 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 which has a study to 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 with bonum and 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 to those elections in march but it is yet to be seen how this scandal crucially might impact that. and charlotte n.c. wrapping up this program so far this saturday but with more in just over half an hour again with any more updates as they happen on the next programs for you in your particular part of the world tailor made for you coming up after this break thanks for watching out international for me and the team behind me here in the newsroom have a great weekend. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the

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