oh, what's driving the obesity epidemic? it's a noun. they spooks. parents, company admits sink cause it's 3rd party. funk checks on nothing more than opinions, appealing, further allegations of bias and censorship on social media. journalist lawmakers say that they're being treated like suspected terrorists such as revealed the u. s. government run checks on them using some of the countries most sensitive databases with the us inflation rate setting new records americans are being advised by their media to splash their savings before they deem value. further at tip that is angered the already hard up, pretty much everything universally cost smart. there's haunted again, like even little products like napkins and cups and all that stuff. so it's kind of bad.

ah, good morning. great, happy company here on our t international where we will start this out with breaking news story coming out of hong kong, where hundreds of people are reportedly trapped on the roof of the shopping center . this is after a fire broke out the firefighters are attending at the scene, and a video posted on social media seems to show dozens of people waiting on the roof. some reports came up to 350 people could be trapped inside the building. will bring you updates on that story. as we get them facebook uses may have to reassess the information that they've been getting from the site after a parent company mentor admitted in court, so called fact checks are based merely on opinion. revelation came during the legal

battle initiated by journalist after his post been flagged is misleading, so sky taylor has the story. turns out the famous fact checkers who are busy labeling things false, partly false, misleading. i've actually been a bit loose with, well, the facts. facebook yet again, found itself in court. this time up against a john list. he didn't like the day slapped a partly full sticker on one of his post. so he sued for defamation. i'm because facebook where he spent millions of dollars on legal fees over the years, it got creative this time and claimed that front checkers don't decide what's false . so not based on fact, what a ridiculous idea, but on their opinion, hence the title fact checker. and because opinion in america is sacred, you can't sue it. it's a very, very nifty loophole. but just to really escape any liability whatsoever. facebook doubled down on how it gives it fact checkers. a very long leash,

though meta identifies potential misinformation, for fact, check is to review and rate it leaves the ultimate determination whether information is full so misleading to the fact checkers. and though meta has designed its platforms so that fact checker ratings appear next to content that the fact check is, have reviewed and rated. it does not contribute to the substance of those ratings. now you won't find any of these details in the giant fact checking section on facebook dot com. instead, you'll learn about how they interview full says and consult data and look for facts, you know, to really drive home. the point about how it's all based on opinion. i think some of it's 3000000000 uses worldwide, want very pleased. after all, many of them had probably used these facts when arguing with our friends. and now it's turned out they would just quoting some random person's opinion. i've been embarrassing railing, so that campaigning for facebook not to be let off the hook. court filing. facebook

admits its fact checkers. don't check facts. is facebook admitted here that it's fact checks are not really fact checks at all, but merely opinion assertions also by facebook clement it's labels constitute opinions than doesn't that make it a publisher. facebook, your opinion piece is not exempt from being fact checked, even when they are clearly labeled as op eds or editorials. also, facebook are fact check labels can not be false or defamatory because they consist sheet protected opinion, even though we present them. as fact. my question though is, what does facebook need these opinionated fact checkers for anyway, after all, over the years, it's proved, it's committed to free speech. it loves giving people a voice, especially don't come. it's dedicated to openness, transparency, and of course, democracy. i mean, it says all the time your democracy can't tolerate the speech of people. i'm not sure what kind of democracy it is. i do believe in giving people more access to information and more access to connect with one another and not reserving those as

tools for some small number of a lead people. i don't feel comfortable at all saying they don't get to have a voice because i don't agree with. they said our ability to know what is misinformation is itself in question. and i think reasonably so fact checkers. facebook favorite friends protecting it from defamation, setting it free for accountability, someone to hide behind and times of trouble, but most importantly, always ready to get their opinion. facebook has found themselves back against the wall and if they try to cling to the idea that they are fact checking in court, they're going to lose. and not only is it gonna cost them big time, but it's gonna open the door to a flood of similar lawsuit in the near future. and it could be more than they can handle. i think they're hoping that by admitting that fact, jack just means opinion jack, when facebook puts a label on there, hoping to get out of this lawsuit without harm. and then just sink the story into the daily fountain of news events and hope people forget about it. in due time and

in the, in the future, you'll see changes in their labels. they'll stop using the word fact and they'll come up with some other way to express it where they still exercise their dictatorship right to control speech on their platform. but it won't be a false presentation like the word fact jack is false. ah, more analysis and insight into the facebook revelations coming out of the matter court case. just a click away for you that and a lot of other stories available had r t dot com in the us journalists to pushing back against government surveillance after it was revealed homeland security. had secretly obtained information on reporters congress members and possibly even members of their own staff. my reading database checks normally reserved for suspected terrorists. he said to press his report was one of those targeted is demanding answers where deeply concerned about this apparent abusive power. this appears to be an example of journalists being targeted for

simply doing their jobs, which is a violation of the 1st amendment of the center of the uproar, a special unit in st customs and border protection called counter network division . a reportedly gather data on 20 journalists season sensitive databases. the revelation has prompted condemnation on just from media workers, but also lawmakers to if true, this abuse of government surveillance powers to target journalists, elected officials, and their stuff is deeply disturbing. if multiple government agencies were aware of this conduct and took no action to stop it, there needs to be serious consequences for every official involved and department of homeland security and the justice department must explain what actions they're taking to prevent this unacceptable conduct in the future or the department of homeland security insisted it is deeply committed to ensuring the protection of 1st amendment rights, namely freedom of speech. and the press. journalist and commentator chadwick moore

told us though, that americans have been spied on for a long time by their governments deeply shocking and chilling, actually to put it more accurately. but this is also nothing really new. and this is something that. a transcends administration that transcends democrat and republican administrations, and there's absolutely no reason why someone from a government should be looking at your bank records, who you're emailing your travel records, it goes spot a mentally against everything that this country stands for and that's in our constitution. so it doesn't matter if you have something to hide or not, it's wrong and it should be a legal, i probably is a legal and it's not, it's a representative of the values of this country. and people and journalists are being deceived. and this is all been funded by our government. it seems like congress should be able to do something about it. they won't. you put up quotes from congress, people who are saying we're deeply concerned. i don't think anything will happen. might be, i don't know if it's too far to say that maybe because these agencies have every bit of dirt. they cannot members of congress,

maybe congress people are frightened to come out against these agencies and its elegant services in any kind of meaningful way that's possible. but congress could absolutely do something, but they haven't, and i don't think they will clash of cultures as seen, denmark's ex immigration minister jailed. she was sentenced to 2 months for legally separating refugee couples in 2016. and the danish little couples can only marry from 18, but 2 in the mind can tries his skills, as you know, his 15 legally married back at home arrived in denmark. the then minister ordered the young wife to be separated from the husbands. and danish quote will though that that was unlawful because the decision was made without consideration of individual circumstances. in castilla book says she was only trying to protect children and has no regrets. yes, minette. yeah, cuz i see it. yeah. i can only see that i am very, very surprised by despair. dick and it is, as it were, the only scenario i had not prepared for before. well,

because i thought it was completely unrealistic. mean, but here we are, and i take my punishment and they do it without bending my neck. oh no. oh boy. magna said, oh no, there is nothing over that. so i mean, simply one has a moral and compassionate obligation to protect the girls, and that was what i did august debated whether the danish ex minister's decision was justified or not to me. nobody is above the law is as simple as that. and she has been only sentence for 2 months, not for 2 years. and we also know that she will not go to the present. you can maybe get us trapped on her leg, you know, and that is, that would be that i think the lessons learned from this is obviously there is a lack of proportionality, a on behalf of the davis minister. but also i think on behalf of your tool, because we're talking about 23 people. so i don't think our mom

sentence, most of the girls who are in this 24 cases give our 1617 so they were not child. right. like 5 years, 6 years, 7 years and more girls were already married with these campers and to separate those people. i think that if she wanted to do something human, she should have gone to the court and some come pretend expert who had given her some good advice. but she didn't do that. i think they didn't take it out. they, they sent us. there is a good time to check that i just read why she might go slightly wrong in my food and how i got members also having a common time since syria which is contributing to so many of them coming to denmark didn't know that that they didn't know what became as a challenge, you know,

the loss of the land. they were running for their lives in the country. they were seeking asylum somewhere and it came to the denmark. and if she was so worried about them, then she the minister would have done something more humane. talk to them and explain to them. well, i think if you go by what she said, she said she is defending daily. these are protecting child bodies. is that the material one day or one you suggest a matter of subjecting those more people who are seeking this hello and, and the government and the minister is subjecting them to cancel unbearable pressure. and that is that i think personally for me is absolutely terrible. so the main reason people come from sherry, i'd say to places like the denmark and the u. j is the all 4 economic sanctions which hit literally on my so you never passing me today. repeat your

name exceptions and then maybe it's a little bit more bearable. consumer prices are hating new highs in america with inflation reaching a for decade peak early this year. recent media device to us citizens to spend, spend, spend before the savings, the value hasn't gone down well, especially among, already strapped for cash. consumers overwhelmed by the soaring cost of living. everything costs more, the grocery stores of pretty much everything. universally costs more. everything's got up gas. ah, food, everything. so it's not good. i'm a small, you know, black home business owner and all the prices are my products. i have a coffee shop in brooklyn, in prime grand coffee and like all the, all the beans or more expensive and it's harder to get like even little products

like napkins and cups and all those stuff. so it's kind of bad, you know, with prices on almost all goods and services rising. some media have come up with some advice that isn't going down too well. they say copy inflation, ravage argentina and simply blow all your money before it evaporates in high inflation economy. money that sits in the bank is losing value each day. those $100.00 and deposit by a little bit less. as a result, many argentines spend their paychecks as soon as they receive them, cards in a way, weeks worth of groceries in a single shopping trip. even if some of it excess me chicken fish, will sit in the freezer for months. so won't work offers asked to spend more. that's as consumer inflation costs of jump 6.8 percent the highest and 41 years. it's not the only example in a recent washington post article, a leading columnist aptly suggested, not expecting very much. rather than leaving constantly on the verge of throwing

the fit and risk and taken it out on the la welm service, struggling shop owners later ivan delivered it. people would do all the selves a favor by consciously lowering expectations. a recent article from walks recommended reducing holiday requests in order to not feel the crunch of by nomics . the mission to my last with more intention is achievable for everyone. especially aflac shop is it's incumbent and americans, the wealthiest people in the well to come back, come and be critical of their consumption. many c biden's policies as being directly to blame job aiden seems bored of explaining how he sees it. not too interested in defending his actions. if we were all going out and have lunch together and i said, let's ask whoever, whoever's in the next table, no matter how. we're what restaurant really haven't had them explained the supply chain to us. we can understand what's what we're talking about. now, at this point, 60 percent of americans blame joe biden for the crisis. but mainstream media seems

to disagree and tell them they should blame themselves, not the people leading the country. there's nothing that upsets american voters more than having to pay for ever higher prices that are going up dramatically by to mr. trisha can try to blame the energy companies in private. this is all they want, but it's all happening on his watch. and i expect that the democrats are going to pay a very serious price for this and the next election, if we make it that long, we don't know what inflation is going to be at. by that time, i'm very much afraid that, that we're going to be facing a reckoning of without any kind of historical precedent and anybody's lifetimes. take from an amazon work it kills during its own either reveal the company refused to let it go home. despite an imminent risk long john is now being investigative of misconduct for you that story after the short break

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theirs sinks. we dare to ask ah ah welcome back rampant western speculation about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. this problem to the french army, paid to tell this channel to shut up shop in europe. she says there's no need for artes alleged propaganda, as there are enough, quote, useful idiots about to spread the kremlin message. shouldn't now go say i would like to give a piece of advice to russia to day. you can save money and close your offices in europe. some european politicians are doing your work perfectly well by

systematically spreading, cramming propaganda, and i would like to tell you crane not to worry because these useful idiots remain in minority in europe. and they must absolutely remain in minority cuz this message seems to be very much in team. what we're hearing from many you politicians who are keen at the moment to show their teeth against russia. this is in natalie luez o, who's also a member of emmanuel makins on the move party here in france. and this is somebody who'd probably describe herself as being thoroughly european to the core and anti russian. now on the one hand and natalie, you assume must be somebody who would say that she defends the idea of freedom of speech and expression to the core. but it does seem as if that only extends to the type of freedom of speech that she agrees with. and actually just a quick fact check here for madame luez or the name of the channel is r t at not russia today. so apart from the fact that she is unhappy with what she sees as

politicians from the left and the right side of the political spectrum in europe saying that russia has a right to a point to view that russia has a right to question. when nato doesn't keep its promise, is that begs a question. does she think that if need to renew legs on commitment, said it's made that that should be swept under the carpet. and all of this comes at a time when the e was ramping up. the threats against russia, including increasing sanctions against individuals, and it claims that the country is primed to make an invasion of ukraine now for weeks, if not months or has been speculation and allegations that russia is amassing troops on its border, but not much. if anything said about the fact that ukraine has also been amassing many troops on its border to this also comes at a time when nato is suggesting, once again, that ukraine could be about to ascend to the alliance. something that russia has

warned time and time again that it sees as being a clear threat. moscow has also accused cape of not just a massing troops on its border, but also beefing up its army with modern technology. and it says that kia but the moment is purposely exacerbating the situation. it's richard me for us, for the of a round of threats towards russia, warnings or threats. we absolutely understand the position and there is no need to repeat it 10 times. what we would like their position to be more balanced. if we're talking about the need for the escalation, ukraine, we want to see calls for kia to stop the provocative activities on the demarcation line. now, while the hawks are soaring and squawking about this idea that there is a war brewing right now, some you leaders a counseling at that that could be a self fulfilling prophecy. and that comes with a big warning, particularly from french president and manual mac one who says that that could come

to pass if it's something that we keep speculating about. and he said that the primary goal right now should be to avoid any unnecessary tensions. it seems that natalie luez though, didn't get that memo in the us. kentucky's governor has confirmed 74. people have died after one of the states deadliest tornado events. adding that he does expect that number to rise. and it's because surround a 100 people remain missing. children as young as just 2 months old are among those last to the disaster. tornado sweat through a number of states hit in kentucky, the hardest, the death toll overall stands at 88 the mile in neighboring illinois, 6, amazon workers were left dead after tornado. that swept through one of its warehouses of federal investigation into workplace safety has been opened as employees of accused the company failing to provide enough training on how to

during a tornado. one of the victims apparently notified his girlfriend that the company wouldn't let him leave. the woman said that she received the text message 16 minutes prior to the storm hating, which might have been enough time for him to get home to safety. and it was the last text she received from him. well, amazon says it is assisting with the investigation and that training is mandatory and its facilities critic so say not enough time is spent on preparing workers and especially so during the busy holiday season, the company itself has promised to donate a $1000000.00 to help rebuild the devastated local community. the political commentator nika house believes that amazon should have done law by amazon managerial staff. and edward vill, illinois knew that the tornadoes were coming, because, well, they admitted they got alerts. us through various apparatus is like text messages and phone calls and even more so even more so they had advance notice not that

day, but days ahead. it also probably me that the amazon managerial st staff should have been taking precaution, given that the national weather service made it perfectly clear that there was a valid storm system for me in that area. now they did not close the facility that day. they didn't even close the facility early that day. this seems to be emblematic of a major problem that has been consistent with amazon working conditions. seemed to be unbearable for amazon workers to the point where they are now banning the other across the world to combat them. this is not a one off situation. they were given a couple of days. notice about the volunteer needles in the area days, not hours. date, they could have close early. they could have, as they could have made an escape plan and say, hey workers, where are you at and the proximity to amazon's facility. in this particular case,

larry was only 30 minutes away in an area that didn't get hit hard according to his girlfriend. and why do they keep his facilities openings actually, to, to what to get the packages were the need to get to on time? that's, that's what a life was law for. that's what people were put in danger for people. larry virgin, partner of 13 years with his girlfriend, father of for lost his life for the amazon. could get you your packages on time instead of a day or 2 late excuse me. i'm so like malfunction of equipment. that right california's governor was to let citizens so gung manufacturers. if people home by the weapons that they make nice taking is kieffer, texas, where you can now see clinics for assisting in abortions after lamont ruling. if states can now shield their laws for review by the federal court to compare assault

weapons to swiss army knives, then california will use that authority to protect people's lives that were texas used to put women in harm's way. i would tell governor newsome, good luck with that. if california takes that route, they'll find that california gun owners will violate the law knowing that they'll be sued and knowing that the supreme court has their back. because the right to keep and bear arms is clearly in the constitution, and the courts have clearly and consistently upheld it. well, controversy over texas is new abortion law, so it go all the way to the supreme court, which in a 1st rule that states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts . the texas law allows citizens to take legal action against any abortion facilitator, and inspired by that california now wants to enable legal action against gun makers, distributors, and sellers with $10000.00 and compensation for successful prosecutions. the proposal though still needs or not from the state legislature process that typically takes up to 8 months. we got reaction on this from

a former pennsylvania sen. i don't agree with governor newsome very much at all. but i think that his, his proposal points out the hypocrisy of the, of the, of the texas statute, that you really shouldn't be able to circumvent a court ruling. i like the law in abortion, robbed by simply allowing private citizens quote, to enforce it. the supreme court could very well reverse the law in abortion, but it should do so in a straightforward way and not allowed states like texas to circumvented in similarly, states like california should not be able to get around a very important right the americans have which is to bear arms and to be able to own weapons. i think what governor newsome has done is the lease said, hey, you know, watch what you ask for. cuz sometimes if you ask you sometimes if you get what you ask or it's not really what you want,

the way to texas did it is something that hasn't happened before. and what texas is suggesting is that if you let private people bring the lawsuits instead of the government, then you can you can change your, the constitutional rights. i don't agree with, with a proposal that, that infringes on the 2nd amendment. it's important for americans to be able to have the right to bear arms, but yeah, this is a very new situation. and now the supreme court's going to have to decided, and i hope they don't allow these tricky ways of getting around the constitution. tom's like the queen's english and brit son now apparently deemed discriminatory according to a guide as she by the british counsel, which is urging its employees to avoid using such language. introducing the new non discriminatory language guide. the british council edition brits

don't use when referring to people from the u. k. makes fellows from northern ireland for you excluded guys associated with men and can be perceived as excluding women. time to bring back. good old ladies and gentlemen. native english speaker relates to countries like the u. k, the usa and australia and discriminates against others. not so native speaker is from other countries. rejoice. developing countries use lower income, country, middle income, country, fragile and conflict affected faith. feel free to be more specific. british english or queens english implies that these varieties of english are more

correct or of greater importance than others too bad? nobody but the brits really thought like that. oh wait, what about the british counsel? better start looking for another name before it cancels itself. let us finish show with a recap of the developing situation in hong kong by hundreds of people trapped on the brief of a shopping center. after a fire broke out that, according to major ripples of the $350.00 people awaiting for assistance with foreign fight, is at the same rescuing. those who are trapped. 8 people have reportedly been taken to hospital will bring you more on the situation next out. ah ah.