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We all follow one principle, and that is to give you information that you can trust at a time that trust is something that we don't have a lot of in American society.

I can tell you, in our head and our heart, that's what we give you every day.

So, speaking of trust, Airbnb has been such a great thing in some ways and such a difficult organization and others.

And one thing they've had trouble with is having property owners that may not be on the up and up,

having renters who aren't necessarily on the up and up.

So, Airbnb is doing background checking on people using one of these horseshoes as close enough background check companies that will make a fair number of mistakes, apparently.

The thing you need to know is that a lot of people are being banned from Airbnb who don't deserve it.

We're going to talk about that. And later, if you were one of the thousands and thousands of people affected by air travel mishaps over the holidays, I was too.

And I want to tell you what I experienced and what we all have to be aware of when there are circumstances that are truly out of our control.

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