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The Playbook Podcast

April 11, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Daily News, Politics, Government, News

4.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Recapping Mark Zuckerburg's first day on the Hill, the cash race is on and more in today's Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Wednesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing, sponsored by Chevron.

0:06.7

And I'm Jake Sherman. Our colleague Nancy Scola has a recap on Mark Zuckerberg's grilling by more than four senators for five hours yesterday.

0:14.7

She writes that his performance did little to mask Facebook's growing political problems.

0:20.6

Multiple Republican lawmakers brought up the

0:22.4

potential of regulating the social networking giant. And in the information, the Inside Silicon Valley

0:28.0

publication, the headline reads, Zuckerberg avoids damage, but can't bridge trust gap. First

0:34.6

in Playbook this morning, a new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics

0:37.6

finds that most young people don't trust Facebook to do the right thing. Only 27% trust Facebook,

0:44.3

while 71% don't. 22% trust Trump to do the right thing versus 75% that don't. Google and

0:51.5

Amazon are much more trusted. Here's a quick note about today's hearing.

0:55.2

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has Zuckerberg today at 10 a.m.

0:59.2

He'll face a completely different beast over there.

1:02.1

But if senators look for answers, many House lawmakers look for moments.

1:06.7

In 2010, on this same committee, Texas Representative Joe Barton apologized for what he termed

1:13.3

a White House shakedown of the oil companies after this bill in the Gulf of Mexico.

1:18.7

Also important to remember, the House is younger than the Senate, so you might have a few more

1:23.1

technologically literate voices.

1:25.1

Another first in playbook, the cash race is on. Nancy Pelosi's

1:28.2

fundraising dominance continues to be on display. Pelosi raised more than $4.5 million through

1:34.3

events and meetings during the first week of April for the D-Triple C, her campaign committees,

1:39.2

and House Democratic candidates. The cross-country tour included stops in Dallas, Santa Fe,

1:43.9

Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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