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The Hartmann Report

ARE WE HEADING TOWARDS A MISINFORMATION CRISIS?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Climate Change, Congress, News, The Hartmann Report, Democracy, Debate, Economics, America, Thom Hartmann

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Are attention-hungry algorithms online programmed to make money by steering all of us towards believing in a false- and probably scary- version of reality? And what are the other unexpected consequences of putting our lives on social media?

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0:00.0

You're listening to me for free right now, and that's awesome because more and more things aren't free right now.

0:05.4

I mean, think about all the things you're paying for daily, monthly yearly.

0:08.8

Well, here's something that won't add to that list, the free iHeartRadio app, podcasts, streaming music, digital radio.

0:15.8

All free, it's the future of audio and unlike almost everything else in your life right now,

0:20.4

except maybe air, it doesn't cost a dollar.

0:23.2

So take advantage of this, listen to everything you love on the iHeartRadio app for free.

0:28.2

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:46.7

You've probably never heard of Gigi's song.

0:48.5

In fact, I have never heard of her that I'm not sure I'm pronouncing her name right.

0:52.4

First thing is G-I-G-I, I think that's safely Gigi.

0:55.2

But her last name is SOHN, it could be Sun, it could be Sone, I'm not sure.

1:00.1

But she is the person that Joe Biden has nominated for the Federal Communications Commission.

1:05.9

Now, immediately, as soon as I say Federal Communications Commission, I hear all across the nation

1:11.2

coming back to me from your TV sets and your radios, yes, we can listen in.

1:15.7

People going, we're starting to fall asleep, right?

1:20.1

No, this is actually a big deal.

1:22.0

Those of you who listen to the commercial side of our show know that for years and years,

1:25.8

ExpressVPN has advertised on my show, and one of the things that I say in their ads is that

1:30.9

your internet service provider is spying on you.

1:36.0

Now, this was something that Donald Trump legalized in 2017.

1:40.6

Obama had made it illegal, or the Obama FCC with the blessing and pushing of the president,

1:47.1

put internet service providers, the company that brings the internet into your house,

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