China's "Game of Thrones" Gambit & Democrats' Fox News Dilemma | Ava DuVernay

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4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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U.S.-China trade tensions cause a "Game of Thrones" blackout, 2020 Democratic candidates take different approaches to Fox News, and Ava DuVernay discusses "When They See Us." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:05.5	May 21st, 2019.
0:09.0	From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York.
0:12.0	This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Here's edition.
0:23.0	Yeah!
0:24.0	Welcome to the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you so much for tuning in.
0:29.0	Thank you for coming out.
0:31.0	I'm Trevor Noah. I'm a guest tonight.
0:34.0	I'm a guest tonight.
0:36.0	There's a writer and director with a new Netflix limited series
0:39.0	about the Central Park 5.
0:41.0	Ava Dupine is joining us, everybody.
0:43.0	Let's catch up on today's headlines.
0:55.0	Let's kick it off with the escalating trade war between the US and China.
1:00.0	All right, with no deal in sight, both countries are hitting each other with hundreds of billions of dollars in New tariffs.
1:07.0	And now, ordinary people in China are suffering some truly dire consequences.
1:12.0	The Wall Street Journal says millions of people in China could not watch the series finale of Game of Thrones because of the US China trade fight.
1:21.0	Chinese viewers expected to see the final episode.
1:24.0	Instead, I saw a notice about transmission problems on 10 cent video, the exclusive streaming provider of HBO content in China.
1:32.0	Many fans fumed over social media.
1:35.0	HBO says China restricted Game of Thrones from airing due to the trade dispute.
1:41.0	Yeah, that's right. American consumers may be paying higher prices,
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