DeSantis’ Glitchy Launch, Nonprofit Industrial Complex, First-Gen Internet Kids v. Oversharing Parents
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4.6 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launched this presidential bid in a Twitter town hall meeting last night. |
| 0:07.1 | We'll give you the highlights of his glitchy, chaotic rollout and size up his chances. |
| 0:11.8 | Then we'll tackle the non-profit industrial complex. |
| 0:15.3 | Has the government relinquished its responsibility and oversight as it's turned over more and more essential functions to these |
| 0:21.2 | outside groups. And finally, as the first children of the Facebook era become adults, some of them |
| 0:28.0 | are grappling with the consequences of their parents' social media oversharing. Do kids have a |
| 0:32.6 | right to digital privacy? Do parents have a responsibility to safeguard their children's |
| 0:36.7 | images? We'll talk to writer Kate Lindsay, who recently took to the pages of the Atlantic to explore that issue. |
| 0:42.3 | All of that and more on The Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello everybody, I'm Robbie Gupta. |
| 0:57.1 | And I'm Ricky Schlaught. |
| 0:58.4 | Well, Ricky, your boy Ron made his announcement last night. What'd you think? |
| 1:03.6 | My boy. Interesting. |
| 1:05.1 | I thought you were pro-R-R-R-N. Didn't you have a Ron hat or something? |
| 1:08.7 | No, that's my mom. I don't have a Ron hat. |
| 1:11.2 | I have a Biden shirt. I mean, I'm not even, I'm not even consistent. No, you literally do. I have one of him double fisting ice cream cones. It's really good. I'll wear it next time. Well, what did you think? Well, as the Post said, I just picked up my paper on my doorstep. he's ronning. Oh my God. I've seen better. |
| 1:30.6 | But all right. I know. I was laughing as I was walking back to my apartment. |
| 1:35.4 | Let's quickly dispense with the quote unquote optics of this all. So there was a 20 plus minute |
| 1:40.5 | malfunction on Twitter. So he was announcing on Twitter spaces. |
| 1:46.7 | The delay was longer than some campaign speeches. |
| 1:47.8 | There was dead air. |
| 1:48.9 | There were hot mic whispers. |
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