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Die a Hero or Live Long Enough to See Yourself Get Cancelled | Damage Control (Ep. 579)

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The social platform Pinterest is going after anti-vaxxing memes in a big way, but what does this mean for free speech online (1:39)? CNN published an investigation of the famous soul singer James Brown this month with grisly allegations about his past. What happens to someone's legacy when new information about them comes out after they've died (22:56)? Hosts: Kate Knibbs and Justin Charity Read the CNN investigation into James Brown here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:03.0

This week on the site, Danny Kelly, Robert Mays and Kevin Clark will be offering their takeaways

0:07.7

after each day at the NFL Combine.

0:10.0

Miles Surrey brings you his Ringer Guide to Streaming and March,

0:13.4

and Andrew Gritadaro tells you how to survive the Bachelor.

0:16.4

You can check those out and more on theRinger.com.

0:30.9

I'm Justin Charity and I'm Kate Nibb.

0:34.1

Welcome to Damage Control on the Channel 33 Network,

0:36.9

a podcast where we unpack what upsets, excites and divides us.

0:40.7

So we're going to talk about James Brown, domestic abuse,

0:44.4

arch heli, sex abuse and musical legacies.

0:47.6

Just light stuff.

0:49.8

But first we got to talk about how something has made us happy

0:53.8

about the internet for a change.

0:55.9

A social network has taken a bold step in what appears to be a genuine attempt

1:00.9

to make the world a better place.

1:02.4

And to make things even stranger, it is Pinterest.

1:08.0

But what do people think you shouldn't be the one to make that decision for them?

1:11.4

As adults who are on the internet, doing research on their own,

1:16.0

why should you get to make that call?

1:17.6

Well, we aren't making the call because vaccines are settled science.

1:22.0

And we also are very clear because we know that there may be questions

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