Ep. 299 — Do You Trust the Government to Define "Misinformation"?

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

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🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

According to Pew Research Center, most Americans want the government to restrict free speech to limit “misinformation.” Dennis explores the dangers of this alarming trend in the U.S.—the freest country in the history of the world—especially when you consider who gets to define “misinformation.”

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0:00.0	Well, this is a dramatic number, not as dramatic as the next, but dramatic.
0:06.0	Fireside chat number 299.
0:13.0	Boy, I know I say it a lot, so forgive me.
0:17.0	Things fly.
0:20.0	Time flies, temp is fugitive as they say in Latin.
0:24.5	Dennis Prager here, Fireside chat 299.
0:29.0	Normally, there is a canine companion in there, but Otto has passed on and deeply missed.
0:41.0	And Mr. Tubbs is too young to stay in one spot for any period of time.
0:48.0	But hopefully, he will.
0:51.0	I know you've gotten glimpses of him, and I look forward to having him next to me.
0:59.0	Anyway, welcome to the Fireside chat.
1:03.0	I always open up with some thoughts, and I will this time as well, then take your questions.
1:10.0	Did I even say my name?
1:12.0	You did?
1:13.0	Okay, good. Then there's no need to repeat it.
1:16.0	Very, very worrisome thing that I want to bring to your attention.
1:23.0	I don't like bringing worrisome things to your attention, because I have spent much more of my time trying to get people not scared than scared.
1:33.0	Especially during the lockdowns, during which the entire time I had Fireside chats, we didn't miss one.
1:41.0	And I was telling you then, don't be frightened.
1:46.0	Lead as normal a life as possible, and certainly I did.
1:51.0	But here is something that is about as scary as it gets, short of an attack by extraterrestrials.
2:03.0	This just came out literally within a few days ago.
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