Episode 148: Why getting the facts about AOC's Capitol Riot story matters

Politics Politics Politics

Justin Robert Young

History, News

4.6 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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AOC told the story of how she handled the January 6th Capitol Riots this week. It created a media controversy, predictably. But the noise has begun to obscure the facts on what I a truly important story. We dig to the bottom of it and find something a lot messier but well worth it. Mailbag! Tom Merritt (@acedtect) discusses $GME, RobinHood, Clubhouse and Bezo stepping away as Amazon CEO.

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0:17.0	The following is brought to you by Dustin Campbell, Daily Technusha, Michael Bollick, Frank Lautuka, Andy Beach, Nick Wood, Will Harris, and Craig. Politics, politics, politics, politics, politics, politics. politics politics program February 5th, 2021.
0:45.0	This is your old boy Justin Robert Young joining you yet again
0:50.0	from Oakland, California.
0:54.0	We got a hell of a show here for you.
0:56.0	I got something in my craw.
0:59.0	I do.
1:01.0	It's... It's a media story that's really a story about truth and the capital riots and
1:12.3	AOC
1:15.4	Specifically the reaction around her
1:19.7	Live stream where she was telling her story about it.
1:25.0	It bothered me and I want to explain to you why it bothered me
1:31.0	and we'll joined by the one and only Tom Merritt from Daily Tech News Show, our UK correspondent,
1:48.0	although I will warn you, if you are looking for conversation about the United Kingdom, you will not find it here.
1:56.0	We go pretty full on about the state of technology and the intersection with politics.
2:04.8	We spend a little bit of time talking about the GME stuff.
2:10.2	We talk about Robin Hood, talk a little bit about clubhouse and of course Jeff Bezos
2:19.4	not stepping down right people have been saying this is stepping down. Technically he gave himself a promotion.
2:25.6	He is stepping up to the board, but whether or not that comes in reaction to what I will imagine is going to be a very
2:37.5	annoying several years for a lot of different tech CEOs including from Amazon because of antitrust
2:46.3	investigations. But Fayette! But first. This week Alexandria Acasio Cortez to just her followers on Instagram.
3:11.4	She discussed her story from the January 6th Capitol riots.
3:16.0	The stream lasted over an hour and as most things AOC does attracted a ton of attention.
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