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The Gist

"I Never Said That"

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Zuckerberg's hearings got crowded out by bigger news. Too bad. Facts are facts, even in the greatly polarized year that is 2018. Holmes Lybrand writes the Weekly Standard's "Fact Check" series, and even though it isn't all about Trump's latest tweets and utterances, it sometimes gets readers angry. In the Spiel, the president's saber rattling over Syria is classic Trump: The man lies about his past statements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:06.0

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:23.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:30.0

The following content is explicit.

0:37.0

It's Thursday, April 12, 2018 from slated to the gist of Mike Pesca.

0:41.0

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress as we covered on this show.

0:46.0

And here's how the CBS evening news covered that.

0:49.0

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, apologized to the House today for the privacy scandal and said government regulation of social media is inevitable.

0:57.0

58 seconds in the newscast, not a package from a reporter, just the anchor reading into this clip.

1:03.0

Zuckerberg also told Congress he is among the 87 million Facebook users whose personal information was exposed.

1:10.0

Was your data included in the data sold to the malicious third parties?

1:16.0

Your personal data?

1:18.0

It was.

1:19.0

Are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual privacy?

1:25.0

Congresswoman, we have made it and are continuing to make changes to reduce the amount of data.

1:31.0

No, are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual privacy?

1:37.0

Congresswoman, I'm not sure what that means.

1:40.0

After which anchor Jeff Glor noted that Facebook's stock went up.

1:46.0

Now CBS news isn't the shaper of opinion that it once was in the days of Cronkite or Murrow or rather.

1:53.0

In fact, as a focus group, I guess, a very cheap focus group.

1:59.0

I asked three very plugged in slate news staffers, people to cover news all the time.

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