Missing Journalist Latest, "Fan Interference" & The Real World Reboot (+ Interview on China's Social Credit Scores) - Thursday, October 18th, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2018
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, October 18th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the last word from a missing journalist and Apple's new privacy website. Plus: goodbye Big Bird and hello jackpots...
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Also, hang out after the news for a short bonus interview with Rachel Botsman. She's an acclaimed author and lecturer at Oxford University who writes and researches about how technology and trust and what this means for our lives. Her TED Talks have been viewed more than 4 million times. Her books include the recently released Who Can You Trust? and before that a ground-breaking book on the rise of the sharing economy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. Today, the last word from a missing journalist and Apple's new privacy rules |
| 0:15.1 | Plus Goodbye Big Bird and Hello Jackpots those stories and many more in less than |
| 0:20.7 | 10 minutes then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday, |
| 0:24.4 | today's bonus interview is all about China's new social credit system, |
| 0:28.4 | where even jaywalking can hurt your score. I'm Erica Mandy. Today is Thursday October 18th. You ready? Let's do this. President Trump said he expects a full report today from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo |
| 0:45.6 | about the missing Saudi journalist. Pompeo went to Saudi Arabia and Turkey this week to meet with |
| 0:50.7 | both leaders about the situation. |
| 0:53.0 | All while new details are coming out. |
| 0:55.5 | Remember, Jamal Koshogi wrote for the Washington Post |
| 0:58.2 | and was living in the US, |
| 0:59.8 | but he disappeared after going to the Saudi consulate in Turkey earlier this month. |
| 1:04.7 | He's been critical of the Saudi regime. |
| 1:07.0 | Now the New York Times site sources who say there are audio tapes proving he was murdered |
| 1:11.5 | there. Turkey says Saudi Arabia is in fact responsible, |
| 1:15.0 | but Saudi Arabia still says it wasn't us. |
| 1:17.0 | President Trump's latest response is that the US will look into the audio tape, |
| 1:21.0 | quote, if it exists, that he needs to hear it to believe |
| 1:25.0 | it. Fox News reports the president is warning against a rush to judgment even |
| 1:29.6 | as some senators from both parties call for consequences |
| 1:32.5 | against Saudi Arabia. The president is saying yes let's |
| 1:35.6 | figure out what happened but he's also taking a much softer stance than |
| 1:39.3 | others saying it's important to protect security and business ties |
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