New Twitter Boss, Musk Under Fire, Debt Ceiling Drama, CNN-Trump Tangle

Lost Debate

The Branch

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4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Did Twitter side with Turkey’s authoritarian leader and suppress free speech ahead of the country’s presidential election? Ravi and Rikki dive into Elon Musk’s latest controversy, question his dedication to free speech, and predict how (or if) new CEO Linda Yaccarino will impact Twitter’s bottom line. The hosts then turn to the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations. Will Speaker McCarthy break from the more extreme wing of his party to make a deal, or is there a world where the Supreme Court has to step in to manage a potential constitutional crisis? Next, CNN faces a wave of scrutiny after hosting Trump for a town hall last week. Ravi and Rikki debate the network’s decision and the arguments for and against platforming the former president. Finally, Google has unveiled Bard, their new AI feature aimed at competing with ChatGPT, and the hosts explore what they know so far about its potential uses. [01:01] - New Twitter Boss / Musk Under Fire [18:42] - Debt Ceiling Drama [32:48] - CNN-Trump Tangle [49:31] - Voicemails Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Show notes: https://thebranchmedia.org/show/lost-debate/ Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0	Elon Musk came under fire for suppressing free speech in Turkey on the eve of a critical election.
0:06.9	Did he prioritize his wallet over his values? And will his new CEO make any bit of a difference?
0:13.6	We'll then turn to the fight over the debt ceiling. Biden and members of Congress are set to meet today.
0:19.4	As we're sitting here to record,
0:21.3	how close are they to compromise and what happens if they can't strike a deal?
0:26.0	Then CNN is in the hot seat over its Trump town hall.
0:29.6	We'll size up the arguments for and against their decision to platform Trump and we'll
0:34.0	give you our take.
0:35.5	And finally, Google unveiled a new AI feature meant to compete with
0:39.5	chat GPT. We'll discuss what we know so far about whether and how you can use it. All of this
0:45.5	and more on Lost Debate, a show for political eclectics.
0:58.9	Hello, everybody. I'm Robbie Gupta.
1:00.2	And I'm Ricky Schlaught.
1:04.3	Well, Ricky, do you know what my favorite four words in the English language are?
1:05.4	Let's hear it.
1:07.0	I told you so.
1:12.6	I have been telling you this guy is full of shit on free speech. Basically, since we've started talking about him. And I have a feeling this might be the episode where you finally
1:17.7	come full circle here. I know you've been warming up to this idea. But drop it for our audience,
1:23.8	drop some knowledge on us. What happened with this battle over the Turkish election?
1:29.2	Yeah. So on the eve of the Turkish election for Erdogan, who has been criticized for a variety of
1:36.5	kind of authoritarian oversteps, corruption, his handling of a recent earthquake that killed tens of
1:43.7	thousands of people. It could have been a
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