OA689: Lawsuit or Interpretive Dance? Why Not Both!
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🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode begins with a brief mention of the breaking news about Mike Pence that we will be covering in depth as soon as we know more!
Then, we look at a couple of lawsuits and learn why Liz isn't always a fan of the OA "read the complaint backwards" method. Does she convince Andrew? Listen and find out!
We break down the latest conspiracy counterclaims from One America Network News, while learning the difference between the conservative persecution complex worldview -- that Big Tech is censoring conservatism because reasons -- and the reality: that big companies are funding and propping up garbage conservative outlets like OANN.
After that, we move on to arguably the Worst People in the World: anti-vaxxers. Specifically, we look at a lawsuit by RFK, Jr. and a whole bunch of weirdos against All the Media for kicking them off YouTube and Twitter. It's... something, all right. But! At least we learn a little something about the Trusted News Initiative anti-trust and the media along the way.
Notes
SOTU Fact-check
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/politics/fact-check-biden-state-of-the-union.html
Dominion complaint against OAN
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.234315/gov.uscourts.dcd.234315.1.0.pdf
OAN California Lawsuit
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21410177/oann-lawsuit.pdf
RFK lawsuit
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.371829/gov.uscourts.txnd.371829.1.0.pdf
Liz Backgrounder at Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/antivaxx-loons-rfk-jr-jim-hoft-other-idiots-sue-news-outlets-for-booting-them-off-twitter
J.W. Howard Attorneys: We Have A Big Pirate Ship!
https://jwhowardattorneys.com/
Trusted News Initiative
https://www.bbc.co.uk/beyondfakenews/trusted-news-initiative/
Associated Press v. United States, 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12116214944985887583
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, we're done! |
| 0:05.5 | You think the language in the Second Amendment is clear enough? |
| 0:08.0 | You know about the right to bear arms? |
| 0:09.4 | Of course it's clear. |
| 0:10.4 | Every American has the right to hang a pair of bear arms on their wall. |
| 0:13.6 | How could that possibly be misconstrued? |
| 0:15.4 | Alright, fantastic then. |
| 0:17.2 | Wait, you know what? |
| 0:18.4 | Before we send this to the printer, let's take that abortion thing out. |
| 0:21.4 | What is the hot? |
| 0:26.4 | I'll have you know, the contents of that dumpster are private. |
| 0:29.5 | You stick your nose in, you'll be violating attorney dumpster confidentiality. |
| 0:33.5 | You just wanted to say hello. |
| 0:35.5 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:42.5 | Before we send here, your magistrate delivers a verdict. |
| 0:46.0 | Would you like to pay your lives? |
| 0:49.0 | It sometimes helps, but not often. |
| 0:53.5 | I can't transform. |
| 0:56.0 | I try. |
| 1:00.0 | I have nothing but contempt for this court. |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, come on, I move for a hearing on the matter. |
| 1:08.0 | What? |
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