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The Megyn Kelly Show

Tech Censorship, Media Malpractice, and Woke Icons, with Victor Davis Hanson, John Stossel, and Ben Smith | Ep. 174

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Victor Davis Hanson, author of the new book "The Dying Citizen," John Stossel, host of Stossel TV, and Ben Smith, media columnist at The New York Times, to discuss tech censorship and Stossel's lawsuit against Facebook, the rise of "woke icons" in America, harassment of Sen. Sinema by the progressive left, the possibility of prosecuting parents over school board incidents, Dr. Fauci's failures, the downfall of Ozy Media and Carlos Watson, and more.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for Open, Honest, and Provocative Conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. Oh my god, we have an unbelievable

0:16.4

show for you today. I'm firsting at the seams to get to this. And just a bit, Victor Davis

0:20.8

Hansen will be here to discuss the diminishing power of the American, of the American citizen

0:27.9

and the silencing of dissenting voices. Case in point, President Biden's DOJ today is

0:33.6

going to start investigating upset parents who show up at school board meetings if their

0:39.6

behavior can be considered harassment or intimidation. Okay, you know how that's going to be abused.

0:47.7

They're finding a way to shut down these embarrassing school board meetings that we've seen.

0:52.6

That's where this is going to go. But when asked by news outlets like the Daily Caller

0:56.8

to Specify what exactly it's going to classify as a crime or as a problematic incident, no

1:03.7

response. Victor's got thoughts on that. Plus, have you been following this crazy story

1:08.0

about the media company Ozzy? The journalist who first broke the news about this company

1:13.2

appearing very much like a fraud is Ben Smith of the New York Times. He's their media reporter.

1:18.6

Their top media columnist. He's going to be here. Do you guys remember I had on Carlos

1:22.6

Watson and we had a lovely chat. And now the company he built has basically been accused

1:30.2

of being a house of cards. I have taken a deep look at this case myself. I've got a

1:35.6

bunch of sound bites. I'm going to go through with Ben and we're going to get into it.

1:39.4

But first, I'm joined by someone who I know and love who's been fighting back against

1:44.1

big tech censorship. And now is suing Facebook for $2 million. And that's John Stossel,

1:51.7

the host of Stossel TV, which you should definitely Google and check out if you haven't

1:55.2

already. John, it's great to have you here. I love that you're pursuing this. You've

1:59.4

filed a federal court lawsuit in Northern California against Facebook seeking $2 million

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