The Kids Aren’t Alright Online

Laura Coates Live

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri testifies before the Senate Commerce Consumer Protection Sub-Committee, which says it “wants to hear about why the app uses algorithms that push poisonous content to children driving them down rabbit holes to dark places, and what the company will do to make the platform safe”. Did his answers satisfy? Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University joins to discuss.

As House progressives move to strip the GOP’s Lauren Boebert of committee assignments over her anti-muslim remarks our host asks; is giving Boebert this type of reprimand just making her more high-profile, amplifying controversy and enabling her to raise money? Pennsylvania Senate Candidate (D) Rep. Conor Lamb joins to discuss personal attacks in Congress. Plus, America's growing crime crisis - what's behind the record murder rates in a dozen major cities? Hannah Meyers, Director of Policing and Public Safety at the Manhattan Institute, joins to provide insight.

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0:00.0	Let's hand it over to Michael Spurkhanish and CNN tonight.
0:05.2	Well, thank you so much.
0:06.4	I am Michael Spurkhanish.
0:07.6	Welcome to CNN Tonight.
0:09.4	Is another populist right-wing member of Congress about to face punishment from a house
0:13.6	controlled by Democrats?
0:15.7	And if so, which side benefits from these efforts?
0:19.7	Representatives Green, Gosar, now Bobert have found themselves at the center of a growing
0:24.3	Capitol Hill storm as progressives put pressure once again on Speaker Pelosi to strip a Republican
0:30.8	of their House Committee assignments.
0:33.0	This time it's Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Bobert.
0:36.1	Why?
0:37.1	Well, she's under fire for Islamophobic remarks against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
0:42.2	Bobert insinuated that Omar is a terrorist, called a remember of the G-Hod Squad.
0:46.4	Worst of all, she's unapologetic.
0:49.8	Anytime I hear one of those, to the extent I've offended anyone apologies, I just tune
0:55.4	out.
0:56.4	That's not heartfelt.
0:58.5	Confirmation?
0:59.5	Well, there's been no public apology to Omar herself.
1:02.7	So today a group of House progressives led by Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts introduced
1:07.3	a resolution that would remove Bobert from her committee assignments.
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