Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We start today off with the latest results from the California recall election, why Facebook reportedly allowed 6 million users to break platform rules, and a quick weather report from Louisiana. After a team of scientists and entrepreneurs announced the launch of their new company, can we finally bring back the woolly mammoth? Then, we uncover some of the details in Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s new book, learn a little more about what Melania Trump was feeling the day of the Capitol riot, before closing with why Elizabeth Holmes’ father-in-law went incognito to the media during her trial. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Forbes: “Facebook Reportedly Allowed Powerful Users To Break Platform Rules” Please consider donating to Cajun Navy Relief to support the people of Louisiana NY Times: “A New Company With a Wild Mission: Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth” CNN: “Woodward/Costa book: Worried Trump could ‘go rogue,’ Milley took secret action to protect nuclear weapons” CNN: “Stephanie Grisham doesn’t deserve a pass for shedding light on Melania Trump’s misdeeds” NPR: ‘“Concerned Citizen’ At Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ Trial Turns Out To Be Family” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, September 15th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements
0:07.2	presented by Batch's media.
0:09.0	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is brought to you by American Eagle.
0:12.8	This season is all about moments worth remembering and outfits that are too good to forget.
0:17.4	Get excited to get dressed again with the new collection from American Eagle.
0:21.1	Visit AE.com or your nearest store to shop the softest ever teas, 9-news inspired fits,
0:26.8	and must have jeans that look as good as they feel.
0:32.3	The big news this morning is that the attempt to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom
0:36.5	has failed.
0:38.8	And now after that colossal waste of time and money, we can all go back to worrying about
0:43.0	everything else.
0:47.4	Internal documents from Facebook that were obtained by the Wall Street Journal show that
0:51.0	Facebook has exempted nearly 6 million of its most high profile users from facing consequences
0:56.7	for breaking platform rules through a secret-tearing system.
1:01.0	Facebook initially created the system, which is called x-check or cross-check, so that
1:05.8	they could help the platform moderate actions taken against the most popular users.
1:10.0	Like politicians and celebrities, who you can imagine probably get reported a lot for
1:14.0	reasons both valid and not.
1:15.8	However, the system has led to some users being deemed as white-listed, aka exempt from
1:21.0	policy enforcement.
1:22.8	This has played out in a few different ways.
1:25.2	One example is that the Brazilian soccer player Neymar posted nude photos of a woman who
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