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Trump Unleashes DPA on Energy Prices plus Dan Rather & the 200 · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: If I'm not working, then how is it that the
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  Speaker 1: FBI delivered the safest America under President Trump's leadership in
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  Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning.
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  Speaker 4: Nice to have you with us on the forty seven
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  Speaker 4: Morning Update, and we've got two major.
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  Speaker 3: Stories for you.
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  Speaker 4: First up, Donald Trump enacting the Defense Production Act to
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  Speaker 4: boost US old production.
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  Speaker 3: So what does this mean for you? I'll explain it
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  Speaker 3: for you.
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  Speaker 4: And it could also mean major price changes at the
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  Speaker 4: pump as well. Also, in a shocking move, Dan Rather
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  Speaker 4: and more than two hundred journalists have signed an open
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  Speaker 4: letter demanding the White House Correspondence Association call out Donald
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  Speaker 4: forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 2: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: We're gonna start with Donald Trump and big news coming
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  Speaker 4: from the White House, as the President has now cited
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  Speaker 4: the Defense Production Act to boost US oil production. Now,
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  Speaker 4: let me walk you through this major development. It could
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  Speaker 4: have serious implications not only for your wallet, also your
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  Speaker 4: energy bill and America's position on the world stage. Now,
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  Speaker 4: President Trump has moved to invoke the Defense Production Act,
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  Speaker 4: and this time it's aimed squarely at one thing, boosting
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  Speaker 4: US old production. The White House is confirming. Now that
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  Speaker 4: might sound like some politics to you, right, like bureaucratic jargon,
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  Speaker 4: But make no mistake, this is directly going to affect
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  Speaker 4: your life in a very big way. Now, let's talk
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  Speaker 4: about what the Defense Production Act even is. It's a
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  Speaker 4: powerful Cold War air law. It was originally designed to
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  Speaker 4: ensure the United States could rapidly ramp up production of
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  Speaker 4: critical minerals during times of national emergency.
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  Speaker 3: You think about War two.
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  Speaker 4: You needed steel, you needed weapons, you need medical supplies.
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  Speaker 4: Now we've seen it used in modern times during the
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  Speaker 4: crisis not too long ago, COVID and what was it
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  Speaker 4: used for to accelerate the vaccine as well as PPE production.
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  Speaker 4: But now the target is new and this time it's
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  Speaker 4: straight up energy. Energy, by the way, is not just
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  Speaker 4: about filling your gas tank. It's also about national security,
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  Speaker 4: one of the things the President's been talking a lot
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  Speaker 4: about lately, making sure that America isn't held hostage by
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  Speaker 4: Iran or any other country in the world. It's also
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  Speaker 4: about economic stability and global leverage. If you don't know
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  Speaker 4: what you're going to pay each month for energy costs
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  Speaker 4: and they skyrocket or double and triple in no time
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  Speaker 4: at all, well, that is instability, something the present also
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  Speaker 4: wants to make sure we get rid of now. For years,
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  Speaker 4: the US has been in a toga war with foreign
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  Speaker 4: energy producers, countries like Russia, for example, Iran and then Opek.
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  Speaker 4: They can manipulate supply and drive up global prices basically
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  Speaker 4: whenever they want to. Part of the reason why the
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  Speaker 4: President has made it clear in his first campaign in
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  Speaker 4: twenty sixteen that he was about drill, baby, drill, and
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  Speaker 4: that's exactly what the President's talking about this time now.
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  Speaker 4: When supply is tight, the prices are spiking, and you're
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  Speaker 4: witnessing it right now. I went today to fill up
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  Speaker 4: my car that I bought not that long ago, and
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  Speaker 4: originally when I filled it up, it was thirty seven dollars.
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  Speaker 4: Today I put ninety dollars in my gas tank. That
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  Speaker 4: is unsustainable for many Americans. And that's why President Trump
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  Speaker 4: is doing this now.
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  Speaker 3: Whether it's the.
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  Speaker 4: Price of the pump, or the electric bill, the grocery store,
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  Speaker 4: it doesn't matter. As the White House said, when transportation
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  Speaker 4: costs go up, it hurts American families, it weakens our economy,
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  Speaker 4: and we're now, as the White House said, taking back. Now,
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  Speaker 4: let me explain how the Defense Production Act works. Now.
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  Speaker 4: By invoking this Act, the federal government can number one,
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  Speaker 4: prioritize contracts for domestic all production. Number two direct resources
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  Speaker 4: like steel, labor, and infrastructure towards energy development. Three, it
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  Speaker 4: now cuts through major regulatory delays. And four, it provides
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  Speaker 4: financial incentives or even guarantees to producers to produce maximum capacity.
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  Speaker 4: In other words, it fast tracks production, which is exactly
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  Speaker 4: what America needs right now. So instead of waiting years
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  Speaker 4: for permits or pipelines or refinery upgrades, the government can
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  Speaker 4: accelerate the process dramatically. It's essentially putting all production on
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  Speaker 4: a wartime footing.
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  Speaker 3: Let me say that again.
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  Speaker 4: We're putting all production in the US on a wartime footing.
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  Speaker 4: We're treating energy into penance, not just as an important issue,
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  Speaker 4: but literally as a national emergency and a national security
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  Speaker 4: issue as well. So what does that mean for US
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  Speaker 4: oil production? Well, the goal here is real simple. We
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  Speaker 4: need to increase output quickly and at scale. That can
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  Speaker 4: mean reopening or expanding drilling operations, boosting output from existing wells,
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  Speaker 4: investing in refining capacity so crude oil actually becomes usable
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  Speaker 4: fuel faster.
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  Speaker 3: And here's the key.
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  Speaker 4: The United States already has massive reserves and the capability
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  Speaker 4: to lead globally. The issue has never been weather we
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  Speaker 4: can produce, it's whether we will, and this move clearly
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  Speaker 4: answers that question. So for a consumer, is this good news? Well,
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  Speaker 4: let's bring that home to you and your family. If
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  Speaker 4: what the President's trying to do is successful and using
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  Speaker 4: supply should number one lower energy prices, specifically gas prices.
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  Speaker 4: It will stabilize the energy markets, meaning you know what
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  Speaker 4: to plan on spending each and every month, reduce the
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  Speaker 4: volatility caused by foreign conflicts or production cuts from OPEK
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  Speaker 4: or other nations, giving them the upper hand well and
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  Speaker 4: taking it right back, which is what the present's trying
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  Speaker 4: to do. When supply goes up, prices tend to come
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  Speaker 4: down or at least stop skyrocketing, which is exactly why
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  Speaker 4: this matters for every American And maybe most importantly, it
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  Speaker 4: means less dependence on foreign oil, something the present ran
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  Speaker 4: on in twenty sixteen. It reduces the risk of sudden
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  Speaker 4: shocks to the market when geopolitical tensions flare up in
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  Speaker 4: the Middle East or Eastern Europe. And beyond gas prices,
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  Speaker 4: there's also a major ripple effect. Cheaper fuel lower shipping costs,
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  Speaker 4: and lowering shipping costs can ease inflation and what you
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  Speaker 4: pay for basic goods and services. That affects everything from
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  Speaker 4: your groceries to online orders. So this isn't just an
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  Speaker 4: energy policy decision coming from Donald Trump. It's an economic
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  Speaker 4: policy and a national security policy as well, and it
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  Speaker 4: goes back to what Trump has been talking about for
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  Speaker 4: quite some time.
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  Speaker 3: There's a strategic layer here.
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  Speaker 4: Energy dominance gives the United States leverage on the global stage.
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  Speaker 4: It means we're not only less reliance on our adversaries,
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  Speaker 4: but also more ability to influence our allies. It gives
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  Speaker 4: us so much stronger negotiating place to the table and
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  Speaker 4: negotiating from a standpoint of power in international conflicts. It's
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  Speaker 4: also really about controlling our own destiny because the countries
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  Speaker 4: that control energy often control the conversation. Now, not everyone
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  Speaker 4: agrees with this move. The critics are already yelling on
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  Speaker 4: TV and from the rooftops. They're saying this will have
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  Speaker 4: environmental consequences because it's not done in a green way.
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  Speaker 4: It may distort markets with government intervention, they say, which
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  Speaker 4: they don't want. But to be clear, what this is
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  Speaker 4: really about is the President saying to the American people,
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to do everything I can to make sure
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  Speaker 4: that national security wise were safe. But also you have
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  Speaker 4: more of your hard earned dollars in your pocket. And
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  Speaker 4: why are Democrats fighting this right now? It's actually for
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  Speaker 4: just one really simple reason. They want gas prices to
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  Speaker 4: say hi, and they want you to feel instability in
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  Speaker 4: your own life financially heading into the midterm elections. To
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  Speaker 4: be clear, Democrats have never had a problem with high
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  Speaker 4: gas prices. They want to force you into buying an
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  Speaker 4: electric car. But this time it's for a different reason.
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  Speaker 4: They want you to hurt and your family to hurt
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  Speaker 4: so that maybe you'll vote for them come November. And
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  Speaker 4: that's part of the reason why the president needs to
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  Speaker 4: act quickly and decisively, just like he did today.
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  Speaker 3: Next story number two.
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  Speaker 4: There's something incredibly ironic and it just is laughable at
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  Speaker 4: this point happening in Washington, DC. Dan Rather is now
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  Speaker 4: among two hundred journalists, you know, those that say they're journalists, right,
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  Speaker 4: non bias individuals, those that say they don't put their
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  Speaker 4: own personal opinions into their journalistic work, their integrity, we
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  Speaker 4: all know they're lying. There's massive bias in the media
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  Speaker 4: almost every quote journalists. When they quit, they become a
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  Speaker 4: radical lefty. They start a podcast and then they tell
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  Speaker 4: you what they really think, which is what they've always
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  Speaker 4: thought along. They hate conservatives, they hate Donald Trump, Orange man.
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  Speaker 3: It's bad.
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  Speaker 4: You go through the list, it's pretty clear. Well now
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  Speaker 4: these journalists of two hundred plus have joined the longtime
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  Speaker 4: media figure, you know, the non biased and Rather and
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  Speaker 4: now they're demanding that the White House Correspondence Center call
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  Speaker 4: out Donald Trump to his face. That's right, they're calling
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  Speaker 4: for President Trump to be publicly admonished at the White
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  Speaker 4: House correspondence dinner. Now just think about that for a second.
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  Speaker 4: This is the one night that's supposed to celebrate journalism.
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  Speaker 4: It's independence, its integrity, it's commitment to holding power accountable
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  Speaker 4: no matter who's in office. And yet what we're seeing
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  Speaker 4: is not independence, it's coordination. It's not objectivity, it's literally activism.
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  Speaker 4: Because when you have more than two hundred journalists collectively
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  Speaker 4: demanding a political message be delivered, and at what's supposed
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  Speaker 4: to be a non partisan event, you're not acting like
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  Speaker 4: referees anymore, stepping into the field and being an activist. Now,
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  Speaker 4: the issue isn't whether you agree or disagree with Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 4: The issue for me is this is journalism still journalism,
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  Speaker 4: or whether it's becoming a political movement with press credentials.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I believe it actually is.
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  Speaker 4: And when reporters who claim they're non biased start organizing
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  Speaker 4: literally like activists, signing letters, pushing narratives, demanding public denouncement
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  Speaker 4: of the President of United States of America to his face,
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  Speaker 4: not only are they boring the line that they're supposed
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  Speaker 4: to protect, but they're telling you exactly who they are.
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  Speaker 3: They're not journalists at all. They're hardcore liberal.
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  Speaker 4: Activists, and that is exactly why the public has lost
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  Speaker 4: their trust in journalism.
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  Speaker 3: Now, let's be honest, this is not new.
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  Speaker 4: This is just another blaring example of how biased the
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  Speaker 4: media has become. We've seid years of selective outrage where
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  Speaker 4: some politicians are relentlessly targeted while others get a huge pass.
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  Speaker 4: If you don't believe me, look at Eric Swallow's entire career,
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  Speaker 4: and the only reason why the media turned on him
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  Speaker 4: last week was because they were afraid they were going
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  Speaker 4: to lose the governor's mansion in California. They protected him
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  Speaker 4: while he was going after women, but then when it
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  Speaker 4: was politically expedient to get rid of him, the journalists
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  Speaker 4: started acting like journalists and reporting the news. We've seen
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  Speaker 4: this over and over again, and yet what do we
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  Speaker 4: see from the press a clearly coordinated push to turn
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  Speaker 4: a dinner that's supposed to be nonpartisan into their political platform.
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  Speaker 3: Imagine for a moment, if the roles were reversed.
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  Speaker 4: If two hundred journalists demanded a public takedown of a
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  Speaker 4: Democratic president at this event, would it be framed as
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  Speaker 4: speaking truth to power? Or would it be condemned as biased,
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  Speaker 4: as inappropriate, as crossing the line. We all know that answer.
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  Speaker 4: So what this really means to me is this trust
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  Speaker 4: in the media is already at historic lows, and it's
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  Speaker 4: moves like this that don't rebuild the trust. They reinforce
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  Speaker 4: the skepticism based on facts. Americans are watching and they're
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  Speaker 4: asking a simple question. Are journalists even reporting the story anymore?
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  Speaker 4: Or are they actually just trying to manipulate and shape
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  Speaker 4: a narrative every time they go on TV or write
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  Speaker 4: an article in the newspaper.
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  Speaker 3: They're not informing the public anymore.
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  Speaker 4: They're literally influencing the outcome, and that includes our elections.
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  Speaker 3: So if the.
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  Speaker 4: Correspondence decide to do this at the dinner, I hope
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  Speaker 4: Donald Trump smacks them back hard, calls them out for
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  Speaker 4: their anarchy and for what they really are, activist political hacks.
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