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Base case damages model, so we see, todays settlement is complete vindication and really a message that as your opening, said, lies do have consequences . um, and its about having coming back to the shared facts because ultimately we can agree or disagree on issues even to the most profound importance. we have to have shared facts in this society to have a functioning democracy, and i think todays settlement was a real step in that direction. and so what i hear from you is that there is this ack...

Could have gone all the way to verdict and under defamation law. you dont get an apology. you get money. and so what we achieved here with the statement that fox made with the certainty of money and again from our damages. we had a base case damages model, and then we had a growth damages model, and the settlement today was above our base case damages models, so we see. todays settlement is complete vindication and really a message that as your opening, said, lies do have consequences , and its ...

>> in the long term, ai may become itogenous and take over the world but in the short term its being used by politicians to control what you think, to end your independent judgment and erase democracy on the eve of a presidential election. elon musk is very worried about that. he told us about his plan to stop it. >> whats happening is theyre training the ai to lie. >> yes. >> its bad. >> to lie. >> to lie. >> that exactly right and to with hold information should be lie and,, yes, exactly, to e...

>> sorry. >> [chuckle] >> my timing was terrible for because right before advertising plummeted. >> you caught the high water mark i noticed. >> yeah. i must be a real genius here. my timing is amazing. at least twice as much as it should have been bought for. but some things are priceless. so, the, whether losing money or not that was the secondary issue compared to ensuring the strength of democracy and free speech is the bed rock of a functioning democracy. >> yes. >> and the speech needs to ...

It struck a chord with another high—profile tweeter — elon musk. "free speech is essential to a functioning democracy," he tweeted. "do you believe twitter rigorously adheres "to this principle?" a month later, in april 2022, musk launched a takeover bid. six, five, four, three, two, one... elon musk is the second—richest man in the world. his spacex rockets and tesla electric cars have made him a globalfigure. sources tell the associated press elon musk has taken over twitter. the twitter...

Happened onjanuary the way to try and whitewash what happened on january six the way to try and whitewash what happened onjanuary six and whitewash the role that president trump played in inciting the violence that occurred on that day. what you are suggesting is there was a price to be paid for the votes he won to be speaker of the house. this is him bowing or nodding to the right of his party.— is him bowing or nodding to the right of his party. yes. we saw in the midterm _ right of his part...

Seen some of these more senior republicans coming out - seen some of these more senior republicans coming out and - seen some of these more senior- republicans coming out and bombast thin- republicans coming out and bombast thing it— republicans coming out and bombast thing it as _ republicans coming out and bombast thing it as utter— republicans coming out and bombast thing it as utter nonsense. _ republicans coming out and bombast thing it as utter nonsense. we - republicans coming out and...

Of the _ constructing alternative narratives of the truth. the fundamental aspect of the truth. the fundamental aspect of democracy is it is based on true, accurate _ of democracy is it is based on true, accurate and — of democracy is it is based on true, accurate and transparent information. we have to believe thats— information. we have to believe thats the — information. we have to believe thats the case for that we get both, — thats the case for that we get both, we _ thats the case ...

From this. >> its utterly shameful. we cant have a functioning democracy if we dont have these officials doing their jobs safely. attorney general kathy jennings of one and ellen rosenblum and kris mayes i cant thank you for an enough for your time and your insights. well be right back with another hour of eamonn. r hour of eamonn r that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, heres a little number youll never forget. did you know that liberty mutual custo— ♪ liberty mutual. ♪ ♪ o...

Think, damaging about the fact that he had a chance to douse these conspiracy theories is that in the same time that was happening, the same time all these conspiracy theories were flying around, our elections officials were coming up under attack. we are experiencing death threats. and now we had arizona earnest iteration in which one third, ayman, one third of all the counties in arizona have seen a top election officials resign because of the death threat. there is an impact on democracy from...