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Yaron Brook Show: Students on Value of Free Speech; Fake News on Twitter

First up, a survey which asked college students to weigh the value of free speech against the value of "diversity and inclusivness," whether "hate speech" should be legally protected, and more. Yaron then briefly defends the value of the top newspapers, The Washington Post and The New York Times, even though they are biased. 

Next, Yaron analyzes results of a study examining the extent to which true news gets propagated on Twitter vs. rumors or fabrications. Spoiler: "fake news" gets retweeted more & propagates more deeply on Twittter than true news. And this is so, even though people who tweet true news usually have more followers! Why? What does it mean?

Not conspiracy: Putin has been murdering expatriates on foreign soil without any significant repercussions. Will Trump will do anything about the most recent attack in the UK, particularly given that Trump has shown support for Putin, and has just fired Tillerson, who'd started to stand up to Putin?

Finally, Trump stops the takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcom. Was this justified in light of national security risk?

Service: Spreaker
Publshed on: Mar 13, 2018
Duration: 59:04
Channels
The Yaron Brook Show


Segments
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies
01:00 to 04:16
3.3 minutes
Survey of college students and their views of Free Speech; Free Speech under attack
04:17 to 20:12
15.9 minutes
Commercial Break
20:13 to 20:53
40 seconds
The New York Times & Intellectual awareness
20:54 to 24:01
3.1 minutes
Fake News’s impact on Twitter and social media; objectivity in the news & MSM
24:02 to 39:16
15.2 minutes
commercial break
39:17 to 39:51
34 seconds
Russia & Putin; China & Xi; American & Trump; Tillerson’s firing
39:52 to 48:33
8.7 minutes
Broadcom & Qualcomm merger blocked by Trump; national security & 5G networks
48:34 to 56:34
8.0 minutes
Q: Is it possible to create a university based on Objectivism?
56:35 to N/A
2.5 minutes