Ep. 38 Facebook & Free Speech, I'm with Mark Zuckerberg, Caveat Emptor & The Brady Bunch, Pixar's Wall-E & Costco Chickens

Another Moron Grab-bag.  We each need to start taking responsibility for the news we read and where we read it.  Whether it's a supposedly credible news source, Facebook or some moron's podcast, YOU need to do YOUR OWN checking.   To best exemplify this I have to go back to a Brady Bunch episode called the wheeler dealer where Greg buys his first car and ends up with a lemon.  Remember that? Thank goodness for dad as Mike Brady told Greg Caveat Emptor - "Let the buyer beware". I think the same applies here only it's more important because our freedom of speech is at stake her. Politicians have been lying about each other before the independence of our country.  If you don't believe me watch Drunk History on Comedy Central. I don't think people want to take the time to make up their minds anymore.  They want it made for them. Especially, they don't want to take the time to "research" opposing viewpoint nor do they want to try and understand them.  They know what they generally want and that's what they want to be fed. Part of it is laziness. "I don't want to take the time to understand you or respect your opposing views because that requires going into the grayness of an issue.  That requires work and I'd rather take that time to watch 'Game of Thrones' or 'Housewives of Beverly Hills or Atlanta."   Also, Costco is getting into the Chicken ranching business so they can keep the price of their whole rotisserie chickens at $4.99.  The ranch is in Nebraska. Some are for it, some are against it, of course… seems like every topic under the sun has GOT to be divisive to the point of protests and lawsuits. And somewhere in this episode I squeeze in a reference to the 2008 Pixar movie Wall-E.  It's relevant, I swear.   Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook caught Russia and Iran trying to interfere in 2020 - NBC News Elizabeth Warren targets Facebook fact-checking policy with false ad saying Zuckerberg endorsed Trump - USA Today It's only $4.99. But Costco's rotisserie chicken comes at a huge price - CNN