Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, June 7, 2019

Episode Date: June 7, 2019

The O'Reilly Update looks at the issue of censorship on YouTube. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day on hypocrisy in the Mueller probe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. It is Friday, June 7, 2019. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update, and here's what's happening across America. Social Media Giant YouTube announced their decision this week. To crack down on videos, they claim, promote extreme views. The new guidelines eliminate posts promoting discrimination based on age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or those who deny well-documented violent events like the Holocaust. The ban also extends to disturbing videos aimed at children, such as the Momo Challenge that appeared online last year. The footage urged young teens to inflict self-harm,

culminating in their eventual suicide. How appalling. The policy will ultimately remove upwards of about 5,000 channels across YouTube, impacting millions of users in more than 150 countries. The mission is nearly impossible. Industry insiders say more than 500 hours of content is uploaded on YouTube every single minute of every day. There's little doubt that the net is a dangerous place, particularly for children.

Decent people everywhere, objective videos featuring neo-Nazis, calling for the deaths of Jews, blacks, Catholics, or anyone else. There are terrorist recruitment videos, information on how to make weapons, graphic violence. The list goes on and on. This footage can be accessed by anybody on the net, including a 10-year-old on his or her smartphone. There is no doubt this is a major problem that must be addressed. For social media companies, this is a very dangerous situation. Corporate censorship of free speech rarely works.

Most censorship, carried out by Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube is political, and typically fails. Last year, a high-level engineer at Google published an internal memo titled Google's Ideological Echo Chamber. The document warned the company of ignoring different political opinions. The man was promptly fired for violating a code of conduct. Virtually all Americans are appalled by videos depicting neo-Nazis or Louis Farrakow. hate-filled rants against Jews. They have no place on platforms used by millions of young people. Everybody knows that. Be warned, it can be a very dangerous path, however, when those decisions are made by corporate executives or advertising dollars. We have to think about this.

Up next, my message of the day on hypocrisy during the Russia collusion probe. Hey, Bill O'Reilly here. I'm excited to announce the first ever cruise through history taking place next spring. The cruise will definitely be different, great food and activities, of course, but we'll also take you back in time to the foundations of our faith, our freedom, and human progress. It's the opportunity to share your values, your beliefs, and the things you hold dear with the ones you hold dear. The cruise will sell the Mediterranean out of Venice, Italy. There are four different options, but basically the cruise will begin in Venice, then sail to the eastern Mediterranean, visiting Croatia,

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with the Gander reference, but back then, male-female equality wasn't exactly in vogue, right, Henry VIII? Anyway, I'm wondering. Today, the Goose Thing illustrates that double standards are unfair and unacceptable, except in American politics and journalism, of course. For two solid years, the federal government investigated President Trump and his associates. No geese involved, but Russians were. Bad Russians. Who sat down. sabotaged Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. And according to CNN and others, Mr. Trump colluded with those nasty Russians and perhaps even drove them to the airport. But along the way, investigators found out that some FBI people were not being fair in the probe. In fact,

evidence shows certain agents were out to get Donald Trump. Geese everywhere are appalled by that allegation and would like to know exactly what happened with the investigation, now that President Trump has been cleared of any collusion with Russians. So, the president would like to know and the Attorney General would like to know if FBI agents were in the tank. Therefore, some of the investigators are now being investigated. Enter the editorial board of the Uber-left San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, which is objecting finding out if the fix was in during the Russian collusion probe, even though that paper lustily cheered on the investigation of Mr. Trump. The Chronicle had a strong suspicion that Trump was guilty of all kinds of things and was not shy

about stating that. But last week, the newspaper suddenly pulled back on its desire to know the truth about public malfeasance, editorializing, quote, Americans should welcome objective examinations of law enforcement and intelligence, but Barr's record predicts nothing of the kind. The Attorney General has signaled enthusiasm for Trump's deceptive and self-serving version of events by recklessly accusing authorities of spying on his campaign, unquote. How does the San Francisco Chronicle know the spying assertion is reckless? Surely the paper understands that FISA warrants were obtained by the FBI using false information that's been proven, and those warrants were used for surveillance on Trump campaign people.

It seems to me that disqualifying William Barr from overseeing an investigation into possible FBI corruption is kind of reckless itself. Is it not? Geese in and around the Bay Area know the Chronicle could not care less about learning the truth about anything that does not fit its ideological agenda. The paper is a political journal, not a vehicle for honest reporting. For some, that statement may seem, well, a bit reckless, but it's not. The San Francisco Chronicle can't handle the truth, so it doesn't even bother to seek it. And that's the O'Reilly Update message of the day for more analysis. Please head on over to Bill O'Reilly.com this weekend. I think you'll like it. The O'Reilly update will return with something you might not know. We live in a very complicated world, so it's important that you protect yourself and the

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The laws have been roundly condemned by advocates on both sides, with some of the most vocal criticism coming from Hollywood, which generally favors pro-abortion legislation. Over the past several weeks, numerous movie stars and film studio heads have threatened to boycott any state that implement. implements pro-life laws. Recently, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said, it would, quote, be very difficult for Disney to film projects in Georgia once their new abortion law goes into effect and Iger doubts they will do so. Well, that stand has angered many Americans. A close look at the

locations Disney chooses to shoot their movie shows that under most circumstances, they have little regard for the laws of the places where the pictures are filmed. The latest entry into the multi-billion dollar Star Wars franchise set for release in December was partially filmed in Jordan. In that nation, women who receive abortions can be punished by up to three years in prison. A doctor who performs the abortion can get three years in prison as well. Star Wars, The Last Jedi, released in 2017, was filmed in Bolivia and Croatia. Abortion is totally illegal in Bolivia, and in Croatia, it can only be performed up to 10 weeks. Star Wars, The Force Awakens, released in 2015, was filmed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. In that nation, any person who performs an abortion

is subject to five years in prison. A woman who's found to have undergone the procedure also gets a year in prison. It's worth noting that homosexuality is outlawed in the Emirates, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. So, don't be fooled by the Hollywood executives. Their threats have little to do with morality and everything to do with virtue signaling to the American left and their own performers. In the end, it all comes down to money in Hollywood, doesn't it? Back in a moment. My friend Glenn Beck launched real estate agents.itrust.com for a very simple reason to help you sell your home for top dollar as quickly as possible. His team quickly realized there are three keys to success. One, selling or buying a home is very complicated process and difficult to

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