The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 5.26 Good Mythical Morning Exposed! Seth Rogen Backlash, Biden on Wuhan, San Jose, & More

Episode Date: May 26, 2021

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Sup you beautiful bastards. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show. Hit that like button to support the video. Hit that subscribe button for your chance to win $5,000 at the end of the month. And let's just jump into it. And the first thing we have to talk about today is exposing YouTube's own Rhett and Link

for who they really are the Philip DeFranco way, which is by having a thoughtful conversation for about 90 minutes where I ask at times uncomfortable and intrusive questions about their friendship, their lives and their workplace. And if you'd like to watch any and all of that ooey gooey goodness, go to youtube.com slash ACW or click that link in the description down below

after this video. Candidly, I will say, I'm honestly surprised they said some of the stuff they did in that podcast, especially about working with YouTube. But I really, really appreciated the honesty. Then we got the news that the mayor of Flavortown, Guy Fieri, has signed an $80 million food network deal for the next three years.

With this, according to Forbes, it makes him the highest paid chef on cable TV, but the numbers actually do make sense. Reportedly, just last year, his show, "'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives' generated more than $230 million in ad revenue." And then we've got Moderna saying that their COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects people

as young as 12 years old, with them also saying that they'll submit their data to the US Food and Drug Administration and other global regulators early next month. Notably, if this all moves forward as expected, it puts them right alongside Pfizer, who the United States and Canada have already authorized to be used starting at the age of 12.

Also, this week we're seeing a lot of questions about the upcoming Summer Olympics. This, because as Axios notes, while preparing for 20,000 athletes and support staff from 200 countries, Japan remains in a state of emergency with 70,000 active COVID cases and only 5% of the population vaccinated. A situation so dire that in fact this Monday,

the surge prompted the CDC and the US State Department to warn Americans against travel to Japan. Which is why even though it appears that everything is moving forward with the Summer Olympics, you have people like Marissa Fernandez writing a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine saying, 58 days until the Summer Olympics opening ceremony, scientists warn that canceling the games

may be the safest option. But despite what appears to be growing opposition, both locally and internationally, to have the games, there's no indication that the International Olympic Committee is going to change anything. Then we had Seth Rogen in the news further stirring the debate around cancel culture.

This because while on Good Morning Britain yesterday, he said he didn't understand why comedians complain so much about cancel culture. Saying terrible things is bad. So if you said something terrible, then that's something you should confront in some way, shape or form. I don't think that's cancel culture.

That's you saying something terrible, if that's what you've done. But notably, this is also being said in the same kind of time period, time window, where you have Chris Rock saying that comedy is becoming boring and unfunny because comedians are scared of cancel culture. Likes of Billy Crystal saying that comedy

has become a minefield. Here, you have Seth Rogen in his interview saying that comedians are scared of cancel culture. Like Billy Crystal saying that comedy has become a minefield. Here you have Seth Rogen in his interview saying that comedians just kind of need to accept that some of the stuff they say, it's not going to age well. They need to accept if something is said in the past is not okay and just own up to it. And reportedly when asked about his own controversial jokes that he made in past films, he said,

there are certain jokes that for sure have not aged well, but I think that's the nature of comedy. I think conceptually those movies are sounds. And I think there's a reason they've lasted as far as people still watching and enjoying them today. Jokes are not things that necessarily are built to last. When it comes to this belief of just owning up to old bad jokes, it seems that that is something

that Seth Rogen is trying to do himself. Right, just earlier this month, saying that a joke that he made about James Franco messaging a 17 year old was a mistake, telling the Sunday Times. I do look back at a joke I made on Saturday Night Live in 2014 and I very much regret making that joke. It was a terrible joke, honestly.

And while yes, you did have some people supporting this saying, yes, this is really level-headed, but on the other side, you also have people saying that he was cheerleading the cancel culture mob and even comedians like Andrew Scholl's tweeting, "'No one cares what Seth says about anything. "'Stop pretending this is real.'" Then in one day, Amazon just gonna own everything new

as Amazon announced that it will be acquiring MGM Studios for $8.45 billion. And as far as what that means for you, if you have Amazon Prime, this is gonna be great news. Which actually, according to reports, MGM has a library of more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV shows. So very likely there's a ton of new stuff

coming to Amazon Prime Video. But that also means like we saw with Disney Plus and franchises such as Marvel, that this deal will certainly mean that MGM movies and shows are gonna be pulled from other streaming platforms. So there are going to be definitive winners and losers here. Then we've seen critical race theory a lot in the news as of recently, which does make sense.

Right now, Republicans in at least nine states are trying to crack down on critical race theory. Some calling to ban it, others specifically trying to avoid that word while also eliminating it. For example, a new bill that was passed in Texas prohibits any conversation around current affairs or controversial issues of public policy slash social affairs

keeps teachers from discussing the concept of superiority in any race, sex, or the idea that any race or sex bears responsibility for actions they committed in the past and exempts teachers from bias training if it causes them psychological stress. If a fellow is unfamiliar with critical race theory as Axios explains, it's a framework that was developed in the 1970s by legal scholars, including Derrick Bell

and Richard Delgado that argues white supremacy maintains power through the law and other legal systems. Dismissing the notion that racism stems from acts of individuals saying that it comes from how the nation formed and that only through attacking routine practices and institutions through color conscious efforts will racism be dismantled. And with this pointing to things like in the declaration

of independence, native Americans were referred to as savages, as well as things like the US constitution counting enslaved black people as three fifths of a person, as well as highlighting things like one of the worst acts of racial violence in our nation's history, the Tulsa race massacre, where city officials and white mobs that were never brought to justice destroyed Tulsa's black wall street,

killing 300 innocent people. Whereas those who are arguing to get this stuff out of the classroom say things like, it's intended to divide them into affinity groups. They are oppressor or they are the oppressed. It focuses on collective guilt. If you're white, we're going to white shame you. We're going to make you atone for your white privilege

and your internalized racial white privilege. And also it's very much neo-segregation. Those words specifically coming from former Georgia teacher Courtney Stokes, who Fox News also noted, mentioned the hard work the United States has done to quote, move beyond racial differences. But from that, let's take a second to pay some bills and thank the fantastic sponsor of today's show,

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"'in the next 90 days that could bring us closer "'to a definitive conclusion.'" But they're reportedly being generally understood by this community that there are two likely scenarios. One, there was some sort of human contact with an infected animal, right? We've heard a lot of people talk about bats. Or two, it was the result of an accidental laboratory leak.

And regarding that second one, while yes, reportedly, a joint team from the World Health Organization and China issued an inconclusive report back in March that described the so-called lab leak theory as extremely unlikely, but that report has actually been criticized by both the US and World Health Organization leadership for its methodology and lack of transparency

from the Chinese government. And you know, the timing of this does make sense because the debate around this has been reignited. And this in large part because of the Wall Street Journal very recently reporting that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill enough to be hospitalized in November of 2019. But also I will say, I don't expect us to get any definitive answers on this

because it's China. The words transparency and forthcoming really aren't attributed to China. And unfortunately that is where the evidence and truth lies. Then in big international news, we may be on the verge of seeing India crack down and maybe even ban certain social networks.

And this because in India today marks the start of major new social media regulations. With companies like Facebook and its subsidiaries, Instagram and WhatsApp alongside Twitter, kind of just scrambling for the past three months to try to comply with these new rules. And I mean, the Indian government's being very heavy handed. I mean, most recently they fought with Twitter

because Twitter marked a tweet from a member of the ruling party as manipulated media. Right, and that because the person retweeted a doctored image of a COVID-19 information toolkit from the opposition in an attempt to discredit it. With that fight getting so ridiculous and serious that the government even raided Twitter's Indian offices.

And here's the thing, if a company does not comply, despite the headlines, they would not be instantly banned, but pretty much, I mean, it would be the case. If they don't follow the rules, they lose their intermediary status, which grants them protection from content posted on their platform. So what that means is if it was revoked,

they'd essentially be hit with lawsuit after lawsuit. And at that point, the lawsuits would probably be so ridiculous and rampant that it'd be easier to just pull out of that market. And actually, in a quick update that came out just as I was recording this, at least one company, WhatsApp, has just sued the government in the Delhi High Court in an attempt to stop the rules from going into effect. Although whether or not that is going to work, we're going to have to wait and see. Then in a story that will not result in me apologizing

to the Communist Party of China or John Cena, the country of Taiwan has accused China of actively hindering its efforts to obtain more vaccines as it struggles with the slow vaccination campaign. And even more concerning with that, they are seeing a surge of cases right now. While we saw the Taiwanese officials hinting, even back in February, that China was hindering efforts

for them to get the vaccine from Pfizer, this morning you had the president of Taiwan explicitly accusing China, saying we had almost completed the contract signing with the German manufacturer at one point, but it has been delayed till now because China has interfered. Though Beijing here has long denied

putting up a roadblock to the vaccine with a spokesperson for the foreign ministry saying, Taiwan's access to vaccines from the mainland is smooth. However, it should be noted, China has only offered domestic vaccines to Taiwan. But Taiwan doesn't want that, with their president saying, "'Only by purchasing the vaccines "'from the original manufacturer

"'can we obtain direct guarantee in quality and safety "'to avoid legal and political double risks.'" But ultimately, that is where we are. In the meantime, they've also been trying to develop their own vaccine, though it's believed that the earliest that could be ready is in July, and right now, I mean, the country's in a near state of complete lockdown until June 14th. And the last

thing that we're going to talk about today that we really can't go in depth, it's still a developing situation. There's an investigation ongoing. Officials have not released a possible motive, but we have learned from officials that there was a mass shooting in San Jose, California. I can confirm with you at this point that there are eight victims that are pronounced deceased at this point and there's one suspect that's pronounced deceased. This is still ongoing like I said the numbers can change okay so this is still a fluid and active ongoing investigation. We have all the resources out here from city, county, and federal agencies out here including the FBI and the DA and Homeland Security out here to city, county, and federal agencies out here, including the FBI and the DA

and Homeland Security out here to assist with this investigation. According to reports, the shooting happened at the BTA light rail yard in San Jose, California, with authorities saying while they have not identified the suspect yet, he was a BTA employee. But like I said, as of recording this video, it is still a developing situation. It is something that we are going to update. According to a San Jose fire spokesperson, there are multiple active scenes connected to the investigation into the shooting. According to a deputy with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, a bomb squad is on scene

searching for explosive devices. This is because reportedly they received information that there were explosive devices located inside the building. But the White House also saying that they are monitoring the situation now. And adding, we still don't know all of the details, but what's clear, as the president has said,

is that we are suffering from an epidemic of gun violence in this country, both in mass shootings and in the lives that are being taken in daily gun violence that doesn't make national headlines. And adding, that's why he has already taken an initial set of actions on gun violence that will save lives, and that's why he's calling

on Congress to take action, including calling on the Senate to pass the three bills to strengthen background checks that have already cleared the House with bipartisan support, and which have the overwhelming backing of the American people. And ultimately with this story or actually anything else that stood out to you today,

I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below because this is the end of today's show. As always, thank you for being a part of this family, watching the videos, like and subscribe and all the good stuff. Also, if you're looking for more to watch, it'll be covered right here. You can click or tap to watch more news or the new podcast.

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