Cenk Uygur
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Diamond And Silk Fool Republicans With Hoax
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April 14, 2018
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14:28Now PlayingDiamond and Silk were used by Republican senators as martyrs but it was all just a ruse by the YouTube personalities. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, and Simone Boyce, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
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“On Tuesday and Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came to Washington and testified, for the first time, in front of two Congressional committees. It provided a unique opportunity for senators and House members to ask the person controlling the world’s largest social network about critical issues involving foreign interference in democratic functions, data privacy, and transparency.
Instead, many of the Republicans focused on Diamond and Silk.
Diamond and Silk are the stage names of two African-American women, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, who support Trump. They appeared at Trump rallies, are frequent guest on Fox News, and have a large presence on social media, including Facebook.
Beginning in September, Diamond and Silk began claiming that there was “bias censorship and discrimination against [the] D&S brand page.” Their claim was that their page was being discriminated against because of their political views and, as a result, they were reaching fewer people.
ThinkProgress has examined Facebook data about their page and its performance, and the numbers clearly show this claim is totally without merit.
Still, Republicans in Congress latched onto their claim of censorship and focused a significant amount of time questioning Zuckerberg about it.”
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Simone Boyce
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Simone Boyce
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