Chris Cuomo on Mark Zuckerberg’s Fact-Checking Controversy

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Chris Cuomo dissects Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to abandon fact-checking on Meta platforms like Facebook, exploring how this shift impacts public trust, media accountability, and the spread of misinformation. From the rise of digital media dominance to the influence of political bias and corporate priorities, Cuomo takes on the critical questions surrounding the future of social platforms and their role in shaping our collective reality. Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Support our sponsors: Get Maine Lobster Right now, when you go to GetMaineLobster.com and enter promo code CUOMO at checkout, you get 15% off all orders. RadioActive Media Text Chris to 511511 or visit them on the web at radioactivemedia.com Text rats may apply. Everyday Dose Head over to everyday dose dot com slash chris for 25% off plus 5 free gifts with your first order including a USB rechargeable frother, Go to everydaydose.com/chris for 25% off plus 5 free gifts with your first order. Cozy Earth A better year starts with better sleep—wrap yourself in Cozy Earth. Don’t wait! Head to CozyEarth.com/CHRIS now and use my exclusive code CHRIS for up to 40% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	I call bullshit on Zuckerberg, and I'll tell you what.
0:40.6	This is Chris Cuomo.
0:42.0	Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project.
0:44.5	The big news, Mark Zuckerberg says, forget the fact checking.
0:48.9	Boy, oh boy, have we been misled.
0:51.8	All my companies are going to get out of the fact-checking business
0:55.3	and move towards community notes, Elon Musk. Can you hear that out there and being like,
0:59.9	I am the king of the world? Now Zuckerberg wants to be just like Elon. That's how everybody's playing it.
1:06.0	That's small ball. I don't really care about Zuckerberg following Musk's lead.
1:12.1	Community notes, is that good?
1:14.3	Yeah.
1:15.2	Is it a complete fix?
1:16.7	Not even close.
1:18.2	Look, here's the challenge, okay?
1:20.9	And this is something that has been bothering me for a long time.
1:24.1	And I've been waiting for an opportunity to unpack why, and this is it. Okay?
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