Meta Ends Fact Checking, Trump Tries to Redraw the Map, and the Los Angeles Fires

Pivot

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News Commentary, News, Technology, Tech News

4.3 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Kara and Scott discuss the devastating fires in Los Angeles. They also have thoughts about the decision to end Meta’s fact-checking program. Plus, President-elect Donald Trump has spent the week talking about annexing Greenland, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and making Canada the 51st state. Finally, a listener mail question about responsible podcasting. Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial. Follow us on Bluesky at @pivotpod.bsky.social. Follow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.2	Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher. And I'm Scott Calloway. Scott, I am so glad I am not at CES right now. Do you know what's happening?
1:29.5	What's happening at CES? Nothing. Nothing. That's the whole point. You used to go all the time, so did I.
1:35.5	No, I've only been once. Oh, really? Yeah, and the highlight was I saw Casey and the Sunshine Band at one of their parties. I found CES just uninspiring. I just didn't do anything for me.
1:50.2	It is. I used to go year after year after year, and I'm so glad I didn't go. Yeah, it used to be
1:55.0	relevant, like a lot of, you know, those gatherings that were relevant and then don't become relevant.
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