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The Daily Show’s host-of-the-week Desi Lydic and The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon used their respective shows on Comedy Central and NBC on Wednesday to attack Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his decision to ditch the company’s relationship with fact-checking companies. As Lydic and Fallon tell it, if someone calls themselves a fact-checker, they must be an unbiased observer of the truth who simply tells it like it is, and Zuckerberg’s move will be devastating for those who believe in truth. Lydic began by declaring, “But knowing how much Trump lies, it's more important than ever for everyone to rededicate themselves to the pursuit of truth.” After a clip of CNN’s John Berman reporting on the news, Lydic resumed, “Or that! Guess you could just live your truth. That's right. Facebook is ending fact-checking, as Mark Zuckerberg announced, apparently while entering his Gen Z era.”     It is amazing that Lydic did not see the irony of lamenting the demise of Meta’s relationship with the fact-checking outlets while referencing the progressive idea of living “your truth.” As it was, Zuckerberg was then shown in a clip stating that “The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech [jump cut] Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S.” After some more jokes about Zuckerberg’s fashion sense, Lydic asserted that Zuckerberg was unwittingly insulting conservatives, “I got to say, though, saying, ‘We realized relying on facts was discriminating against our Republican users’ is kind of a big diss to conservatives. It's like saying, ‘Sorry, our no skid mark policy was singling out Greg. All underwear stains are welcome.’" In the real world, it is an admission that fact-checkers sometimes need to be fact-checked, and once you acknowledge that, it becomes untenable to have a group of gatekeepers who claim they get to determine what objective truth is and punish others for dissenting from that judgment. Over at NBC, Fallon began, “Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will no longer fact-check posts on Facebook and Instagram, and users will now have to correct any false posts themselves. Unfortunately, I have no idea if that's true 'cause I read it on Facebook. I don't know.” Echoing another Jimmy, Fallon reached for a poor analogy, “I'm a little concerned. I mean, this is like Chipotle announcing that it's ending health inspections… That's right, if you're keeping track, fact-checking is gone from Facebook and Twitter. Right now Wikipedia is like, "How did we become the responsible one?”  Fallon concluded by pretending to move onto other topics, “Well, guys, the country is still dealing with freezing temperatures as millions of Americans are getting slammed by an Arctic blast. Yeah, it's brutal out there. Although according to Facebook, it's 85 and sunny.” Of course, that is the point. One does not need a Facebook fact-checking partner to tell them the weather when they can go look out their window, just like they don’t need to be told that Donald Trump isn’t dead, and if anyone does need to be told that, no fact-check from Facebook is going to convince them otherwise. Here is a transcript for the January 7 shows: Comedy Central The Daily Show 1/7/2025 11:12 PM ET DESI LYIC: But knowing how much Trump lies, it's more important than ever for everyone to rededicate themselves to the pursuit of truth. JOHN BERMAN: Facebook announced it is getting rid of fact-checkers. LYDIC: Or that! Guess you could just live your truth. That's right. Facebook is ending fact-checking, as Mark Zuckerberg announced, apparently while entering his Gen Z era. MARK ZUCKERBERG: The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech [jump cut] Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S. LYDIC: Okay, first of all, is this just what Mark Zuckerberg looks like now? I guess someone got the Kendrick Lamar album for Hanukkah. What is going on here? This is the worst fashion a white guy has tried to pull off since, oh, I guess, two days ago.  I got to say, though, saying, "We realized relying on facts was discriminating against our Republican users" is kind of a big diss to conservatives. It's like saying, "Sorry, our no skid mark policy was singling out Greg. All underwear stains are welcome." *** NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 1/7/2025 11:35 PM ET JIMMY FALLON: Today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will no longer fact-check posts on Facebook and Instagram, and users will now have to correct any false posts themselves. Unfortunately, I have no idea if that's true 'cause I read it on Facebook. I don't know.  I'm a little concerned. I mean, this is like Chipotle announcing that it's ending health inspections. You know what I'm saying? But it's an exciting time at Meta. I mean, Facebook is turning into Twitter, and apparently, Mark Zuckerberg is turning into Jack Harlow. So, uh, nice look.  That's right, if you're keeping track, fact-checking is gone from Facebook and Twitter. Right now Wikipedia is like, "How did we become the responsible one?” I mean, come on.  I'll admit it's not a bad idea for Instagram. I mean, it's tough when someone posts a photo of their cute new baby and the message pops up saying, "Correction, this baby is uggo." And you go -- well, guys, the country is still dealing with freezing temperatures as millions of Americans are getting slammed by an Arctic blast. Yeah, it's brutal out there. Although according to Facebook, it's 85 and sunny.

Mike Coffman (R), the mayor of Aurora, Colorado, accused Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) of facilitating a covert migrant relocation scheme that led to a severe increase in gang activity in Aurora.In a Monday op-ed for the Denver Gazette, Coffman blamed Johnston for the ongoing immigration and gang crisis, claiming he partnered with two non-governmental organizations to move foreign nationals from Denver, a sanctuary city, to other neighboring towns.'Coffman's weak leadership allowed this to happen.'Coffman, who has come under fire for his role in allowing illegal aliens to settle in Aurora, defended his decision in November to grant Johnston permission to use a Quality Inn hotel to house "busloads of migrants that were overwhelming Denver.""I initially said yes, but it soon became apparent that beyond giving the newly arrived migrants a 30-day hotel voucher, he had no plan for them other than leaving them homeless in Aurora," Coffman wrote. He claimed that he demanded that Johnston pick up the migrants and transport them back to Denver."He did, and from that point forward, I turned down his requests for further assistance," Coffman said.He declared Johnston "talks incessantly in political sound bites."Coffman cited in his article a City Journal report that indicated Johnston had drafted contracts with NGOs to house migrants in and around the sanctuary city.Specifically, the report claimed that one of the organizations partnered with CBZ Management, a property management company, to move migrants to three of its Aurora apartment complexes: the Edge of Lowry, Whispering Pines, and Fitzsimons Place, which is also known as Aspen Grove.CBZ Management and its apartment complexes were thrown into the center of the national immigration debate after a former resident at the Edge of Lowry released footage of a group of armed men storming through the complex.One of the men in the video, who was later arrested, reportedly admitted to law enforcement that he was a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has spread to more than a dozen states in the country.CBZ Management has blamed the city for allowing the gang to take over its apartment buildings. "After reading the article, I confronted Johnston about whether this was true. He affirmed that Denver had contracts with nonprofits that 'have' placed migrants from Denver to Aurora but he refused to confirm a number, where they were housed, or what resources they were given," Coffman wrote.He explained that an open records request revealed that Denver's contracts with the nonprofits allowed them to place migrants "in Denver or in the surrounding communities." He claimed such wording allowed the NGOs to put the migrants in Aurora without notifying city leaders."It gives Johnston cover, should it become public, by allowing him to say that it wasn't his decision to put them in Aurora; it was the nonprofits who made the decision," Coffman stated.He concluded, "Aurora has suffered from a national embarrassment that has harmed the image of our city in a way that could have lasting economic consequences. As the mayor of Aurora, I'm asking that Mayor Mike Johnston be transparent and tell the truth about what he did."Johnston's office told Fox News Digital, "Denver did not direct any nonprofit or agency to place newcomers in Aurora.""We also have no documentation nor knowledge to suggest that any city funds were put toward rental support at CBZ properties. Any suggestion otherwise is untrue," the spokesperson continued. "Denver is proud to have supported nearly 43,000 people from the southern border, many of whom arrived on buses chartered by the governor of Texas despite having had no intentions of making Denver or Colorado their home."John Fabbricatore, a retired ICE Denver Field Office director, claimed that Coffman's op-ed was an attempt to "cover his tracks.""He had known about this for a while and knew that Denver had been moving Venezuelans into Aurora. Coffman's weak leadership allowed this to happen. He also learned through APD [Aurora Police Department] that Tren De Aragua had moved into North Aurora in December of 2023. He knew all of this, yet he lied about it to the media," Fabbricatore wrote in a post on X. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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