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study from Greenpeace, US households generated and estimated fifty one
million tons of plastic waste in two thousand twenty one,
but only five percent was recycled. The other nine percent
is apparently in Elon Musk's face. Okay, speaking of which,
Twitter is now officially owned by an African American. All right,
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technically speaking, right, Elon bought Twitter and immediately started firing
people like they were old members of Destinies Shop. Okay, well, Ellen,
you may have bought Twitter, but you didn't buy black Twitter.
And black Twitter has some demands. Namely, instead of making
black Twitter pay to keep the blue check marks, you
and all the other youths of white Twitter should be
paying Black Twitter for their tweets. Okay, y'all steal him anyway.
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That is the Dominoes is bay and Pepperoni kisses on fleek.
If y'all get the funk out of here and cut
the damn check. All right, face facts, Twitter without black
people is just white guys arguing about cryptocurrency. All right,
pay up? Are we gonna go over the fan base
and turn that mother off? We need to be over
there anyway, though, And fresh off of sex scandal from
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a Celtics coach, Emay Udoka is now going to be
coaching the Brooklyn next Okay, he'll be showing the team
how to drop buckets and panties, all right. They'll be
hitting threes and tens by the time he's done with them. Alright,
Emay will probably threaten the locker room. If you all
don't play defense, I'm gonna fuck your wise. We've got
a lot more things to talk about, like conspiracy theories
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and social media. Queen out of Let's get it. Hey,
it's been a hell of a week and here to
talk about it is the most expensive panel in late night.
He's a culture reporter for The New York Times, and
the offer of rap capital and Atlanta story makes some
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noise for Joe Coscarelli. She's the host of MSNBC's The
Cross Connection. Tiffany crosses head and he's got an upcoming
Netflix special being produced by Dave Chappelle, and he's the
host of the podcast to Donna Rowling show, Done Rawlings
Is Heir? Did you tell Ane not? I didn't't not.
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That is not true. I think you're hilarious. You sent me.
I think you're hilarious. Wait a minute, Okay, I'm gonna
try it again. All right again, Okay, I'm gonna try again.
I'm gonna try to get now. And he's got an
up coming Netflix special being produced by Dave Chappelle and
he's the host of the podcast to Donne Rowling Show,
Danne Rawlings is Her? You you set me up? And
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I can know about that just talking. Here's what I
want to talk about. Topic one, harm and a hammer. Now,
a man hooked on Q and on conspiracies broke into
Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband with a hammer. Naturally,
everyone from Elon musta Don Trump Junior immediately decided this
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looked like a gay trists gone wrong and ran with
it because that's hilarious. And you know what, it is
hilarious because an old man fighting in his underwear with
his lover is a million times funnier than an old
man getting his skull crashed by a cycle with a hammer.
All Right, it pains me that Nancy Pelosi's husband wasn't
tustling in his undies with his boyfriend, because I could
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laugh about that. But the reality is that this just
shows the escalation of political violence in America and there's
nothing funny about that. Okay. We are on the fast
track of fascism and we can't giggle that away, no
matter how enterating the conspiracy theory is so Tiffany, I
got a question for you. Why is everyone so quick
to jump on conspira? Is the theories? Is the truth
not sexy enough? Trust media just broken? You think? Let
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me just say first, everybody wasn't eager to jump on
that bullshit. That was like definitely orchestrated by the GOP,
the right wing extremists, and we cannot separate Republicans from
white wing extremists. They have merged right now, and even
this whole concept of all the political violence has reached
this you know, ultimate tone. Look, black folks in this
country know that political violence is all It's the American way.
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I mean, talk to the people on Edmund Pettis Bridge
who got their skull crack for trying to vote. And
so when you have the right introducing these ridiculous conspiracy theories,
it's because they do not want to um claim this
guy when truthfully, this guy, according to reporting by Vice
News and other outlets, he has trafficked and anti black sentiment,
anti Semitic sentiment, He had all kindies of election denier.
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We have to start calling them liars because that's what
they are. Um And so, yeah, I think there is
some trust in the media that's broken. And the truth
is news is not always going to be sexy. Sometimes
we are telling you what you want to know and
what you need to know. And so I get your
point about, Yes, if it was some lover's quarrel that
it is one thing. But the truth is, we are
at a point in this country where these folks who
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neither discovered this country nor built it, believe that it
is there is exclusively and they are throwing fatal temper
tantums all across this country. And who does that impact
the most folks who look like you and me, Donell
But a conspiracy theory in the streets that you was
are attacked there in the underwear at the at the house.
They said that the tacker came in this house, right,
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he had theme music. He came in with hamata right,
and then said you can't touch this. Uh see that
they're still not laughing with The joke is over, y'all.
You just heard Tiffany saying it ain't funny. This is
not a laughing matter done hell now, but this I'm
a comedian and I'm here, and you would pick the
worst news week to have me on this damn shelf too. Well.
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Your producers call, they said, we're gonna talk about this,
we don't talk about this. I was like, I don't
want to be a part of that ship, man, but
I'm here for comedy. So it looks like Elon Muski's
Twitter is gonna be the wild wild Western freepe a
truth Survive being dropped out and all that bullshit. I
think some regulations in order. Where is the truth now?
I mean people find their own truths? Right. Everybody lives
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in these filter bubbles where they're only getting information that
confirms what they already think and everybody else is a liar.
So if one person is watching Fox News, one person
is watching MSNBC, where are these people going to find
common ground. I think there's always going to be a
massive information. It's up to every individual person to sort
through it. Unfortunately, I don't think people want the truth.
I think people want to believe what it is they
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already believe. Ever reinforces that. I think that's what they're
They're inful because I do't think you can change people's
mind even with the truth. Right. And I also wouldn't
equate Fox News and MSNBC. I mean, one is a
propaganda network that traffics and hate and the other. Yeah,
I mean I think I just people live in their bubbles, yea,
and they want to hear what they already believe. Yes,
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But one bubble is just complete bullshit. Another is actual
journalism and reporting as you know as as a reporter. Um.
And I wouldn't say that it's the wild Wolt West
of free speech. It's the wild well West of hate speech.
You know when um, you know, Elon Muff came out
that he's going to charge for very Twitter verification. Um,
to quote the great Senator Clay Davids from the wire Ship,
ain't a body paid for them verification? That's ridiculous. Remember
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that focus, motherfucker focus, Remember that Twitter is I got.
I don't know if you ever got drunk. Yeah, I
don't even use it like they really try to hurt
your films. I mean, I said, Ti Ki Nodge fans
hurt my feelings, Ghost bars same. They drugged me for
a week. What did you what did you do? Deserved? No,
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I didn't deserve it, but I did say it was
that CARDI b kind of destroyed Nicki Medad's career, right okay?
And then when I said that went crazy and then
how didn't do you send that tweet? And then you
go private? Immediately they made me feel bad. They followed
me every page and said I found just playing just
meet him over there, y'all. Yo. They had other people.
They was putting clown faces, jun corns, They was making
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noise like ah. And then on top of that, the
King King bar little Nas did a tweet and after
that my career was dead for two weeks. What you
say about a little Nas? I ain't gonna say that.
I want to get my career counsel, but it won't
be to night, and I know you would love that,
So I'm not gonna hold on one more question, betw
Tiffany and Joe it's this kind of conspiratorial thinking having
an effect on how y'all report the news, and you
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know right right about it. All we do is bend
over backwards to try to show like that you did, Hey,
get a black tree, all that you did? Like you
say less but trying to have a serious show here.
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Don not with me. We're living in a society where
I gotta go behind the pay wall to get real news,
but I can read about Gucci Man being a clone
all day long for free. We can't expect the prosper
as a society when news outlets are prospering off us
for profits. Okay, this choose your own adventure of the
news is gonna leave more room for conspiracies. And that
was more divided than but cheeks in the prison. My
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panelists sticking around were hell of a weekend. Just a minute,
welcome back to Hell of a week I'm still here
with Joe Coscarelli, Tiffany Cross and Donna L. Rowlings. That's
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right now, topic to a coach in crisis Man. On Tuesday,
we learned the tragic passing of Takeoff Okay, after he
was senselessly shot and killed in Houston. The details of
this story are still unfolding, but it's to tell that's
all too familiar. However, my guy Gilly the King from
the Million Dollars Worth a Game podcast brought up a
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very interesting point. But every time something happened to a
rample or athlete or entertain or any out of your color,
the first thing you niggas do is put your fucking
phones out and start recording and post that ship on
the internet. Man, you niggas, it's clowns for that ship.
Through to my guy Gilly, man, I agree saying, Uh,
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every picture of every tragedy like this is something somebody
got on their phone camera, and every picture you see
other people holding up their cameras like damn, like what
happened to empathy? Uh? Doaniell, I'm gonna start with you.
These people have literal phones in their hands. Shouldn't they
be calling nine one instead of taking pictures? I mean
it's interesting because I'll give example the case with George Floyd.
Had not someone been videotaping that, we probably wouldn't understood
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what the true outcome of that was. I know that
it's east said you should start, you should stop, it
should help the people, But this a bigger situation. We
gotta stop killing each other, you know what I'm saying.
It's like, okay, we keep reporting this and it's so
funked up now that nothing that's shocking anymore. Now, You're right,
it's not surprised. I Oh, it's like this, here we
go again, you know again. Like social media, it serves
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its purpose in the situation like that. It's tragic for
you to see it, especially your family is seeing at first,
you know what I mean. But man, it's so funked
up because I don't even know what the answer this
to any of this, and I feel the same way.
It's like this headline is so common now. It's like
insert rappers name here, shot and killed at insert age here.
It's like hearing Nick Canadan's having it's really putting a
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bad name. He's got another baby, and it's putting a
bad name on hip hop now because all these stories,
all these outlets, they start off with hip hop artist shot,
hip hop artists killed, and that is not a representation
of what hip hop is. But that's the representation of
media's penalty. And I think it's unfel for hip hop
and the people that grew up on real hip hop, right,
But I would just say about people videotaping things like that.
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You know, look, I think most of us on this
panel grew up when social media was not a regular thing,
and so VHS exactly right. I'm sure my agent would
love me to say, but the truth is, I mean,
as an excer, we didn't have that, and so there's
something about young people growing up with this technology at
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their fingertips and you become desensitized, you like, forget your humanity.
And so when you see a dead body laying on
the floor, people are chasing likes and followers, and they
don't necessarily see the lack of a human life. They
only see an avatar that no longer exists. And we
have to get back to connectivity and our humanity just
as human beings um and particularly as black people in
our community. To see something like that and ache and
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hurt for his family and the violence that he suffered
at his last moments, which is really sad, Joe. You know,
these pictures up on every social media platforms. The time
for like platforms to stop hiding under the guys at
journalism and be more respectful of how they serve up
this kind of content. I mean, look, the situation is tragic,
but this has always happened. What do you think tabloids
were a hundred years ago? It was always about crime, sex,
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scandal people. This is the appetite that the people have.
But at least wasn't it presented better? I guess I
don't think it's so raw. And because it's I don't know,
I'm like somebody on the scene, just showing you somebody
bleeding out. I'm skeptical that we were ever better than this.
The news organizations, if you want to call them, that
are doing this because that's what people are clicking on.
Look at the most popular list, and it's always been
that way. And I think we want to say as
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a society that we're better than this, But what if
we are this? Yeah, what was that saying? If it bleeds,
it leads. That's old school. So those national requiring star
stories they're not true. Well it depends, I mean, and really,
look like mcdonna got pregnant by sasquash. But there's a
reason those are the only magazines left at the supermarket,
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you know, like that's what people are buying because nobody
cares about the truth. When the live and more entertaining,
which but I don't know if they ever did. Has
been fighting in his underway with a hammer. Yeah, I
think it's easy to say that things were so pure
in the good old days, but I just I think
if you really look back at it, this is this
is what the audience wants. They want drama and they
want death. Unfortunate. Unfortunately, we have become so enslaved to
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the algorithm that someone's untimely demise is considered content. Well,
I want to give the brother take off his flowers,
and you know, let's not reducing him to just a rapper.
Yes he was a rapper, but that man is a
human and a son and a nephew and a friend.
And were mourning the fact we won't ever get any
new music from take Off. But his family is more
than the fact they won't see Takeoff at Thanksgiving this year.
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So rest in power, King more Hell of a Week
when we come back. Welcome back to Hell of a Week.
Now Here at the Hell of a Week, we have
the best writing staff in late night, but we also
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have the laziest writing staff in late night. It's true.
Sometimes when I asked him to come up with a
new game. They just ripped some shipped off the internet
as you're seeing tonight's new game. One's gotta go now
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panel Halloween was four days ago. Okay, the snickers are gone,
the TwixT bars are gone. There's nothing left in the
Halloween bag except that cheap ass garbage candy like candy
corn and dumb dumbs, Smarties and flavored two rolls. One's
gotta go, Joe. I'll start with you. I have an
old friend whose joke was that all candy corn was
created in the same year. There's only one batch ever,
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and they're still handing it out. But I think that
goes for all of these dusty ass candies. Uh. Look,
I've never even seen a flavor of Tipsy roll So
let's get those out of here. I don't even know
what that is. Joe wants to get rid of the
d Uh Tiffany, I heard it. I heard it, Tiffany.
What say you? One gotta go. I gotta get rid
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of that candy corn. Uh donell You're up next. I
got you candy corn. Black people, to be honest, Black
peop don't mess with candy corn. That's the white man's
trick to wait to get us into cavities. I'm going
a race car. When it comes to this, damn candy
you go to a white house, they all, that's all
I want to get this candy corn, And I totally
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I guess that the eight gotta get out of here. Yeah,
the correct answers candy corn. Yes, Okay. By the way,
that was just a test to see if you'all were
playing honest a right, because I know nobody like damn
candy corn. Next, let's get political. A lot of important
elections this Tuesday. Four races in particular getting national attention.
Ron de Santus in Florida, Carrie Lake in Arizona, herschel
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Walker and Georgia and Doctor Oz and Pennsylvania, which I
can't even believe. I just said that which state can
the Democrats most afford to lose? One's gotta go, Donnaelle,
your turn. I want herschel Walker to win, just the
one to happen, just so I can have commed the
same way tom Me every day with Trump. I was
at gerschel Walker talked like he got candy corn in
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his mouth and like he got candy car on his
mouth and of his brain. Man, I'm deal for the entertainment.
The definite democracy is not funny, Donnell. Well, it's funny
to me. Man. It's hey, my bills, man, let's go
herschel Walker. Y'all look like cousins, Joe, what you we need?
The culture that comes out of Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania
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Arizona is far enough away, Tiffany, what do you think
one's gotta go? Say? Florida literally looks like the dick
of the country. So let's get rid of Florida. Um
rush train is the country. Let's cast ran Florida. Here's
the problem, Ron, the stupid Ronda standards, whatever you wanna
call Florida. Man, he is so problematic the people they
are passed Amendment for which gave returning citizens those formerly
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incarcerated the rites of vote. He instituted a poll tax.
He has done everything he can to keep black and
brown people from the ballot. He traffics and stupidity and ignorance.
And I just think they are a problem for the
rest of the country. Let's get them out of there. Listen, Nancy,
to me is simple, Pennsylvania's right next door. I got
friends in Florida, even though it is the craziest state
in America, and herschel Walker is too dumb to chew gum,
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not too dumb to walk in chew gums, just too
dumb to chew gum. But I don't know anybody in Arizona,
so Arizona by I don't care what happens to Arizona. Now, finally,
let's get serious and talk some comedy. Uh, Donelle, I
hear that you're a comedian, so let's sen up. All right.
You are lucky to have had so many comedy gods
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bless us with their presence over the last few decades.
But one has to go. And whoever you guys pick
just means that you simply don't think they're that funny,
all right. The choices are Charlie Murphy, the late Great
Charlie Murphy, Joe Rogan, Donnelle Rollins, and Dave Chappelle. One's
gotta fucking go, Joe, make you pick. It's the white guy. Okay, Okay,
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Joe Rogan, gotta go. Uh, Tiffany, what say you? This
is print? Anybody about to get rid of Ashley Larry
All the other brothers up there are necessary. I didn't
even know Joe Rogan was a comedian. I thought he
was a dumb person on the radio and said dumb things.
So I say, Joe Rogan can get out of the
air traffic and conspiracy theories. Donnelle talk to me. Um.
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I have to say I'm a fan of on them
for different reasons. I know people don't be politically correct.
So if you don't pick, I'm a pick just because
I have respect for all of them. I would have
to get him, get rid of my self and respect
everybody on that list. Wow, damn, damn. I bet my
writers that you wouldn't pick yourself. Yeah, I get myself
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about it, but I know I'll be back. Donnelle. I
agree with you if you think I'm picking anyone, but
you you bugging Okay, You're out of here, buddy. All right.
I'd like to thank my guest tonight, Joe Constarelli, Tiffany Cross,
and Danielle Rollins. When we're back the more Hell of
Are we going away? Welcome back to hell of a Week. Now.
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Before we go, let's take a look at some business news.
Last year the Great fan Fair, tech genius Mark Zuckerberg
announced that Facebook was changing its name in the meta
and betting everything that it's uses with join the virtual
reality metaverse. How's that working out? Damn? He lost seven
hundred billion dollars. That's three fifty kanyes. Okay, seven hundred
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billion down the drain for some cyber goggles, sticking and
saucy Santana. Facebook was already losing more money than the
Divorce Dad eating lunch at the Script Club, and Mark
was like, I bet you, I can make it worse. Okay.
Mark wasn't serious about making no money, because if he was,
the metaverse would have just been pouring all right, Okay,
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everybody knows sex cells. Those damn meta dog avatars didn't
even have legs. Meta TITTI would have definitely made a
couple of billion, all right. I mean I never met
a titty. I ain't like, have you? It would be
like six flags for in cells where everything is getting
written except for them, just like they're used to. My
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