Social Media Platforms May Already Be Too Powerful for Warning Labels to Matter; Also, Louisiana Starts Another Ten Commandments Fight and Willie Mays and the Legacy of Baseball Integration

Call It Like I See It

English - June 25, 2024 20:15 - 55 minutes - 127 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Previous Episode: Is Tesla's Billion-dollar Pay Package For Elon Musk a Sign Of Success Or Trouble Ahead? Also, Texas School Board Fights and the Missing Indoctrination and the New Research that Says Alcohol is Not Good for You

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent push to get warning labels on social media platforms and the chances that it has any legs (2:03). The guys also react to Louisiana’s new effort to require the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms despite similar efforts being deemed unconstitutional in the past (21:29) and remember Willie Mays and consider how future generations will remember the pre and post segregation eras of America’s pastime (36:45).

Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act (AP)

How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say (NY Times)

Louisiana will require the 10 Commandments displayed in every public school classroom (NPR)

Willie Mays Was the Greatest Baseball Player Who Ever Lived (The Ringer)

How Negro Leagues stats change MLB record books: Jackie Robinson and more notable names get updated numbers (CBS Sports)

Negro-League Players Don’t Belong in the MLB Record Books (The Atlantic)

"Wouldn’t wish it on anyone": MLB icon Reggie Jackson details racism he faced (Axios)