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And let's just jump into it.

And the first thing we're gonna talk about today

is the story and situation around Post Malone,

which I feel like is bigger than the story around one man.

I think it's something

that touches on anyone in the spotlight

and the relationship and a sense of ownership

that people have, whether it be the fans

or the internet, in general.

So over the past week,

we've had a large number of people

sharing clips saying they're incredibly concerned

about the 24-year old's behavior.

This including videos of him stumbling on stage,

intensely rolling his eyes as he sings.

Right now we have a lot of fans

that are protective, concerned,

people who are still reeling

from the drug-related deaths

of people like Mac Miller and Lil Peep.

I've seen a number of people with these viral videos,

saying that Post Malone's behavior

signaled a potential substance abuse problem,

though I understand, while these theories were going viral,

they were blowing up, you still had

a number of fans arguing

that this is just how Post Malone performs,

others just feeling uneasy

about all of the public speculation,

in general, even if the intentions were good.

You know the push back to that

was it's better to be safe than sorry.

And as the noise around this situation

got louder, we saw Post Malone's father,

Rich Post, eventually taking to social media

to shut down the rumors.

Retweeting a video of his son playing the guitar

and singing, adding, "I'm getting tired of it y'all.

What does this video say?

Coherently playing the guitar while simultaneously singing?

Seems a lot harder than accidental slips

and stage theatrics."

And then continuing, "I don't want to come across

as dismissive to those of you

who have expressed concerns about Austin.

Your sincerity and kindness regarding him is certainly

heartwarming and appreciated."

We also ended up seeing Post Malone

himself address this during a performance

in Memphis, Tennessee.

- I'm not on drugs and I feel the best

I've ever fucking felt in my life.

(crowd cheers)

And that's why I can bust my ass for these shows

and fucking fall on the floor and do all that fun shit, man.

(crowd cheers)

But for anybody that's concerned here,

I appreciate the love and the support,

but I feel fucking fantastic and I'm not doing drugs.

(crowd cheers)

- But he did also acknowledge that there was a dark time

in his life where he would turn to drugs

but once again assuring fans that he was okay now.

- You know, there was a time in my life,

a very dark time in my life where, you know,

I would try and, you know, find alternate escapes

from reality and do drugs.

But now I just want everybody to know in this building,

that I'm fucking okay and I'm the happiest

I've ever fucking been.

So thank you so much ladies and gentlemen.

(crowd cheering)

- And following that, it calmed down the worries

of many fans, but also even a number of people saying

maybe he just hasn't accepted the problem yet.

Once again, that's speculation, and it brings up that debate

of is this helpful or is actually something that's hurting?

Now, I don't have the answer for that.

But what I will say is looking at the concern

that there is around artists and the conversation happening

around it most of the time,

it does somewhat bring a smile to my face,

and it makes me feel like the conversation

around mental health has greatly improved

just over the past decade alone.

And obviously, I think that's somewhat connect

with the losses we've seen in recent years.

But then notoriously, people like Amy Winehouse,

someone who, I mean, looking back really didn't get

that public empathy that a lot of artists get today.

Someone who was very publicly spiraling

and instead of just an army of hands reaching out to help,

she was kind of villainized, right?

So as far as where the right middle ground is,

as far as public help and public reaction, I don't know.

But that's also kind of the beauty of the show.

That's the story.

I'm just one person, and I pass the question off to you.

I'd love to know your thoughts on this one.

And then let's talk about the news

and the conversation around misinformation

and manipulated media.

So last month, Twitter rolled out its policy

for addressing synthetic and manipulated media,

which said that users could not,

"Deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media

that are likely to cause harm," with Twitter also saying

that it would label this kind of content,

and that policy actually went into effect

last week on March 5.

And ultimately, that brought us to yesterday

where Twitter seemed to apply the manipulated media label

for the first time to a video

that was posted by Trump's social media director

Dan Scavino and retweeted by Trump himself.

And the video in question was a 13-second clip

of Joe Biden speaking at a campaign rally on Saturday

that looked like this.

- During this primary for my campaign

that's about negative attacks

and the one about what we're for

because we cannot

get re-elect, we cannot win this re-election,

excuse me, we can only re-elect Donald Trump.

- So you watch that and you potentially go, did Joe Biden

just endorse Donald Trump?

What just happened?

Well, it turns out that that clip was actually cut

before Biden finished his sentence.

And in the original video that we found, we see him say this

- We can only re-elect Donald Trump, if in fact,

we get engaged in this circular firing squad here.

It's gotta be a positive campaign, so join us.

- And so, basically, what appears that he was saying

was Trump can only be re-elected if we keep infighting.

So, obviously, a very different situation

and message from the first video

that was edited, looking at the situation, right?

Twitter's first official implementation of their new policy,

it was met with a fair share of problem,

because while it has been hit

with a manipulated media label,

Twitter didn't determine the post

violated its guidelines until about 18 hours after.

And according to reports by that point,

it had already been viewed more than 5 million times

and retweeted more than 20,000.

Also, it appeared that

there were technical problems as well.

According to reports, it was a glitch

with the manipulated media label itself,

with the Twitter spokesperson saying

that the manipulated tag

wasn't showing in the tweet details and adding

that users who clicked into the tweet itself

may not be able to see the label,

but that it was visible in the timeline,

which I imagine is how most people see tweets.

Now, one of the other reasons this was

a big deal is not only

because the content was labeled,

but also because this possibly sets a precedent

that it shows that Twitter is not scared to crackdown

on Trump and his team.

And this wasn't just a tweet and a video

from Joe Blow, this was coming from people with connections

to the administration.

Also, Twitter is not alone here,

we saw Facebook respond to the video of Biden as well.

Facebook did not initially label

or do anything to the post