Barry Weiss
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There were people that did try and blow the whistle. I know there's one female detective, Maggie Oliver. Why don't you tell me about her, Julie?
There were people that did try and blow the whistle. I know there's one female detective, Maggie Oliver. Why don't you tell me about her, Julie?
For those people who have followed this scandal, most people, I think, considered it largely to be something in the rearview mirror, right? At least until last week, right?
For those people who have followed this scandal, most people, I think, considered it largely to be something in the rearview mirror, right? At least until last week, right?
For those people who have followed this scandal, most people, I think, considered it largely to be something in the rearview mirror, right? At least until last week, right?
And the person that has sort of brought it front and center as an international conversation, conversation in the English-speaking world, not just in the U.K., is because of Elon Musk, who started tweeting, as he does, obsessively about it. And he hasn't stopped.
And the person that has sort of brought it front and center as an international conversation, conversation in the English-speaking world, not just in the U.K., is because of Elon Musk, who started tweeting, as he does, obsessively about it. And he hasn't stopped.
And the person that has sort of brought it front and center as an international conversation, conversation in the English-speaking world, not just in the U.K., is because of Elon Musk, who started tweeting, as he does, obsessively about it. And he hasn't stopped.
And some people could argue that his tweeting has arguably done more for this issue, given his power and the power of X, than anything else. And I guess just to start, I wanted to ask, you know, as people who have been doggedly reporting and following this issue for so long, as people who have been screaming about this story and trying to get people to pay attention, does that anger you?
And some people could argue that his tweeting has arguably done more for this issue, given his power and the power of X, than anything else. And I guess just to start, I wanted to ask, you know, as people who have been doggedly reporting and following this issue for so long, as people who have been screaming about this story and trying to get people to pay attention, does that anger you?
And some people could argue that his tweeting has arguably done more for this issue, given his power and the power of X, than anything else. And I guess just to start, I wanted to ask, you know, as people who have been doggedly reporting and following this issue for so long, as people who have been screaming about this story and trying to get people to pay attention, does that anger you?
Julie, from a feminist perspective, does it annoy you that a lot of women have been saying a lot about this topic for more than two decades and only now it seems like the world is paying attention?
Julie, from a feminist perspective, does it annoy you that a lot of women have been saying a lot about this topic for more than two decades and only now it seems like the world is paying attention?
Julie, from a feminist perspective, does it annoy you that a lot of women have been saying a lot about this topic for more than two decades and only now it seems like the world is paying attention?
One thing that Elon has been tweeting about a lot is that the UK, he says, has a two-tiered justice system that essentially favors minorities. Just to choose one of many examples, the UK is a place where people have been arrested in recent months for racist tweets.
One thing that Elon has been tweeting about a lot is that the UK, he says, has a two-tiered justice system that essentially favors minorities. Just to choose one of many examples, the UK is a place where people have been arrested in recent months for racist tweets.
One thing that Elon has been tweeting about a lot is that the UK, he says, has a two-tiered justice system that essentially favors minorities. Just to choose one of many examples, the UK is a place where people have been arrested in recent months for racist tweets.
And yet, many of the abusers in the kinds of stories that we talked about earlier in this conversation are walking free, having served little or no jail time. Is he right? Is the UK a place where justice is still blind, or is there a two-tier justice system?
And yet, many of the abusers in the kinds of stories that we talked about earlier in this conversation are walking free, having served little or no jail time. Is he right? Is the UK a place where justice is still blind, or is there a two-tier justice system?
And yet, many of the abusers in the kinds of stories that we talked about earlier in this conversation are walking free, having served little or no jail time. Is he right? Is the UK a place where justice is still blind, or is there a two-tier justice system?