Carole Cadwalladr

You're saying that the Joe Biden, who doesn't even know where he is, is actually an incredibly advanced cloned robot? How much ketamine are you on?

You're saying that the Joe Biden, who doesn't even know where he is, is actually an incredibly advanced cloned robot? How much ketamine are you on?

Welcome back to The Daily Show. So I want to tell you about my guest tonight. My guest tonight is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes the sub-stacked newsletter, How to Survive the Brologarchy. Please welcome to the program, Carol Cadwallader. Very surreal. It's very surreal. It's very surreal. I want to introduce you to our audience who might be unfamiliar with your work.

Welcome back to The Daily Show. So I want to tell you about my guest tonight. My guest tonight is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes the sub-stacked newsletter, How to Survive the Brologarchy. Please welcome to the program, Carol Cadwallader. Very surreal. It's very surreal. It's very surreal. I want to introduce you to our audience who might be unfamiliar with your work.

Carol was one of the first journalists that broke the Cambridge Analytica data story. This was many years ago. Back when... Nobody was right about it. And give us a little bit of just that back story of what happened when you exposed what this group was and what happened to you.

Carol was one of the first journalists that broke the Cambridge Analytica data story. This was many years ago. Back when... Nobody was right about it. And give us a little bit of just that back story of what happened when you exposed what this group was and what happened to you.

Nothing changed.

Nothing changed.

Actually, the one person who was put through the ringer during all of this was you.

Actually, the one person who was put through the ringer during all of this was you.

You were put on trial for discovering this very true thing, and they really tried to destroy you.

You were put on trial for discovering this very true thing, and they really tried to destroy you.

I hate that. Yeah. I'm a Brexiteer, you're a Brexiteer.

I hate that. Yeah. I'm a Brexiteer, you're a Brexiteer.

What, are you kidding me? I'm in America. We don't care what happens there. No, but it is. So but you were on the cusp of does that story now with Cambridge Analytica sort of siphoning the data from Facebook, weaponizing what would get people agitated and trying to influence those elections? Does that almost seem quaint by today's standards?

What, are you kidding me? I'm in America. We don't care what happens there. No, but it is. So but you were on the cusp of does that story now with Cambridge Analytica sort of siphoning the data from Facebook, weaponizing what would get people agitated and trying to influence those elections? Does that almost seem quaint by today's standards?

Was the change of that, because there is a sense, you think of that sort of in the capitalist sense or the consumerist sense, like if I'll be talking to my wife about a certain something and then the very next thing on Instagram is an advertisement for that very thing. And you think, oh, they've weaponized what we're interested in to get us to buy things.

Was the change of that, because there is a sense, you think of that sort of in the capitalist sense or the consumerist sense, like if I'll be talking to my wife about a certain something and then the very next thing on Instagram is an advertisement for that very thing. And you think, oh, they've weaponized what we're interested in to get us to buy things.

But this is a very different scenario in that they've weaponized it to defang democratic processes.

But this is a very different scenario in that they've weaponized it to defang democratic processes.