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HI, THERE, WELCOME TO
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THE SHOW, STILL FOR JUST THREE
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MORE WEEKS TAKING PLACE IN THIS
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BLANK VOID, WHICH I RECENTLY
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LEARNED IS SENTIENT.
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IT'S BEEN LISTENING A LOT TO ME,
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SO I THOUGHT
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I WOULD GIVE IT THE FLOOR FOR A
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MOMENT.
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VOID, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU
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WOULD LIKE TO SAY?
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REALLY?
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I CAN SAY ANYTHING I WANT?
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GO AHEAD, SPEAK YOUR
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MIND.
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OKAY.
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WOW.
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I WISH CHRIS PRATT WASN'T TRYING
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TO MAKE THE ACTION HERO THING
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STICK.
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YOU KNOW?
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UH-HUH.
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IT'S HIS CAREER, HE CAN DO
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WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH IT.
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I JUST FEEL LIKE THE BUFF THING,
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IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ME.
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OKAY, I'VE GOT TO BE
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HONEST.
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I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE MORE
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INTERESTING THAN THIS.
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EXCUSE ME?
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YOU ASK SOMEONE ON THEIR SHOW
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AND TELL THEM TO SAY WHATEVER
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THEY WANT.
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THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT,
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AND THEN YOU TELL THEM THEY ARE
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NOT INTERESTING?
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WHO DOES THAT?
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WHAT KIND OF MONSTER DOES THAT?
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THAT IS FAIR.
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YOU KNOW WHAT?
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I SEE WHY YOU STOPPED HAVING
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GUESTS ON ON SEASON ONE.
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MOVING ON...
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YOU ARE NOT A NICE PERSON.
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MOVING ON.
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TUCKER CARLSON CELEBRATED
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INTERNATIONAL
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AUTHORITARIAN APPRECIATION WEEK
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BY DOING A ROAD-SHOW IN HUNGARY,
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O.J. SIMPSON URGED PEOPLE TO GET
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VACCINATED, PUTTING ME IN THE
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STRANGE POSITION OF SAYING "I'M
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WITH O.J.," AND NEW YORK'S AG
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RELEASED A DEVASTATING REPORT
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OF HIS INVESTIGATION INTO
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ALLEGATIONS
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DEVASTATING SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY
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ANDREW CUOMO WHICH, INCREDIBLY,
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HE IS TRYING TO RIDE OUT, TRYING
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TO DOWNPLAY THE ACCUSATIONS.
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I DO KISS PEOPLE ON THE
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FOREHEAD.
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I DO KISS PEOPLE ON THE CHEEK.
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I DO KISS PEOPLE ON THE HAND.
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I DO EMBRACE PEOPLE.
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I DO HUG PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN.
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OKAY!
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BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS
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ABOUT.
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AND IT'S FRANKLY INCREDIBLE THAT
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CUOMO THOUGHT RELEASING AN
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IRRELEVANT MONTAGE OF PHOTOS
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WOULD SOMEHOW EXONERATE HIM.
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APPARENTLY HIS STRATEGY FOR
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LITERALLY ANY CRISIS IS
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"PUT TOGETHER A POWERPOINT AND
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THAT'S IT."
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BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD'S
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ATTENTION WAS DOMINATED THIS
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WEEK BY THE OLYMPICS.
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THEY ENDED TONIGHT AND THEY
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PROVIDED SOME INCREDIBLE MOMENTS
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FROM THE ATHLETES, BUT ALSO SOME
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CONTROVERSY FROM THE FACT
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THE GAMES WERE EVEN HAPPENING IN
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THE FIRST PLACE, IN THE MIDDLE
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OF A PANDEMIC, TO A DECISION
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TAKEN BEFORE THEY BEGAN
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REGARDING ONE OF THE TEAMS
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INVOLVED.
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IN OTHER OLYMPIC NEWS THIS
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MORNING, RUSSIA IS COMPETING
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UNDER A NEW NAME AT THESE
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OLYMPICS FOLLOWING THEIR DOPING
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SCANDAL.
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THEY'LL BE COMPETING AS THE
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"RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE."
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THE RUSSIAN NAME, FLAG, AND
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ANTHEM HAVE ALL BEEN BANNED IF
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ATHLETES DO WIN ANY MEDALS.
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YEAH, THOUGH THE
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RUSSIAN NAME ISN'T REALLY BANNED
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IF THEY'RE COMPETING AS THE
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"RUSSIAN" OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, IS
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IT?
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IT'S LIKE SAYING, "A MONSTER
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LIKE HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS
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ABSOLUTELY NO AFFILIATION WITH
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THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY."
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I DUNNO ABOUT THAT.
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THE NAME THERE REALLY IMPLIES
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OTHERWISE.
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THE NEW DESIGNATION IS DUE TO
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THE FACT THAT RUSSIA WAS
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TECHNICALLY BANNED FOR OPERATING
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A YEARS-LONG, STATE-SPONSORED
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DOPING SCHEME, AND THIS ISN'T
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THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN
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SANCTIONED.
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IN PYEONGCHANG IN 2018, RUSSIAN
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ATHLETES HAD TO COMPETE UNDER
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THIS NEUTRAL BANNER INSTEAD OF
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THEIR FLAG.
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BUT BEFORE TOKYO, THE PUNISHMENT
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WAS DOWNGRADED, AND THEY WERE
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ALLOWED TO COMPETE AS THE
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"RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE" WITH
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UNIFORMS THAT CLEARLY BEAR MORE
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THAN A PASSING RESEMBLANCE TO
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THE RUSSIAN FLAG.
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WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
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THERE, IN THE SAME WAY THAT
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CALLING THIS A RED PLUMBER
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HALLOWEEN COSTUME ISN'T FOOLING
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ANYONE.
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AND WHILE WINNING RUSSIAN
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ATHLETES DIDN'T GET TO HEAR
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THEIR NATIONAL ANTHEM ON THE
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MEDAL STAND, THEY DID GET THIS:
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[TCHAIKOVSKY'S PIANO CONCERTO
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[NO. 1]
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YEAH, THEY GOT TCHAIKOVSKY.
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THAT IS MORE RUSSIAN THAN THE
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RUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM.
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IN FACT, THERE IS NO SOUND MORE
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QUINTESSENTIALLY RUSSIAN, ASIDE
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FROM MAYBE AN OLD MAN WEEPING
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UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE EATING A
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POTATO.
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IF ANYTHING, IT SEEMS RUSSIA
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EMBRACED THE R.O.C. DESIGNATION
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DURING THESE GAMES, WITH THE
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OFFICIAL @Russia ACCOUNT EVEN
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RUNNING A CAMPAIGN USING THE
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HASHTAG #WeWillRocYou.
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AND YOU DON'T GET TO USE
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"R.O.C." AS A FUN, SASSY NAME!
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THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR
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PUNISHMENT.
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IT'S LIKE IF HANNIBAL LECTER
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STARTED TWEETING #MuzzleMeDaddy.
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NO!
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YOU EAT PEOPLE.
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YOU DON'T GET TO RECLAIM THE
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MUZZLE.
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THE THING IS, THESE
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DESIGNATIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE
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FOR A REASON... BUT THAT REASON
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IS NOT SOMETHING THE R.O.C.'S
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BEEN EAGER TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
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AFTER A U.S. SWIMMER INITIALLY
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SUGGESTED HIS RACE "WAS PROBABLY
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NOT CLEAN," THE R.O.C... WHOSE
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ATHLETE HAD WON THAT RACE...
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THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
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HAVE RESPONDED VIA A STRONGLY
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WORDED STATEMENT ON TWITTER
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WHICH SAYS, IN PART, "HOW
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UNNERVING OUR VICTORIES ARE FOR
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SOME.
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YES, WE ARE HERE AT THE
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OLYMPICS.
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ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
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WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT."
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WOW.
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THAT IS A HARD PUSHBACK.
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AND THE R.O.C. WAS VERY MUCH NOT
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DONE, CALLING THE COMPLAINTS
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"ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PROPAGANDA,
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OOZING VERBAL SWEAT IN
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THE TOKYO HEAT."
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WHICH IS UNDENIABLY POETIC.
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"OOZING VERBAL SWEAT IN THE
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TOKYO HEAT" SOUNDS LESS LIKE
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RUSSIAN TOUGH TALK AND MORE LIKE
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A LINE FROM "A STREETCAR NAMED
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BLANCHE GOES EAST."
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IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT MAKING
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RUSSIA COMPETE UNDER A
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SUPPOSEDLY "NEUTRAL" FLAG AND
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UNIFORMS, WHEN NEITHER THE FLAG
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NOR THE UNIFORMS WERE NEUTRAL,
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MEANS THAT THIS PUNISHMENT
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WASN'T REALLY A PUNISHMENT AT
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ALL.
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SO LET'S TRY AND LEARN FROM
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THIS, AND NEXT TIME THIS PROBLEM
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ARISES, LET'S MAKE SURE BANNED
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COUNTRIES HAVE A MUCH CLEARER
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ASTERISK ON THEIR PARTICIPATION.
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SO INSTEAD OF A OBVIOUSLY
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FLAG-THEMED TRACKSUIT, LET'S
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PUT THEM IN A SHREK-THEMED
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SWEATSHIRT PAIRED WITH
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SHIT EMOJI SLIPPERS AND A
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LOBSTER HAT.
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SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
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SEE?
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NOW THAT IS A NEUTRAL LOOK.
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GOOD LUCK GUESSING WHAT NATION
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THAT ATHLETE IS COMPETING FOR
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FROM THAT OUTFIT.
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AND WHEN THEIR ATHLETES WIN
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GOLD, DON'T GIVE THEM SOMETHING
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THAT INSPIRES NATIONAL PRIDE
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LIKE TCHAIKOVSKY.
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INSTEAD, PLAY SOMETHING AWFUL
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THAT'S GUARANTEED TO STICK IN
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YOUR HEAD AND REMIND YOU THAT
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SOMETHING OBJECTIONABLE HAS
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HAPPENED.
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MAY I SUGGEST THIS:
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NOW I KNOW IT'S HARSH,
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OF BUT LET'S AGREE,
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IT IS THE ULTIMATE
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DETERRENT.
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AND NOW THIS.
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AND NOW, THE
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ELECTRIFYING SMALL TALK OF
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CALIFORNIA'S "DAYTIME WITH
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KIMBERLY AND ESTEBAN. ">>" DAYTID
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ESTEBAN" STARTS NOW.
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WELCOME TO "DAYTIME."
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IT'S MONDAY.
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IT IS MONDAY.
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HOLLA!
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HELLO.
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HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
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BUSY BUT GOOD.
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HOW ARE YOU?
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I AM GOOD.
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YOURSELF?
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DOING GOOD.
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HOW ARE YOU?
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GOOD.
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CHILLING.
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ANOTHER DAY.
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WHAT IS UP?
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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW SMART
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YOUR DOG IS?
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YEAH.
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AIRING MOVIES YOU CAN'T
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NECESSARILY SEE AT THE THEATERS.
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WE ARE READY, WE ARE IN THIS
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SPIRIT.
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YEP.
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WE ARE.
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THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
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SHOWS WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
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I THINK IT'S...
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FUN.
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DOING GOOD.
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DOING REAL GOOD.
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ALL RIGHTS.
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HOW ARE YOU DOING.
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GOOD.
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NOT A LOT OF CHANGE FROM
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YESTERDAY.
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IT'S GOOD MORNING.
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HOW WAS THE DAY?
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GOOD?
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AGAIN, GOOD.
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MOVING ON.
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OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS
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A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT'S
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EXPOSED THE FAILURE OF AMERICAN
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INSTITUTIONS.
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NO, NOT THAT ONE.
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NOT THAT ONE EITHER.
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THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BUT NOT
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ACTUALLY THIS TIME.
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YEP, THERE IT IS.
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THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
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AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "HOLD
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ON, DIDN'T YOU ALREADY DO A SHOW
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ABOUT THIS?"
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YOU'RE WRONG.
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WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE TWO OF THEM,
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BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORTH
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DOING A THIRD INSTALLMENT
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TONIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
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FIRST, IT'S AN EPIDEMIC THAT'S
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STILL VERY MUCH RAGING,
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EXACERBATED BY BOTH THE PANDEMIC
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AND ILLICIT FENTANYL, TO THE
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POINT THAT LAST YEAR, NEARLY
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70,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM OPIOID
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OVERDOSES.
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THAT IS THE HIGHEST ANNUAL DEATH
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TOLL EVER.
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AND SECOND, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A
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BUNCH OF HEADLINES RECENTLY
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ABOUT TRIALS AND SETTLEMENTS
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TAKING PLACE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
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THERE'VE BEEN SO MANY, IT CAN BE
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GENUINELY BE HARD TO KEEP TRACK.
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BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON JUST ONE
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PURDUE PHARMA,
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WHOSE ROLLOUT OF OXYCONTIN
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ARGUABLY FUELED THE OPIOID
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CRISIS.
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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEIR
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RELENTLESS PUSH TO SELL
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OXYCONTIN BEFORE, BUT MORE
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MATERIAL HAS COME OUT IN THE
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LAST COUPLE OF YEARS...
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INCLUDING THIS SPECTACULAR
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GLIMPSE INTO A 1997 MOTIVATIONAL
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SALES MEETING FOR THE COMPANY'S
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WOW.
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THAT WAS PURDUE'S VP OF SALES
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PERFORMING AN OXY-THEMED COVER
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OF "SHOUT!"
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AND THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE ONE
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OF THE MOST UPSETTING DECISIONS
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FROM THE LATE '90s, RIGHT UP
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THERE WITH, "GIVE EVERY LONELY
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CHILD AN ELECTRONIC IMAGINARY
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FRIEND THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY
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DIE, " AND " LET'S SET EVERY
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SITCOM IN NEW YORK CITY.
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AND MAKE SURE THE TWIN TOWERS
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ARE PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN THE
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TRANSITION SHOTS, REALLY REMIND
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PEOPLE THEY'RE THERE."
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PURDUE PHARMA IS OWNED BY THE
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SACKLER FAMILY, AND IN RECENT
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YEARS, PURDUE AND THE SACKLERS
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HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES BEING
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INVESTIGATED BY THE DOJ AND
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FACING THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS
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FILED BY STATE AND LOCAL
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GOVERNMENTS, NATIVE AMERICAN
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TRIBES, HOSPITALS, AND
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INDIVIDUALS.
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AND THEY'VE SPENT YEARS WORKING
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WITH AN ARMY OF LAWYERS,
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ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE THEIR
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WAY OUT OF ALL OF IT, WHICH HAS
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RESULTED IN TWO MAJOR
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RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING THIS BIG
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NEWS FROM LAST OCTOBER.
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IT'S BEING HAILED BY THE
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A MAJOR
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VICTORY AGAINST A COMPANY WHOSE
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DRUG OXYCONTIN IS PART OF THE
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PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF OPIOID
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ADDICTION THAT HAS LED TO THE
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DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
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OF AMERICANS.
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THE MAKER OF OXYCONTIN
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ADMITTED TO DEFRAUDING
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REGULATORS AND PAYING ILLEGAL
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KICKBACKS TO DOCTORS.
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IT'S TRUE!
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PURDUE HAS PLED GUILTY TO
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MULTIPLE FELONIES.
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AND IT'S WEIRD TO HEAR NEWS THAT
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SOUNDS SO GENUINELY GOOD.
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IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO GET MORE
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OF THAT ONCE IN A WHILE, LIKE
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"NO ONCE-IN-A-CENTURY WEATHER
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EVENTS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS,"
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OR "BILLIONAIRE GOES TO SPACE
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AND DIES THERE."
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YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
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HEARTWARMING.
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THAT GUILTY PLEA WAS ACTUALLY
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PART OF A MUCH LARGER PLAN WE'LL
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GET INTO LATER, INVOLVING THE
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COMPANY ALSO FILING FOR
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BANKRUPTCY, AND JUST THIS PAST
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MARCH, SUBMITTING A
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REORGANIZATION PLAN THAT WOULD
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END SACKLER OWNERSHIP.
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AND THE THING IS, THIS MIGHT ALL
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SOUND LIKE A MAJOR VICTORY...
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THAT THE SACKLERS ARE FINALLY
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EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT
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CONSEQUENCES... BUT
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UNFORTUNATELY, THAT COULDN'T BE
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FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
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SO TONIGHT, WITH THE
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BANKRUPTCY'S CONFIRMATION
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HEARING SCHEDULED TO BEGIN LATER
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THIS WEEK, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
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SACKLER FAMILY... HOW HARD
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THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO DEFEND
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THEIR NAME, THE DETAILS OF THE
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DEAL THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO
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STRIKE, AND WHY THE WHOLE THING
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IS A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT.
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AND LET'S START WITH A BASIC
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WHO ARE THE SACKLERS?
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WELL, THE SACKLERS ARE THE
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DESCENDANTS OF THREE BROTHERS...
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ARTHUR, RAYMOND, AND MORTIMER...
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WHO IN 1952 BOUGHT THE COMPANY
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THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME
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PURDUE PHARMA.
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AND WHILE ARTHUR'S BRANCH OF THE
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FAMILY SOLD THEIR STAKE DECADES
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AGO, BEFORE OXYCONTIN WAS
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DEVELOPED, THE HEIRS OF RAYMOND
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AND MORTIMER BOTH BENEFITED
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FROM, AND IN SOME CASES ACTIVELY
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MANAGED, PURDUE'S BOOM YEARS OF
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SELLING OPIOIDS.
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MANY SACKLERS EITHER WORKED AT
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THE COMPANY OR SERVED ON ITS
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BOARD, AND AS THE MASSACHUSETTS
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A.G. POINTS OUT, SOME OF THEM
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WERE PRETTY HANDS-ON.
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THEY WERE IN THE BOARDROOM.
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THEY OWNED THE COMPANY.
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WE HAVE EMAILS AND MEMOS THAT
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SHOW THE DIRECT CONTROL THAT
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THEY EXERCISED OVER SALES AND
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MARKETING.
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ONE OF THE SACKLER FAMILY
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MEMBERS WENT SO FAR AS TO WANT
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TO GET IN THE CAR WITH PURDUE'S
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SALES REPS AND DRIVE AROUND TO
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VISIT DOCTORS' OFFICES.
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IT'S TRUE, AND DOING A
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DRUG REP RIDE-ALONG IS ABOUT AS
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HANDS-ON AS YOU CAN GET.
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AND QUICK SIDE NOTE, SPARE A
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THOUGHT FOR THE SALES REP IN
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QUESTION THERE.
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SURE, THEY TOO CONTRIBUTED TO
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THE OVER-PRESCRIPTION OF AMERICA
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AND PROBABLY LED TO THEIR OWN
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LOCAL MINI-EPIDEMIC, BUT
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NOBODY... NOT EVEN HITLER...
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SHOULD HAVE TO SIT IN A CAR WITH
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THEIR BOSS.
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AND TALK ABOUT WHAT?
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THE WEATHER?
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AND THEN, WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF
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THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT, DO WHAT?
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SIT IN SILENCE?
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AND THEN SAY, "ACTUALLY, I COULD
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GO FOR A BATHROOM BREAK RIGHT
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NOW, " AND HAVE HIM SAY, " I'M
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FINE, BUT FEEL FREE TO STOP?"
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AND THEN, WHAT... YOU STOP?
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AND HE WAITS IN THE CAR?
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AND THEN WHEN YOU GET BACK HE
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LOOKS INCONVENIENCED?
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I WOULD SOONER THROW MYSELF OUT
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OF THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
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FREEWAY.
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NOW, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR
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THAT RIDE-ALONG WAS RICHARD
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SACKLER, WHO WAS ACTUALLY
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PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY FOR
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YEARS.
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AND YET, INTERESTINGLY, IT'S
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HARD TO FIND IMAGES OF HIM OTHER
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THAN THAT ONE.
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IN FACT, WHILE THE SACKLERS HAVE
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RELISHED SLAPPING THEIR FAMILY
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NAME ON INSTITUTIONS, AS
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INDIVIDUALS, THEY'VE TRIED TO
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STAY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT.
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WHEN RICHARD SACKLER GAVE A
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DEPOSITION IN 2015, PURDUE
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FOUGHT HARD TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.
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THAT'S WHY, IN OUR LAST PIECE,
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WE HAD A BUNCH OF ACTORS PLAY
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HIM TO CONVEY IMPORTANT THINGS
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LIKE THE FACT HE'D SAID "I DON'T
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KNOW" MORE THAN 100 TIMES.
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THANKFULLY, THAT DEPOSITION HAS
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SINCE BEEN RELEASED, SO YOU CAN
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FINALLY WATCH THE MAN IN ACTION.
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HOW MUCH MONEY HAS PURDUE
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FREDERICK OR PURDUE PHARMA MADE
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OFF THE SALE OF OXYCONTIN?
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I DON'T KNOW.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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I DON'T KNOW BUT... I JUST DON'T
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KNOW.
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ADMIT IT...
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THE GUY JUST OOZES CHARISMA.
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ALTHOUGH HONESTLY?
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HAVING ACTUALLY SEEN IT, I THINK
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I PREFER THE VERSION WE MADE:
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HOW MUCH MONEY HAS PURDUE
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FREDERICK OR PURDUE PHARMA MADE
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OFF THE SALE OF OXYCONTIN?
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I DUNNO.
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I DUNNO.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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I DON'T KNOW.
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HOW MANY PURDUE ENTITIES ARE
522
00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:28,166
THERE?
523
00:14:28,233 --> 00:14:29,400
I DUNNO!
524
00:14:29,466 --> 00:14:30,866
YEAH, THAT'S JUST
525
00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:32,466
OBJECTIVELY BETTER.
526
00:14:32,533 --> 00:14:33,609
NOW, WHILE RICHARD WAS THE MOST
527
00:14:33,633 --> 00:14:36,133
INVOLVED, HE WASN'T ALONE.
528
00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,633
HIS COUSIN KATHE SACKLER WAS AN
529
00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:39,333
OFFICER OF THE COMPANY FOR YEARS
530
00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:40,700
AND EVEN CLAIMED IN EMAILS THAT
531
00:14:40,766 --> 00:14:41,933
DEVELOPING OXYCONTIN WAS HER
532
00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,433
IDEA.
533
00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:46,733
ALTHOUGH, DESPITE THAT, WHEN
534
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,842
KATHE WAS CALLED BEFORE CONGRESS
535
00:14:47,866 --> 00:14:48,766
LAST YEAR AND ASKED TO APOLOGIZE
536
00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:49,900
FOR HER ROLE IN THE OPIOID
537
00:14:49,966 --> 00:14:50,800
CRISIS, SHE DIDN'T EXACTLY DO
538
00:14:50,866 --> 00:14:53,500
THAT.
539
00:14:53,566 --> 00:14:55,766
I HAVE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT,
540
00:14:55,833 --> 00:14:57,633
WAS... IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I
541
00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:00,033
COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY
542
00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:02,066
KNOWING WHAT I KNEW THEN, NOT
543
00:15:02,133 --> 00:15:05,233
WHAT I KNOW NOW.
544
00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:09,566
I HAVE TO SAY, I CAN'T... THERE
545
00:15:09,633 --> 00:15:11,400
IS NOTHING THAT I CAN FIND THAT
546
00:15:11,466 --> 00:15:16,033
I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY.
547
00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:16,666
OKAY, FIRST, THAT'S NOT
548
00:15:16,733 --> 00:15:17,666
AN APOLOGY, KATHE.
549
00:15:17,733 --> 00:15:18,776
AND SECOND, COME ON... NEARLY A
550
00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,066
YEAR INTO A PANDEMIC, THAT'S AN
551
00:15:20,133 --> 00:15:21,666
UNACCEPTABLE AT-HOME SETUP.
552
00:15:21,733 --> 00:15:22,866
PUT YOUR LAPTOP ON A COUPLE
553
00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:23,766
BOOKS.
554
00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:24,766
UPGRADE YOUR ROUTER.
555
00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:25,866
AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT,
556
00:15:25,933 --> 00:15:29,633
ONE-CLICK A RING LIGHT.
557
00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:30,300
SO, KATHE, THAT'S BOOKS, ROUTER,
558
00:15:30,366 --> 00:15:30,800
RING LIGHT.
559
00:15:30,866 --> 00:15:31,946
IT'S THE LITTLE ZOOM TRICKS
560
00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:32,600
WE'VE ALL LEARNED THAT'LL HELP
561
00:15:32,666 --> 00:15:33,466
YOU LOOK YOUR BEST AS YOU
562
00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:34,400
ABSOLVE YOURSELF OF
563
00:15:34,466 --> 00:15:35,300
RESPONSIBILITY FOR A MASSIVE
564
00:15:35,366 --> 00:15:37,100
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
565
00:15:37,166 --> 00:15:38,326
BUT THE SACKLERS HAVEN'T JUST
566
00:15:38,366 --> 00:15:39,633
BEEN APPEARING AT CONGRESSIONAL
567
00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:40,900
HEARINGS.
568
00:15:40,966 --> 00:15:42,333
SOME HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO
569
00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,833
REHABILITATE THEIR IMAGE AND
570
00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:46,900
EVEN PAINT THEMSELVES AS
571
00:15:46,966 --> 00:15:49,533
VICTIMS.
572
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,900
TAKE DAVID SACKLER.
573
00:15:52,966 --> 00:15:54,300
HE'S RICHARD'S SON AND A FORMER
574
00:15:54,366 --> 00:15:54,766
BOARD MEMBER HIMSELF.
575
00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:55,566
HE GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO
576
00:15:55,633 --> 00:15:56,266
"VANITY FAIR" FEATURING THIS
577
00:15:56,333 --> 00:15:56,866
PORTRAIT, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT
578
00:15:56,933 --> 00:15:57,533
SHOULD BE A POSTER FOR
579
00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,366
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING IN A
580
00:15:58,433 --> 00:16:00,433
CHRISTIAN HEALTH CLINIC.
581
00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:02,200
AND IN IT, HE COMPLAINED,
582
00:16:02,266 --> 00:16:03,566
"MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD CAME HOME FROM
583
00:16:03,633 --> 00:16:05,566
NURSERY SCHOOL AND ASKED,
584
00:16:05,633 --> 00:16:06,833
'WHY ARE MY FRIENDS TELLING ME
585
00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:08,066
THAT OUR FAMILY'S WORK IS
586
00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:10,500
KILLING PEOPLE?'" WHICH DOESN'T
587
00:16:10,566 --> 00:16:12,200
SEEM REMOTELY CREDIBLE.
588
00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:13,633
FOR A START, EVERYONE KNOWS
589
00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:14,776
THAT'S NOT HOW FOUR-YEAR-OLDS
590
00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,166
TALK.
591
00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:18,933
YOU'RE MISSING 8 "UMS,"
592
00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,009
15 "AND, AND, ANDS," 3 TIMES
593
00:16:20,033 --> 00:16:21,242
THEY'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF BREATH
594
00:16:21,266 --> 00:16:21,766
FOR NO REASON, AND 5 COMPLETE
595
00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:23,100
TRAIL-OFFS.
596
00:16:23,166 --> 00:16:24,533
I CALL BULLSHIT ON THAT FAKE
597
00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,966
ANECDOTE.
598
00:16:27,033 --> 00:16:28,533
BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
599
00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,533
DAVID'S BRANCH OF THE FAMILY WAS
600
00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,676
ALSO INVOLVED IN THE LAUNCH OF A
601
00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:34,033
PRO-SACKLER WEBSITE THAT AIMS TO
602
00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:36,500
"CORRECT THE RECORD," CALLED
603
00:16:36,566 --> 00:16:37,633
JudgeForYourselves. info,
604
00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:38,300
WHICH IS SHOCKING FOR A NUMBER
605
00:16:38,366 --> 00:16:39,500
OF REASONS.
606
00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:40,900
FIRST, BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES, FOR
607
00:16:40,966 --> 00:16:41,733
SOME REASON, CHOSE NOT TO
608
00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,033
SPLURGE FOR THE DOT-COM, BUT
609
00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:45,666
ALSO BECAUSE OF JUST HOW PETTY
610
00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:47,366
THE WEBSITE IS.
611
00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:48,933
IT FEATURES A LIST OF OUTLETS
612
00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,066
THAT MISTAKENLY USED THE BRAND
613
00:16:51,133 --> 00:16:52,533
NAME "OXYCONTIN" WHEN THEY MEANT
614
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,900
THE GENERIC "OXYCODONE,"
615
00:16:53,966 --> 00:16:56,633
INCLUDING A COLLEGE NEWSPAPER,
616
00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:57,900
AND OVER SEVEN HOURS OF VIDEO
617
00:16:57,966 --> 00:16:59,666
PRESENTATIONS IN WHICH A
618
00:16:59,733 --> 00:17:01,500
CATASTROPHICALLY UNCHARISMATIC
619
00:17:01,566 --> 00:17:02,900
LAWYER ATTEMPTS TO DISPROVE
620
00:17:02,966 --> 00:17:04,733
EVERY LEGAL ARGUMENT EVER MADE
621
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,633
AGAINST THE SACKLERS AND PURDUE.
622
00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:10,866
THIS TERRIBLE WEBSITE OF
623
00:17:10,933 --> 00:17:12,300
SELF-SERVING NONSENSE HAS BEEN
624
00:17:12,366 --> 00:17:14,600
PROMOTED BY, AMONG OTHERS,
625
00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:16,066
JOSS SACKLER, DAVID'S WIFE, WHO
626
00:17:16,133 --> 00:17:16,866
YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM HER
627
00:17:16,933 --> 00:17:17,666
FAILURE TO FACE THE CAMERA IN
628
00:17:17,733 --> 00:17:20,700
"VANITY FAIR."
629
00:17:20,766 --> 00:17:25,866
NOW, EVEN THOUGH JOSS ISN'T
630
00:17:25,933 --> 00:17:28,700
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE FAMILY
631
00:17:28,766 --> 00:17:30,733
BUSINESS, SHE ACTUALLY TALKS
632
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,266
PUBLICLY MORE THAN MOST
633
00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:32,033
SACKLERS.
634
00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:32,633
SHE HAS A CLOTHING LINE CALLED
635
00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:33,500
"LBV," OR "LES BOULEDOGUES
636
00:17:33,566 --> 00:17:34,100
VIGNERONNES," WHICH TRANSLATES
637
00:17:34,166 --> 00:17:35,209
TO "THE WINEMAKING BULLDOGS" AND
638
00:17:35,233 --> 00:17:35,633
IS AN OFFSHOOT OF HER
639
00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:36,233
"MEMBERS-ONLY WINE AND SOCIAL
640
00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:37,000
CLUB."
641
00:17:37,066 --> 00:17:38,933
JOSS WAS ALSO ONCE INTERVIEWED
642
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:39,633
FOR "TOWN & COUNTRY," IN WHICH
643
00:17:39,700 --> 00:17:40,533
SHE COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW
644
00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:41,533
UNFAIRLY THE PRESS TREATS BOTH
645
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:42,609
HER AND HER FAMILY, NOTING
646
00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:43,933
THAT A PREVIOUS ARTICLE
647
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,833
WOULDN'T REFER TO HER AS
648
00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:47,600
DR. JOSS SACKLER, DESPITE HER
649
00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:49,200
TELLING THEM SHE HAD A Ph.D. IN
650
00:17:49,266 --> 00:17:51,566
LINGUISTICS, GOING ON TO SAY,
651
00:17:51,633 --> 00:17:54,433
"THEY'RE GOING TO REGRET FUCKING
652
00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:55,733
WITH A LINGUIST."
653
00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:56,466
AND THAT'S ONE HELL OF A CLAIM,
654
00:17:56,533 --> 00:17:57,700
JOSS.
655
00:17:57,766 --> 00:17:59,233
BECAUSE NOBODY IS INTIMIDATED BY
656
00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:00,800
LINGUISTS.
657
00:18:00,866 --> 00:18:01,766
YOU'RE BASICALLY AN ENGLISH
658
00:18:01,833 --> 00:18:04,200
MAJOR WHO WASTED MORE TIME.
659
00:18:04,266 --> 00:18:05,000
I'LL FUCK WITH A LINGUIST ALL
660
00:18:05,066 --> 00:18:05,866
DAY LONG.
661
00:18:05,933 --> 00:18:07,366
HOW DO YOU MAKE
662
00:18:07,433 --> 00:18:08,800
TWO PROPER NOUNS INTO A DOUBLE
663
00:18:08,866 --> 00:18:09,266
NEGATIVE?
664
00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:10,966
JOSS AND DAVID.
665
00:18:11,033 --> 00:18:11,966
BOOM!
666
00:18:12,033 --> 00:18:14,833
LINGUIST, FUCKED WITH.
667
00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,042
SO TO RECAP, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR:
668
00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:17,433
SOME SACKLERS HAVE BEEN WORKING
669
00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:19,600
EXTREMELY HARD TO TRY AND
670
00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,000
ENGENDER PUBLIC SYMPATHY.
671
00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:22,000
BUT THE REAL BATTLE THE FAMILY'S
672
00:18:22,066 --> 00:18:23,142
BEEN FIGHTING HAS BEEN A LEGAL
673
00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:24,733
ONE.
674
00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:25,842
AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SPEND
675
00:18:25,866 --> 00:18:27,009
THE REST OF THIS PIECE TALKING
676
00:18:27,033 --> 00:18:27,833
ABOUT, BECAUSE WHILE THE DETAILS
677
00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:29,733
OF WHAT THE SACKLERS ARE DOING
678
00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,433
ARE INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED, THE
679
00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:33,600
END RESULT IS BOTH SIMPLE AND
680
00:18:33,666 --> 00:18:37,000
ABSOLUTELY INFURIATING.
681
00:18:37,066 --> 00:18:39,366
AND LET'S START WITH THAT DEAL
682
00:18:39,433 --> 00:18:40,900
YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER, WHERE
683
00:18:40,966 --> 00:18:42,300
PURDUE PLED GUILTY TO THREE
684
00:18:42,366 --> 00:18:43,766
FELONIES.
685
00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:45,566
IT SOUNDED LIKE SOME GOOD NEWS.
686
00:18:45,633 --> 00:18:46,866
BUT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR
687
00:18:46,933 --> 00:18:48,166
ASTERISKS THERE, BECAUSE WHILE
688
00:18:48,233 --> 00:18:49,666
THE COMPANY PLED GUILTY TO THOSE
689
00:18:49,733 --> 00:18:51,400
CHARGES, NO INDIVIDUALS DID...
690
00:18:51,466 --> 00:18:53,300
AND CERTAINLY NO SACKLERS.
691
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,566
AND THAT ALONE IS A BIG DEAL TO
692
00:18:55,633 --> 00:18:57,266
THEM.
693
00:18:57,333 --> 00:18:58,866
IN FACT, JUST WATCH AS KATHE
694
00:18:58,933 --> 00:19:00,333
JUMPED TO REMIND EVERYONE OF
695
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,900
THAT FACT DURING HER
696
00:19:01,966 --> 00:19:03,400
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.
697
00:19:03,466 --> 00:19:05,433
THE SACKLER FAMILY, THROUGH
698
00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:06,866
PURDUE, HAS THREE FELONY
699
00:19:06,933 --> 00:19:08,666
CONVICTIONS, BUT NO ONE'S IN
700
00:19:08,733 --> 00:19:09,466
JAIL AND IT HAS ITS BILLIONS
701
00:19:09,533 --> 00:19:10,666
STILL.
702
00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:11,942
EXCUSE ME, THE SACKLER FAMILY
703
00:19:11,966 --> 00:19:13,533
DOESN'T HAVE A FELONY
704
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,066
CONVICTION.
705
00:19:15,133 --> 00:19:16,300
PURDUE PHARMA HAS A FELONY
706
00:19:16,366 --> 00:19:18,066
CONVICTION.
707
00:19:18,133 --> 00:19:23,766
I'M AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
708
00:19:23,833 --> 00:19:27,633
OKAY, HOLD ON.
709
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:28,266
I DO GET THE POINT SHE'S MAKING,
710
00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:28,900
BUT THE FACT IS, PURDUE IS MADE
711
00:19:28,966 --> 00:19:29,733
UP OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO
712
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,100
CONTROL IT.
713
00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:31,309
THINK OF PURDUE LIKE LAMBCHOP.
714
00:19:31,333 --> 00:19:32,133
IF LAMBCHOP THREATENED TO KILL
715
00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,733
THE PRESIDENT ON LIVE TV,
716
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,009
LAMBCHOP WOULDN'T GET IN TROUBLE
717
00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:36,066
OR GO TO PRISON.
718
00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:37,133
SHARI LEWIS WOULD.
719
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:37,933
WHY?
720
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,000
BECAUSE LAMBCHOP IS A PUPPET
721
00:19:42,066 --> 00:19:42,833
WHO DOES WHATEVER THE FUCK
722
00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:43,633
SHARI LEWIS TELLS LAMBCHOP
723
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:44,033
TO DO.
724
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:45,300
NOW, THE SACKLERS MIGHT ARGUE
725
00:19:45,366 --> 00:19:46,033
THAT PURDUE WAS CONTROLLED BY
726
00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:47,466
MANY PEOPLE... INCLUDING
727
00:19:47,533 --> 00:19:48,733
NON-FAMILY MEMBERS... AND THAT
728
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:49,533
WHILE THEY'RE NOT FACING
729
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,233
CRIMINAL CHARGES, THEY'RE STILL
730
00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:52,300
FACING CONSEQUENCES.
731
00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:54,300
ARE THEY?
732
00:19:54,366 --> 00:19:57,366
REALLY?
733
00:19:57,433 --> 00:19:59,466
AND THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE
734
00:19:59,533 --> 00:20:01,366
BANKRUPTCY I MENTIONED EARLIER.
735
00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:02,900
BECAUSE THE BANKRUPTCY DEAL
736
00:20:02,966 --> 00:20:03,866
PURDUE HAS PROPOSED IS THE
737
00:20:03,933 --> 00:20:04,833
VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH THE
738
00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:06,042
SACKLERS ARE LIKELY TO ESCAPE
739
00:20:06,066 --> 00:20:10,033
ANY TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY.
740
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:10,800
VERY BASICALLY, PURDUE WAS
741
00:20:10,866 --> 00:20:12,433
BURIED IN THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS,
742
00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:13,542
AND RATHER THAN FIGHTING THEM
743
00:20:13,566 --> 00:20:14,900
ALL SEPARATELY, THE COMPANY
744
00:20:14,966 --> 00:20:16,700
FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY,
745
00:20:16,766 --> 00:20:17,300
NEGOTIATING TO RESOLVE ALL ITS
746
00:20:17,366 --> 00:20:18,966
DEBTS IN ONE PLACE.
747
00:20:19,033 --> 00:20:20,600
THIS PROPOSED DEAL REQUIRES,
748
00:20:20,666 --> 00:20:22,166
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE SACKLERS
749
00:20:22,233 --> 00:20:24,066
RELINQUISH OWNERSHIP OF PURDUE,
750
00:20:24,133 --> 00:20:24,900
WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO A
751
00:20:24,966 --> 00:20:26,076
"PUBLIC BENEFIT COMPANY," WHOSE
752
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:27,209
PROFITS WILL GO TOWARD FIGHTING
753
00:20:27,233 --> 00:20:28,633
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
754
00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:30,233
NOW, THE COMPANY CLAIMS THE
755
00:20:30,333 --> 00:20:31,100
BANKRUPTCY WILL DELIVER MORE
756
00:20:31,166 --> 00:20:34,000
THAN $10 BILLION IN VALUE.
757
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:38,533
BUT A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT.
758
00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:39,866
FIRST, THE SACKLERS THEMSELVES
759
00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:41,042
ARE ONLY CONTRIBUTING AROUND
760
00:20:41,066 --> 00:20:42,833
$4.3 BILLION TO THAT SETTLEMENT.
761
00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:44,866
WHICH DOES SOUND LIKE A LOT
762
00:20:44,933 --> 00:20:46,200
UNTIL YOU LEARN THE FAMILY HAS
763
00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:48,100
ASSETS OF AROUND $11 BILLION,
764
00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:50,100
WHICH IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF
765
00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:51,966
MONEY, BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT
766
00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:54,066
HAPPENS WHEN YOUR COMPANY MAKES
767
00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:55,833
A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE PRODUCT AND
768
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:56,940
PUSHES ITS EMPLOYEES TO...
769
00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:10,733
I JUST SAW THAT TEN
770
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:11,920
MINUTES AGO AND SOMEHOW IT'S
771
00:21:11,966 --> 00:21:12,533
GOTTEN EVEN WORSE.
772
00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,500
ALSO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW, A
773
00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:17,433
LOT OF THE SACKLER FAMILY'S NET
774
00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:18,100
WORTH WAS BUILT UP IN A
775
00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:19,266
PARTICULAR PERIOD.
776
00:21:19,333 --> 00:21:21,066
BECAUSE FROM 2008 TO 2017, EVEN
777
00:21:21,133 --> 00:21:23,900
AS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC WAS
778
00:21:23,966 --> 00:21:26,300
KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR, MORE
779
00:21:26,366 --> 00:21:28,366
THAN $10 BILLION WAS TRANSFERRED
780
00:21:28,433 --> 00:21:30,166
OUT OF THE COMPANY FOR THE
781
00:21:30,233 --> 00:21:31,266
BENEFIT OF THE FAMILY.
782
00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:32,933
NOW, THE SACKLERS FIERCELY
783
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,300
MAINTAIN THOSE TRANSFERS WERE
784
00:21:34,366 --> 00:21:35,633
PROPER.
785
00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:36,933
BUT THE DOJ ALLEGED THAT THEY
786
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,100
WERE MADE TO HINDER FUTURE
787
00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:39,209
CREDITORS... IN OTHER WORDS, TO
788
00:21:39,233 --> 00:21:42,233
GET THE MONEY OUT OF THE
789
00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:43,342
COMPANY SO THE SACKLERS COULD
790
00:21:43,366 --> 00:21:46,933
PROTECT IT... AND THEY FOUND
791
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,533
SOME PRETTY DAMNING EVIDENCE,
792
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:49,900
PARTICULARLY FROM DAVID SACKLER,
793
00:21:49,966 --> 00:21:55,466
WHO SEEMED TO DIRECTLY EXPRESS
794
00:21:55,533 --> 00:21:56,200
FEARS OVER LAWSUITS TAKING THE
795
00:21:56,266 --> 00:21:56,833
FAMILY MONEY BACK IN 2007,
796
00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:57,600
WRITING IN AN EMAIL,
797
00:21:57,666 --> 00:21:58,566
"WE'RE RICH?
798
00:21:58,633 --> 00:22:00,300
FOR HOW LONG?
799
00:22:00,366 --> 00:22:02,433
UNTIL WHICH SUITS GET THROUGH TO
800
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:03,500
THE FAMILY?"
801
00:22:03,533 --> 00:22:04,066
AND DAVID, BUDDY, DON'T SEND
802
00:22:04,133 --> 00:22:05,433
THAT KIND OF THING OVER EMAIL.
803
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,000
I MEAN, DON'T SEND IT IN THE
804
00:22:06,066 --> 00:22:07,209
MAIL-MAIL, DON'T SPEAK IT, DON'T
805
00:22:07,233 --> 00:22:08,533
THINK IT, DON'T RECEIVE AN
806
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,366
UPBRINGING THAT WOULD PLANT THE
807
00:22:10,433 --> 00:22:12,066
THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND, AND, IF
808
00:22:12,133 --> 00:22:12,733
YOU COULD, JUST TRY AND AVOID
809
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:13,633
CONCEPTION ALTOGETHER.
810
00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:14,600
BUT BARE MINIMUM, KEEP IT OUT OF
811
00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:16,933
THE PERMANENT LEGAL RECORD.
812
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:17,833
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "OKAY,
813
00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:18,800
SO, THEY TRANSFERRED MONEY TO
814
00:22:18,866 --> 00:22:19,500
THE FAMILY.
815
00:22:19,566 --> 00:22:20,166
BUT PEOPLE CAN STILL PURSUE
816
00:22:20,233 --> 00:22:21,400
CLAIMS AGAINST THE SACKLERS
817
00:22:21,466 --> 00:22:22,466
DIRECTLY, RIGHT?"
818
00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:23,966
WELL, NO.
819
00:22:24,033 --> 00:22:25,666
BECAUSE HERE'S THE REALLY
820
00:22:25,733 --> 00:22:27,533
WHILE THERE ARE
821
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,100
APPROXIMATELY 400 CIVIL SUITS
822
00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:33,333
THAT DO NAME THE SACKLERS
823
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,400
THEMSELVES, THE FAMILY IS
824
00:22:34,466 --> 00:22:35,576
INSISTING THAT THEY WILL ONLY
825
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,500
AGREE TO THIS SETTLEMENT IF THEY
826
00:22:36,566 --> 00:22:37,933
GET WHAT'S CALLED A
827
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,040
NON-CONSENSUAL THIRD-PARTY
828
00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:40,800
RELEASE.
829
00:22:40,866 --> 00:22:43,000
AND THIS THING IS BULLSHIT.
830
00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:44,400
BECAUSE IF THEY GET IT, ALL
831
00:22:44,466 --> 00:22:45,400
CURRENT LAWSUITS AGAINST THE
832
00:22:45,466 --> 00:22:46,800
SACKLERS EVAPORATE AND NO FUTURE
833
00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:49,400
LAWSUITS CAN BE FILED.
834
00:22:49,466 --> 00:22:51,066
MEANING THE SACKLERS...
835
00:22:51,133 --> 00:22:52,633
WHO DIDN'T FILE FOR PERSONAL
836
00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:53,833
BANKRUPTCY THEMSELVES,
837
00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:55,300
REMEMBER... ARE BASICALLY OFF
838
00:22:55,366 --> 00:22:56,033
THE HOOK.
839
00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:57,433
AND IF IT SOUNDS WEIRD TO YOU
840
00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,600
THAT A COMPANY CAN DECLARE
841
00:22:59,666 --> 00:23:01,400
BANKRUPTCY AND THEN A BUNCH OF
842
00:23:01,466 --> 00:23:03,500
INDIVIDUALS GET SHIELDED FROM
843
00:23:03,566 --> 00:23:05,333
LIABILITY, THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS!
844
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,300
IT'S REALLY FUCKING WEIRD!
845
00:23:08,366 --> 00:23:09,409
IN FACT, SOME BANKRUPTCY COURTS
846
00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:10,833
DON'T ALLOW THESE THIRD-PARTY
847
00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:12,233
RELEASES AT ALL.
848
00:23:12,300 --> 00:23:14,033
BUT PURDUE VERY CAREFULLY CHOSE
849
00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:15,533
ONE THAT THEY KNEW PROBABLY
850
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,100
WOULD.
851
00:23:17,166 --> 00:23:18,209
A FEW MONTHS BEFORE FILING FOR
852
00:23:18,233 --> 00:23:19,500
BANKRUPTCY, PURDUE CHANGED ONE
853
00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:21,066
OF ITS OFFICIAL CORPORATE
854
00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:22,266
ADDRESSES TO ONE IN WHITE
855
00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:24,100
PLAINS, NEW YORK, AT WHICH IT'S
856
00:23:24,166 --> 00:23:25,700
NEVER CONDUCTED BUSINESS, AND
857
00:23:25,766 --> 00:23:27,900
WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE
858
00:23:27,966 --> 00:23:29,566
BANKRUPTCY JUDGE, WHO...
859
00:23:29,633 --> 00:23:31,366
COMPLETELY COINCIDENTALLY... HAS
860
00:23:31,433 --> 00:23:33,066
SUPPORTED THIRD-PARTY RELEASES
861
00:23:33,133 --> 00:23:34,333
IN THE PAST.
862
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,066
WHICH IS ALL A PRETTY OBVIOUS
863
00:23:36,133 --> 00:23:37,466
TACTIC.
864
00:23:37,533 --> 00:23:38,433
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY MOVED TO
865
00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:39,400
WHITE PLAINS FOR ANY OTHER
866
00:23:39,466 --> 00:23:40,700
REASON.
867
00:23:40,766 --> 00:23:42,066
IF YOU LOOK UP "THINGS TO DO IN
868
00:23:42,133 --> 00:23:44,433
WHITE PLAINS"... AND THIS IS
869
00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,400
TRUE... THE FIRST RESULT YOU GET
870
00:23:45,466 --> 00:23:46,466
IS A TRIPADVISOR PAGE
871
00:23:46,533 --> 00:23:47,866
RECOMMENDING A HELICOPTER TOUR
872
00:23:47,933 --> 00:23:53,666
OF NEW YORK CITY.
873
00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:54,466
WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
874
00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:55,300
"COME VISIT WHITE PLAINS, WHERE
875
00:23:55,366 --> 00:23:55,966
YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY LEAVE AND GO
876
00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:58,566
LOOK AT SOMEWHERE MORE
877
00:23:58,633 --> 00:23:59,133
INTERESTING TO LIVE."
878
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,342
AND THE SACKLERS' THIRD-PARTY
879
00:24:00,366 --> 00:24:01,000
RELEASE IS COMPREHENSIVE,
880
00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:02,366
STATING THAT THE RELEASED
881
00:24:02,433 --> 00:24:04,000
PARTIES SHALL BE CONCLUSIVELY,
882
00:24:04,066 --> 00:24:05,566
ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY,
883
00:24:05,633 --> 00:24:06,642
IRREVOCABLY, FULLY, FINALLY,
884
00:24:06,666 --> 00:24:07,833
FOREVER, AND PERMANENTLY
885
00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:08,900
RELEASED FROM ANY AND ALL
886
00:24:08,966 --> 00:24:10,009
CLAIMS, OF ANY KIND, FROM THE
887
00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:12,900
BEGINNING OF TIME.
888
00:24:12,966 --> 00:24:16,300
AND THIS IS THE LIST OF EVERY
889
00:24:16,366 --> 00:24:17,100
PERSON AND ENTITY THEY WANT
890
00:24:17,166 --> 00:24:18,033
COVERED.
891
00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,300
IT CONTAINS OVER 200 COMPANIES
892
00:24:19,366 --> 00:24:20,509
AND 200 MORE TRUSTS WHERE THE
893
00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:21,576
SACKLERS HAVE TUCKED THEIR MONEY
894
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,900
AWAY.
895
00:24:23,966 --> 00:24:25,300
THIS RELEASE IS LUDICROUSLY
896
00:24:25,366 --> 00:24:26,233
BROAD, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY
897
00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:27,400
NINE STATE A.G.s ARE STILL
898
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:28,366
OBJECTING TO IT, AND TWO
899
00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:30,300
BRANCHES OF THE DOJ HAVE SAID IT
900
00:24:30,366 --> 00:24:33,166
VIOLATES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
901
00:24:33,233 --> 00:24:35,800
AND SPECIFICALLY VIOLATES DUE
902
00:24:35,866 --> 00:24:42,966
PROCESS, BECAUSE IT DENIES
903
00:24:43,033 --> 00:24:44,733
INDIVIDUALS OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO
904
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,466
BE HEARD, AND YET, INCREDIBLY,
905
00:24:45,533 --> 00:24:46,400
DESPITE ALL THIS, IT'S WIDELY
906
00:24:46,466 --> 00:24:47,366
ASSUMED THAT THIS WHOLE DEAL IS
907
00:24:47,433 --> 00:24:48,433
GOING TO GO AHEAD.
908
00:24:48,466 --> 00:24:51,333
AND WHILE IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE TO
909
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,466
ME, I WILL SAY, AT LEAST ONE
910
00:24:54,533 --> 00:24:55,433
PERSON THINKS THAT'S A VERY GOOD
911
00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:59,133
THING.
912
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,833
ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, THAT ONE
913
00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:01,366
PERSON IS PURDUE'S CURRENT
914
00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:02,033
CHAIRMAN.
915
00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:02,900
THIS IS A MILESTONE IN PUBLIC
916
00:25:02,966 --> 00:25:03,833
HEALTH HISTORY.
917
00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:04,833
NEVER BEFORE HAVE YOU SEEN THIS
918
00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:06,300
AMOUNT OF MONEY, $10 BILLION
919
00:25:06,366 --> 00:25:08,600
BEING DEVOTED TO OPIOID
920
00:25:08,666 --> 00:25:11,600
ABATEMENT, AND IT'S ONLY
921
00:25:11,666 --> 00:25:13,366
AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS PLAN,
922
00:25:13,433 --> 00:25:15,466
ASSUMING WE CAN GET IT APPROVED.
923
00:25:15,533 --> 00:25:17,166
AND I THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK
924
00:25:17,233 --> 00:25:18,473
ABOUT IT, THEY WILL COME AROUND
925
00:25:18,533 --> 00:25:19,676
TO THE NOTION, "WELL, I MIGHT
926
00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,166
HAVE LIKED SOMETHING SLIGHTLY
927
00:25:21,233 --> 00:25:22,833
DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY
928
00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:25,500
A LOT BETTER THAN GOING INTO
929
00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:27,166
ENDLESS, COSTLY LITIGATION THAT
930
00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:29,000
MAY END UP WITH NO PROCEEDS
931
00:25:29,066 --> 00:25:30,066
GOING TO ANYBODY."
932
00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:31,466
OKAY, NO.
933
00:25:31,533 --> 00:25:32,642
"I MIGHT HAVE LIKED SOMETHING
934
00:25:32,666 --> 00:25:34,066
DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS BETTER
935
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:35,933
THAN NOTHING" IS WHAT YOU SAY
936
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,500
WHEN YOUR DAD INSISTS ON HAVING
937
00:25:37,566 --> 00:25:38,576
DINNER AT CHILI'S, NOT WHEN
938
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:39,500
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FATE OF
939
00:25:39,566 --> 00:25:40,466
A COMPANY THAT POISONED A
940
00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:41,933
GENERATION.
941
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:42,766
WHICH, INCIDENTALLY, IS, I
942
00:25:42,833 --> 00:25:46,066
BELIEVE, CHILI'S CURRENT SLOGAN.
943
00:25:46,133 --> 00:25:47,933
THAT MAN'S
944
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,066
NOT EVEN ENTIRELY WRONG.
945
00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:52,166
THE LONGER THESE LAWSUITS DRAG
946
00:25:52,233 --> 00:25:53,466
ON, THE MORE MONEY WILL GET
947
00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:54,733
WASTED IN COURT, AND AN
948
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,076
INCREASINGLY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF
949
00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:56,800
IT WILL GO TO LAWYERS RATHER
950
00:25:56,866 --> 00:25:58,066
THAN VICTIMS.
951
00:25:58,133 --> 00:25:59,176
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UNDER THIS
952
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,033
SETTLEMENT, CLAIMANTS COULD
953
00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:02,400
RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM $3,500 TO
954
00:26:02,466 --> 00:26:04,833
$48,000.
955
00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:06,333
WHICH, YES, FEELS WILDLY
956
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,800
INSUFFICIENT.
957
00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:08,733
BUT SOME FAMILIES ARE
958
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,466
RELUCTANTLY WILLING TO TAKE WHAT
959
00:26:11,533 --> 00:26:12,533
THEY CAN GET.
960
00:26:12,566 --> 00:26:13,709
ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY OTHERS, LIKE
961
00:26:13,733 --> 00:26:14,666
THIS WOMAN... WHOSE SON BECAME
962
00:26:14,733 --> 00:26:15,973
ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS AFTER BEING
963
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,200
PRESCRIBED OXYCONTIN AS A HIGH
964
00:26:17,266 --> 00:26:18,733
SCHOOL STUDENT... ARE FURIOUS
965
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,233
THAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S COME TO.
966
00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:26,000
WE WANT OUR VOICES HEARD, NOT
967
00:26:26,066 --> 00:26:29,366
INTERPRETED BY THE COURT LIKE
968
00:26:29,433 --> 00:26:30,300
THEY HAVE BEEN.
969
00:26:30,366 --> 00:26:31,733
I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY SAYING
970
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,566
THAT I LOVE... I'M SO HAPPY WITH
971
00:26:33,633 --> 00:26:36,966
THE SETTLEMENT AS I HEAR AT
972
00:26:37,033 --> 00:26:38,633
PRACTICALLY EVERY HEARING.
973
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:39,776
I'M A MOM, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH
974
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,100
ANY OF THIS, AND I KNOW HUNDREDS
975
00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:42,276
OF MOMS THAT AREN'T EITHER AND
976
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:43,466
FAMILIES.
977
00:26:43,533 --> 00:26:46,400
EXACTLY.
978
00:26:46,466 --> 00:26:48,700
FOR SOME FAMILIES OF VICTIMS,
979
00:26:48,766 --> 00:26:49,776
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR
980
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,400
VOICES HEARD IS PRICELESS, WHICH
981
00:26:51,466 --> 00:26:52,766
IS TO SAY, A FUCK OF A LOT MORE
982
00:26:52,833 --> 00:26:55,200
THAN $48,000.
983
00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:56,700
SOME HAVE EVEN CALLED IN TO
984
00:26:56,766 --> 00:26:57,466
COURT ONLY TO BE TOLD IT WASN'T
985
00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:59,233
THE RIGHT FORUM.
986
00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:00,700
ONE WOMAN CALLED IN TO THE
987
00:27:00,766 --> 00:27:02,100
BANKRUPTCY HEARING AND SAID, "I
988
00:27:02,166 --> 00:27:04,133
LOST MY BROTHER TRAGICALLY AT
989
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,200
THE TIP OF THE EPIDEMIC IN 2012.
990
00:27:06,266 --> 00:27:07,309
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN MEMORY
991
00:27:07,333 --> 00:27:09,000
OF MY BROTHER."
992
00:27:09,066 --> 00:27:10,800
TO WHICH THE JUDGE REPLIED, "I
993
00:27:10,866 --> 00:27:12,466
HOLD HEARINGS ON WHAT IS
994
00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:13,800
SCHEDULED BEFORE ME.
995
00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:14,766
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE
996
00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:15,933
PROPER FORUM TO DO THIS."
997
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:23,633
AND THE THING IS, HE'S RIGHT.
998
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:26,800
BUT THIS ALSO MAY BE THE LAST
999
00:27:26,866 --> 00:27:29,000
FORUM THESE FAMILIES HAVE TO BE
1000
00:27:29,066 --> 00:27:29,833
HEARD.
1001
00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:30,666
LOOK, IT MIGHT BE TRUE THAT THIS
1002
00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:31,300
IS THE BEST DEAL WE CAN GET
1003
00:27:31,366 --> 00:27:32,000
UNDER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
1004
00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:32,800
BUT THE FACT THAT'S THE CASE
1005
00:27:32,866 --> 00:27:33,566
DOESN'T SPEAK TO WELL TO THIS
1006
00:27:33,633 --> 00:27:34,709
DEAL, OR, INDEED, THE SYSTEM
1007
00:27:34,733 --> 00:27:34,933
ITSELF.
1008
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:35,733
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL,
1009
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:36,466
THE SACKLERS ARE PAYING SO MUCH
1010
00:27:36,533 --> 00:27:37,776
ALREADY, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?"
1011
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,933
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT
1012
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,133
WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
1013
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,000
BECAUSE I'D ARGUE THAT WHEN YOUR
1014
00:27:43,066 --> 00:27:44,733
FAMILY'S COMPANY RECKLESSLY SOLD
1015
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,333
A PRODUCT AS DAMAGING AS
1016
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,466
OXYCONTIN, THE QUESTION MIGHT
1017
00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:49,609
NOT BE, "HOW MANY BILLIONS IS IT
1018
00:27:49,633 --> 00:27:51,766
RIGHT FOR YOU TO PAY?"
1019
00:27:51,833 --> 00:27:53,000
IT'S "HOW MANY BILLIONS IS IT
1020
00:27:53,066 --> 00:27:54,866
RIGHT FOR YOU TO KEEP?"
1021
00:27:54,933 --> 00:27:57,366
AND I WOULD ARGUE "NO BILLIONS."
1022
00:27:57,433 --> 00:28:00,533
AND I'M AFRAID IT GETS ONE STEP
1023
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:02,000
WORSE, BECAUSE THE WAY THIS
1024
00:28:02,066 --> 00:28:03,833
SETTLEMENT IS STRUCTURED, IT'S
1025
00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:05,233
ACTUALLY HURTING THE SACKLERS
1026
00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:07,566
EVEN LESS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
1027
00:28:07,633 --> 00:28:09,266
THAT $4.3 BILLION THEY'VE AGREED
1028
00:28:09,333 --> 00:28:11,133
TO PAY IS SPREAD OUT OVER NINE
1029
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:12,700
YEARS, WITH THE LARGEST PAYMENTS
1030
00:28:12,766 --> 00:28:14,266
COMING TOWARD THE END OF THAT
1031
00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:15,766
PERIOD, WHICH MEANS THEY COULD
1032
00:28:15,833 --> 00:28:17,366
MAKE THAT MONEY UP IN INTEREST
1033
00:28:17,433 --> 00:28:19,333
AND INVESTMENTS AND NEVER HAVE
1034
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,466
TO TOUCH THE PRINCIPAL.
1035
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,233
IN FACT, WHEN THE SACKLERS ARE
1036
00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:24,476
DONE PAYING IN 2030, THEY WILL
1037
00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:25,933
PROBABLY BE RICHER THAN THEY ARE
1038
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,166
TODAY.
1039
00:28:27,233 --> 00:28:28,366
SO I GUESS THE ANSWER TO
1040
00:28:28,433 --> 00:28:29,500
"WE'RE RICH?
1041
00:28:29,566 --> 00:28:31,233
FOR HOW LONG? "IS" DON'T WORRY,
1042
00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:34,133
FOREVER, DAVID, BECAUSE IT SEEMS
1043
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,000
THAT'S HOW THE FUCKING SYSTEM
1044
00:28:35,066 --> 00:28:36,666
WORKS."
1045
00:28:36,733 --> 00:28:38,400
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN IT COMES TO
1046
00:28:38,466 --> 00:28:40,333
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE SACKLERS,
1047
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,833
THIS IS PROBABLY IT.
1048
00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:49,900
BECAUSE WHILE, TECHNICALLY, THE
1049
00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:04,200
COULD STILL BE CRIMINALLY
1050
00:29:04,266 --> 00:29:04,866
CHARGED, NOBODY EXPECTS
1051
00:29:04,933 --> 00:29:05,466
THAT TO HAPPEN.
1052
00:29:05,533 --> 00:29:06,676
AND IT'S JUST INFURIATING THAT
1053
00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:07,133
THINGS ARE SET TO END SO
1054
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:07,900
COMFORTABLY FOR A FAMILY THAT'S
1055
00:29:07,966 --> 00:29:08,466
MADE SO MUCH AT THE EXPENSE OF
1056
00:29:08,533 --> 00:29:09,233
SO MANY.
1057
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:09,833
ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, THERE IS
1058
00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:10,733
ONE TINY POSITIVE HERE.
1059
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:11,733
AND THAT'S THAT PURDUE AND THE
1060
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,933
SACKLERS HAVE ALWAYS HEAVILY
1061
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:13,300
VALUED SECRECY.
1062
00:29:13,366 --> 00:29:14,406
BUT THIS DEAL REQUIRES THE
1063
00:29:14,433 --> 00:29:15,000
CREATION OF AN ONLINE PUBLIC
1064
00:29:15,066 --> 00:29:15,700
REPOSITORY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
1065
00:29:15,766 --> 00:29:16,433
CONTAIN 30 MILLION DOCUMENTS
1066
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:17,333
INCLUDING DEPOSITION VIDEOS AND
1067
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:18,200
THE SACKLERS' COMPANY EMAILS.
1068
00:29:18,266 --> 00:29:19,166
WHICH IS UNDENIABLY GOOD.
1069
00:29:19,233 --> 00:29:19,800
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, LET'S ADMIT,
1070
00:29:19,866 --> 00:29:20,500
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING
1071
00:29:20,566 --> 00:29:21,500
APPROACHING JUSTICE HERE.
1072
00:29:21,566 --> 00:29:22,576
AND THE SACKLERS, IN SPARING NO
1073
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:23,500
EXPENSE, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
1074
00:29:23,566 --> 00:29:24,676
BOUGHT THEIR WAY OUT OF THIS
1075
00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:26,566
PROBLEM.
1076
00:29:26,633 --> 00:29:27,900
WELL, NOT NO EXPENSE.
1077
00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:29,206
BECAUSE AGAIN, DESPITE SPENDING
1078
00:29:29,266 --> 00:29:30,800
MILLIONS ON LAWYERS, AND EVEN
1079
00:29:30,866 --> 00:29:31,942
CREATING A WEBSITE FILLED WITH
1080
00:29:31,966 --> 00:29:33,766
LEGAL PROPAGANDA, THEY STILL
1081
00:29:33,833 --> 00:29:35,733
SOMEHOW COULDN'T SCRAPE UP THE
1082
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,333
$2,500 REQUIRED TO BUY THE
1083
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,133
DOT-COM FOR IT.
1084
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,366
AND THE REASON I HAPPEN TO KNOW
1085
00:29:42,433 --> 00:29:43,900
EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT COSTS IS
1086
00:29:43,966 --> 00:29:45,333
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH WE SPENT
1087
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:45,833
TO BUY IT.
1088
00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:47,200
WE BOUGHT
1089
00:29:47,266 --> 00:29:47,900
JudgeForYourselves.com,
1090
00:29:47,966 --> 00:29:49,033
AND I KNOW THAT IT DOES
1091
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:49,733
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO EVEN THE
1092
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,133
SCALES HERE.
1093
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,700
BUT IT DOES GIVES ME THE TINIEST
1094
00:29:54,766 --> 00:29:56,266
BIT OF COMFORT TO IMAGINE IT
1095
00:29:56,333 --> 00:29:58,933
MIGHT IRRITATE THE SACKLERS JUST
1096
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,042
A BIT TO KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE
1097
00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:00,600
GO TO THAT SITE IN THE FUTURE,
1098
00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:03,200
THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL SEE.
1099
00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:04,900
HI, IT'S ME.
1100
00:30:04,966 --> 00:30:07,033
THE REAL RICHARD SACKLER.
1101
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,700
WELCOME TO THE PREMIERE SOURCE
1102
00:30:08,766 --> 00:30:09,933
OF INFORMATION ON THE SACKLER
1103
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:10,633
FAMILY THAT YOU CAN FIND ON THE
1104
00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:11,800
INTERNET.
1105
00:30:11,866 --> 00:30:16,266
IT'S CALLED
1106
00:30:16,333 --> 00:30:19,100
JudgeForYourselves.com!
1107
00:30:19,166 --> 00:30:26,000
BUT YOU GOTTA GET THE DOT-COM!
1108
00:30:26,633 --> 00:30:27,333
WHAT KIND OF FUCKING IDIOT WOULD
1109
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:27,966
SET UP AN IMPORTANT WEBSITE AND
1110
00:30:28,033 --> 00:30:30,166
NOT BUY THE DOT-COM?
1111
00:30:30,233 --> 00:30:32,066
I DUNNO!
1112
00:30:32,133 --> 00:30:33,500
I DUNNO!
1113
00:30:33,566 --> 00:30:37,566
ANYWAY, IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH,
1114
00:30:37,633 --> 00:30:41,133
YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
1115
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:41,666
SO CLICK AROUND, OKAY?
1116
00:30:41,733 --> 00:30:43,133
GET A SENSE OF WHAT MY TERRIBLE
1117
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,200
FAMILY HAS DONE.
1118
00:30:44,233 --> 00:30:45,066
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL THROW IN
1119
00:30:45,133 --> 00:30:46,066
SOME MAKE-UP TIDBITS.
1120
00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:47,033
I DON'T KNOW.
1121
00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:47,966
MAYBE HOW TO MAKE A GREAT PESTO
1122
00:30:48,033 --> 00:30:49,300
CHICKEN.
1123
00:30:49,366 --> 00:30:50,833
ANYWAY, THERE'S SOME GREAT
1124
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:52,666
BUTTONS THAT YOU PRESS AROUND
1125
00:30:52,733 --> 00:30:53,900
AND YOU'LL GET THERE SOMEHOW.
1126
00:30:53,966 --> 00:30:54,976
ANYWAY, BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
1127
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,200
ALL RIGHT.
1128
00:30:56,266 --> 00:31:03,366
BYE-BYE.
1129
00:31:03,433 --> 00:31:05,366
THANK YOU,
1130
00:31:05,433 --> 00:31:06,266
RICHARD SACKLER.
1131
00:31:06,333 --> 00:31:07,133
THIS NEW WEBSITE LETS
1132
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:07,733
YOU "JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES"
1133
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:08,366
WHETHER THE SACKLERS GOT OFF TOO
1134
00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:09,266
EASY... WHICH THEY DID.
1135
00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:09,800
ON IT, YOU CAN SEE RICHARD
1136
00:31:09,866 --> 00:31:10,466
SACKLER'S FULL DEPOSITION, ALL
1137
00:31:10,533 --> 00:31:11,433
OF OUR EPISODES ABOUT THE
1138
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:12,509
OPIOIDS CRISIS, AND THERE'S EVEN
1139
00:31:12,533 --> 00:31:13,266
A LINK THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
1140
00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:14,200
DIRECT YOU TO THE DOCUMENT
1141
00:31:14,266 --> 00:31:15,733
REPOSITORY THE MOMENT IT'S
1142
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,166
LAUNCHED.
1143
00:31:17,233 --> 00:31:18,393
ALSO, BECAUSE THE FAMILIES OF
1144
00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:19,966
THOSE IMPACTED BY THE SACKLERS
1145
00:31:20,033 --> 00:31:21,276
HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN HEARD, THERE
1146
00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:22,666
ARE SOME EXCERPTS ON THE WEBSITE
1147
00:31:22,733 --> 00:31:23,566
OF WHAT SOME OF THEM WANTED TO
1148
00:31:23,633 --> 00:31:24,966
SAY.
1149
00:31:25,033 --> 00:31:26,176
ALL OF THIS WILL BE UP AS LONG
1150
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,400
AS WE OWN THE DOMAIN.
1151
00:31:28,466 --> 00:31:30,800
AND THIS IS AT LEAST SOMETHING
1152
00:31:30,866 --> 00:31:32,400
THE SACKLERS CAN'T THROW THEIR
1153
00:31:32,466 --> 00:31:34,400
DIRTY MONEY AT AND MAKE GO AWAY.
1154
00:31:34,466 --> 00:31:35,566
WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT
1155
00:31:35,633 --> 00:31:36,566
ISN'T FOR SALE AT ALL,
1156
00:31:36,633 --> 00:31:37,833
SACKLER FAMILY.
1157
00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:41,000
IT'S AVAILABLE FOR A PRICE.
1158
00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:42,766
LET'S SAY $10 BILLION.
1159
00:31:42,833 --> 00:31:43,966
THAT'S OUR SHOW.
1160
00:31:44,033 --> 00:31:45,109
THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
1161
00:31:45,133 --> 00:31:46,133
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
1162
00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:49,566
GOOD NIGHT!
1163
00:31:50,166 --> 00:31:51,233
HEY!
1164
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:52,100
ME AGAIN!
1165
00:31:52,166 --> 00:31:54,233
RICHARD SACKLER!
1166
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:54,866
LISTEN, THE DOCUMENTS AREN'T OUT
1167
00:31:54,933 --> 00:31:55,300
YET.
1168
00:31:55,366 --> 00:31:56,700
I WISH THEY WERE, BUT THEY'RE
1169
00:31:56,766 --> 00:31:59,466
NOT.
1170
00:31:59,533 --> 00:32:05,166
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
1171
00:32:05,233 --> 00:32:06,433
KEEP CHECKING BACK, ALL RIGHT?
1172
00:32:06,457 --> 00:32:08,457
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