Manafort, Cohen and ‘Individual 1’; The Apps That Track And Sell Your Location; Amazon Faces New York In Heated Hearings; What Are You Ambivalent About?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 13, 2018
On today's show:
- Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy and host of the Trump, Inc. podcast at WNYC, reports on the latest news related to the Mueller investigation, including Michael Cohen's sentencing, court filings on Paul Manafort's business dealings and how close the investigation now is to 'individual 1,' a.k.a. President Trump.
- Natasha Singer, technology reporter at The New York Times covering consumer privacy, and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, reporter on the investigative team at The New York Times, discuss their recent reporting on location-sharing technology that tracks users' movements through their phones and distributes that data...at a price.
- In the first of only three City Council hearings on Amazon opening a new hub in Queens, representatives of the tech company answered questions regarding the economic impact of the project. NYC City Council member (26th Queens) Jimmy Van Bramer describes the scene in the heated hearings and what he's been hearing from his constituents.
- In this political climate, it's hard to find someone who admits to feeling uncertain about a given policy issue. Call in to confess to the issues you are ambivalent about - then, listeners will call in to try to convince you of the merits of one side or the other.
