How censoring Trump fuelled his comeback | America’s Last Election: EP 6 | If You're Listening

[@stuntguy3000]

ABC's coverage of the 2024 US Election has set the bar high. Well done to everyone involved, fantastic shows.

[@JudyFayLondon]

Couldn't agree more. Very profound.

[@RidgeyDidgeDude]

🤣Every one of them said Trump couldn't win?? ✊🤗 Yeah, they were spot on! 😁😆

[@Squashed8Ball]

@@RidgeyDidgeDude BS None of them predicted the outcome of the election. 🤡

[@Jabid21]

And the best part is, none of the U.S. news outlets bothered to provide this depth of coverage and context like Australia’s ABC did. I’ll give it to Australia for this.

[@Andy-zu3tv]

Don't you mean low bar, they were more or less campaigning for the donkeys and their insight was so acute they were expecting the donkeys to win.

[@mronions7250]

Amazing series, what a line to end on.

[@shirleyhaugaard9643]

It tells me that Americans are completely and utterly lost.

[@infin8ee]

Not all but the half that are being force marched along this dystopian time line are the ones I feel sorry for. The others wanted this insane clown show.

[@LaSpastica90]

American here. I voted for Harris and have been severely sick to my stomach since the election. I definitely feel like our nation is lost. And Trump is a master manipulator. He used people’s anger against them. I see now how Hitler did it. I am very afraid now. I never thought this would happen.

[@Shiggystardust]

America is an oligarch. When you have only two options it can seem that way. People are just trying to survive. And can you blame them? Biden in his second day of office signs executive orders about trans rights in sports yet does nothing for years to address the border crisis. This sends people the wrong message on where a governments priorities are.

[@martinwalsh5212]

Lost forever

[@94marci]

So sorry to hear that. lets hope that the next 4 years will be over soon..​@@LaSpastica90

[@MacrobianNomad]

Great conclusion to a great series! The fact that InfoWars was bought by The Onion in a state sanctioned auction was beyond satire and just the perfect ending to Jones’ empire 😂

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

And so satisfying.

[@Merc399]

LOL was it though? I think you should google that xD and then go watch Infowars because they're still on air rn. As Infowars xD It's hilarious you pretentious, morally and factually incorrect authoritarians always want to silence anyone who disagrees and live in some intentional echo chamber. well too bad. not happening.

[@Merc399]

why don't you go ahead and Google that sale. just double check that real quick xD the sale was reversed and Infowars is still on air as we speak. how does that make you feel? :) does your authoritarian desire to silence anyone you disagree with make you squirm when you hear they're still on air? I hope it does fr xD

[@asheronwindspear552]

​@Merc399 NOPE. Jones had just filed to have it reversed. It hasn't actually happened. Once again, your closed media loop has only given you half of the information that you need to form an informed opinion.

[@Merc399]

@@asheronwindspear552 The Washington Post - "Judge Pauses the Onion’s takeover of Infowars over auction concerns" the hilarious part is the actual highest bid is by people who support Infowars and will leave Alex editorial control xD they put in 3.5 million when the Onion only put in 1.75 million LOL. They've been live in studio since Thursday evening of last week my dude

[@Roosimpson]

My only complaint about this series is that it is ending. Thank you for the awesome work!

[@ABCNewsIndepth]

More to come! If You’re Listening is a weekly show!

[@matpk]

​@@ABCNewsIndepth Project 2025 USA = 1935 Germany 🎉

[@meredithhall54]

A villain, a martyr and now our king. What those who voted for him don't understand is that they will be hurt most now that he's back.

[@johannavanklaveren66]

And as Canaris demonstrated, traitors to fascism sit at the very top.

[@BigBoiiLeem]

Thanks for this series. Aunty has been the MVP in terms of coverage of this election, just really fantastic stuff.

[@MortalBane]

Fantastic series I’ll be watching all of your upcoming and past episodes of if you’re listening

[@bernadetteP9999]

This has been an exceptionally well done series

[@bashmcbash6804]

Very powerful last line.

[@benbaker2965]

Not what I wanted. God help us

[@tartarus216]

Thanks for this series.

[@TheAbrantino]

Yes it's great I'm Portuguese and never miss one

[@joebullwinkle5099]

Great Series on how Trump made it back to the Presidency! As you say, America has voted for this guy a 2nd time with full knowledge of what he is, including Latino's who are going to bear the brunt of deportation efforts, in what ever form they take! So, let them all eat cake!

[@Merc399]

@@joebullwinkle5099 do you even understand that reference? Marie Antoinette and the let them eat cake quote do you even really know where that came from? Its a reference to the upper class gutting out the lower classes while engaging in a level of indulgence that lacks self awareness... The current moment is one of populist uprising... Which is what came after she was attributed the quote (the French revolution)... You're using it backwards in a way that makes no sense and makes you look like Marie Antoinette lol

[@kyperactive]

This is a bad statement. Let them eat cake is utilized when someone in power decides to not take in the severity of the issue. People know full and well what they signed up for. Hardly a case of not taking it seriously.

[@mitchellmackinnon6019]

I appreciate the solid research and deep dive in this series. Bring back 'if you're listening' now and tell us everything will be okay 😂😂

[@brett22bt]

It's not going to be Okay for a long time. That guy's in for life, and by the time he's finally gone, he will have successfully transformed the US into a one-party state.

[@Hillary4SupremeRuler]

​​@@brett22btthe supreme Court already consolidated the one party rule when they refused to enforce the will of the people in the voting rights act and said it's ok for red states to enact racial gerrymandering. Dems flipped a bunch of house seats but Republicans on North Carolina redrew the maps along racial lines and illegally awarded themselves 3 free guaranteed white gop districts. Same in Alabama, South Carolina and Florida and others I cannot think of at the moment. The SCOTUS basically rigged the house election to all but ensure GOP rule. Thats not even counting all of the voter suppression, illegal mass purges of voter rolls, and states like Texas and Florida not allowing DOJ civil rights division representatives to monitor elections like they do every year. Also thousands of people had ballots thrown out in the mail or didnt even receive them until after election day along with a week's worth of mail that had been held back for a week or more. That was purposely done by Trumps USPS fixer Louis DeJoy. Then Musk had illegal lotteries and fraudulent voter registration websites and was human trafficking black laborers from the south into michigan and Pennsylvania tricking them into working for Trump and flying them across the country and then informing them once they got to the destination that they would be working for the Trump campaign and if they didn't hit a ridiculously high number of targets, that they would be stuck and stranded in other states and would not be paid or have their lodging or travel back home paid for. And sleepy Joe did nothing about all of this.

[@kyperactive]

​@@brett22btThis is the type of pessimism that causes division. Have a little faith man, you are fearing an imaginary enemy.

[@sarcasmo57]

Powerful last words as we head into at least 4 years of chaos, probably many more.

[@TheAbrantino]

America being America like always ever

[@hsquared8774]

Let’s hope it’s ‘ Only in America’. We don’t want this divisiveness in Australia 🇦🇺

[@mknights33]

Aus is 5-10 years behind culture. We follow the US, mellow it a little and mix it into our laconic version. But it's certainly coming for our isolated island.

[@Squashed8Ball]

@@mknights33 plenty of right wing nonsense flying around the place here already .. woke and DEI slurs being vomited in their echo chambers

[@TheAbrantino]

@hsquared8774 to be fair Australia doesn't accept lots of people from outside,not a lot of diversity there... So it's easier not to get divided and be comfortable with the problems in the world... Just a thought

[@jackiechild9740]

👏 this series was so well done! It's nice that there is real journalism still happening in the world! 🙏❤️

[@nigeltaylor72]

"They were not deceived, this is what they wanted." The country with nukes. The country whose nuke subs we're paying to pilot for them. Yep.

[@gregorywallis55]

Another great show Matt. Well done.

[@eocs5285]

I had goosebumps at the end. Kudos Matt Bevan and your team. I thoroughly enjoyed this series.

[@LightningAussie]

Great Journalism, fair and balanced and somewhat scary.

[@mikestanmore2614]

Alex Jones has just reached the "Find Out" part of his saga.

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Do Americans actually go to school for an education, or do they just pick up whatever their extremist of choice is ranting about at any given time?

[@OilBaron100]

Great work Matt.

[@Karosse]

So incredible. One of the absolute best journo's modern Australia has. And from my home town of Newcastle! /o/ Thank you Matt.

[@alexandermccarthy]

Brilliant reporting!

[@intrusivethought]

Amazing series.Kudos!

[@Kitgilmore]

superb series!

[@dannii_L]

PLEASE do that episode you mention @3:04

[@kathyconway5327]

Sunlight was never effective in decontaminating the slime in the public square, and now it’s flowing in the sewers. I will definitely be listening out for that programme and hope that Matt’s entire career is taken up with continuing the IYL series, even if he has other plans.

[@DelphicSpider]

Love the show Matt, I hope there's more to come.

[@ABCNewsIndepth]

Sure is! Four more episodes to come this year, then back in 2025

[@tempura.j]

Fantastic series. Thank you @ABCNewsIndepth

[@mblakenichols]

As an American, I am thoroughly embarrassed and let down by my fellow countrymen.

[@jessicamacfarlane6226]

Great show. More like that please.

[@AchtungAffen]

What? 2018 Chas? OMG!

[@nromk]

I wouldn't say Americans rejected the status quo, they embraced the status quo,they embraced unfiltered Capitalism with all they had

[@TheTruePhoenixAU]

It's more they don't understand basic concepts... Most of them think the Democrats are "communists" when they couldn't be further from that if they tried... This is what decades of undermining education has given them. It's been very well planned, even if giving the reins to Trump wasn't the exact endgame they were hoping for overall its still going to benefit the ones pulling the strings (rich donors).

[@oldskills]

Thank you for this series, it was frightening and fascinating all at once. Fingers crossed that the USA survives another trump term.

[@michaelwallace4298]

Absolutely first class series of reports. Lucid, clear, focussed - well researched, unbiased, actual reporting. A rare thing, sadly.

[@duaneb21]

You act like all Americans wanted this, when 50% of us voted against it!

[@Squashed8Ball]

150 odd million votes in total between Trump and Harris .. not even half of your 330 plus million population .. half your population is apathetic about the future of their country

[@melaleucam8]

"In the case of Alex Jones, it really does seem to be all over for him" ignores: a) The argument made throughout the rest of the video b) The reality of who Alex Jones is and who his supporters are A year from now, Alex will still be doing a show. It will just be in a different studio, under a different name (both of which he has already setup) but with any luck: to a smaller audience. It is not "all over for him", as falsely comforting as that may be. For a more educated and deeper assessment of this sad little man, recommend checking out a podcast done by the world experts on him: Knowledge Fight.

[@johnm7251]

Great informative series, but depressing for democracy

[@guystevens5429]

Great series, however I fail to accept that the vast majority of Americans wanted Trump back in. The vast majority of the registered voters did, but considering they don't have mandatory voting, who knows.

[@marcyates4323]

And out of their population , 180,000,000 did not vote

[@gustaaf1892]

Not the entire population can vote of course. Voter suppression also contributed to the lower Dem vote.

[@loosegoose2466]

America has fallen

[@bibibombibi]

Good job to everyone that worked on this series. It’s devastating to see what has become of America and the world. When will mankind ever learn.

[@aa.8823]

So, are social media companies private and have their own algorithms and editorial polices driven by involvement? Or are they public squares that should be regulated?

[@user-sr1kc6jj2b-p1q]

It’s a Carnivale where the main attractions are playing an inverted version of themselves. The thing about a carnivale is that most people get tired of the craziness which is why it only lasts for one day a year, but some prefer it to normal life. And IMHO that is why so many are leaving Xitter and moving to BlueSky. One day or week a year of disruptive craziness a is enough.

[@laurencapwell180]

Loved this series. What the Trump voters don't realize is that while our government is far from perfect, it could be A LOT worse. And that's the most likely outcome with Trump. A lot worse.

[@kyperactive]

Are we sure about that? I feel America has lived through that "worse", something has to give.

[@r1konTheAutomator]

20:03 - that canadian flag on the right 😂😂

[@andrewcoulthard-clark]

This has been an outstanding series, that I've thoroughly enjoyed from its outset - I would love to see a thought-experiment running through all the possible likely outcomes for the next four years...

[@DigitalGnosis]

3:00 Past Present Future podcast just did a great episode on The History of Bad Ideas: The Marketplace of Ideas that you might like on this

[@NeilMendham]

Brilliantly made - thanks

[@Sendu7]

With Merrick Garland delaying and stalling the insurrection case, Trump had little to fear as a "victim".

[@jvdos]

Anyone else remember those Rumble adds with the “KZbin” costume and the “Rumble” guy that made it look like he was the normal one while KZbin censored a bunch of stuff on the table? I remember seeing those and having no idea that it was the right and conspiracy platform for a couple years.

[@courtneysantoro7969]

I'm really liking this series, but aren't you saying it's the last episode for the last couple episodes? I'm not mad

[@TheAbrantino]

Who still uses Google as primary search engine? Not me

[@Nutz000]

This was an amazing series. Thank you to the ABC and everyone who worked on it. Hope to see more in the future! ❤

[@nromk]

So we could ban people from our store for disruptive behavior, but social media sites can't ban politicians for disruptive behavior?

[@sabinehahn9774]

Just listening to the likes of Jones, Trump and Musk is so painful on so many levels, I usually can't manage more than a couple of minutes.

[@Michelle-bn1fu]

Social media is a cesspool and shoukd be closed across the board for the good of all people.

[@evamurray2564]

I agree. This is why I do not use social media. But to attempt to ban social media is just as insidious as social media.

[@exF3-86]

@@evamurray2564 You're on social media right now.

[@Richy.Boi.]

Such a wonderful series. If only the Maga yanks could see it on Fox News.

[@commentsunblocked]

Lol, I checked Rumble out recently and thought the exact same thing! It's 🦇💩🤪

[@flyingartgirls1]

I've seen those same potency ads on KZbin. I reported it!

[@CoastfishTV]

@Elon Musk. Please buy the ABC

[@USMC-Goforth]

The democrat party is dying out and unpopular to those of us in our 20s.

[@legandery]

Mark Zuckaberg kicked me out. I lost 30 pages. He doesn't believe in freedom of speech.

[@vhayi]

I wish this wasn’t the end😢

[@thethirdman225]

The only bit you left out was Trump’s ability to capture headlines. That woman can complain all she likes about a ‘biased media’ but Trump got all the headlines in a way the Harris campaign could not. In short, it doesn’t matter what you say as long as they spell your name right. When he was not in the headlines, his popularity dwindled but as soon as he announced his intention to run again he was news again. And the more outrageous he became, the more insatiable became the public’s appetite for stuff about him. Sunlight did not disinfect.

[@notatrumpsupporter]

That isn't what I wanted. Im a never Trumper. 💯.

[@mknights33]

Web 3.0 is gonna get stranger than we can possibly imagine

[@mammaherbst9703]

If you have to choose between the devil and the deep blue see, you’re going to make the wrong choice.

[@Richy.Boi.]

Irony we are watching this on KZbin

[@lynnoble8229]

I believe in freedom of speech but draw the line at hate speech, it has no part in any conversation which is why I had to cancel Twitter for Bluesky.

[@jonnyhendriks7052]

I want more😊

[@nateduggan3146]

Free speech absolutist here.. Stopping people from speaking and voicing their opinion, is the stupidest thing ever.. I'd rather let them speak so i can make my own decisions thanks, don't need government or some goober telling me what i can and can't believe. You shoukd always be careful, about banning and stopping ones speech, it's a very slippery slope, they'll eventually come for your speech.

[@PyroManZII]

But it just raises the obvious question doesn't it? What happens when someone uses their free speech to call for violence? I mean the free speech absolutist could say that they never committed a crime as they simply used their free voice, nothing more. But if I was a gang leader and my only crime was to use my voice to order my members to commit murders surely a court of law would deem me guilty right? Surely a court of law would determine that I didn't have the right to post my request for hitmen in the local newspaper? So where is the line? When do you stop saying "oh yeah don't mind racist Bob there who is spreading deranged theories about deep states, we can determine the truth for ourselves" and start saying "oh wait, Bob just asked his supporters to murder people"?

[@ralphtoivonen2071]

Lol... Trump was censored???😂

[@damonjones4972]

I watched a similar documentary called "Idiocracy"

[@drjones1736]

Keep going strong ABC…..the world is watching and it needs help…

[@shazza7668]

How about a documentary on the democratic party and how they are guilty of insider trading, funding the 2 major wars and are hell-bent on leaving office with a bang.

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

The things theyre doing while leaving office are actually great. Republicans getting a taste of their own medicine. And yeah, there's lots of people in politics doing stuff like that - some of the most obvious are republicans but you don't want to know that. Trumps kids used his presidency to make insider deals - as did Trump himself. So yes, they should do a story focused on political corruption- but it wouldn't just be about democrats 😂😂

[@elmochipshop]

so good

[@LehtusBphree2flyFPV]

You mean scams like what KZbin supports too

[@Mr_Bute]

Make 'Animal farm' fiction again.

[@davidwilkie9551]

Very likely.

[@hodaka1000]

Earache my eye

[@PennyAfNorberg]

So usa is lost, voted away.

[@hizhole]

It’s just all WWE (world wrestling entertainment) skills and playbook.

[@Willchannel90]

Political war.

[@johnsaid549]

Doge. Coming at abc

[@flysouthable]

Ahh, the never ending discrediting of anything other than corporate or govt media. You're a good patsy Matt

[@amadeothomson9102]

FIRST YAS

[@commentsunblocked]

Lol, 3 minutes of glory hole

[@JasonTurkey]

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