LA CROSSE TALK PM: The movie UP playing in real time, as Joe Biden chases Chinese balloon

Adam Murphy, our political blowhard, filling in on La Crosse Talk PM this Friday, as the nation is consumed with a balloon from China. We discuss that, a MrBeast video that sparks a universal healthcare debate and how media consumption has changed.

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Adam Murphy is the owner of a small business in Wisconsin called Big Bang LLC, he also ran for US Senate for the Democrats, and holds degrees in economics and political science.

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So, we hit on the China balloon a bit — only hinting at the notion that Joe Biden is chasing it around the country like the old man in the movie UP — but more along the lines of how the U.S. government talks about China to the public.

Before that, however, we spent a lot of time discussing how media, in general — like TV vs. streaming — is changing, and what we say is the most popular — like Fox News — doesn’t even compare to what is actually being watched (TikTok videos but again China).

All that conversation, though, started because of a viral MrBeast video on getting 1,000 people eye surgery, which of course led to a universal healthcare discussion.

I don’t understand why curable blindness is a thing. Why don’t governments step in and help? Even if you’re thinking purely from a financial standpoint it’s hard to see how they don’t roi on taxes from people being able to work again.

— MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 30, 2023