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Meta Leak Probe: Yacht Strategist Sent the Algorithm a Compass

Leaked Meta messages say Lula's accounts were hindered in Brazil vote. The whole segment, as it aired. Guests who wandered in, and the anchors who let them.

On air
Chip Darnell, with Tobias Marchetti-Vance (Reputation Strategist)
Aired
on Late Night BBN
Length
1:36
“It points wherever the yacht is going, and tonight the yacht is going to dinner.”
Tobias Marchetti-Vance

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What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.

  1. Chip DarnellEmployee messages reported by the Brazilian paper Folha say Meta hindered Lula's accounts during the election, while recommending Bolsonaro's profile and his WhatsApp channel.

  2. Chip DarnellWith us is Tobias Marchetti-Vance, a reputation strategist, from a yacht.

  3. Tobias Marchetti-VanceChip, full transparency, I love this story.

  4. Tobias Marchetti-VanceBeing hindered is just a quiet chapter before the great comeback, and nobody has had a quieter chapter than Lula.

  5. Chip DarnellLet me ask you plainly. Employees say his accounts were restricted and the other side's channel was pushed. So what does that actually mean?

  6. Tobias Marchetti-VanceChip, a problem is a comeback that hasn't hired me yet. And full transparency, my firm did send the platform a proposal in July.

  7. Chip DarnellA proposal for what?

  8. Tobias Marchetti-VanceWellness for algorithms.

  9. Tobias Marchetti-VanceFull transparency, it was mostly a spa day for the recommendation feed, with a tasteful logo, and they said the feed was already relaxed.

  10. Chip DarnellAnd Bolsonaro's profile got recommended. Does his side owe anyone a thank-you basket?

  11. Tobias Marchetti-VanceFree casting, Chip. Nobody sends a basket to the sun for rising.

  12. Tobias Marchetti-VanceThough full transparency, I did send one to the feed, with a small compass inside.

  13. Chip DarnellYou sent the algorithm a compass.

  14. Tobias Marchetti-VanceA gold one, like this. It always points to the narrative. Mine has been pointing at Monaco since Tuesday, and I'm not complaining.

  15. Chip DarnellSo you pitched the platform, you're pitching the politician, and you're pitching me. Who exactly are you working for tonight?

  16. Tobias Marchetti-VanceWhoever has the best view, Chip. Full transparency, right now it's the view of this yacht, and the yacht is available for a runoff.

  17. Chip DarnellLast question. Does that compass point to the truth?

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