Baratunde's World: Goodbye to Facebook?

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 27, 2010

May's weekly guest is Baratunde Thurston - comedian, politics watcher, and web editor for The Onion. He offers his take on the latest news, the media world, and American identity in 2010. This week: Facebook wants to know everything.

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