Episode 759 • • 2:00:01 - 2:03:54
759: Geopolitical Chernobyl
Pope Francis, Sophie Cruz, and The Letter Scam
The story of five-year-old Sophie Cruz delivering a letter to Pope Francis is deconstructed as a "perfectly orchestrated" PR stunt. Video evidence suggests the girl was positioned by handlers and a police officer before being allowed to approach the "Popemobile." Discrepancies between the letters shown on CBS and ABC—one in pencil and one in multi-colored crayon—lead the hosts to label the event a "horrible scam."