#South Korea network apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ images on Olympics

#South Korea network apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ images on Olympics

“#South Korea network apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ images on Olympics” A South Korean broadcaster has apologized for using “inappropriate” images and captions to depict some countries competing in the Tokyo Olympics — including using a photo of Chernobyl for Ukraine and pizza for Italy. Seoul-based MBC also posted reports of the recent assassination of President Jovenel…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021” The Issue: The Biden administration’s call for social-media sites to restrict vaccine “misinformation.” It is one thing to monitor and censor hate speech; it’s quite another to censor disagreements about political, social and medical issues of great importance to the public (“Outsourcing Censorship,” Jacob Sullum, PostOpinion, July…

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#Inwood Hill attacker probed in Prospect Park incidents

#Inwood Hill attacker probed in Prospect Park incidents

“#Inwood Hill attacker probed in Prospect Park incidents” The creep allegedly behind attacks on three women in Upper Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park was ordered held without bail on Sunday while authorities probe his connection to similar violent assaults in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Elvis Nina Pichardo, 40, is accused of robbing and threatening to rape the…

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#Sue Bird, WNBA to relax anthem protest for Olympics

#Sue Bird, WNBA to relax anthem protest for Olympics

“#Sue Bird, WNBA to relax anthem protest for Olympics” WNBA players will remain on the court during the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics — an about-face defended by Team USA Captain Sue Bird despite the league’s well-documented protests this season. “You are wearing USA jerseys, and it does change the conversation a little bit…

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#Anthony Fauci defends US funding research at Wuhan lab

#Anthony Fauci defends US funding research at Wuhan lab

“#Anthony Fauci defends US funding research at Wuhan lab” Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday defended the US giving hundreds of thousands of dollars for research at a Wuhan lab studying whether bat coronaviruses could be transmitted to humans — saying that it would have been “negligent” not to. “It was a… proposal that was peer-reviewed…

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