#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary

#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary

“#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary” Media desk: Creating a Costly COVID Narrative The “news media can still be a very formidable force” when “there is a panic, the subject is unfamiliar to the masses and they speak with a generally uniform voice,” notes John Ziegler at Mediaite. The pandemic gave the prestige…

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#China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries ‘chaos’ of information

#China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries ‘chaos’ of information

“#China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries ‘chaos’ of information” SHANGHAI – China’s top cyber authority said on Monday it would carry out a “rectification” of Chinese mobile internet browsers to address what it called social concerns over the “chaos” of information being published online. China’s strict internet censorship rules have been tightened numerous…

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#Trump cleaned Biden’s clock and other commentary

#Trump cleaned Biden’s clock and other commentary

“#Trump cleaned Biden’s clock and other commentary” Conservative: Trump Cleaned Biden’s Clock Thursday’s debate may have seemed like a draw, but a closer look, argues Marc Thiessen at The Washington Post, shows that President Trump “cleaned [Joe] Biden’s clock.” Trump was the only candidate to damage his opponent with a key constituency: black voters. He…

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#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests

#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests

“#Facebook, Instagram censor posts about Nigeria protests” Facebook wrongly tagged posts about anti-police brutality demonstrations in Nigeria as fake news — suppressing the content, according to a report Thursday. The social media giant, and its company Instagram, admitted to filtering out hashtags linked to the protests, which intensified after several demonstrators were shot dead by…

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