#Media created Cuomo myth and other commentary

#Media created Cuomo myth and other commentary

“#Media created Cuomo myth and other commentary” Media watch: Media Created Cuomo Myth Gov. Cuomo ordered COVID-positive patients into elderly-care facilities and relented only after news of deaths trickled out, fumes The Federalist’s Christopher Bedford. He never took blame for that but instead offered “lie after lie,” plus his usual bullying. And “what did the…

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#Australia took a stand against Facebook — and got silenced

#Australia took a stand against Facebook — and got silenced

“#Australia took a stand against Facebook — and got silenced” On Wednesday, Facebook launched a capital strike against the country of Australia. Rather than continue negotiations with Australia regarding paying for the news content circulating on its platform, Facebook decided to pull up stakes. Within hours, the company announced it would “restrict publishers and people…

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#Facebook plays hardball rather than play fair with news organizations

#Facebook plays hardball rather than play fair with news organizations

“#Facebook plays hardball rather than play fair with news organizations” Facebook’s scorched-earth campaign to pressure Australia’s Parliament to back off a bill that would force tech companies to pay for content has backfired: “Delete Facebook” is trending on other social-media platforms after the company banned news — and even critical government information services — from down under….

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#Commentary across the spectrum is demanding schools reopen

#Commentary across the spectrum is demanding schools reopen

“#Commentary across the spectrum is demanding schools reopen” Kids have suffered grievously over the past year: lousy remote “learning,” lost routines and social lives, spiraling mental illness. Most of the blame lies with teachers ­unions that refuse to return to the classroom, despite all evidence that schools aren’t COVID spreaders, and politicians beholden to Big ­Labor,…

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#Get schools open, President Biden

#Get schools open, President Biden

“#Get schools open, President Biden” America needs its schools reopened, but President Biden and his team are making it harder even as they pretend otherwise. Vice President Kamala Harris further muddied the issue Wednesday on “The Today Show,” refusing to say if teacher vaccinations need to come first. Time and again, she dodged host Savannah…

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#Comedy’s Trump-era failure and other commentary

#Comedy’s Trump-era failure and other commentary

“#Comedy’s Trump-era failure and other commentary” From the left: Comedy’s Trump-era Failure Saturday Night Live bungled a golden chance for sharp satire in the Trump years, notes Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman at The Drift, offering only drab finger-wagging and “apocalyptic moralism.” Right after Election Day 2016, it gave us a lame open of “Kate McKinnon sitting at…

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