Media: How a CEO and news anchor’s chumminess led to compromised journalism
Former Bloomberg anchor, now MSNBC anchor, got chummy with a CEO – and manipulated news reports to favor his company. This is modern day “journalism”.
Climate: “Boiling seas part of the ClimateCrisis”
A competent reporter would ask why one buoy (but not the adjoining buoys) registered high sea temperatures, which then dropped by 9 degrees within hours, and by 17 degrees within 2 days. But “competent” and “reporter” rarely belong in the same sentence. Sigh.
Social: Who uses Twitter?
Twitter is not good for one’s mental health. Studies show that Twitter (and some other social media) act as outrage amplifiers, creating more anger and more polarization.
Media, Economy lacking context: “Bank of Canada Hikes Hitting Immigrants and Millennials Hard”
This “report” lacks critical context: Millennials and immigrants are bearing the brunt of the Bank of Canada’s aggressive interest-rate hikes. But baby boomers who own their homes outright aren’t likely to be feeling the pinch. A generational wealth gap is at the root of the contrasting experiences of these cohorts. Source: Interest Rates: Bank of Canada Hikes Hitting Immigrants and Millennials Hard – Bloomberg Baby boomers had it pretty bad when they were young: The “baby boomers” were hit even…
Censorship: Zeynep Tufekci argues that censorship might be necessary in era of social media
Tufekci disseminated significant disinformation throughout the Covid pandemic and was given a prominent platform to do so by the NY Times. Tufekci suggested that misinformation on social media should be censored. If she followed her own rules, the rules she seems to wish imposed on others by the technocratic elite like herself, she should deplatform herself immediately.