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On January 20, 2017, Time magazine seems to inadvertently prove the point when one of its reporters, Zeke Miller, erroneously reports that incoming president Trump has removed a bust statue of Martin Luther King from the Oval Office. The incendiary claim is born of a bias that used to be verboten in responsible journalism: Miller later explained th
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a radi
... See moreYou can’t be canceled if you’re seeking the Truth
I’m at an inflection point in life. My public, private and professional selves can’t be in tension like this anymore, so I’m done writing under a pseudonym. Already worked out what I’ll do if an internet mob comes for me: nothing. No apologies, no hedging. Also don’t GAF if some recruiters blacklist
... See moreOne might reasonably expect that new modes of being, new individual identities, and new conceptions of selfhood would abound. And such does seem to be the case.
Micki McGee • Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life
Opinion | I Gave Up My Smartphone for a Dumbphone. You Can, Too.
Facebook blocks Guo’s page in April 2017. I don’t hear about it till I read it in the New York Times.
Sarah Wynn-Williams • Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
“The Journalist and the Murderer,” by Janet Malcolm
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“Numerous leaders of the alt-right [sic] movement read the book I published in 2012, which outlined exactly how this media strategy works,” wrote Holiday. “Several have told me Trust Me, I’m Lying is their bible.”