Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/media/antigay-slur-wausau-pilot-review.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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********* Here’s the inside story of how Congress failed to rein in Big Tech. [The Washington Post] rj
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/congress-facebook-google-amazon-apple-regulation-failure/
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******** NYTimes.com: Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War rj
Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War
The country has empowered a government agency to openly combat online disinformation coming from foreign adversaries, and especially the Kremlin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/technology/sweden-combat-disinformation.html?smid=em-share
****** [The Washington Post] The country has come apart. Rural America has a cure. Rj
The country has come apart. Rural America has a cure.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/11/rural-america-lessons-local-news/
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[The Washington Post] Small towns don’t vote like other rural areas
A Washington Post analysis finds that Trump fared about 12 points worse in small-town precincts than in rural precincts, though small towns overall favored him.
[The Washington Post] An architect of Fox’s success picks a new target: Fox
An architect of Fox’s success picks a new target: Fox
www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/09/preston-padden-murdoch-fox-news-fcc/
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[The Washington Post] Coal country voters demand nothing from the GOP. That’s what they get.
Coal country voters demand nothing from the GOP. That’s what they get.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/10/biden-trump-2024-coal-country/
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Why the Populist Right Hates Universities
American conservatives are taking cues from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán because elite education is a convenient enemy for authoritarian populists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/viktor-orban-illiberalism-ron-desantis-universities/674915/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Why the Populist Right Hates Universities
American conservatives are taking cues from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán because elite education is a convenient enemy for authoritarian populists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/viktor-orban-illiberalism-ron-desantis-universities/674915/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
******* What the Best Places in America Have in Common
And what they reveal about alleviating poverty across the country https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/poverty-income-index-deep-disadvantage/674878/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share