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Facts versus fakes on Facebook
Until reading this from 538 Significant Digits, I didn’t know Facebook was trying to label fake news stories by tagging them as “disputed.” So how is that going? 80 percent Facebookâs new attempt to have third-party fact checking groups vet … Continue reading
Posted in Komprosplat, The Facts of Life
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, divisive political messaging, Facebook, Facebook fact checking, fact checking, facts of life, fake news, gun rights, Kremlin troll farms, LGBT rights, online hoaxes, race issues
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Filthy rich spottings: Steve Mnuchin and his honeymoon
From 538 Significant Digits: $25,000 per hour Hourly cost of the U.S. Air Force jet that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, independently wealthy from his time at Goldman Sachs, asked the government to use to fly him to his honeymoon in … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, Facebook, Facebook and Jews, Goldman Sachs, Marc Zuckerberg, Martin Shkreli, Pro Publica, Steve Mnuchin, Steve Mnuchin honeymoon
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