Tag Archives: The Facts of Life

More Milo stuff + Paul Ryan + Voltaire

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Naomi

From today’s Publisher’s Marketplace. I’ve bolded a couple of things. Did Anyone Else Actually Bid for Milo? Slate talks to many of the conservative books editors about Milo Yiannopoulos’s book proposal, and the NYT covers a couple as well. “It … Continue reading →

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Facts of Life v fake news: how we can deal with it

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Naomi

Fake news. We’ve used this phrase so many times in the past two months that it’s almost lost meaning — partly because it can mean so many different things. Depending on who you talk to, “fake… Source: Fact-Checking Won’t Save … Continue reading →

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The Facts of Life and “The Ecosystem of Fake News”

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Naomi

MediaMatters does fine, fine work. Today, an analysis of fake news and the “Alt-Right”, a/k/a the Alt Reich: An anti-intellectual alliance of misogynists and white nationalists is using cult tactics to harass and abuse Americans. They systematically attempt to discredit … Continue reading →

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