Tag Archives: The Facts of Life

“Texas Police Make Odd Withdrawal From ATM: A Man Who Was Trapped Inside”

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Naomi

This is why I love Twitter. I never would have seen this breaking (uh) news so fast: Source: Texas Police Make Odd Withdrawal From ATM: A Man Who Was Trapped Inside : The Two-Way : NPR

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The facts of life: how fake information is sold to us

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Naomi

In today’s New York Times column called The Interpreter, Max Fisher and Amanda Taub  do a fine job detailing the M.O. of the Russian fake news engine called kompromat–compromising (a/k/a fake news) material. As we all know, kompromat most probably … Continue reading →

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The facts of life: New York Times readers’ comments, con’t

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Naomi

I can’t claim prescience, but I did post this yesterday on how to interpret readers’ comments attached to New York Times articles. And today, the Times, in its delightful daily feature called “Inside the Times: The Story Behind the Story” … Continue reading →

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