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Corruption and lies

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Naomi

This is not about Trump. Not directly, anyway. I’ve been thinking about these two words — corruption and lies — because they’re beginning to seem omnipresent in our conversations. But what do they actually mean? That’s an honest question. Taking … Continue reading →

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I’m going to shock you: facts and fakes in ads

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Naomi

When Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, let it leak that the website would not even attempt to monitor politicians’ (purchased) ads for lies, a lot of people got righteously mad. One of them was Elizabeth Warren, who has openly … Continue reading →

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