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Can we get the facts of life from social media?
Short answer: no. What follows is one entire chapter from my book, How I Learned The Facts of Life, the title of which is duplicated above. (A very short chapter.) There’s a reason why I’m posting it here today. I … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Komprosplat, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trump Stuff
Tagged 538.com, bots, bots on Twitter, Carnegie Mellon, Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cybersecurity, COVID, Kar Swisher, MIT, MIT Technology Review, New Knowledge, Reddit, Renee DiResta, Russian troll farms, Trump, Twitter
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Asked and ans–WHAT? Why we need to hear/see this stuff from Trump
What follows has been burning up Twitter today. It is an actual transcript of merely one of Trump’s answers to a reporter’s question during his daily TV performances. It begins with a question asked by a reputable reporter. The rest … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 presidential campaign, COVID-19, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trump Stuff
Tagged " coronavirus, antibiotics, COVID 19, Kevin Kruse, Trump, Trump transcript, Twitter
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And now for something really silly: hair & makeup in plague days
I first picked up hints of a growing crisis on Facebook. Then an observant person (me) noticed something different about TV news shows. And now men are expressing agita on Twitter. A couple of weeks ago I observed two little … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Strictly for bitter laughter, The Facts of Life
Tagged COVID 19, Facebook, Jonathan Capehart, Kelly Ripa, MSNBC, Nicolle Wallace, Twitter
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