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(Preview) The New York Times, Fake News, and Seven Years of Misdirected Energy

2023/10/19
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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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Memories of an article in 2016, a reminder that the impact of fake news is generally correlated to the speaker, not the speech, and a question about harm yields an answer about the importance precision and principles.

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Fake News — Stratechery)

In Defense of The New York Times — Stratechery)

Defining Information — Stratechery)

Twitter, Responsibility, and Accountability — Stratechery)

After Hospital Blast, Headlines Shift With Changing Claims — New York Times)

Facebook Gave Data Access to Chinese Firm Flagged by U.S. Intelligence — New York Times)

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