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What Will 2022 Bring In The Way Of Misinformation On Social Media? 3 Experts Weigh In

January 1, 2022 weigh, Social, media, experts, bring, misinformation, 20220 comment

<p class=”is-style-sans-serif”><em>At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for misinformation on social media, given the intensity of the presidential election and the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 proved up to the task, starting with the Jan. 6 insurrection and continuing with copious amounts of falsehoods and distortions about COVID-19 vaccines.</em></p> <p class=”is-style-sans-serif”><em>To get a sense of what 2022 could hold, we asked three researchers about the evolution of misinformation on social media.</em></p> <div style=”height:50px” aria-hidden=”true” class=”wp-block-spacer”></div> <div class=”wp-block-tpm-separator undefined TpmSeparator”></div> <h2>Absent regulation,…

President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin confer for 50 minutes in phone call about Ukraine

December 31, 2021 Ukraine, confer, president, about, Biden, call, Russia's, Putin, phone, Vladimir, Minutes0 comment

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for nearly an hour Thursday but neither backed down from an escalating standoff over Ukraine, where Moscow is massing troops along the border and demanding major concessions from the West to avoid a war. Mr. Biden threatened more U.S. economic sanctions and … The Washington Times stories: White House

Democrats Reject Work Ethic, Embrace Freeloaders

December 31, 2021 Freeloaders, Democrats, work, embrace, reject, ethic0 comment

The Democratic Party used to call itself the party of working people and hail the “dignity of work.” No more. Now, Democrats want to guarantee people who choose not to work an income funded by the suckers who do the right thing by showing up for work, caring for their family, and paying taxes. Fortunately, these self-supporting Americans just dodged a bullet. The failure to pass Build Back Better in Congress, thanks to holdout Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., means that the monthly checks or automatic bank deposits to parents with…

Trump Pleads For SCOTUS To Halt The Jan. 6 Committee’s ‘Criminal’ Investigation

December 31, 2021 Halt, SCOTUS, criminal, committee's, Jan., Investigation, pleads, Trump0 comment

<p>The Jan. 6 Committee cautioned the Supreme Court in a Thursday <a href=”https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/21-932/206949/20211230141540590_Trump%20v.%20Thompson%20brief%20in%20opposition%20FINAL%20PDFA.pdf”>filing</a> that allowing former President Trump to block access to White House records would amount to the court extending monarchical power to a former executive. </p> Talking Points Memo

Biden blocks House Jan. 6 committee request for some Trump-era documents

December 30, 2021 Committee, request, blocks, documents, TrumpEra, Jan., Biden, House, Some0 comment

President Biden has agreed to shield some of the Trump White House documents requested by the House Jan. 6 committee. The White House raised concerns that some of the documents, if released over the objections of former President Donald Trump, could compromise national security and thwart executive privilege. Mr. Biden … The Washington Times stories: White House

The Awful Year We Just Lived Through

December 30, 2021 year, just, through, Awful, Lived0 comment

As this is my last column of 2021, I thought it would be worthwhile to review some of the most important observations I made over the course of an awful year. I hope you agree, and wish you—and our country—a happier New Year. JAN. 5: These past few years have taught me not to so quickly judge the quiet Germans, Russians, etc. Of course, I still judge Germans who helped the Nazis and Germans who in any way hurt Jews. But the Germans who did nothing? Not so fast. What…