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

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

Update: 2023-10-19
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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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(Preview) The New York Times, Fake News, and Seven Years of Misdirected Energy

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

Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson