Jim Warren
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Jim Warren
@JimWarren55
Executive editor, NewsGuard. Former M.E./D.C. bureau chief, Chicago Tribune. Former D.C. chief, N.Y. Daily News. Former media columnist, Poynter, Vanity Fair.
Chicago, IL Katılım Mayıs 2011
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Nielsen ratings are TV's obsession, but Variety, the Hollywood bible, now wonders if upstart NewsGuard's content ratings could also drive ad spending. How do Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow, "Morning Joe," "Inside Politics" and "The CBS Evening News" fare? bit.ly/3B7aXbA
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Mr. Tesla has not put the brakes on misinformation: NewsGuard finds that popular spreaders of b.s. on Twitter have seen engagement (likes, retweets) spike sharply since Elon Musk purchase of Twitter. bit.ly/3TvqhFg
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To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question for many journalists. Why some prominent ones are quitting, some not, and why Musk should consider bonafide journalists and the likes of NewsGuard---not algorithms-- to get him out of his "moderation" pickle. bit.ly/3UiCwpV
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Peddling B.S.: The AP notes how "election misinformation is thriving on Rumble, a video sharing platform popular with some conservatives and far-right groups," according to a NewsGuard study. Rumble's reliance on untrustworthy sources is oh-so-deep. bit.ly/3Un9yES
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Let's get ready to rumble? Don't with Rumble, the giant video-sharing platform. NewsGuard finds nearly half its searches wind up with b.s. content via sources trafficking in election misinformation. Makes YouTube look like Encyclopædia Britannica. bit.ly/3DWOKP3
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Dealing with crap: In Inc., lawyer-serial entrepreneur Howard Tullman counsels employers on helping workers with "the non-stop flow of lies, fantasies, fictions, and frauds that they are drowning in every day"---use NewsGuard. bit.ly/3h3jZyT
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"Pink-slime"? NewsGuard reports, as Axios notes, how "a shadowy network of news sites is quietly pushing Democratic propaganda in battleground states ahead of the midterm elections." The right does not monopolize misinformation. bit.ly/3SkOX2S
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The Age of Ignorance: Most of us rely on Google, but a younger generation increasingly uses TikTok as their search engine. As the AP discloses, a NewsGuard study shows why that's not good at all: bit.ly/3xpo9Xr
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You hate government? In a world of misinformation, where nobody seems accountable for anything, NewsGuard finds a gem of a trustworthy, revelatory government website: bit.ly/3d6T4kq
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Great NYT review by Keith Olbermann on new bio of Jim Thorpe---greatest athlete ever?--by David Maraniss: nyti.ms/3PdnWfS
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Putin disinformation "explodes" despite international bans, writes the Associated Press, citing NewsGuard analysis. bit.ly/3p3UTAQ
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Russian disinformation, exhibiting survival tendencies of a horseshoe crab, "explodes" despite European Union bans, according to AP, citing NewsGuard analysis. bit.ly/3p3UTAQ
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Post-Roe v. Wade Annals of Misinformation: NewsGuard finds videos promoting dangerous herbal abortions persist on TikTok despite its pledge to crack down bit.ly/3z7y4ku
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Post-Roe Annals of Misinformation: NewsGuard finds videos promoting dangerous herbal abortions persist on TikTok despite pledge to crack down bit.ly/3z7y4ku
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@TheAthleticSCCR Just like New England DIII in October! Isn't that Middlebury in the white, Conn College in the blue?
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How it started vs. How it (nearly) ended
The #USMNT scraped out a 1-1 draw on a soggy pitch vs. El Salvador.
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Today's "What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Think?" from WCCB -TV in Charlotte: bit.ly/3Mn3doz
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