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Big Tech has a plan to use AI to create a "healthy information ecosystem" just in time for the 2024 election.

Big Tech has a plan to use AI to create a "healthy information ecosystem" just in time for the 2024 election.

Corporate media’s dehumanization of Palestinians, lack of historical context, and repeating hearsay as fact make the current tragedy unintelligible to Americans. By Robin Andersen / Project Censored, October 22, 2023  https://scheerpost.com/2023/10/22/how-big-media-facilitate-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza/ On October 6, 2023, Hamas broke out of Gaza, lobbed rockets, and sent fighters into Israeli territory. The attacks killed hundreds of Israeli soldiers and civilians. Images…

Rick Green is returning to Kentucky, joining McClatchy Co. as executive editor of the Lexington-Herald Leader.

Old Gray Lady Protects the Master of Smear, For the Master of Smear, political fame gained by hook or crook, is the equivalent of money in the bank, There for the lying, censured by the U.S. House of Representatives, Durham report

Crossfire Hurricane: Where the Guilty Go Free, The good news is that, thanks to the Durham Report, we now know it’s true. The bad news is that, today, there is no clear way that can be reversed.

Ex-FBI Director Comey Disses Durham Report, Yes, Classified is the lowest security level. But it is a level, Special Council John Durham, FBI’s false claims that former President Donald J. Trump colluded with Russia

Summary: Elon Musk has demonstrated contempt for free speech in general, and journalism in particular, with his behavior at Twitter. He is also demonstrating why it is foolhardy for anyone to rely on centralized platforms to create and distribute vital information. Journalists — among many information providers and users — should move to decentralized systems…

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Influential media critic Margaret Sullivan demonstrates the perils of letting narrative get ahead of verification.