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President about one of americas biggest companies that they are killing people. his comments just the latest in the war of words between the social media giant and the white house. on thursday press secretary jen psaki referenced a report that found 12 accounts on facebook were responsible for 65% of vaccine misinformation on social media, following bidens remarks, facebook hit back, blasting the administration and claiming their site had done a better job than biden had on vaccinations. in a st...

Surprisingly mark zuckerberg and co wont tell us that begging the question what does facebook have to hide? joining me now is charlie wassel, a technology writer for "buzz feed" and the "new york times" and is now editor-in-chief of the newsletter "galaxy brain." charlie, thanks so much for coming on the show. in that statement facebook laid out how they combat covid-19 misinformation claiming to have removed 18 million instances of misinfo and reduced the visibility of 167 million pieces of deb...

Talking about her road trip across the country with her father to start a life with her senator boyfriend, The Mandalorian actress admits that it was a really beautiful one.

Who are well disposed towards him anyway and to create an alternative public sphere to the established media system. trumps many twitter followers guarantee him a large audience his attack on google was seen 4500000 times it was shared 40000 times and liked 108000 times. before but i was led dissemination of the tweet you can see that there was a range of reactions re tweets and online articles about donald trumps tweet fake news spreads very quickly its frequently picked up and shared most rapi...

Have any substantial backing, they have to believe that what theyre doing is a fact. if they believe it, it can be prosecuted. the dirty offer is very much what bob mueller is looking at. ive always said that following the money is the essence of the mueller procedure and the mueller case. following the rubels, the dollars, thats exactly what this is. there are lots of money transfers that buzz feed and others have looked at. if money was moving, in a suspicious way. why was it moving in that wa...

There will be changes today or in the next several days. here with me in the studio is dana bash and olivia knox and buzz feed. we expect this hearing to happen on monday or that was the plan. clearly now there is another fight over the process. let me bring into this chuck schumer. he mentioned on the senate floor, first mcconnell went to the floor and expected the hearing on monday even though they dont have an agreement with professor ford yet. chuck schumer said wait a minute. >> chairman gr...

Cohen personally has the issues going on with the justice department investigation and his criminal liability. all of these types of issues where he would have to participate exposes him to further jeopardy. he may have to take the fifth amendment. it has become impractical to proceed on this or libel suits against buzz feed as well. it is becoming an overwhelming dead hen for him. >> you remember as viewers will an attorney, a friend of mr. cohen coming on and saying that every time michael ave...

Between the coastal democrats and the democrats across the country. you dont have the same policies and demographics. democrats have to focus on criminal justice reform, workers rights and fair trade practices. the far left democratic agenda items is why theyve lost elections in the last ten years, they were focused on coastal issues. leland: this, as many would tell you was a turning point in the 2016 elections and cost democrats up and down the ballot a lot of votes. take a listen to the forme...

Gardner, i know exactly what hes doing, well look at it, but i probably will end up supporting, yes. >> saying hes likely to support the bipartisan bill, the marijuana federalism bill. sponsored by cory gardner of colorado. and senator warren of massachusetts. it will make it illegal for the federal government to interfere with state laws regarding legalized marijuana. but buzz feed now reports that behind the scenes the administration is working to fight the legalization trend. this is from tha...

And i think its -- were not talking a sort of totally binary. there arent two kinds of journalism. its a complicated world out there. i think, certainly, my experience of what people on the internet want out of journalists is different than what it was five or ten years ago. and you know, like, im in a position, whether on twitter or buzzfeed or politico, i definitely get a lot of it. and i think theres just a sense that they expect us to take this stuff seriously. >> mika? >> yeah, i -- i want ...