Misleading political ads from facebooks many platforms. Zuckerberg says, its not his business to censor news. Adding to the controversy, youtube which is owned by google faced criticism of political bias when it removed 300 ads from President Trumps Reelection Campaign from its website. The company hasnt said why the ads were pulled. And twitter says its banning all political ads a move that might sound altruistic but critics say could hurt start up campaigns trying to reach new voters. The decision by individual companies is only part of a broader debate. Is social media healthy for democracy . Professor Jonathan Nagler teaches politics at nyu. Hes also codirector of the universitys center for social media and politics. He joins us from new york. So nice to have you, sir. So much to dig into. Im curious what you think about facebook opposition, which is basically im not going to censor political ads. Thats kind of the gist of what zuckerberg was saying. Mr. Nagler i think the upside o
And noble Young Adult Book Club pick for winter 2020. Not bad for a first time novelist, abigail hing wen. Born to a family of immigrants; mom from the philippines, dad from indonesia, abigail went on to graduate from harvard and Columbia Law School and now works in silicon valley. Oh, and she also got her masters of fine arts and writing from Vermont College of fine arts. Welcome to the show. Abigail hing wen thank you for having me. Robert and its so great. This is your first tv interview about your book. Abigail it is. It is. So youre breaking me in. Robert okay, well, loveboat, taipei first of all, you did a great job coming up with the title that everybodycatches everybodys attention. What is the significance of loveboat as well as loveboat, taipei . Abigail so theres this program that is fairly wellknown in certain circles in the asianamerican community. Parents would send their kids to taiwan since the 1960s to learn language and culture and to find a spouse, potentially. So tha
Capital hill testimony from fed chair Jerome Powell where hi alled a potential cut in Interest Rates later this month. Health care stocks also contributed to the rise. We willhy explainn a moment, but first the closing numbers for this thursday with the ge Industrial Ave gaining 227 points to 27,088. The nasdaq was down six, the s p addedix bob pisani has more on the recordsetting day. Reporter another day,ot r market milestone. Investors cheered comments from the Federal Reserve signaling that a rate cut is likely just ound the corner. The dow crossed about 27,000 for the first time today and the s p 500 movedust to the edge of 3,000,nt fraction of a poi below it. Close enough. What a difference five yearss. Ma the s p has moved 50 in less than five years from 2000 in august of 2014 to 3,000 essentially this week. The market today is different than it was in 2014. Investors have played favorites in a very big way, big tech and faang names dominate among the winns. Amazon and netflix u
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