How the media is failing us

I include myself in the under-reporting of the most consequential global stores

Business - Financial Times - 6 hours ago

Kamala Harris's Fox News interview disaster shows how the media set her up to fail

Vice President Kamala Harris had a bad night on Wednesday. But more interesting than anything she said to Fox News anchor Bret Baier was what wasn’t said — namely, that reporters hadn't bothered ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

How Trump ally Elon Musk is using social media to prime voter mistrust

CBS News analysis finds tech billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk has amassed billions of views in posts on X about election fraud conspiracies.

How Trump’s Stop at McDonald’s Was Covered by Partisan Media

Former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign event at a McDonalds in Pennsylvania was described by right-leaning outlets as a brilliant move. Left-leaning publications called it weird.

Business - The New York Times - October 21

How a Failed Formula 1 Event in Dallas Left a Lasting Impression

Drivers passed out from the Texas heat as financial misdeeds turned an ill-fated venture into a disaster.

Sports - The New York Times - October 16

Steve Bannon is in prison, but Trump is using his 'flood the zone' media strategy

Steve Bannon's strategy of flooding the media with misinformation and lies is being used by Donald Trump in the 2024 election, drowning out important issues and facts in favor of spin and ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

Apple accused of restricting workers' Slack, social media use

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against Apple on Thursday, accusing the iPhone maker of improperly restricting workers’ use of Slack and other social media. The agency ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

How Media Outlets Covered Trump’s Musical Town Hall

When former President Donald J. Trump played D.J. at a campaign event on Monday, both liberal and conservative media outlets described it as “surreal.”

Business - The New York Times - October 16

How culture and social media are shaping the 2024 presidential race

Dr. Marcus Collins, author of "For the Culture," joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss the influence of social media on voter decision-making. With 19 days left in the race, a CBS News poll reveals ...

Social Media Swallowed Gen Z. This Film Shows Exactly How

Lauren Greenfield, director of the docuseries Social Studies, says we have to have empathy for teens growing up online. “It's not fair to ask them to self-regulate when the apps have been designed ...

Tech - Wired - October 18

How Liberty Media became one of the world's most valuable sports empires

As global lockdowns began in 2020, sports fans surged online and Liberty Media had a chance to realize Chairman John Malone's vision.

Business - CNBC - October 20

How to create a healthy relationship between kids and social media

Larissa May, the founder and CEO of "Half the Story," talks about how the nonprofit teaches kids about digital wellness and fostering a healthier relationship with social media.

Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform

Tech - ABC News - 16 hours ago

Army football tried, and failed, to quit the flexbone: How a rocky breakup made the Black Knights stronger

Army learned a lot during its one-year sabbatical as a shotgun-only offense

Sports - CBS Sports - Yesterday

America is doing better than the media or our politicians tell us. Here’s proof.

Washington, D.C. doesn’t work. You know what does? America itself.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

Arteta, Guardiola and Howe on England job; Marinakis lands five-match ban: football – live

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend Sign up for the Football Daily newsletter | And mail Niall While we wait for more Premier League managers’ press conferences, here ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

'Make China Great Again': How China's social media views the U.S. election

NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beijing on an apparent difference of opinion between the Chinese government and the country's social media over the best outcome from the U.S. ...

Politics - NBC News - October 23

How the US can counter China's economic coercion

The Chinese threat of economic coercion has been effective, but the U.S. has leverage over China due to its reliance on supplying U.S. companies, and can leverage the imbalance in China's export ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

How cold warriors used hard science

Two revealing historical books show how the Soviet bloc weaponised space exploration and biochemistry during the cold war

World - Financial Times - October 19

How honeybees can be used to collect environmental data

Honeybees already have a "busy" reputation. Now, a Belgian company is putting the industrious insects to work. The company uses millions of bees to collect data from the environment. For one ...

The cowboy state US election battle that will matter from Kyiv to Beijing

Montana is at the heart of an expensive high-stakes fight for control of the American Senate

World - Financial Times - October 21

Midjourney launches AI image editor: how to use it

Users can upload any image of their choosing and actually edit sections of it with AI, or change the style and texture of it.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 24

The US swing states targeted with extreme ads

Pivotal battlegrounds are being swamped by messaging from Harris and Trump campaigns

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

What the US election outcome means for Ukraine, Gaza and world conflict

Our chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet hears from leading experts about what's at stake ahead of the vote.

How US campaigners are battling Black voter apathy

The number of Americans not sure how they will vote has jumped since 2020

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

Too scary for children! How Halloween used to be – in pictures

Ghouls in Y-fronts and ghostly bums feature in Ken Werner’s vintage Halloween pictures, taken between 1976 and 1980 at San Francisco’s outrageous outdoor parties Continue reading...

World - The Guardian - 10 hours ago

How the US election could impact the Middle East

Harris or Trump? The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem assesses who Israelis and Palestinians want to win.

Thousands of cars that crash in US are ending up in Russia

The South Caucasus nation of Georgia has a huge used car market, with many vehicles finding their way over the border.

How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 14

Trump says US troops should be used to go after 'radical left.' Can he do that?

Former President Donald Trump says troops should be used to go after "radical left lunatics" to handle any Election Day chaos. Can he do that legally?

Taiwan and trade: how China sees its future with the US after the election

Beijing does not see there being much difference between a Democratic- or Republican-controlled White House. Deciphering the obscure machinations of elite politics is a pursuit that western ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

How a congresswoman is using AI to speak up amid rare diagnosis

Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton of Virginia, who is retiring after this term, was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy. There is no cure for her condition, which has rapidly robbed her of ...

How can the candidate with most votes lose? The US electoral college explained

Every four years, electoral college members meet in all 50 states and cast their votes – here’s what to know. Even though the United States touts its status as one of the world’s leading ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

How to Use Images From Your Phone to Search the Web

If you’re not sure how to describe what you want with keywords, use your camera or photo library to get those search results.

Tech - The New York Times - October 23

'He sent me back a wink emoji': How Oregon and others have exploited rule loopholes

When Oregon put 12 men on the field late against Ohio State, the untrained eye saw a gaffe. But really it was gamesmanship and using the rule book.

Sports - ESPN - October 24

'Bro culture': how gender is defining the US election – video

Why is Donald Trump's brand of rightwing politics so appealing to white male voters? Is Kamala Harris struggling to gain their support because of sexism, or do some men just feel unheard and ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

How Trump is using a new 'big lie' to undermine the 2024 election results

Former President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters are mobilizing around a new “big lie”: the false claim that a flood of noncitizens votes could swing the 2024 election.

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