Russia is having less success at spreading social media disinformation (for now)
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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Russia is having less success at spreading social media disinformation (for now)But that could change if people tire of defending against an onslaught of misinformation. By Sophie Bushwick. |
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What We’re Reading
Intelligencer / Will Leitch
Why isn’t Brittney Griner the biggest sports story in the country? →
“Making equivalences between sports only takes you so far here, but seriously: Imagine if Tom Brady were being held by Russian officials right now.”
Variety / Todd Spangler
Amazon shuts off Prime Video in Russia and is no longer shipping to Russia or Belarus →
“In addition, the company will no longer be accepting new Russia- or Belarus-based customers for its AWS cloud computing services, nor will merchants in those countries be accepted as Amazon third-party sellers.”
The Guardian / Angelique Chrisafis
Emmanuel Macron promises to scrap TV license fee if re-elected →
“The government spokesperson Gabriel Attal sought to play down fears in an interview with the public radio station France Inter, saying: ‘We need a strong public media.’ He said the government would continue to guarantee state broadcasters' financing, independence and visibility in the long term. Macron did not expand on how public broadcasting would be funded.”
Vox / Terry Nguyen
The video essay boom →
"Video essays are a form that has lent itself particularly well to pop culture because of its analytical nature," Madeline Buxton, the culture and trends manager at YouTube, told me. "We are starting to see more creators using video essays to comment on growing trends across social media. They're serving as sort of real-time internet historians by helping viewers understand not just what is a trend, but the larger cultural context of something."
The Present Age / Parker Molloy
Who’s afraid of Taylor Lorenz? →
“If mainstream journalists want to pick fights with Lorenz, that's one thing. But the very least they can do is to not amplify right-wing attempts to baselessly brand her a pedophile.”
Poynter / Angela Fu
Pay equity study by Tribune unions finds gender and racial pay gaps →
“A new pay equity study covering over a dozen unionized Tribune Publishing newsrooms identified gender and racial pay gaps of more than $4,000, Tribune unions announced Tuesday.”
ProPublica / Craig Silverman and Jeff Kao
A “novel and disturbing” campaign is using fake fact-checks to spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine →
“It seemed like yet another example of useful wartime fact-checking, except for one problem: There's little to no evidence that the video claiming the explosion was a missile strike ever circulated. Instead, the debunking video itself appears to be part of a novel and disturbing campaign that spreads disinformation by disguising it as fact-checking.”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
Are you covering the American Rescue Plan Act? Some basics to get you started. →
“Some of the best advice I've ever received was to interview the data. You can't just take it at face value and run with it. It's a tool and an aspect of your reporting that should be used to tell the larger story at hand."
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