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It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real
Network investment is down, layoffs abound, and networks are falling apart. This isn’t the glorious future Ajit Pai promised. By Karl Bode.
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Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
How many ad blocks could an ad slinger block if an ad slinger could block blocks? By Thomas Claburn.
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As If!
Thomas Nagel reviews “As If: Idealization and Ideals” by Kwame Anthony Appiah.
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Why Sirius XM Should Stop Playing Ted Nugent
Tim Sommer argues that Sirius XM should ban Nugent over his Parkland school shooting comments.
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Tax Bill That Will Further Enrich the Wealthy Is Close to Becoming Law
The legislation makes a liar of the president, who said last month it would “cost me a fortune … believe me.” By Tim Dickinson.
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A Capitol Hill Scorekeeper Eviscerates the G.O.P.’s Tax Math
A report from the Joint Committee on Taxation obliterated the claim that the Senate tax bill would pay for itself. By John Cassidy.
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Uber’s problem: a culture of dishonesty
There are numerous examples of a deceitful culture at Uber and more examples keep coming out. By Leonid Bershidsky.
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How the Science of “Blue Lies” May Explain Trump’s Support
They’re a very particular form of deception that can build solidarity within groups. By Jeremy Adam Smith.
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How Jokes Won the Election
How do you fight an enemy who’s just kidding? By Emily Nussbaum.
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Trump Lets Saudis Off His ‘Muslim Ban’
By leaving Saudi Arabia and other key terrorism sponsors off his “Muslim ban,” President Trump shows the same cowardice and dishonesty that infected the Bush and Obama administrations, writes Robert Parry.
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Canadian Journalist on lies about Syria
Eva Bartlett (Dec. 9, 2016)
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Ten Most Despicable Stories Breitbart Published Under Bannon
Until he joined Trump’s team, Steve Bannon ran a news site that stoked hatred of everyone from women on birth control to President Obama. By Elisabeth Sherman.
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The Broken Technology of Ghost Hunting
The best tools for tracking down spirits have always been the ones fallible enough to find something.
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When Truth Falls Apart
How do we restore consensus in an age so divorced from fact? By Maria Bustillos.
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This unusual test reveals how smart you are
Researchers have found a surprising indication of intelligence. By Jeff Guo.
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Juan Thompson Wrote About St. Louis for the National Media. But Were Any of His Stories True?
In late June, a gunman slipped into a beloved black church in Charleston, South Carolina, and massacred nine people who had met for Bible study. The slaughter of innocents in a house of worship garnered news coverage across the country, and reporters from the nation's most powerful media organizations began working... By Doyle Murphy.
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The Joy of Psyching Myself Out
When I left the lab behind for life as a writer, it made the world look weird. By Maria Konnikova.
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How Stories Deceive
A young woman fooled the governments of three countries. What does her con reveal about how we see the world? By Maria Konnikova.
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Loch Ness: The greatest PR stunt of the century
One evening, when I was growing up on Exmoor, my father returned home with some news. He had just seen a large black cat – a panther, he supposed – on the horizon. He reported the sighting to the local farmer, who was not at all surprised, for he, too, had seen this ominous beast... Rupert Hawksley.
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Two-faced Exxon: the misinformation campaign against its own scientists
100% global warming in consensus Exxon scientists’ research contrasted its $31m campaign to cast doubt on that consensus. By Dana Nuccitelli.
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