Axios Deletes Tweet Scrutinizing VP’s ‘Starting from Scratch’ Vaccine Claim By Tobias Hoonhout February 16, 2021 Axios did not respond when asked why they deleted a tweet contrasting Harris’s claims with Dr. Fauci's.
Dumb Holocaust Reference Plus Misleading Image Didn’t Get Pedro Pascal Fired By Kyle Smith February 11, 2021 Why wasn’t Gina Carano’s Mandalorian co-star punished?
NYT Editor Retracts Racial Slur Standard Used to Justify McNeil Ouster: ‘Of Course Intent Matters’ By Tobias Hoonhout February 11, 2021 'It was a deadline mistake, and I regret it. Of course intent matters when we're talking about language and journalism,' Baquet said.
Gina Carano’s Firing Is the Product of Yet More Calvinball By Charles C. W. Cooke February 11, 2021 Double standard in action: The actress who plays Cara Dune on Disney +’s The Mandalorian has been fired for her social media posts.
Biden Reevalutes Trump-Era TikTok Policies By Jimmy Quinn February 10, 2021 The once-frenzied debate over TikTok is ending with a whimper.
NR PLUS The End of Populism? Don’t Bet on It By Michael Brendan Dougherty February 1, 2021 Trust in institutions is collapsing, social-media platforms intensify conflict, and our leaders seem arrogant and unaccountable.
Social-Media Censors Emboldened By Michael Brendan Dougherty January 31, 2021 When English-speaking journalists complain about something on social media, social-media giants act.
Robinhood Restricts Trading in GameStop, Other Surging Stocks By Mairead McArdle January 28, 2021 Trading app Robinhood on Thursday restricted buying or trading in GameStop stock along with several other formerly obscure stocks that are spiking.
Exacerbating Teen Depression By Madeleine Kearns January 27, 2021 Social media use among adolescents correlates with a worrying uptick in depression and suicidal ideation, especially among teen girls.
Technology Will Destroy Us By Cameron Hilditch January 23, 2021 Tech-immersed partisans are increasingly reluctant to confront the features of political reality that are resistant to their own desires.