In a memo sent on Saturday, which was seen by Axios, Facebook Vice-President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg apparently warned employees that the news coverage would likely contain “mischaracterizations of our research, our motives and where our priorities lie.” He instructed them to “listen and learn from criticism when it …
Read More »‘Get Breitbart out of News Tab’: Facebook employees were hostile towards BLM reports by conservative outlets, leaked docs reveal
In a message titled “Get Breitbart out of News Tab” and posted on the company’s racial-justice chat board last year, an unidentified employee shared screenshots of BLM-related headlines from the news outlet that, they said, were “emblematic of a concerted effort at Breitbart and similarly hyperpartisan sources” to “paint Black …
Read More »School district offers ‘parental opt-out’ for mask mandate after reports about forced masking of Down Syndrome child
Brevard County Schools announced this week the mask mandate change was always part of its plan and comes as the county sees a reduction in Covid-19 cases this month. “This is exactly how the mask mandate was supposed to be used,” the county school board chair, Misty Belford, said in …
Read More »Sick puppies: Fauci under fire from lawmakers after reports of US taxpayer money spent on cruel drug experiments on dogs
“We write with grave concerns about reports of costly, cruel and unnecessary taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs commissioned by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),” 24 Republican and Democrat lawmakers said on Thursday in a letter to Fauci. The letter noted that as director of NIAID, Fauci had …
Read More »US hypersonic weapon test derailed by rocket failure – reports
The Pentagon’s attempted test launch of a hypersonic weapon suffered a “setback” when a booster rocket carrying the weapon failed to lift off, according to people with knowledge of the test launch. The test was supposed to “validate aspects of one of the Pentagon’s hypersonic glide vehicles in development,” according …
Read More »‘Suicide drone attack’ targets US military base Al-Tanf in Syria’s Homs – reports
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Read More »US Navy base in Bethesda on lockdown after reports of active shooter & bomb threat
All personnel at Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) were advised to shelter in place, the official Twitter account of the base reported. The public was asked to stay away from the area. Only emergency traffic is allowed to go in or out. The phone tip on Wednesday morning claimed NSAB’s …
Read More »FBI raids Washington house of Oleg Deripaska, once Russia’s richest man, reports say, as clips show officers cordoning off scene
Clips posted by NBC correspondent Laura Strickler from outside the palatial residence, said to be belonging to Deripaska, show officers wearing masks and FBI windbreakers standing guard at the perimeter. In 2018, Deripaska was targeted by the US Treasury Department sanctions after officials claimed he acted as a proxy for …
Read More »German tabloid Bild fires its editor after reports of sexual misconduct… but it’s all about money, not press integrity
As Germany’s biggest news outlet appoints Johannes Boie, 37, its new editor-in-chief today, having finally sacked former boss Julian Reichelt over allegations of sexual impropriety at work, those young female interns and junior reporters might claim victory. But his departure was really all about the business. Nothing more. The publishing …
Read More »Facebook attacks media over not-yet-published reports and accuses it of orchestrated ‘gotcha’ campaign
Facebook has been in hot water in recent weeks, after former employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle and lambasted the company for not doing enough to tackle harmful content and putting profit above the wellbeing of its users. A series of reports were simultaneously published in the media, revealing the …
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