Nieman LabFacebook The U.S. asks Australia to reconsider a plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news Nieman Lab - Sarah ScireThe United States — specifically, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative — has come out against the Australian government’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers for the use of their...
Nieman LabConspiracies The enduring allure of conspiracies Nieman Lab - Greg Miller, Knowable MagazineConspiracy theories seem to meet psychological needs and can be almost impossible to eradicate. One remedy: Keep them from taking root in the first place. The United States of America was founded on a...
Nieman LabJokes With Out-of-Pocket, Nikhil Krishnan wants to make the healthcare industry funnier — and easier to understand Nieman Lab - Hanaa’ Tameez“It doesn’t lend itself to a lot of different types of jokes but I’m so in the deep Reddit that at this point, the sadboi existential crisis jokes just come naturally.” To Nikhil Krishnan, healthcare kind...
Nieman LabElizabeth Warren Yes, deepfakes can make people believe in misinformation — but no more than less-hyped ways of lying Nieman Lab - Joshua BentonThe reasons we get fooled by political lies are less about the technology behind their production and more about the mental processes that lead us to trust or mistrust, accept or discount, embrace or For...
Nieman LabRace & Ethnicity Do you know the McMuffin man? Nieman Lab - The Objective StaffCapitol coverage, the problem with op-eds, and that Vogue cover. Editor’s note: The Front Page is a biweekly newsletter from The Objective, a publication that offers reporting, first-person commentary,...
Nieman LabBill Of Rights Axios promises it will never have an opinion section, and more, in an “audience Bill of Rights” Nieman Lab - Sarah ScireAxios debuted an “audience Bill of Rights” Friday that makes a series of promises to its readers, ranging from “we will never have an opinion section” to “no games” when it comes to data and privacy. this...
