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Study: False news spreads faster than the truth | MIT Sloan
About 6 times as fast.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Columnist Michael Schaffer writes: "It’s a matter of dollars and cents. If readers don’t trust a publication’s name, no amount of Pulitzer-worthy scoops will fix it. For Bezos, a guy who believes that the Post needs to gain a broad-based audience, it’s a baffling blind spot."
Dying in Darkness: Jeff Bezos Turns Out the Lights in the Washington Post’s Opinion Section
The tech mogul’s decision to revamp the editorial pages around his own views threatens not only independent journalism, but the Post’s business future.
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Columnist Michael Schaffer writes: "It’s a matter of dollars and cents. If readers don’t trust a publication’s name, no amount of Pulitzer-worthy scoops will fix it. For Bezos, a guy who believes that the Post needs to gain a broad-based audience, it’s a baffling blind spot."