Surprisingly, the difference between different groups with a will and those without is very tiny and the gap is closing rapidly. But the CNBC headline chooses to spin this with an emotion-laden, inflammatory, click-bait headline.
Meta (parent of FB and IG) lost one quarter of its market value last week. This occurred because of significant risks to FB’s core business model – which is surveillance of users to build dossiers used for advertising and marketing purposes. FB no longer has control over the collection of data – as Apple, Google/Android have restricted data collection via apps, and as Europe’s data privacy regulations restrict data. This has long term strategic implications for Meta’s business model. The company noted this in its financial report, hinting that at worst case, it might have to shut FB and IG in Europe.
The White House releases a chart on economic growth that has a highly unusual Y-Axis. You may have to look closely to see the problem.
The UK government is accused of deliberately using scare tactics to force the population into compliance with its public health Orders and mandates (which they elite themselves ignore). Fear is one of the most powerful of propaganda motivators and has long been a tool of tyrants.
Great example of stupid click-bait fake news services.
One of the largest papers in Denmark says they failed their readers by only publishing official government statements about Covid, without due skepticism and questioning.
Public health communications is described as inconsistent, contradictory, confusing and incoherent. Since assuming her role, Walensky has worked to improve her internal communications and sought to cultivate a better messaging approach, according to officials. Yet there remains dissatisfaction among both administration aides and outside public health experts in some of the ways the CDC has communicated its decisions as the pandemic enters what officials view as a new phase. Source: CDC director turns to media consultant as Covid-19 messaging frustrations…
Read the story on my Travel blog: National Geographic spent decades as a racist reporter of life – and that is their own conclusion – Coldstreams Travel and Global Thinking
How to embarrass yourself – with a chart. DCCC sent this out saying “Thank you Joe Biden” – for a 2 cent or 1/2 % decrease in prices after a massive run up in prices. This is basically cherry picking the Y-Axis to make it look like there was a large drop. Chart mutilation is a common method of propaganda.
Nature published over 40 papers that were nonsense gibberish and has now retracted them.