A version of this article first appeared in the “Trusted Sources” newsletter. You can register for free here. No, a journalist did not call White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany a “liar” at Tuesday’s White House press conference. This is a story that illustrates how quickly some factions in the …
Read More »Here’s everything that will hit Netflix in August 2020, and what’s left
August tends to be a slow month for TV series and a movie dump, and Netflix Inc. doesn’t appear to be immune to that trend. While Netflix NFLX, -0.05% It still has dozens of original series, specials, and movies on tap for August 2020, just a handful have massive appeal. …
Read More »Former Google worker says bug may have exposed conservative blacklist
Google said it fixed a “bug” that caused conservative websites to disappear from their search results on Tuesday, but a former tech giant engineer said the flaw may have inadvertently exposed an internal list targeting certain news outlets. “It appears to have revealed the existence of another blacklist that is …
Read More »Snap ‘is performing better than its social media peers’ as it moves into the second half of 2020
After Snap Inc. shares initially sank in the news of its second-quarter results on Tuesday, they recovered quickly once analysts read the fine print and dug deep into the numbers. Quarterly losses increased, but so did daily active users and revenue, with strong indications that the current quarter is shaping …
Read More »Michael Brooks, popular political commentator, died at age 37.
Popular political commentator Michael Brooks, who featured “The Michael Brooks Show” and “The Majority Report,” died suddenly of an undisclosed medical condition at age 37. “It is with great regret that we announce the unexpected death of Michael Brooks: a son, brother, friend and true companion to many, due to …
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