Thread by @JuddLegum

1. The New York Times wrote an entire article on the Trump campaign's Facebook ads without mentioning that Facebook has admitted the Trump campaign RAN HUNDREDS OF ADS THIS YEAR THAT VIOLATED FACEBOOK RULES

cc: @thomaskaplan @SarahAlmukhtar

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@thomaskaplan @SarahAlmukhtar 2. This is the problem with HORSE RACE JOURNALISM that emphasizes easy-to-compare metrics (who spent more on Facebook?) over exposing bad acts.

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@thomaskaplan @SarahAlmukhtar 3. Also ignored by the NYT: Facebook promised to hire THOUSANDS of people to manually review political ads.

But Facebook told me that it is relying on computer algorithms and no humans are reviewing Trump's ads prior to publication.

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@thomaskaplan @SarahAlmukhtar 4. Instead of asking the Trump campaign about their false and deceptive ads on Facebook, the New York Times runs recycled quotes from @parscale about the importance of A/B testing.

It's an abomination.

@thomaskaplan @SarahAlmukhtar @parscale 5. The New York Times also ignores the role of pro-Trump publications like The Epoch Times which has outspent most political campaigns this year on Facebook promoting pro-Trump videos.

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6. The Trump campaign is running blatantly false ads on Facebook right now.

There is one that claims Democrats want to repeal the Second Amendment and another that says family members of immigrants aren't vetted before being admitted to the U.S.

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7. It's unclear whether the NYT reporters were unaware of the Trump campaign's misconduct on Facebook or ignored it.

Either way it's a big problem.

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