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1. EXCLUSIVE: Bayer stops advertising on Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.

Two of Fox News' primetime hosts have lost their most prominent remaining brand advertiser

popular.info/p/exclusive-ba…
2. The company has not made a public statement, but popular.info learned of the move from a source familiar with Bayer's decision-making

The company's reconsideration comes after Bayer's return to Tucker Carlson went viral & not in a good way popular.info/p/exclusive-ba…
3. This is proof that accountability journalism and citizen activism can materially change corporate behavior

Your voice matters -- especially when you are armed with the facts.

If you want more information like this, sign up for my newsletter at popular.info
4. There are still several brands sticking with Carlson/Ingraham. But Bayer was a big one.
5. This is a devastating blow to Tucker and Ingraham.

Bayer was Ingraham's #2 overall advertiser this year, running 180 spots. Bayer was Tucker's #5 advertiser.

mediamatters.org/blog/2019/06/0…
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1. An InfoWars host with a VERIFIED TWITTER ACCOUNT advocated lynching Obama on his show yesterday

"He belongs in jail. He belongs in Guantanamo Bay. I mean look - I'm not saying this should happen - but Barack Obama, find the tallest tree and a rope"

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2. The host, Alex Jones' sidekick Owen Shroyer (@allidoisowen) , used his verified Twitter account to promote the show where he advocated the lynching of Barack Obama

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3. I contacted Twitter 8 hrs ago and asked them about Shroyer. No response

Twitter says it won't tolerate threats or racism but actions speak louder

I'm using my newsletter, Popular Information, to do the work the social media giants won't do

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Judd Legum
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1. In 2018, Zuckerberg said he understood why people thought Facebook was too powerful. His resolution was to "fix" Facebook because the company had made "too many errors."

Was this a humbler, more responsible Zuck?

Lol

popular.info/p/facebooks-pl…
2. Yesterday, Facebook announced the creation of a new global currency, Libra

If the project is successful, it would give Facebook more power over the global economy than any government

It'll also create an huge new stream of data the company can exploit popular.info/p/facebooks-pl…
3. Facebook claims that they are creating Libra to help the world's poor, who don't have access to banks

But it could provide low-cost money transfers through its apps without creating a new global currency

It's not about altruism. It's about $

popular.info/p/facebooks-pl…
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Judd Legum
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The Trump campaign continues to run false ads on Facebook with impunity.

On Friday, it ran an ad saying the deadline to sign Trump's birthday card was 9PM TONIGHT. (The card is used for email collection and fundraising leads)

Monday, a new ad saying the deadline is 9PM TONIGHT
You might think this is trivial but it's establishing a precedent

Facebook's own policies prohibit false and misleading ads.

Facebook doesn't enforce these policies w/the Trump campaign, which is spending 550K/week with Facebook
.@robleathern: Does manipulating people into clicking an ad by promoting a fake deadline violate your rule against false and misleading ads?

This is what the Trump campaign is doing here.

Wondering if Facebook is going to act or let this get worse.
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