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1. The Trump campaign is paying Facebook to spread misinformation about several Democrats running for president

It's happening RIGHT NOW

It's 15 months before the general election.

Unless something is done, this will get much worse

popular.info/p/trump-using-…
2. The Trump campaign has an ad running now claiming @JoeBiden and @PeteButtigieg support eliminating private insurance.

It shows an image from the debate with both raising their hands.

Compare the Trump ad (left) to the actual show of hands (right) popular.info/p/trump-using-…
3. The point here isn't that supporting Medicare for All in place of private insurance is bad. (Sanders and Warren both hold this view).

The point is that Facebook is accepting cash to broadcast Trump's lies

This was not supposed to happen this time

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4. Trump's Facebook ads are routinely ignored by traditional media outlets, even though they are likely to have a big impact on the 2020 election.

This is why independent accountability journalism matters.

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5. Congress could do a lot of good by calling a hearing on political ads on Facebook and getting the company's executives to explain why they are accepting cash to spread misinformation from the Trump campaign.

This is not an isolated incident.

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6. Facebook will continue to spread Trump's lies until its no longer profitable for them to do so.

The Trump campaign will continue to run false ads on Facebook as long as they can get away with it.

It's not too late to do something about this.

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1. You may be wondering WTF is happening at the New York Times.

Let me explain in plain English.
2. Google and Facebook are destroying the journalism industry. The legacy publications that have survived are under pressure to appeal to the widest possible audience.

When the NYT plays "both sides," it's not about journalism. It's about the business model.
3. The NYT does some amazing journalism but, in a lot of cases, it's poorly positioned to challenge people in power. It needs ACCESS to powerful people for its reporting. And it needs to be a comfortable place for powerful corporations to advertise.
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UPDATE: In a statement to popular.info, @Amazon defends selling audiobooks produced by 8chan owner Jim Watkins

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@amazon 2. Watkins puts advertisements linking to Amazon pages for the audiobooks on 8chan, helping monetize the site

Amazon says the products are placed by the individual authors, not Watkins' company

But many of the authors do not appear to be real people

popular.info/p/how-things-c…
@amazon 3. For example, the title "Puerto Galera Passion: Asian Women/Hot Filipinas" lists "Mason" as its author.

This is Mason's biography

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1. 8chan, which has become a haven for mass murders including the El Paso shooter, operates with the help of corporate America.

It needs these companies to supply it with cash and critical services

popular.info/p/white-terror…
2. Last night @Cloudflare announced it would no longer provide security services for 8chan.

But 8chan's domain is still hosted by @tucows

And 8chan's owner, Jim Watkins, continues to monetize the site with the help of @amazon

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3. I reported how @Amazon was helping monetize 8chan in May. The company ignored the issue and did absolutely nothing.

They are selling audio books from 8chan owner Jim Watkins RIGHT NOW.

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