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Remarkable.

Zuckerberg tells @AOC that he DOES NOT KNOW if she could run ads in a GOP primary saying one of the candidates supports the Green New Deal

What @AOC is doing is breaking down the distinction Facebook is trying to make between "fact checking" and "voter suppression"
@AOC Facebook will have as big an impact on the 2020 election as any candidate or political party.

That's why I am intensely scrutinizing Facebook's actions in my newsletter, Popular Information

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For context, here is some of my recent reporting on Facebook:

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Judd Legum
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1. Axios announced this morning that it's #1 topic for the 2020 campaign will now be the manipulation of platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

That's been my focus on popular.info for the last year
2. I think Axios will have some conflicts covering this beat.

Axios is a Facebook "News Tab launch partner"

Axios content is sponsored by many large political advertisers on Facebook

This topic, in my view, requires complete independence
3. You don't need to get your news about Facebook from outlets with direct financial relationships with Facebook

If you want independent accountability journalism about Facebook and other tech giants in the lead up to 2020, sign up for my newsletter

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Judd Legum
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This column by @juliacarriew criticizes some of my reporting on Facebook as too focused on the United States but you should read it because it is very good column.
@juliacarriew The central point of the column is that Facebook is defending its ad policy by touting the role of free speech in democracies but lots of Facebook users don't even live in democracies
This was actually a point that was raised by several of the people that I talked to in my reporting but I didn't get into it only because I am a one-person operation and have to focus my work or I would never get anything done
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Judd Legum
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1. One of the biggest systemic problems in political journalism is the failure to note OBVIOUS financial conflicts of interest.

For example, Politico has a piece about critics of Warren's health care plan.

One of the most strident voices is Nancy-Ann DeParle.
2. DeParle is ID'd a former deputy chief of staff for Obama. But it doesn't mention what she's doing NOW.

DeParle is THE FOUNDER OF A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM THAT INVESTS IN THE PRIVATE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
3. It seems relevant to mention that a strident critic of a plan to eliminate the private health care industry is someone who built a business around investing in private health care companies

cc: @RyanLizza

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#BREAKING: Both @AOC's Chief of Staff @saikatc, and communications director @corbintrent resign.

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@AOC @saikatc @corbintrent .@AOC's now former chief of staff was considered controversial for several instances, including what @PhilipAKlein called "killing" the Green New Deal by saying it was first and foremost designed to reform the economy, not handle climate change.

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One major strategic downside of the Green New Deal is that there had been a productive discussion on climate on the right (with openness towards carbon taxes, etc.) that'll now be set back because of the inevitable kneejerk reaction to this comic book of a proposal.
If you're actually a serious energy/climate person, you support using nat gas to replace coal and easing regulatory burdens on nuclear to make it a viable zero-emissions energy source.
And you're also in favor of carbon sequestration.
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One of the proposals in the “Green New Deal” is to build high-speed train lines so flying is less necessary. This is not a radical proposal. In Japan, the Shinkansen covers distance approx LA-San Francisco in 2.5 hrs. At peak, trains every 10 minutes. The line was built in 1964.
The Shinkansen network has expanded, of course. It now has lines that cover something close to 3,000 km, and it moves around 160 million people a year. At up to 320 km/hr. No seatbelt light. No turbulence. Stations right in city centers. Just imagine what travel could be here.
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