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1. Facebook's top news executive is Campbell Brown — she's in charge of Facebook's new "Facebook News" tab

Brown also co-founded her own media outlet, The 74, where she maintains an active role

In recent weeks, it's been SAVAGING Elizabeth Warren

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2. Brown's media outlet, The 74, has recently described as "the second coming of Karl Marx," "a millionaire who raves about socialism," and "another tired politician."

According to The 74, Warren is not a "straight shooter" and lacks a "moral center."

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3. The 74 was founded with support from Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. After DeVos' nomination Brown praised DeVos as "a born decision-maker, thick-skinned... and impervious to hostile criticism."

The 74 has been effusive about DeVos' tenure.

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4. Wouldn't Facebook object to this dual role for Brown?

Quite the opposite: Zuckerberg donated $600K this year to fund The 74.

Facebook will have a massive influence on the 2020 election.

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5. Brown maintained an active role at The 74 after accepting her position w/Facebook. According to documents filed with the IRS, Brown spent 5 hours per week - the equivalent of 1.5 months of full time work - on The 74 in 2017, her first year at Facebook

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6. 2017 is the most recent year IRS docs are available. Facebook did not answer Qs about her current role but made no effort to downplay Brown's involvement

Brown reported spending the same amount of time on The 74 in 2016, when she was Editor-in-Chief

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7. Brown has defended the inclusion of Breitbart, the noxious right-wing site known for laundering white nationalism and publishing a slew of inaccurate information, as a "trusted source" in Facebook News.

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8. Related reading: popular.info/p/the-republic…
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