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1. @campbell_brown responds to my article on The 74. Here she claims that Facebook isn't supporting The 74. She fails to mention that Zuckerberg donated $600,000 to The 74 this year

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@campbell_brown 2. Here @campbell_brown dismisses the pieces savaging Elizabeth Warren because they are "opinion" pieces.

This is correct. And The 74 exclusively features opinion that are highly critical of Warren. That's a choice.

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3. Here @campbell_brown says that she didn't respond to my detailed questions about her role at The 74 because I don't care about accuracy.

But she does not point a single piece of inaccurate reporting in my piece

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1. In September, Facebook VP Nick Clegg laid the groundwork for Facebook's policy to allow lies in political ads.

"[I]n mature democracies with a free press, political speech is already arguably the most scrutinized speech there is," Clegg said.

Let's explore that a bit.
2. Clegg and Facebook argue that the company doesn't need to fact-check political ads because those ads are ALREADY SCRUTINIZED

It's true that, for example, political ads on TV are scrutinized.

But does that apply to Facebook ads?

No. And let me explain why.
3. Facebook says it has a system that lets third parties scrutinize ads from candidates on Facebook: it's political ad library!

Yes, but yesterday, the Trump campaign had OVER 4700 active ads on Facebook yesterday

Here's what that looks like:
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Judd Legum
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1. This story is in the weeds but it's a good example of how corporate PR works so I'm going to tell it anyway

On 11/11, I reported that Facebook's Campbell Brown had an active role in the website she founded, The74, and it had been savaging Warren

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2. Facebook responded by attacking me on Twitter, falsely suggesting I had inappropriately edited its statement and retweeting a thread from the Editor-in-Chief of The74, Steve Snyder

Snyder claimed I didn't reach out to The74 about Brown's role.
3. Snyder was right, I reached out to BROWN through Facebook about her role at The 74. And Brown admitted that she purposely ignored the question.

But Synder sought to portray The 74 as an open book, and specifically said he would be willing to talk to me "in depth"
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Judd Legum
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GAME OVER

It's unclear why this impeachment inquiry needs to continue

Trump is guilty of multiple impeachable offenses

The evidence does not come from the deep state

It comes from a call summary released by the White House and a guy who donated $1M to Trump's inauguration
Republicans appear entirely unmoved by irrefutable evidence that Trump abused his power to advance his personal political interests.

No one can force Republicans in Congress to have principles.

But they can be forced to vote.

This will be their legacy.
We now know why Pompeo and Trump were so eager to block Sondland and the others from testifying.

It's a criminal conspiracy that goes all the way up to the President of the United States.

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Facebook has incredible power to affect elections and our national debate. Mark Zuckerberg is telling employees that he views a Warren administration as an “existential” threat to Facebook. The public deserves to know how Facebook intends to use their influence in this election.
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(1/10) In 2004 Mark #Zuckerberg creates essentially the biggest single advertising platform of all time.
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After over five hours of the #Zuckerberg hearing today, here are EFF’s highlights: (1/11)
Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his dorm room in 2004.
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The hearing is now officially starting, with opening remarks from the ranking members of both committees (Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee).
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🔥ZUCKERBERG IS IN THE BARREL‼️

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