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1. 2019 was my first year as an independent journalist and I learned that this work can still make a big difference

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2. The reporting in my newsletter, Popular Information, shut down online disinformation campaigns on Facebook, exposed fraud in the Trump campaign, and cut off Amazon's assistance to right-wing extremists.

The truth still matters.

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3. I've compiled some of the highlights from the last 12 months. I hope you'll check it out.

My work this year has focused on ACCOUNTABILITY for powerful people and institutions.

There is so much more to be done.

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4. One easy resolution for 2020 is to read more news from outlets that aren't controlled by millionaires and billionaires.

I hope you'll start by subscribing to my newsletter, Popular Information.

It's free to sign up!

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I don't trust Lev Parnas and am not inclined to believe anything he says that can't be verified in other ways.
There is overwhelming evidence against Trump and its a mistake to re-frame the case as a referendum on the credibility on one of Giuliani's goons.
As of now, the documentary evidence that Parnas has produced. Including letters from Giuliani to the Ukrainian government, is what's significant
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1. YouTube is pushing climate disinformation videos to MILLIONS of people through its recommendation engine

YouTube then monetizes the videos with advertisements from big brands

So both YouTube and the climate deniers are profiting from junk science

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2. In response, Google told popular.info it doesn't consider all climate disinfo to be "harmful"

For example, it considers climate misinformation clipped from Fox News to be part of a legit public discourse on a political & scientific issue

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3. @Avaaz, which conducted the study, identified major brands advertising against climate disinfo, including:

@Zipcar
@Samsung
@Showtime
@7eleven
@redbull
@Uber
@UnderArmour
@Loreal

I contacted all of the companies above and did not hear back

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UPDATE: In October, I identified a network of 14 purportedly independent Facebook pages that only promoted content from The Daily Wire

Facebook said the pages were "real pages run by real people" and didn't violate its rules

We now know that isn't true

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2. Over the last several months, Facebook has implemented a new policy that requires certain pages to verify their ownership.

13 of the 14 pages identified by Popular Information are OWNED BY THE DAILY WIRE

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3. Recall these pages posted the same Daily Wire content at the same time ("coordinated")

And while they were claiming to be run by individuals or be independent media outlets, they were all owned and operated by the Daily Wire ("inauthentic")

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