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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

popular.info/p/youtube-broa…
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

popular.info/p/youtube-broa…
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

popular.info/p/youtube-broa…
4. I'll be following up w/these companies. Currently Google offers advertisers no way to exclude misinfo. So you have to stop ads on ALL climate change videos (or drop YouTube).

You can get more accountability journalism in my newsletter.

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1. I'd just like to note that this explanation is completely illogical

Rubio says even assuming the allegations against Trump are true but won't impeach because the people should decide

But how are people supposed to decide since Rubio also opposes subpoenaing witnesses?
2. You can make Rubio's argument that it's a case that should be decided by voters but he acknowledges here that all the facts are not out. Voters will not be able to subpoena Bolton. The Senate can.
3. Perhaps the dumbest argument is that Rubio won't support impeachment because it is partisan but of course if he (and Alexander, who made a similar argument) supported impeachment it wouldn't be partisan
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1. Let's talk about Facebook's earnings call yesterday and how it relates to the company's inability or unwillingness to effective combat political misinformation on the platform.

Because it really explains everything.
2. Facebook announced that it made $7.3 BILLION in PROFIT over the last three months.

You could spend just a tiny fraction of that and make a pretty serious dent in the political misinformation problem.

But the company won't do it. Why?
3. Despite the obscene profits, which are up year-over-year, Facebook stock is down significantly today. (Almost 7% at the moment.)

Why?

Investors are concerned that "expenses" are rising too quickly.

That's a critical dynamic.
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Dershowitz just revealed the absurdity of the Trump defense.

He argued that Trump believes his election is in the public interest and therefore if he uses his power to help his reelection - by pressuring a foreign government to investigate his opponent - that's not impeachable
"Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest... If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment."
Nixon used the power of the presidency to cover up the Watergate burglary because if voters found out his aides were involved it would damage his reelection chances. Since Nixon believed his reelection was in the public interest, the cover up was not impeachable.
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