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Florida Demands Thousands of Dollars for Public Records About Ron DeSantis's Culture War in Schools

Nerdwallet S-1: Truth-teller and consumer advocate, or just another lead gen business?

Jason Stoffer ringingthebell.substack.com

If you’re using your platform to claim women should stay in the kitchen, maybe find someone more appropriate to quote than literally the most successful career woman on the planet (and one who has also spoken out in support of abortion rights and Pride Month, subjects that Butker also attacked in his speech).

As the tug-of-war with Heather King over the inspection report dragged on, news surfaced that Holmes would be hosting a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign at Theranos’s headquarters in Palo Alto. She had long cultivated a relationship with the Clintons, appearing at several Clinton Foundation events and forging a friendship wit

John Carreyrou • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz - The Verge

Elizabeth Lopatto theverge.com

When Facebook or Twitter intervenes in this process it gets very complex because platforms are meant to be neutral. Editorializing The Algorithm becomes a question of first amendment rights. This makes Section 230 the most complex and consequential legislation of our time.

Troy Young • People vs Algorithms

A PR agent from Burson-Marsteller reached out to a tech blogger named Christopher Soghoian and asked him to write a critical op-ed about a Google product. Recounting the story Soghoian says Burson-Marsteller offered to “draft” the op-ed for Soghoian and get it published in a “top-tier” outlet like the Washington Post, Politico, the Hill, Roll Call,

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

At the core of this is a debate on whether The New York Times, The Washington Post and others are failing the American people by pushing more content behind the paywall.

Jarrod Dicker • Don’t Blame Media’s Business Model

The political nature of the selective outrage was obvious. The “tell” is how American Bridge and its allies easily overlooked Democrats embroiled in similar plagiarism scandals.