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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
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_ Musk on the run _
Brazilian Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes as Batman
chasing Elon Musk as The Joker. Credit, Carlos Amorim
* Bending Over Backwards for Trump
* Big Crypto, Big Spending
* Where AI is Going
* Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers?
* Social Media Spews Hatred for Women in Politics
* Tech CEO Arrested
* Community Radio Supports Bolivia’s Campesino Movements
* Politics for Bucks on TikTok
* Banning X in Brazil
* TCM Airs Political Film Series in September
BENDING OVER BACKWARDS FOR TRUMP
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By Jim Risen
The Intercept
The press has proven unable to alter its traditional formula for
campaign coverage. The threat Trump poses to democracy is now an
afterthought. For Trump to escape much scrutiny from the press for
the third time can be attributed in part to the deep historical,
technological, and financial trends that have swept through the news
industry.
BIG CRYPTO, BIG SPENDING
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By Rick Claypool
Public Citizen
Cryptocurrency corporations are spending big to make crypto regulation
a top issue for candidates in the 2024 elections. Crypto-sector
corporations – primarily Coinbase and Ripple – have dumped over
$119 million in real dollars into the 2024 elections so far, almost
entirely into super PACs dedicated to elevating pro-crypto candidates
and attacking crypto skeptics.
WHERE AI IS GOING
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By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism
• ANSWERING TO SAG-AFTRA
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• TO CHINA
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• TO WAR
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• TO ORGANIZE
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By Ron Miller, TechCrunch
WHO FACT-CHECKS THE FACT-CHECKERS?
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By Dan Froomkin
Press Watch
Fact-checkers are so devoted to not “taking sides” that instead of
exposing the vast gulf in truth-telling between the two parties, they
effectively hide it. They want to mete out their dings if not
equally, at least comparably. And that’s impossible to do,
ethically, given that one party is constantly lying and the other is
not.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEWS HATRED FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS
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By Imran Ahmed
Center for Countering Digital Hate
The cacophony of hate speech, threats, and gendered abuse we find
flooding the comment sections of prominent women politicians is united
in one shared purpose: to push women out of political life. Countless
studies have been conducted in recent years chronicling the ways women
in politics face abuse online. But nothing changes if platforms refuse
to act.
TECH CEO ARRESTED
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By Gabriel Stargardter
Reuters
The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a
warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime
unit within the Paris prosecutor’s office, led by 38-year-old
Johanna Brousse. The arrest of Durov, 39, last Saturday marks a
significant shift in how some global authorities may seek to deal with
tech chiefs reluctant to police illegal content on their platforms.
COMMUNITY RADIO SUPPORTS BOLIVIA’S CAMPESINO MOVEMENTS
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By Benjamin Dangl
NACLA Report
Community radio has been one of the backbones of union and social
movement organizing in Bolivia for decades. Radio still plays a
crucial communication role, particularly in rural areas that lack
electricity and the internet. Such a medium was pivotal during key
uprisings among campesino, miner, and Indigenous movements throughout
Bolivian history.
POLITICS FOR BUCKS ON TIKTOK
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By Viola Zhou
Rest of World
TikTok creators are pitting Donald Trump against Kamala Harris in live
battles, a feature first popularized on Chinese livestreaming
apps. TikTok has sophisticated features designed to make viewers buy
more gifts during livestreams. One college student says he makes up
to $7,000 a month from TikTok live matches.
BANNING X IN BRAZIL
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By Andrew Hutchinson
Social Media Today
X has now been banned in Brazil, after refusing to comply with
Brazilian court orders to remove the accounts of seven
anti-government commentators which it claims have contributed to
ongoing unrest in the region.
TCM AIRS POLITICAL FILM SERIES IN SEPTEMBER
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By Mike Barnes
The Hollywood Reporter
“This series brings an eclectic mix of filmmakers, actors, political
figures and journalists to TCM to discuss a varied selection of
brilliant movies. Along the way, we’ll discuss how great films have
managed to predict political culture, to reflect it and to challenge
it.” The series leads off with “The Battle of Algiers” at 8 pm
EST, September 6.
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