It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.
Since then, there have been growing calls to address the spread of polarization and misinformation promoted on such platforms.
While Facebook has been slower to acknowledge a need for ... Show More
Yesterday
The Onion’s Latest Joke: Taking Over Infowars
Last Thursday, the satirical newspaper The Onion started its own version of Infowars, the infamous online hub of misinformation created by Alex Jones. The takeover has been years in the making. After Mr. Jones lost two defamation cases, his assets were put up for auction. The Oni ... Show More
22m 26s
Jul 5
The Most American Episode of The Daily, Ever.
In celebration of the United States of America’s 250th birthday, we posed a simple question to some of our favorite critics, columnists and editors across the New York Times newsroom, people who write about books, movies, TV shows, science, sports, wellness and food. We asked: Wh ... Show More
43m 2s
Jul 2025
Flipping the Bird: Elon vs Twitter | Maximum Amazing | 1
Twitter is at a crossroads. Its founder, Jack Dorsey, has stepped down from his role as CEO. The social media heavyweight is also under fire for alleged bias, censorship, and the roving army of bot accounts wreaking havoc on the site. In this moment of crisis, the only would-be s ... Show More
29m 9s
Dec 2021
Twitter verifies a new CEO
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">What Jack Dorsey’s departure from Twitter means for Silicon Valley, the platform and its dedicated users. And how the new CEO, Parag Agrawal, could change the direction of the company. </span></p><p><br></p ... Show More
22m 24s
Nov 2021
Hit the Road @Jack! Twitter Boss Out, Biden Struggles with 'Rona, Another Cuomo Scandal, Guest: Allum Bokhari
<p>On today's Breitbart News Daily podcast - meet the new boss, woker than the old boss? Twitter's Jack Dorsey is out at the social media platform, but his replacement, Parag Agrawal, appears to be another far-left radical. Pres. Biden has promised no "Omicron" variant lockdowns. ... Show More
50m 48s