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Yahoo Story on Florida COVID Study Misrepresented Key Finding, Study’s Author Says

A Yahoo News story warning that “Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny” incorrectly framed the key finding of the study it profiled, according to the principal researcher of the study in question as well as other researchers quoted in the same article. “Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully,” begins the fear-mongering story,… Source link

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Social media algorithms are ‘dangerous’: author Walter Isaacson

The CEOs of Facebook (FB), Google (GOOG, GOOGL), and Twitter (TWTR) will appear later this month before a U.S. House subcommittee to face questions over the spread of misinformation tied to the 2020 election and COVID-19. In a new interview, author Walter Isaacson — best known for his biography of late Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs — said social media platforms should take more responsibility for the extremism and misleading information fostered by their sites. He offered a blistering… Source link

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Yahoo Finance Presents: Founder of Phenomenal and Author Meena Harris – Yahoo Money

The Conversation Armed groups from Capitol riot pose longer-term threat to Biden presidency Rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, but that may not be their last violent move. Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesDetails continue to emerge about the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol incursion. Exactly what happened – including the degree of planning involved and rioters’ possible connections with Capitol police or even members of Congress – may not be known for some time. But there are looming threats of… Source link

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