“Fake news” emerged as a dominant theme of the 2016 US presidential election campaign and has been in the public eye ever since. To now-president Trump, the term refers to CNN, the New York Times, and other outlets that portray him unfavorably; to Democrats, it means politically incorrect websites, blogs, and social media accounts. In this context
The 2016 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded today to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström , two of the most eminent economists specializing in the analysis of contracting and organizational structure. Hart, a British economist who teaches at Harvard, and Holmström, originally from Finland and now teaching at MIT, are leading practitioners of the
Last night’s surprising result left Trump supporters elated, Clinton supporters dejected. Most libertarians have long given up hope that the electoral process can bring substantial improvements to US policies. But there is an important silver lining to this year’s election season. Public skepticism of the establishment media, think-tanks,
The populist sentiment behind the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump, increasing skepticism of the mainstream media, distrust of higher education institutions , and similar phenomena has given rise to a worry among experts that society no longer values expertise. Tom Nichols, author of the recent book The Death of Expertise , thinks
There are two mainstream positions on Trump’s recent Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship and section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act (CDA): 1) the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)/ Techdirt liberal/libertarian view that Twitter, Facebook, etc. are private firms and can do what they want and 2) the Trump/Hawley/social
Las “noticias falsas” [“fake news”] aparecieron como tema dominante en la campaña de las elecciones presidenciales de EEUU de 2016 y han permanecido bajo el ojo público desde entonces. Para el ahora presidente Trump, la expresión se refiere a la CCN, el New York Times y otros medios que le retratan de manera desfavorable en; en para los
El sentimiento popular detrás de la votación del Bréxit, la elección de Donald Trump, el creciente escepticismo de los grandes medios de comunicación, la desconfianza en las instituciones de enseñanza superior y fenómenos similares han hecho aflorar una preocupación entre los expertos por que la sociedad ya no valore la experiencia. Tom Nichols,
Hay dos posturas principales sobre el reciente Decreto Ejecutivo de Trump sobre la Prevención de la Censura en Línea y la sección 230 de la Ley de Decencia en las Comunicaciones (CDA) de 1996: 1) el punto de vista liberal/libertario de la Fundación de Fronteras Electrónicas (EFF)/ Techdirt de que Twitter, Facebook, etc. son empresas privadas y
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