There’s a media phenomenon the old-time blogger Mickey Kaus calls “overism”: articles in the week before the election whose premise is that even before the votes are counted, we know […]
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Back to news homeDan Bongino Has No Idea Why Facebook Loves Him
Just a few years ago, Dan Bongino was a B-list pundit working on the fringes of conservative media. A former police officer and Secret Service agent, Mr. Bongino ran for […]
Big Tech Continues Its Surge Ahead of the Rest of the Economy
While the rest of the U.S. economy languished earlier this year, the tech industry’s biggest companies seemed immune to the downturn, surging as the country worked, learned and shopped from […]
Former Facebook and Pinterest exec Tim Kendall traces “extractive business models” to VCs
Last month, former Facebook and Pinterest executive Tim Kendall told Congress during a House hearing on the dangers of social media that Facebook made its products so addictive because its […]
Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It.
By early October, even people inside the White House believed President Trump’s re-election campaign needed a desperate rescue mission. So three men allied with the president gathered at a house […]
F.T.C. Decision on Pursuing Facebook Antitrust Case Is Said to Be Near
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is moving closer to a decision about filing an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook for its market power in social networking, according to two people […]