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Fox News isn't news The problem with Fox “News,” the cable TV channel, isn’t just what it is — it’s also what it isn’t. It is often a purveyor of propaganda and misinformation. What it’s not is a source of “news” — at least not by any normal definition. Continue Reading . . . https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/fox-news-study-comparing-fox-cnn-highlights-cable-tvs-harm-rcna23620

Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election. Continue Reading . . . https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-media-lawsuits-elections-912eea8e168f95d51dec02da78ac2760

Flipboard makes it easier to find local news in 1,000 areas across the US and Canada Back at the start of last year, Flipboard launched a dedicated Local tab to highlight news and content from publications in about two dozen markets across the US and Canada. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/flipboard-local-news-expansion-140014809.html

A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two months YouTube promised it would crack down on US election disinformation in early December, but it appear to have missed a large target. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/youtube-election-disinformation-network-204902660.html

So you know all those reports earlier this week about a Nintendo Switch exchange program? Yeah, turns out it was all a bunch of crap. The Verge published an official statement from a Nintendo rep on Saturday debunking the deal. from https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-says-that-rumored-switch-exchange-deal-is-fake-1837354592 https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Tf1JK90n--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/uh5pllhhkstd2d77lza6.jpg