The Facebook Apology Tour. Earlier this morning I joined our managing editor Christine Rosen on the Daily Standard Podcast to discuss the Zuckerberg walk of shame. Do have a listen! Some supplementary reading: Nick Gillespie at Reason makes the same point I do about regulating FB, and over at the Washington Post, Sonny Bunch has an item as to why targeted ads are great. How Breaking News Got Panelized. I
The Facebook Apology Tour. Earlier this morning I joined our managing editor Christine Rosen on the Daily Standard Podcast to discuss the Zuckerberg walk of shame. Do have a listen! Some supplementary reading: Nick Gillespie at Reason makes the same point I do about regulating FB, and over at the Washington Post, Sonny Bunch has an item as to why targeted ads are great.
How Breaking News Got Panelized. I have a hard time watching cable news when things break. That’s because I’ve seen the behind-the-scenes scramble to get talent on television. It is just ugly. Often times, since cable news is live, they just have to fly by the seat of their pants with the best they’ve got. Imagine you’re told that you have to move out of your house within an hour, or you’d lose all your possessions that remain inside your house. Could you find the best and most competent movers or your friends to complete the task? No, you couldn’t. That’s basically how cable news works. Of course, this yields bad outcomes. At the Washington Post, Paul Fahri takes a look at the status quo, and there’s a lot to be concerned about. But other than tuning out (the best option), there is not an easy fix.
Why Was John Bolton in a Russian Gun Video? That’s what NPR ‘s Tim Mak wants to know .
Bolton, who visited President Donald Trump in the Oval Office earlier this month and has reportedly been considered as a replacement for national security adviser H. R. McMaster, is a curious pick for The Right to Bear Arms in its video effort to influence the Russian legislature.
After all, Bolton is one of the most hawkish, anti-Russia figures in Republican Party foreign policy circles. And yet the video recorded by Bolton was used by this obscure Russian gun rights group with ties to the Kremlin.
A source close to Bolton told NPR that he was originally asked to record the video by David Keene, who served as NRA president from 2011 to 2013, and that he was informed the recording was for the Russian legislature. The source also said the former ambassador had never heard of The Right to Bear Arms until recent news coverage of the group.
