by Ty Davison | Nov 13, 2023 | Essays
My news sources as of 2023. I plan to update this list. We live in an age where most news sources cannot be trusted implicitly. If something sounds fishy, it likely is and requires that you do further research. Finding primary sources is not easy and it’s...
by Ty Davison | Apr 12, 2023 | News & Commentary
Downtown Portland coffee shop announces closure, cites safety concerns – oregonlive.com: Portland-based Coava Coffee is permanently closing its downtown cafe this week on three days’ notice after nearly six years of brewing locally roasted coffee there....
by Ty Davison | Oct 12, 2020 | News & Commentary
For anyone who’s paid attention, that the New York Times is having credibility issues is no surprise whatsoever. After the Pulitzer Prize-winning(!) 1619 series turned out to be fanciful fiction, who can believe anything that The Times puts out? An Arrest...
by Ty Davison | Nov 20, 2016 | News & Commentary
http://arstechnica.com/staff/2016/11/its-time-to-get-rid-of-the-facebook-news-feed-because-its-not-news/Fundamentally, the Facebook News Feed has two problems: It’s frequently made up of fake news, and the user doesn’t control the feed.
by Ty Davison | Nov 15, 2016 | News & Commentary
http://gizmodo.com/facebooks-fight-against-fake-news-was-undercut-by-fear-1788808204″…it’s now clear that democracy suffers if our news feeds incentivize bullshit.†The first obligation of the Fourth Estate is truth, and the problem is the Facebook...
