“The strategy works because the platforms continue to reward engagement over everything else, even when that engagement comes from publications that also publish false or misleading content.” (Epoch Media, parent company of The Epoch Times, racked up nearly four billion views using the tactic.)

Back in 2019, Amazon founder (and Washington Post owner) Jeff Bezos accused the Enquirer of attempting to extort him with texts and photos — and his security team suggested Saudi Arabia might have been involved. Separate investigations were conducted by the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan and have closed without public action.

“All this right-wing divergence comes down to the reality that Newsmax and OAN have far more to gain with Sohn at the FCC than more traditional conservatives backed by telecom interests thanks to the regulator’s record of favoring independent programmers. Though that’s generally been considered a ‘liberal’ position, it nonetheless benefits right-wing upstarts trying to take on traditionally entrenched media as well.”

“By gathering information from ‘sources’ and passing it to his brother’s staff, Cuomo committed the more egregious step of directly mixing the journalistic work of calling sources and gathering information with his personal, familial commitments.”

“What makes Twitter such a baffling company to analyze is that the company’s cultural impact so dramatically outweighs its financial results; last quarter Twitter’s $1.3 billion in revenue amounted to 4.4% of Facebook’s $29.0 billion, and yet you can make the case — and I believe it — that Twitter’s overall impact on the world is just as if not larger than its drastically larger peer.”

The once-lauded former “60 Minutes” correspondent compared Dr. Fauci to an infamous Nazi doctor on Fox News. It was just one of many inflammatory and conspiracy-tinged comments she’s made in the years since she left CBS.

The anchor used media contacts to gather information about women who accused his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, of sexual harassment.