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Facebook has been under the spotlight following the results of this week’s presidential election. While Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed claims that his company has unduly influenced the election, others at Facebook are beginning to look closely at their role in the media landscape, according to The New York Times. Last night, Zuckerberg posted a lengthy status update to his page, outlining his thoughts on his company's role in the election, noting that "99 percent of what people see is authentic. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes." According to The New York Times, several senior officials at...

Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, dressed as Han Solo from The Empire Strikes Back, walks with his children Hadrien (second from right), Ella-Grace and Xavier, as his wife Sophie Gregoire, dressed as Princess Leia, jokes with onlookers as the family prepares to go trick-or-treating in Ottawa on Saturday. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) Justin Trudeau took on a more swashbuckling image Halloween night as he took his family out trick or treating. Canada's next prime minister dressed up as Han Solo of Star Wars fame while Sophie Gregoire wore a Princess Leia costume as they took their three children to knock on...

If you were a television news anchor reporting on falling gas prices, why would you say "the best news" was that a gallon of gasoline "might drop another 50 cents by Halloween, just in time for the election?" Believe it or not, ABC's Paula Faris, appearing on Monday's Good Morning America, actually said exactly that (video follows with transcript and commentary): ABC Anchor: 'The Best News' - Gas Prices 'Might Drop Another 50 Cents...Just in Time For the Election' GRAPHICS: PRICE PLUNGE AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS): And millions of Americans are getting ready to hit the road for the July...

IN A speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, the assistant Democratic leader likened the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Nazi, Soviet, and Cambodian concentration camps. What's giving America a black eye is the slander of our troops by Mr. Durbin, Amnesty, and others. Americans should be outraged, but not by the conduct of our soldiers

Recently from DU: socoljam (13 posts) Thu Jun-02-05 01:17 PM Original messageI Need Help with a New Progressive Effort A few months ago I started a new website - ConvinceAConservative.org - dedicated to a grass roots political education movement: Dems convincing their conservative neighbors why we're better. People writing into newspapers to make a statement, not just Bush-Bash. The website is simple. It's a database of hot political issues and accompanying arguments for the progressive position. Unfortunately, I'm a college student, and I haven't been able to fill in many of the arguments. [That is, he reached his conclusions before...