Public Apology Generator
When you screw up in public or on social media, here is a handy algorithm to generate your apology.
AI to produce nearly all web content within a year
The market for all the “freelance authors” spinning out junk for Business Insider, will be gone within a year, replaced by AI content.
Misogyny alive and well at The Daily Beast
They denigrate women by referring to them as “Barbie”.
Media: Why do people write stories like this?
She writes a story about living at home to save money, while earning just $2,500/month as, basically, a writer. Make this make sense.
Hate has no boundaries
Hate seems widespread – and pointless, and says much about today’s college campuses.
He calls himself an “honest pollster”
Famous pollster who calls himself an “honest pollster” is not honest.
Media: Drop in beer consumption due to Trump?
Consumption per person has declined since the 1980s, was stable for a while, and now, a majority of Americans view even drinking in moderation as bad for health.
Social: 58% of recent college grads are unemployed
The claim that 58% of recent graduate have no job is false, and comes about from a biased sample used in the survey.
Media: NY Times selects students for intern/mentorship program
The NY Times selects 19 students for their prestigious intern/mentorship program. The selectees, however, do not mirror the characteristics of the US population, although this could be due to sample bias, in that those choosing to study journalism are not a representative sample of the US population.
Social: Frequently shared photos are misleading
A misleading image is shared to indicate that cities used to be beautiful and now they are ugly.