Should we worry? What is the worst that can happen? Should we try to create regulations before it is a problem?
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The Twitter Files
What are the twitter files, how did they come about and how are the journalists getting the information. What have they revealed, how are people talking about it or distorting it.
Here is the link to the summary of collection of of Twitter Files (that has not been updated since December 22). It also links to the full list of tweets of each Twitter File drop.
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Musk’s Twitter
This is part one of a two part conversation revolving around Twitter. This conversation takes a look at Twitter under the helm of Elon Musk, the changes made to the company and his presence on the platform. The next conversation will focus on the Twitter Files.
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Banning of TikTok
Why are people concerned about the App TikTok? Why is TokTok different than other social media apps? Why is the government considering banning the app? We cover all this and alternatives to banning the app.
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Federal Debt
A short while before this conversation, the Debt Ceiling was surpassed and Congress was notified that if nothing was changed, the US Government would default on its obligations. We begin the conversation discussing the difference between debt and deficit, whether debt should be decreased by increasing income or decreasing expenses and then discuss what the debt means to the country and possible solutions.
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What are the similarities and differences between Trump’s handling and Biden’s handling of the found classified documents. Also how have the reactions to the documents been different from the media to the Department of Justice.
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Brian and Colin discuss whether information from a particular source can be trusted or not. If the information is strictly fact-based this is not a complicated issue, but sometimes sources will avoid certain aspects and then the issue becomes more complicated. We discuss the website and app, Factual which rates articles and news sites based on an algorithm rather than personal opinions.
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This conversation focuses primarily on the Twitter environment. Brian and Colin agree that this is a difficult process. No matter if you want content moderation to be strict and others wish it to be more relaxed and allow users to moderate their own feeds. How does the debate over the ‘public square’ affect social media?
The article that Colin references from Gizmodo.
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Hunter Biden’s laptop
With recent revelations regarding the authenticity of the laptop, should media have handled the news differently when it broke 3 weeks before the election in 2019. Was the news suppressed? Should the media outlets have reported the news even when they could not verify the details? How much validating should social media conduct?
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Critiquing both parties in government. The party out of power tends to demand great change and become less motivated to change once they have power. We also consider the idea that the bias in media is a result of market forces, meaning that the consumers of media want the bias. We then spend a few minutes talking about the quality of presidential candidates in recent years and reminisce about past presidents.
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