A National Public Radio investigation has uncovered evidence that the majority of ‘fake news’ websites are run by a Democratic organization in California called “Disinfomedia”. The NPR investigation found that the “godfather” of fake news is a Democrat based in Culver City, California, who runs a multitude of the most prominent fake news sites on the web, aimed at discrediting the alternative media.
Several Facebook employees have reportedly quit the social media company amid criticism that it has developed a special software to suppress posts in China in concession for re-entering the Chinese market. Facebook has been banned in the country since 2009 and the new censorship tool could allow China to monitor and suppress content in news feeds based on user’s location. WCCF Tech reports: New York Times reports that Mark Zuckerberg has created a software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas.
By EconMatters
We discuss game theory and the idea that cooperative game theory suggests here that both Iran and Russia would be better served to cut oil production as opposed to merely freezing oil production. We could easily be talking about losing an extra 20 to 50 plus Billion in annual Oil Revenues for these two countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBMSJp-Wkek
"noise" and "imprudence" indeed...
Source: MichaelPRamirez.com
IHS Markit today released their annual study on the average age of light vehicles registered in the U.S.. As expected, the average fleet age continues to tick up and currently stands at 11.6 years. While this may be great news for consumers, higher quality and longer useful lives can have a detrimental impact on annual auto sales.
“Quality of new vehicles continues to be a key driver of the rising average vehicle age over time,” Mark Seng, global automotive aftermarket practice director at IHS Markit, said in a statement.