corruption Former Tory chancellor takes over newspaper, sells "money-can't buy" coverage to Uber, Google and others Cory Doctorow
censorship Texas high-school principal fires award-winning, nationally famous journalism teacher to rein in critical student newspaper reporting Cory Doctorow
surveillance DHS dismisses critics of its plan to assemble a hostility-sorted list of journalists and commentators as "conspiracy theorists" Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Clearchannel took over America's local radio, Bain Capital took over Clearchannel, Clearchannel went bankrupt Cory Doctorow
Science Study finds that false news spreads faster than truth online, thanks to humans (not bots) Cory Doctorow
Business Exiled Cambodian opposition leader sues Facebook in California over allegations of collusion with Cambodia's dictator Cory Doctorow
politics In the USA, Trump supporters are the most prolific users and sharers of "junk news" (a mix of untruth and distastefully presented materials) Cory Doctorow
web theory Facebook helped consolidate power for Cambodia's dictator and his attack-dog media, then killed the independent press's platform Cory Doctorow
censorship Peter Thiel, "libertarian," wants to buy Gawker's archive, which would give him the power to censor stories he didn't like Cory Doctorow
trumpism Above the Law's template for reporting on Donald Trump's stupid, doomed legal threats, of which there are so, so many Cory Doctorow
trumpism Rumour mill says that the Mercers are going to axe Bannon from Breitbart over "Fire and Fury" remarks Cory Doctorow
Business Crowdfunding Lupiga, a progressive, independent voice combating rising fascism in Croatia Cory Doctorow
class war Millions of poor rural voters now hate Trump and millions of rich voters still support him, but the press only profiles poor people who remain Trumpists Cory Doctorow
law After Roy Moore threatens to sue AL.com, the publisher puts him on notice to preserve all documents for their countersuit Cory Doctorow
