Google tried to withhold practically every critical detail from the public in its monopolization case. A band of advocates and journalists fought back.
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Charlie Peters and the Odyssey of Neoliberalism
Today on TAP: The uses of small magazines in the battle of ideas
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Guns, Race, and Stats: The Three Deadliest Weapons in America
Why is the mainstream media peddling the gun lobby’s fake stats on Black gun ownership?
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It’s the Social Media, Stupid
Today on TAP: Americans’ economic views are at odds with Americans’ economic behavior. So, whence those views?
Posted inWorking in America
Nefarious Corporate Overlord Accidentally Kick-Starts Media Company
Gamurs Group fired the editor in chief of The Escapist. Most of the publication joined him to start something new, a worker cooperative called Second Wind.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
When a Feminist Content Sweatshop Was the Coolest Thing On the Internet
Jezebel is widely blamed for starting “cancel culture.” But 16 years ago, most culture desperately needed to be canceled.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Is Undercutting Bidenomics
The most tech-friendly Cabinet member should not be the one regulating artificial intelligence.
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About That New York Times Poll
Today on TAP: Lazy journalism allows flawed polls to become the narrative—but that doesn’t mean Biden is doing fine.
Posted inBooks
Fixing Disinformation Online
What will it take to regulate the abuses of Big Tech without undermining free speech?
Posted inWorking in America
The Punditocracy vs. the UAW
Today on TAP: Commentators argue that the union is asking for too much. But a big win may help the UAW organize the non-union competition.
