5 d. ago Airbnb scams: New book explores thriving criminal activity on big tech platforms

Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread delusive speech (a form of disinformation, designed to deceive by criminal intent).

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1 week ago Atlantic editor doesn't 'understand' the narrative that media covered for Biden's health

Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and CNN's Jake Tapper explore media narratives on Biden's health, referencing the book 'Original Sin' and its investigative findings.

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2 w. ago Madeleine Thien's new novel 'The Book of Records' explores the fluidity of time

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Madeleine Thien about her new novel, The Book of Records begins when a seven year old girl named Lina arrives with her father in an unusual place.

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2 w. ago This new book explores how Biden's inner circle kept his mental decline from voters

A new book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson paints the story of how President Biden believed he was capable of serving a second term even though his inner circle hid that he wasn't.

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3 w. ago DAN GAINOR: Journalism's original spin. 7 ways the Tapper/Thompson Biden book attempts to absolve media

"Original Sin" by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson explores President Joe Biden's decline. But the book wants to rewrite the legacy media's role in covering it up.

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3 w. ago David Axelrod says book's allegations about Biden's cognitive decline are 'troubling'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with democratic strategist David Axelrod about Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, which explores Biden's decline and how his inner circle has concealed it from the public.

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4 w. ago Joy Harjo explores a daughter's grief in 'Washing My Mother's Body'

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo, about her book "Washing My Mother's Body" where she explores the complexity of a daughter's grief as she reflects on her mother's life.

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