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The lights then dimmed, and the VIPs previewed the screening of the HBO documentary "Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable".
After the credits rolled, the VIPs approached Rory Kennedy with a suggestion.
Oh, no.
#RFKJr #infodemic #nuclearpower
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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The lights then dimmed, and the VIPs previewed the screening of the HBO documentary "Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable".
After the credits rolled, the VIPs approached Rory Kennedy with a suggestion.
Oh, no.
#RFKJr #infodemic #nuclearpower
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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As RFK Jr. often does, he cited a real study. But the real study didn’t have those facts. Or those figures. He put words into the authors’ mouths.
But at least RFK Jr’s error-ridden claims weren’t captured on film or any permanent record.
That must have been a relief.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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As RFK Jr. often does, he cited a real study. But the real study didn’t have those facts. Or those figures. He put words into the authors’ mouths.
But at least RFK Jr’s error-ridden claims weren’t captured on film or any permanent record.
That must have been a relief.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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It must have looked weird, if RFK Jr.'s lips were moving but no sound was coming out. Maybe they covered those snippets of the soundrack with soaring violins, to buttress that Kennedy "gravitas". But the "Final Cut" had to be re-edited so the "Final Final Cut" could be broadcast-ready.
#RFKJr #PublicHealth #infodemic
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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It must have looked weird, if RFK Jr.'s lips were moving but no sound was coming out. Maybe they covered those snippets of the soundrack with soaring violins, to buttress that Kennedy "gravitas". But the "Final Cut" had to be re-edited so the "Final Final Cut" could be broadcast-ready.
#RFKJr #PublicHealth #infodemic
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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Nonetheless, it was just after 9/11 and they proceeded. Filming wrapped, and the documentary was "in the can" as they say. Rory Kennedy & crew viewed the Final Cut to see how it played as a whole.
Oh, no.
#RFKJr #publichealth #infodemic
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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Nonetheless, it was just after 9/11 and they proceeded. Filming wrapped, and the documentary was "in the can" as they say. Rory Kennedy & crew viewed the Final Cut to see how it played as a whole.
Oh, no.
#RFKJr #publichealth #infodemic
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/i/167625115/rfk-jr-is-not-just-an-antivaxxer
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Nov. 1 2024 Newsletter: The Irregular Voters vs. The Undecideds (TracingVRL) -
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/the-irregular-voters-vs-undecideds
Content warning: sparse crudeness ahead.
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Nov. 1 2024 Newsletter: The Irregular Voters vs. The Undecideds (TracingVRL) -
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/the-irregular-voters-vs-undecideds
Content warning: sparse crudeness ahead.
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Oct 25 As Ohio COVID deaths near 1,000 for 2024, health director urges vigilance, vaccination (Columbus Dispatch) -
The state health department director, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, cautioned Ohioans Thursday ...
"COVID-19 has not gone away, and it remains a very real threat," Vanderhoff said in a press release "The virus continues to evolve and can cause severe illness or death, particularly among those who are unvaccinated."
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Oct 25 As Ohio COVID deaths near 1,000 for 2024, health director urges vigilance, vaccination (Columbus Dispatch) -
The state health department director, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, cautioned Ohioans Thursday ...
"COVID-19 has not gone away, and it remains a very real threat," Vanderhoff said in a press release "The virus continues to evolve and can cause severe illness or death, particularly among those who are unvaccinated."
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Oct 20 2024 [Translated: ] Trump pal Elon Musk Public enemy number two (Der Speigel | Germany)
September 2020 Musk told Kara Swisher he wouldn't vaccinate for COVID.
[Translated: ] If Harris wins, Musk recently said, he would be "fucked" - which, conversely, can be understood as a free pass for the ex-president: Musk would not stop anything that could overthrow Harris. On the contrary.
#Election2024 #COVID #infodemic #pandemic #publichealth #ElonMusk #KamalaHarris
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Oct 20 2024 [Translated: ] Trump pal Elon Musk Public enemy number two (Der Speigel | Germany)
September 2020 Musk told Kara Swisher he wouldn't vaccinate for COVID.
[Translated: ] If Harris wins, Musk recently said, he would be "fucked" - which, conversely, can be understood as a free pass for the ex-president: Musk would not stop anything that could overthrow Harris. On the contrary.
#Election2024 #COVID #infodemic #pandemic #publichealth #ElonMusk #KamalaHarris
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Two days after my Oct. 11 newsletter published the anti-immigrant narratives amplified by overseas conspiracy influencers, the Lincoln Project on Oct 13 debuted their ad "Axis of Influence" naming Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk & Peter Theil as immigrants who "undermine" "our way of life."
The narration went further, calling the trio the "Axis of Evil". It's powerful, take a look:
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Two days after my Oct. 11 newsletter published the anti-immigrant narratives amplified by overseas conspiracy influencers, the Lincoln Project on Oct 13 debuted their ad "Axis of Influence" naming Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk & Peter Theil as immigrants who "undermine" "our way of life."
The narration went further, calling the trio the "Axis of Evil". It's powerful, take a look:
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On Oct. 11 TracingVRL documented the news artifacts showing anti-immigrant sentiment across Germany, Ireland, England and the U.S. fomented by 1) Elon Musk's platforms & tweets, and 2) Rupert Murdoch's outlets.
#Election2024 #COVID #Pandemic #Infodemic #Journalism #SocialMedia
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On Oct. 11 TracingVRL documented the news artifacts showing anti-immigrant sentiment across Germany, Ireland, England and the U.S. fomented by 1) Elon Musk's platforms & tweets, and 2) Rupert Murdoch's outlets.
#Election2024 #COVID #Pandemic #Infodemic #Journalism #SocialMedia
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6/ Mark Zuckerberg whines in 2024, working men died in 2021.
Zuckerberg in his letter to House Republicans this week feels "regret" **for responding** in 2021 to President Biden's bully pulpit pleading by removing from Facebook media artifacts misleading people about the COVID vaccine.
See Oct. 2021 unpaywalled issue of TracingCOVID to decide for yourself if Zuckerberg, who earned higher-than-typical profits in 2021, should feel "regret".
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/tracing-brief-is-this-thing-still
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6/ Mark Zuckerberg whines in 2024, working men died in 2021.
Zuckerberg in his letter to House Republicans this week feels "regret" **for responding** in 2021 to President Biden's bully pulpit pleading by removing from Facebook media artifacts misleading people about the COVID vaccine.
See Oct. 2021 unpaywalled issue of TracingCOVID to decide for yourself if Zuckerberg, who earned higher-than-typical profits in 2021, should feel "regret".
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/tracing-brief-is-this-thing-still
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5/ In late 2022, a deranged-yet--lucid man named David DePape broke into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house and beat her husband in the head with a hammer.
It was an attack Paul Pelosi miraculously survived.
DePape's posts to Facebook showed he amplified COVID vaccine and other conspiracy theories.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/tracing-brief-is-this-thing-still
#COVID #ConspiracyInfluencers #Infodemic #politics #socialmedia #Pelosi #COVID19 #publichealth
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5/ In late 2022, a deranged-yet--lucid man named David DePape broke into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house and beat her husband in the head with a hammer.
It was an attack Paul Pelosi miraculously survived.
DePape's posts to Facebook showed he amplified COVID vaccine and other conspiracy theories.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/tracing-brief-is-this-thing-still
#COVID #ConspiracyInfluencers #Infodemic #politics #socialmedia #Pelosi #COVID19 #publichealth
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1/ Newsletter: Is This Thing Still On?
We're in a very blind election seasonTwo years after I started programmer-journalism work on the #infodemic our media grew *more hospitable* to laundered disinformation.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/tracing-brief-is-this-thing-still
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1/ Newsletter: Is This Thing Still On?
We're in a very blind election seasonTwo years after I started programmer-journalism work on the #infodemic our media grew *more hospitable* to laundered disinformation.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/tracing-brief-is-this-thing-still
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Masks get abused. Lawmakers are doing their best experimenting with mask bans
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Masks get abused. Lawmakers are doing their best experimenting with mask bans
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BNONews *looks* real, but cites no sources & lists no human editors.
Who or what is BNONews? Derivative genAI news that grants no credit or attribution to its training data? A sole human who types punchy things that sound true-enough alongside hand-drawn line graphs?
#RealNews #FakeNews #GenAI #WhereAreWe #pandemic #infodemic #journalism
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BNONews *looks* real, but cites no sources & lists no human editors.
Who or what is BNONews? Derivative genAI news that grants no credit or attribution to its training data? A sole human who types punchy things that sound true-enough alongside hand-drawn line graphs?
#RealNews #FakeNews #GenAI #WhereAreWe #pandemic #infodemic #journalism
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8/ And the misinformation looks to be much worse than usual this election cycle, due to the recent "British Invasion" 🇬🇧 of the U.S. 🇺🇸 press corps.
British editors who worked for Rupert Murdoch have been installed recently at Washington Post, CNN, New York Post, Daily Beast and another at Daily Beast. And the press is a big superorganism, one outlet influences all the others like Axios, Politico.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-misinfo-meme
#Election2024 #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Misinformation #Infodemic
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8/ And the misinformation looks to be much worse than usual this election cycle, due to the recent "British Invasion" 🇬🇧 of the U.S. 🇺🇸 press corps.
British editors who worked for Rupert Murdoch have been installed recently at Washington Post, CNN, New York Post, Daily Beast and another at Daily Beast. And the press is a big superorganism, one outlet influences all the others like Axios, Politico.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-misinfo-meme
#Election2024 #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Misinformation #Infodemic
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7/ Even worse news: NBC News aside, *all news outlets laundered misinformation".
TracingVRL labeled a clip "misinformation if a) it omitted mention of the "End Parkinson's Act" signed July 2, or b) the story contradicted the headline.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-misinfo-meme
#Election2024 #JoeBiden #Misinformation #Disinformation #Infodemic #PublicHealth
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7/ Even worse news: NBC News aside, *all news outlets laundered misinformation".
TracingVRL labeled a clip "misinformation if a) it omitted mention of the "End Parkinson's Act" signed July 2, or b) the story contradicted the headline.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-a-misinfo-meme
#Election2024 #JoeBiden #Misinformation #Disinformation #Infodemic #PublicHealth
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2/ But first: COVID is still transmitting, wastewater readings show.
There is a narrative spreading that you should wait to test because testing too soon brings a false negative result.
Instead, test twice so as to utilize post-infection antivirals like Paxlovid, which must be taken within five days of testing positive.
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2/ But first: COVID is still transmitting, wastewater readings show.
There is a narrative spreading that you should wait to test because testing too soon brings a false negative result.
Instead, test twice so as to utilize post-infection antivirals like Paxlovid, which must be taken within five days of testing positive.
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MISINFORMATION ALERT: While we're in a COVID wavelet in many parts of the world, some are claiming that the COVID wastewater readings in the S.F. Bay Area are at an "all time high".
Nope.
Not an all-time high above 2020 pre-vaccine levels. Not even close.
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MISINFORMATION ALERT: While we're in a COVID wavelet in many parts of the world, some are claiming that the COVID wastewater readings in the S.F. Bay Area are at an "all time high".
Nope.
Not an all-time high above 2020 pre-vaccine levels. Not even close.
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May 10 There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick? (Los Angeles Times) - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-10/could-new-covid-19-variant-flirt-lead-to-summer-surge-in-infections
“The two FLiRT subvariants combined comprised an estimated 35% of coronavirus infections nationally for the two-week period that began April 28," according to the U.S. CDC. "By contrast, JN.1 is now believed to comprise 16% of infections; in mid-winter, it was blamed for more than 80%.” -
May 10 There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick? (Los Angeles Times) - https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-10/could-new-covid-19-variant-flirt-lead-to-summer-surge-in-infections
“The two FLiRT subvariants combined comprised an estimated 35% of coronavirus infections nationally for the two-week period that began April 28," according to the U.S. CDC. "By contrast, JN.1 is now believed to comprise 16% of infections; in mid-winter, it was blamed for more than 80%.” -
Fake accounts posted 739 identical messages to X/Twitter they're not voting for Biden. - Newsguard
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/fake-accounts-on-x-say-theyre-not
#election #election2024 #misinformation #disinformation #infodemic
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Fake accounts posted 739 identical messages to X/Twitter they're not voting for Biden. - Newsguard
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/fake-accounts-on-x-say-theyre-not
#election #election2024 #misinformation #disinformation #infodemic
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May 23 John Stockton's COVID-19 lawsuit dismissed (KHQ NBC 6 Spokane WA) - http://www.khq.com/news/john-stocktons-covid-19-lawsuit-dismissed/article_f65b6b2e-188d-11ef-aaf7-c7606dcd33b4.html
"COVID-19 skeptic John Stockton’s lawsuit seeking an injunction against the Washington Medical Commission for considering disciplining doctors who spread disinformation about the virus has been dismissed in federal court."
#COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #misinformation #disinformation #infodemic
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May 23 John Stockton's COVID-19 lawsuit dismissed (KHQ NBC 6 Spokane WA) - http://www.khq.com/news/john-stocktons-covid-19-lawsuit-dismissed/article_f65b6b2e-188d-11ef-aaf7-c7606dcd33b4.html
"COVID-19 skeptic John Stockton’s lawsuit seeking an injunction against the Washington Medical Commission for considering disciplining doctors who spread disinformation about the virus has been dismissed in federal court."
#COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #misinformation #disinformation #infodemic
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Thread Postscript: As Futurism reported in their "Meet AdVon" investigation, the lack of BOT disclosure in written text makes people disengage from both BOT-authored and human-authored content.
It "makes the web worse for everyone"
https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content
After last week, I'll assume all outlets are publishing BOT-authored content alongside human-authored without disclosure, until they publish a policy statement indicating otherwise
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Thread Postscript: As Futurism reported in their "Meet AdVon" investigation, the lack of BOT disclosure in written text makes people disengage from both BOT-authored and human-authored content.
It "makes the web worse for everyone"
https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content
After last week, I'll assume all outlets are publishing BOT-authored content alongside human-authored without disclosure, until they publish a policy statement indicating otherwise
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5) Humans and machines are different species. Humans, even the ones who go rogue, care about how other humans, such as their kids, see them.
A machine-fabricated author being displayed as a human is a recipe for mass mayhem. And #MachineLearning startup companies will not get traction _for very long_ in such an environment.
Which is why the BOT disclosure law needs publicity. It was unfairly panned.
#Misinformation #Disinformation #Infodemic #COVID #pandemic #COVID19 #AIHype
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5) Humans and machines are different species. Humans, even the ones who go rogue, care about how other humans, such as their kids, see them.
A machine-fabricated author being displayed as a human is a recipe for mass mayhem. And #MachineLearning startup companies will not get traction _for very long_ in such an environment.
Which is why the BOT disclosure law needs publicity. It was unfairly panned.
#Misinformation #Disinformation #Infodemic #COVID #pandemic #COVID19 #AIHype
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3) Of course "Machine Learning" -- the software architecture with the unexciting name that makes for terrible ad copy, and is therefore marketed under the arbitrary label "AI" -- is going to do some new things thanks to NVidia's Blackwell chips.
But humans won't get #ML to broad, new heights as long as we live on a truth-liquified societal foundation. We're still ramping up to BOT-authored disclosure customs.
Take Hoodline news...
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3) Of course "Machine Learning" -- the software architecture with the unexciting name that makes for terrible ad copy, and is therefore marketed under the arbitrary label "AI" -- is going to do some new things thanks to NVidia's Blackwell chips.
But humans won't get #ML to broad, new heights as long as we live on a truth-liquified societal foundation. We're still ramping up to BOT-authored disclosure customs.
Take Hoodline news...
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2) That the 2019 BOT Disclosure Act was passed even before COVID, when state electeds were shy about regulating anything tech, shows even libertarian-minded people want to save time by having bot-disclosure as a norm.
(Written by a human? I'll read it one way. Written by a bot? I'll read it a different way.)
Bot disclosure also provides language to professors now grappling with the looming stunted dendrites of pupils in their charge.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/departing-an-eventful-april
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2) That the 2019 BOT Disclosure Act was passed even before COVID, when state electeds were shy about regulating anything tech, shows even libertarian-minded people want to save time by having bot-disclosure as a norm.
(Written by a human? I'll read it one way. Written by a bot? I'll read it a different way.)
Bot disclosure also provides language to professors now grappling with the looming stunted dendrites of pupils in their charge.
https://tracingvrl.substack.com/p/departing-an-eventful-april