https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-buzzfeed-layoffs_n_60479ba2c5b6af8f98beb89d BuzzFeed Announces Deep Cuts To HuffPost Staff After Acquisition BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.
White House reporter pushes Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and then Press Secretary Jen Psaki to back down on raising corporate taxes -- using statistics from a think tank funded by corporations.
in light of this: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...ny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies maybe a big deal was warranted.
John Oliver sets up fake company, tricks local news stations into airing ridiculous product https://mashable.com/video/john-oliver-tricks-local-tv-stations/ The Last Week Tonight budget must be going up. Not only did Sunday's episode see an entertaining cameo from none other than George Clooney, but John Oliver's team also splashed out on some sponsored TV spots for their brand new health product, Venus Veil. The reason? To prove that you can get pretty much any old nonsense product onto local TV, minimal questions asked, if you're willing to pay just a small amount amount of money for it to be featured (in this case the Last Week Tonight team paid $2,800, $2,650, and $1,750 for three TV spots to advertise "an absurd medical product based on technology that absolutely doesn't exist"). The stunt concluded a deep dive into "sponsored content" segments on U.S. TV, with Oliver citing several examples of questionable medical products that have been presented uncritically on local news stations. "The truth is, none of this was nearly difficult enough to get onto TV, and it wasn't even that expensive," Oliver concludes. "It was all shockingly affordable and sadly, on some stations, didn't even look that out of place — and that is not good."