Episode 096 — Sins of Commission and Omission

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2016

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss the fake news epidemic on Facebook, from its structural causes to its effects. Then, Facebook committed sins of omission; the tech industry ought not do the same. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: Fake News — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Aggregation Theory — Stratechery How Teens In The Balkans Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News — BuzzFeed Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’ — Washington Post Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election — BuzzFeed … Continue reading Episode 096 — Sins of Commission and Omission

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0:00.0	Hi, James.
0:00.9	Ben, how are you?
0:02.8	Long time, no talk to.
0:05.7	Yeah, it's been a little bit shorter than since last week.
0:09.8	It's been approximately, what, 90 minutes?
0:12.7	90 minutes, I think 15 minutes since I last spoke to you, perhaps.
0:17.7	We are recording our second take of the podcast this week.
0:21.9	I unleashed a great deal of vigor, shall we say.
0:28.4	And no, don't even email to ask.
0:31.0	It's not going to be released.
0:33.5	I guess I get to be the lucky person who gets to have experienced this.
0:39.4	That and the NSA.
0:40.6	It's between us.
0:42.6	You may and them.
0:45.6	Oh, man.
0:47.0	Yeah, we, yeah.
0:51.2	Well, this podcast, which will actually be aired, is sponsored by MailChimp.
0:55.6	As are all Expoena podcast, MailChimp has been around since 2001.
0:59.9	The company actually started as a side project funded by various web development jobs, and now they are the world's leading email marketing platform, sending more than a billion emails a day.
1:09.4	Mailchip democratizes technology for small businesses, creating innovative products that empower
1:13.8	their customers to grow.
1:15.7	And I am one of them.
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