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WSJ What’s News

New X Users Get a Steady Diet of Politics–Whether They Want It or Not

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for Oct. 29. What a Wall Street Journal analysis revealed about X’s algorithm. And WSJ reporter Peter Grant says that America’s pandemic-era retreat from the office might be winding down. Plus, White House reporter Ken Thomas gives us a preview of the U.S. presidential candidates' closing messages to voters. Tracie Hunte hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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could help build up my credit score for the day I need something bigger.

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So buying a set of headphones, all waits for my workout.

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Smashed it.

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Could help in the future when I want to rent my first flat share.

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Now that's forward thinking.

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circumstances in borrowing history. T's and sees apply.

0:26.9

Responsible use of a credit card can help build your credit score when you

0:29.4

pay on time.

0:32.4

Social media platform X feeds its new users political content, whether they want it or not.

0:41.0

And Kamala Harris gets ready to make her final case to voters in a speech in DC.

0:46.0

Plus, good news for landlords as companies lure their workers back to the office.

0:51.0

Businesses want their employees to come back to work and so they're increasingly

0:55.9

gravitating to those buildings with the best locations and the best amenities and the gyms

1:02.0

and the lounges and the restaurants that will make

1:05.8

employees want to go back to work. It's Tuesday October 29th I'm Tracy Hunt

1:11.0

for the Wall Street Journal. This is a PM edition of What's News,

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the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. We assume our social media algorithms are tailored to us, but an exclusive Wall Street Journal

1:31.1

analysis found that new ex-users with interest in topics

1:35.0

like crafts, sports, and cooking are instead being blanketed with political

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