Day: January 22, 2021

Joe Scarborough Tries to Scare Off Fox News Sponsors

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Is it ethical for one network to try to scare off a competitor’s sponsors? The question arises because MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough sought today to scare off Fox News sponsors. At the beginning of today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough, speaking of Fox News, said: “We’ll worry about our channel and let them worry about their channel.” But
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The Downside of Disgust (Ep. 448)

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It’s a powerful biological response that has preserved our species for millennia. But now it may be keeping us from pursuing strategies that would improve the environment, the economy, even our own health. So is it time to dial down our disgust reflex? You can help fix things — as Stephen Dubner does in this
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