#aoc

U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared on a panel together at the 62nd Munich Security Conference along with Matthew Whittaker, United States ambassador to NATO. They talked about complicated issues of foreign policy and geo-diplomacy for an hour or so and it was, at the time, seen as an uncontroversial, non-newsworthy conversation. Yet a few days later, the press was full of stories about their slip-ups and lack of knowledge. Emily Horne, a former National Security Council and State Department spokesperson, did a deep dive into what had happened. What she found? Stories from "pink slime" sites — local news publications that are largely funded by right-wing dark money groups — picked up and "laundered" into real news by POLITICO, The New York Times and more. https://flip.it/usYHQu #News #Media #Journalism #MediaIndustry #AOC #GretchenWhitmer #PinkSlime

Man muss #AOC ja jetzt nicht mögen, tue ich ja auch nicht, aber es ist doch ihr gutes Recht bei der #MSC aufzutreten. Und dass sie kein Sprachrohr für den trumpischen Faschismus ist, ist ja auch irgendwie klar, oder? https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5741741-whitaker-criticizes-ocasio-cortez-nato/

Today's unexpected news: Ashes of Creation is cancelled. Boom, gone. I backed this twice back in the day and had an uncomfortable feeling about it, so I withdrew my backing both times. To me, and I admit I haven't been following this game, this seems so sudden and lacking any meaningful information. https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1qsldun/ashes_of_creation_has_just_been_canceled_all/ #mmo #mmorpg #ashesofcreation #aoc