Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Maybe Facebook executives are just indifferent to profitability. Maybe the life-long Republican Party operative who runs their public policy shop doesn’t believe in trying to help Republicans win, even though it’s the only thing he’s ever done in his life. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2019 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I agree with all the smart people that this is a very smart and probably much smarter than my dumb analysis. That said: Republicans winning = higher after-tax profits for Facebook, meaning if Facebook likes money it will secretly bias its black box algorithm to help Trump win. — PolitiTweet.org

This piece by @cwarzel is the best explanation of @facebook's inherent pro-Trump bias. Lies, conspiracies, controve… https://t.co/4LRO7Hm0dg

Posted Oct. 12, 2019 Hibernated

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So I think you should definitely bank on the smart peoples sophisticated analysis of the real problem, but also I think they might just throw the “help Republicans win the election” switch because they like money. Idk. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2019 Hibernated