A must-read if you want to buy electronics: Wirecutter, the product recommendation site that’s owned by The Times, has tips if you’re looking for TVs, video game consoles, webcams and other gadgets this year. Some electronics have been hard to find because of pandemic-related spikes in demand or shortages of computer chips.
Casting a wider net with misinformation: My colleague Davey Alba reported on websites with names such as Right on Times that are spreading misleading information and appear to have ties to the Epoch Media Group. The news organization has become a top purveyor of conspiracy theories and political misinformation. Also read Kevin Roose’s article last year about The Epoch Times.
Could this be a blueprint for healthier online information? The news organization Rest of World wrote about the messaging app Line’s system in Taiwan for professional fact checkers to vet digital information that people suspect might be untrue. Line also has a prominent digital hub that collects daily fact-checking reports and includes news from mainstream organizations.
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