Hacker News Reader

moistroboton Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach News Literacy

I can summarize the class. Don't trust the news. They have financial incentives to emotionally outrage their audience. There is no such thing as an unbiased source. Only trust video evidence, and only that sparingly

moistroboton Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly booming

Classic projection from mainstream news. With the amount of disinformation put out by NYTimes, it's easier to point the finger elsewhere.

If you want to block NYTimes and all contributors on your account, try this: https://www.blocknyt.com/

moistroboton Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberry, Nokia, and GameStop

Brokers are not fiduciaries. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/06/17...

moistroboton Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberry, Nokia, and GameStop

Brokers don't have a fiduciary interest, unlike Asset Managers. So, no. They have no obligation to halt trades, usually they make money on volume of trades and would encourage people to trade more. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/06/17...