The New York Times published an "opinion" article that attacks masks by misrepresenting the conclusions of a medical study. Apparently the Times skipped the fact-checking on that article.

National Public Radio runs mostly on funds from corporations rather than public funds. Lately corporations have preferred to put their money into stock buybacks, so they are donating less and buying less advertising, which is causing big cutbacks at NPR.

Roald Dahl threatened those who would "correct" his writing after his death with attack by the "Enormous Crocodile".

*Covid disinformation prompts Royal Society to consider ways of countering forgeries and falsehoods [in science].*

Bernie Sanders condemns the US economic system of extreme capitalism as little better than indentured servitude, saying that many US workers can hardly considered to have any freedom except to choose a different master.