🗞️ Forbes as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism
Plus: U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High, Biden's Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap, and more ...
Happy Thursday. In today’s edition:
An incomplete history of Forbes.com as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism. (Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab)
U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 40-Year High. (Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal)
Biden's Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap. (Robinson Meyer via The Atlantic)
Twitter misses earnings expectations across the board, authorizes $4 billion in share buybacks. (Lauren Feiner via CNBC)
Let's Face It, LinkedIn Might Be the Best Social Network Right Now. (Joanna Stern via Wall Street Journal)
Reselling gig work is TikTok's newest side hustle. (Mia Sato via The Verge)
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy. (Jane Qiu via MIT Technology Review)
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Today’s pick
An incomplete history of Forbes.com as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism
(Joshua Benton via Nieman Lab). That “rapper” accused of billions in crypto fraud was also a Forbes contributor. Is it finally time to move past the contributor network? Read More
U.S. Inflation Is Expected to Have Stayed Near 40-Year High
(Gwynn Guilford via Wall Street Journal). U.S. inflation is estimated to have remained at a nearly four-decade high in January as prices remained under pressure from strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply constraints. Read More.
Biden's Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap
(Robinson Meyer via The Atlantic). It’s one of the most cost-effective climate policies the U.S. has ever considered, according to a new analysis. Read More.
Twitter misses earnings expectations across the board, authorizes $4 billion in share buybacks
(Lauren Feiner via CNBC). Twitter reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021 Thursday that missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue and user growth. The report is the first under new CEO Parag Agrawal after Jack Dorsey stepped down from the role in November. Read More.
Let's Face It, LinkedIn Might Be the Best Social Network Right Now
(Joanna Stern via Wall Street Journal). CEO Ryan Roslansky lays out new features arriving on the professional networking platform, including a no-politics button and live video and audio events. Read More.
Reselling gig work is TikTok's newest side hustle
(Mia Sato via The Verge). Service resellers find cheap labor on freelancer platforms like Fiverr, and flip services like graphic design or copywriting for profit. Read More.
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy
(Jane Qiu via MIT Technology Review). Shi Zhengli has spent years at the Wuhan Institute of Virology researching coronaviruses that live in bats. Her work has come under fire as the world tries to understand where covid-19 came from. Read More.
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