Month: November 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Transition Officially Begins, GM Recall & New TikTok Rival- Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, November 24th, 2020!

We have updates about:

  • the Trump administration acknowledging Biden as the "apparent winner," clearing the way for his transition team
  • what's familiar and brand new about Biden's just-revealed leadership team
  • how President Trump and the first lady are keeping some holiday traditions alive
  • a major vehicle recall
  • NBA players meeting with the pope
  • a social media platform going after TikTok and launching a new daily lottery

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

GSA Authorizes Biden Transition: AP, NBC News, NY Times, WSJ, Trump Tweet, Biden-Harris Transition

Biden Announcing Cabinet Picks: AP, NY Times, Politico, WaPo

COVID-19 Outbreak Growing Nationwide: NY Times, Axios, Salt Lake Tribune, Stat, Johns Hopkins

Trump to Pardon Turkey: Ames Tribune, FOX News, WUSA, National Turkey Federation

White House Christmas Tree Arrives: USA Today, CNN, AP, Melania Trump Tweet

NBA Players Meet with Pope: NY Times, AP, Reuters

GM Recalling Millions of Vehicles: CNN, AP, Axios

Check Your Vehicle for a Recall: NHTSA

Snapchat Launches TikTok Rival: The Verge, Engadget, Snap

Ken Jennings to Guest Host ‘Jeopardy!’: Variety, USA Today, AP, Jeopardy!

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The Daily Signal - Sharyl Attkisson Explains How Traditional Media Abandoned Fact-Based Reporting

The mainstream media has sacrificed fact-based reporting in favor of promoting its own social and political agenda, says Sharyl Attkisson, author of the new book, “SLANTED: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism.”


Attkisson, host of the TV show "Full Measure” and a five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, joins the podcast to explain how the deterioration of fact-based journalism began. From reporting on Black Lives Matter to the 2020 election, media outlets have become consumed with promoting a specific narrative, even if it means censoring the truth. 


We also cover these stories: 


  • Former Vice President Joe Biden names former Secretary of State John Kerry as his special presidential envoy for climate.
  • Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, mandates a three-week “statewide pause” due to an uptick in coronavirus cases. 
  • AstraZeneca announces encouraging results in its COVID-19 vaccine trials. 


Enjoy the show!



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The Stack Overflow Podcast - React, Vue, jQuery: what flavor do you like your Vanilla JS?

You can find Ferdinandi's post and video here.

12 years ago, back when Stack Overflow was a brand new site with just a few thousand users, someone asked a basic question: What is the difference between a framework and a library?

FreeCodeCamp has its own take on this question with a pretty interesting answer. "When you use a library, you are in charge of the flow of the application. You are choosing when and where to call the library. When you use a framework, the framework is in charge of the flow. It provides some places for you to plug in your code, but it calls the code you plugged in as needed."

There was no Lifeboat badge to call out this week, so we honored a Lifejacket winner instead. Shout out to Andreas for answering the queston: Are byte arrays initialised to zero in Java?

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Read Me a Poem - “Pangur Bán” by Anonymous

Amanda Holmes reads the anonymous 9th-century poem “Pangur Bán,” translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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Opening Arguments - OA441: Trump Still Lost

He still lost, folks! It's over. In our main segment today, we discuss the Electoral College calendar and when things are finally set in stone. But what about faithless electors??? We've got an Andrew for that too. This episode should help you feel fine about the fact that Trump still lost.

In the first segment we talk about a few things Andrew nailed his predictions on, including Chad Wolf and Kathryn Kimball Mizelle.

Links: Chad Wolf not lawfully appointed, Chris Krebs, List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump, OA420: DoJ Defending Trump in Carroll Case?, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Twitter: "She is also the wife of Chad Mizelle", OA379: Trump's Contempt for the Press & Husch Blackwell, Trump campaign agrees to drop its defamation lawsuit against a tiny Wisconsin TV station, The Electoral College, Election results certification dates, 2020, Arizona Revised Statutes § 16-648 (2019).

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Chapo Trap House - 474 – Obama Admin Speedrun feat. Osita Nwanevu (11/23/20)

We’re joined by The New Republic’s Osita Nwanevu for a look into Obama’s legacy, his lasting grip on Democratic politics and culture, and how Biden’s administration might feel like a speed-run of his former boss’s 8 years. Then, we vibe out to some of our future Secretary of State’s groovy tunes. Read Osita’s piece on Obama’s new memoir in TNR here: https://newrepublic.com/article/160285/obama-promised-land-trump-biden
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Village SquareCast - A Local Press, part 2: Local journalism and the national divide

In part 2 of A Local Press, we expand the circle of wisdom and experience with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Bob Sanchez and local nonprofit startup Tallahassee Reports' Steve Stewart.

Plus former Tallahassee Democrat publisher Skip Foster and Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Klas stick around for Q & A.  This program is facilitated by Jennifer Portman, Enterprise Editor for USA Today.

No longer represented by local shoe leather reporting done by a journalist you knew and saw at town meetings, many American communities now only think of the media as distant strangers who can't be trusted. So the scarcity of hometown newspapers doesn't just make it so some communities are dark on local news, but it's actively feeding our lack of trust and the partisan divide at a national level. Add this together with the rise of multimedia conglomerates and partisan news sources and it's obvious why our problems in journalism are Big Wicked Problems, and time might be short to stop the most profound consequences that lie ahead. And if we lose our paper, just who can we blame but ourselves? 

Join us for a discussion offering insights into the current challenges facing the media industry and hear creatives ideas for keeping local journalism healthy and alive for the decades ahead.

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The Gist - How To With John Wilson

On the Gist, Michigan meets to certify the results of the 2020 election.

In the interview, documentarian John Wilson talks to Mike about steering clear of staid tropes and taking on moments of serendipity for his new HBO docuseries. How To with John Wilson is a poetic and comedic look on life, art, and philosophy in and around New York City. How To, as Wilson describes, was his experimentation with realism. As writer, cameraman, producer and narrator, Wilson creates a weirdly and beautifully raw representation of the city on the brink of the pandemic. How To is executive-produced by Nathan Fielder and streams Fridays on HBO Max.

In the spiel, long live the climate czar.

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Consider This from NPR - Stunned By Congressional Losses, Democrats Debate The Future

Democrats went into the election expecting to gain seats in the House. Instead, they lost at least eight of them.

Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger speculated about why in a Nov. 5 conference call, audio of which was obtained by The Washington Post.

NPR's Juana Summers reports that the young, activist coalition that voted for Joe Biden plans to pressure his administration to deliver on bold, progressive policies.

Outgoing Democratic Sen. Doug Jones tells NPR that bold action in Washington won't be possible without appealing to a broad swath of voters.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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