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LA Times (May 28)

2020/ 05/ 29 by jd in Global News

“Trump hasn’t been a victim of bias” as he made out while trying “to take a big, dumb bite out of the Twitter hand that feeds him.” In fact, “he’s been the prime beneficiary of the platforms’ lax and inconsistent enforcement of their terms of service. It’s richly ironic that the president would want to remove liability protections for the platforms that broadcast the damaging rumors and wild conspiracy theories he spreads about his rivals.”

 

The Economist (July 25)

2015/ 07/ 26 by jd in Global News

“Employees are often said to be a company’s biggest resource. It is equally true that they are its biggest liability. Scarcely a week goes by without a company falling victim to employees-turned-enemies-or-embarrassments.”

 

 

Wall Street Journal (July 10)

2012/ 07/ 13 by jd in Global News

“The Government Accounting Standards Board has issued new rules that aim to crystallize government pension liabilities. It failed on that count, but it did succeed, albeit inadvertently, in making the case for defined-contribution plans.” By using artificially high expected rates of return in their calculations, local governments have created a massive pension liability that will eventually come due.

 

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