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Zuckerberg, Facebook Go Full Public Relations Blitz as Libra Stumbles
This summer, Facebook unveiled their plans to incorporate Libra, a digital cryptocurrency, into the Facebook platform. By the end of 2020, billions of Facebook users will be able to use Libra like any other currency. In previous Right by the Bay post, I wrote about Facebook’s announcement, highlighting some of ...
Climate Change
Siskind v. Siskind – Father and Daughter Face-Off on the Issues
Sarah Rose Siskind, a New York writer and aspiring comedienne and Larry Siskind, Bay Area attorney, father and daughter, go head to head on the issues of the day: climate change, socialism, the presidential race, technology and the changing culture of work, the generational divide, and the meaning of the ...
Commentary
Facing Down the Surveillance State
A ban on facial recognition software used by law enforcement or government agencies that started in San Francisco and Oakland has, in part, gone statewide. The Body Camera Accountability Act passed the California Legislature and was just signed into law by Gov. Newsom. The law puts in place a three-year ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Who’s Giving Away the Most Free Stuff?
Rowena Itchon – Who Is Giving Away the Most Free Stuff? Guess which presidential candidate is giving away the most “free” stuff. Check out John Stossel’s Free Stuff 2020. Evan Harris – Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington (Again) Mark Zuckerberg entertained Congressional members for more than six hours of testimony ...
Radio
Henry Miller breaks down a new documentary attacking GMO foods on the Lars Larson Show
Dr. Henry Miller joins the Lars Larson Show to discuss the dangers of a recent documentary about genetically-modified food.
Agriculture
Documentary ‘Modified’ peddles falsehoods about GMOs, pesticides and ‘corporate control’ of food
Propaganda has been manufactured and promulgated through the ages, and in modern times it flourished during the Great Depression and World War II when useful lies became preferred to harmful truths. That still rings true today, with the explosion of propaganda wars aided by the Internet, texting, social media, and the ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – October 18
Tim Anaya – Mark Zuckerberg on the Power of Expression Caught between a rock and a hard place amidst strict criticism over political censorship and calls for the government to break it up, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the case this week at Georgetown that the enormity of the Internet ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – October 11
Tim Anaya – Freedom of Speech Apparently Ends When You Enter an NBA Arena This week’s controversy over the NBA and China apparently extended to home. Adding insult to injury, as this video produced by the Daily Caller shows, NBA security officials confiscated signs held up by supporters of the ...
Multimedia
BBC World Service Interviews PRI Chairman Clark Judge
Clark Judge, PRI’s Chairman and Managing Director of the White House Writers Group, spoke with Andrea Catherwood of BBC World Service’s show The Compass about how President Trump and other politicians are communicating their message to the media through social media and other channels. Clark’s interview begins at the 5:50 ...
Press Release
PRI Files Amicus Brief in Closely Watched California Donor Privacy Case
SAN FRANCISCO – California-based nonpartisan think tank the Pacific Research Institute and the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability filed an amicus curiae brief supporting American for Prosperity’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court hear a closely-watched case — Americans for Prosperity Foundation vs. Becerra — challenging the California Attorney General’s ...
Zuckerberg, Facebook Go Full Public Relations Blitz as Libra Stumbles
This summer, Facebook unveiled their plans to incorporate Libra, a digital cryptocurrency, into the Facebook platform. By the end of 2020, billions of Facebook users will be able to use Libra like any other currency. In previous Right by the Bay post, I wrote about Facebook’s announcement, highlighting some of ...
Siskind v. Siskind – Father and Daughter Face-Off on the Issues
Sarah Rose Siskind, a New York writer and aspiring comedienne and Larry Siskind, Bay Area attorney, father and daughter, go head to head on the issues of the day: climate change, socialism, the presidential race, technology and the changing culture of work, the generational divide, and the meaning of the ...
Facing Down the Surveillance State
A ban on facial recognition software used by law enforcement or government agencies that started in San Francisco and Oakland has, in part, gone statewide. The Body Camera Accountability Act passed the California Legislature and was just signed into law by Gov. Newsom. The law puts in place a three-year ...
What We’re Watching – Who’s Giving Away the Most Free Stuff?
Rowena Itchon – Who Is Giving Away the Most Free Stuff? Guess which presidential candidate is giving away the most “free” stuff. Check out John Stossel’s Free Stuff 2020. Evan Harris – Mr. Zuckerberg Goes to Washington (Again) Mark Zuckerberg entertained Congressional members for more than six hours of testimony ...
Henry Miller breaks down a new documentary attacking GMO foods on the Lars Larson Show
Dr. Henry Miller joins the Lars Larson Show to discuss the dangers of a recent documentary about genetically-modified food.
Documentary ‘Modified’ peddles falsehoods about GMOs, pesticides and ‘corporate control’ of food
Propaganda has been manufactured and promulgated through the ages, and in modern times it flourished during the Great Depression and World War II when useful lies became preferred to harmful truths. That still rings true today, with the explosion of propaganda wars aided by the Internet, texting, social media, and the ...
What We’re Watching – October 18
Tim Anaya – Mark Zuckerberg on the Power of Expression Caught between a rock and a hard place amidst strict criticism over political censorship and calls for the government to break it up, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the case this week at Georgetown that the enormity of the Internet ...
What We’re Watching – October 11
Tim Anaya – Freedom of Speech Apparently Ends When You Enter an NBA Arena This week’s controversy over the NBA and China apparently extended to home. Adding insult to injury, as this video produced by the Daily Caller shows, NBA security officials confiscated signs held up by supporters of the ...
BBC World Service Interviews PRI Chairman Clark Judge
Clark Judge, PRI’s Chairman and Managing Director of the White House Writers Group, spoke with Andrea Catherwood of BBC World Service’s show The Compass about how President Trump and other politicians are communicating their message to the media through social media and other channels. Clark’s interview begins at the 5:50 ...
PRI Files Amicus Brief in Closely Watched California Donor Privacy Case
SAN FRANCISCO – California-based nonpartisan think tank the Pacific Research Institute and the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability filed an amicus curiae brief supporting American for Prosperity’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court hear a closely-watched case — Americans for Prosperity Foundation vs. Becerra — challenging the California Attorney General’s ...
