NYTIMES (Nitsuh Abebe) - Alcohol. Manliness. Flushable Wipes. Since When Are These ‘Scams’?
Americans have been taken with scams for years. Now, the word is being used for any system that ends with somebody profiting at their expense.
NPR (Greg Rosalsky) - The sneaky economics of healthwashing
Why food companies love labels like "organic" and "high protein," why our brains are misled by them — and how to avoid paying extra for marketing.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Medicare is confusing, but here's how new technology could help | The Future is Now
Medicare often means red tape, paperwork, and a lot of forms. Chris Cuomo and Dr. Daniel Kraft explain how new technology is helping people cut through the confusion and make more informed healthcare decisions. SPONSORED: Presented by Chapter. Get free, personalized Medicare guidance from a licensed advisor. Call 903-273-6149 or visit askchapter.org/newsnation.
REDSTATE (Jennifer Van Laar) - BREAKING: Newsom Opens Tax Returns to Select Journos, Not the Public; the Numbers Still Don't Add Up
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Influencers push unregulated peptides to Gen Z men
Eli Thompson, a Generation Z journalist, tells “NewsNation Prime” that insecure young men are vulnerable as influencers push unregulated peptides. “They’re selling that as the way to look better, it’s the way to get girls, it’s the way to do whatever you want in your life, and it’s become a real danger to young men,” Thompson says. #Health #Fitness "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
AXIOS (Erica Pandey) - Clean your feed: Dodge TikTok's powerful algorithm
Your social media feed is designed to keep you scrolling. Most platforms rely on black-box algorithms to study what captures your attention and drum up more of it. - What keeps your attention? Typically content that makes you laugh, cry or rage — because that keeps you locked in. Your brain is exhausted from hours of high-octane content. And with the advent of AI , it's getting harder and harder for all of us to tell the difference between truth and fiction. - Platforms don't make it easy to sidestep their algorithms. But if you're committed to keeping the apps, you can get much closer to the experience you actually want. - That might mean seeing more posts from friends, family and trusted news sources, and fewer random…