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Fake News…

Scott Galloway@profgalloway

Published on November 25, 2016

Fake News…

Story of the week is FB, GOOG, and Amazon are legs of the fake news stool.

However, Facebook and Google don’t want to be thought of as media or news companies. News Flash: They are. They (or their consumers) produce content, garner eyeballs, and monetize — Boom…media company. So, and I could be wrong, but me thinks FB and GOOG put forward a progressive image and values (“hey everyone, lean in!”) to mask the job destroying, tax avoiding, whores of the extreme left/right they have become. But, again, I could be wrong.

Store Wars

In this week’s MIT Technology Review, I comment on Amazon opening stores and that pure-play e-commerce is not sustainable.

Amazon might finally join Warby Parker, BirchBox, and Rent the Runway, which all lived pure-play-only lives once upon a time.

Conversion

Our VP-elect supports conversion therapy for gay people because — you know — they’re sinning. So, if we believe Heraclitus and the Veep, we should be able to convert straight people to gay as well, no? In sum, count me in. I’m looking to do something different this Summer and have always had a healthy dose of gay envy. My ex-wife claimed I “was gay by day, straight by night,” so this shouldn’t be a heavy lift. As my conversion therapy will be a team effort, here are some tips so we can hit the ground running:

— I find Damian Lewis/Yul Brynner/Brad Pitt mysterious/exotic/hot.

— Also, while I’m not into ass-play, I’m not…not into ass-play.

Hope this helps.

Question: When is the last time you read the terms “MIT Technology Review” and “ass-play” in succeeding paragraphs?

Watchlist

Professor Dan Ariely (The Elvis of Consumer Behavior) discusses how we use our brains to justify decisions vs. make them.

The sleeper show of Fall is Search Party. Alia Shawkat is a star who doesn’t appear to know she’s a star — likeable. And her friends are deliciously unlikeable. Sort of a British take on GIRLS, set in Brooklyn. Maybe my favorite series of ’16. BTW, best series of ’15 was Season 2 of Fargo #genius.

If you want/need to be (more) thankful, watch “Gleason,” the story of Steve Gleason, NFL defensive back diagnosed with ALS at 34. A powerful…and rough watch. The moment I finish this…I am going to:

1. Make a donation to “Team Gleason;” and</[>

2. Play soccer with my boys and be thankful. Really…really thankful.

Life is so rich,
Scott

Comments

2 Comments

  1. Paul Isaacs says:

    Just found this site mid-2020 and starting reading your articles from the beginning. And we thought fake news was a problem back in 2016. Sadly truth has become more ‘subjective’ than ever.

  2. Grant says:

    Can you add a feature to this site so that from this article, I can click an arrow to the next most recent article, instead of navigating back to the home page, scrolling all the way to the bottom, and then clicking. If I’m gonna read every single one from oldest to newest, this feature would help.

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