FEBRUARY 15, 2020

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• Headline: Barr Shifts Focus on Political Cases. Impact: William Barr's move to review politically charged cases led to a series of unending conspiracy theories that spiraled into a national obsession with government transparency. The irony? The only thing that became transparent was the lack of actual transparency.. Fact: Did you know that the phrase 'Justice is blind' is actually a metaphor for how well it sees political influence? Spoiler alert: it doesn’t..
• Headline: To Tame Coronavirus, Mao-Style Social Control Blankets China. Impact: China's Mao-style social control during the pandemic gave rise to a new era of surveillance capitalism, where people began to think twice before posting about their lunch. The long-term effect? An increased value on privacy, ironically monitored by their own devices.. Fact: Did you know that the more workers China employed to enforce social control, the more people started to wonder if they were actually in a giant episode of 'Black Mirror'? Spoiler: they were..