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Facebook\u2019s issues with viral false news reports dominated headlines this week, so naturally it came up as a key topic of discussion when I spoke to TechCrunch\u2019s special projects editor and internet culture reporter Jordan Crook on this week\u2019s episode. The sheer scope of the issue is something that becomes very apparent as we found out in talking things through.<\/p>\n
We also cover the union of FanDuel and DraftKings<\/a> into a single online fantasy sports betting platform powerhouse, since Jordan\u2019s a big fan of fantasy sports (I\u2019ll stick to just LOTR-style fantasy, thanks very much). The issue isn\u2019t really whether the two pairing up is better for either; it\u2019s the nature of the business model itself, and whether there isn\u2019t something ethically unsettling about the whole proposition.<\/p>\n Fair warning: this is a pretty heavy episode, because we\u2019re all still feeling a little raw after the U.S. election. But it\u2019s honest, which is more than you can say for a lot of headlines that got plenty of shares during the election<\/a>.<\/p>\n