Innholdsfortegnelse for 1/15/2021 i Newsweek

The year began with misinformation about the impeachment of President Trump from one side of the aisle—and a flurry of Democrat-funded websites posing as local news sites from the other. Soon, the internet and social media feeds were rife with myths about the origins of COVID-19, false proposed cures and misinformation about a vaccine. More recently, falsehoods about the 2020 election and the vote-counting process proliferated. ¶ With 2020 drawing to a close, NewsGuard has compiled Top 10 lists highlighting some of the most influential U.S.-based peddlers of online misinformation identified by NewsGuard’s analysts. ¶ Take, for example, TruePundit.com, a site that has been publishing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine since April. According to data compiled by NewsGuard, TruePundit.com was one of the most-shared misinformation sites in 2020. ¶ True…

AS THE EYES OF A RANGER RETURN TO TELEVISION, DON’T EXPECT THE NEW Walker (CW, January 21) to be anything like the original Walker, Texas Ranger. “I’ll start with what we take from the original, which is that this is a show about a guy named Walker who happens to be a Texas Ranger,” says Jared Padalecki, who stars in and executive produces the reboot. “It’s a really different show. I don’t think it could be more different than the original.” This version is more about helping “provide a voice to the voiceless.” Padalecki first found success on Gilmore Girls, followed by a 15-year-run on Supernatural. “I don’t know how to say it other than it’s really just been a series of blessings, an embarrassment of riches.” Last year’s finale…

GET BACK TO ECONOMIC BASICS by Batya Ungar-Sargon SOMETHING RATHER TELLING happened in early December, after the bipartisan “Problem Solvers Caucus” initially unveiled its new COVID-19 relief stimulus package. This new package, unlike its March predecessor, did not include any direct stimulus checks, nor did it include the crucial federal unemployment benefits that millions of out-of-work Americans have been relying on to feed their families through the COVID recession. In protest, two senators took to the Senate floor to introduce their own legislation that would dispense direct payments of $1,200 to working-class American families. And just as the coalition that had omitted the checks had been bipartisan, so, too, was the pushback; the two senators were Democrat Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republican Josh Hawley of Missouri. The Talmud tells…

WITH THE TOLL 2020 TOOK ON ALL OF US, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS SEEMED MORE challenging than ever, but we learned that everyone can relate to isolation and dark days. How each of us finds happiness is another story though, suggests The Atlas of Happiness: The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy, in which Helen Russell shares 30 countries’ take on contentment. Our list below highlights some of our favorite cultural concepts from the book, as well as some additions. From channeling your inner grit—or sisu—to surviving extended darkness like in Finland, or embracing fleeting, imperfect moments of life suggested by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, here are the secrets to well-being and joy around the world. 01 Saudade Brazil A feeling of melancholy, longing and nostalgia for a…

PENTAGON AND WASHINGTON-area military leaders are on high alert, wary of what President Donald Trump might do in his remaining days in office. Though far-fetched, ranking officers have discussed what they would do if the president declared martial law. And military commands responsible for Washington, D.C., are engaged in secret contingency planning in case the armed forces are called upon to maintain or restore civil order during the inauguration and transition period. According to one officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, the planning is being kept out of sight of the White House and Trump loyalists in the Pentagon for fear that it would be shut down. “I’ve been associated with the military for over 40 years and I’ve never seen the discussions that are being had…

FOR SOMEONE WHO’S MADE SOME of the hardest-hitting music of recent years, Ludwig Göransson exhibits a decidedly laid-back demeanor. From the light beard, easy smile and frequently sandaled feet to his soft-spoken yet friendly style of conversation, the 36-year-old can easily cause one to forget he’s already won Grammys, an Oscar, and an Emmy in his relatively short career. Chalk that up to the comfortable confidence that comes from the seeming ease with which he’s composed complex scores for huge Hollywood projects, most recently for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, or attribute it to a creative, European upbringing by a florist mother and a guitar-teacher father in Linköping, Sweden. Speaking to Newsweek recently by phone, Göransson said it was a house filled with an eclectic…