The 2024 presidential campaign is ending pretty much where it began: loathing the never-ending presence of Donald Trump. On the day before the election, The New York Times front page displayed a gaudy editorial (badly disguised as “News Analysis”) under the title “Torrent of Lies Redefines Political Norms.” Doesn’t that sound like a hard-charging rerun of 2016? Nothing ever seems to change from the paper that gaudily proclaimed under Trump that “The Truth Is More Important Now Than Ever.” You can point and laugh, since The New York Times refused to admit that Hunter Biden’s laptop full of corruption details was authentic until 2022, and then it acknowledged reality in a story on page A-20, in paragraph 23. It was buried, almost like an unmarked grave. Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker’s editorial bubbled over with contempt for how many lies Trump told in the first 300 seconds of an interview with Tucker Carlson on Halloween. “Public appearances by Mr. Trump throughout this year’s campaign have been an Alice-in-Wonderland trip through the political looking glass, a journey into an alternate reality often belied by actual reality.” Baker thinks it’s amusing that Trump will sell his administration as the greatest ever seen in American history. Baker can’t imagine anyone thinks he and his journalist wife Susan Glasser and his journalist friends sound like the exact opposite. They have sold Trump’s administration as the most horrendous years America has ever seen.   Every American who pays even a moment’s attention to American politics knows that Donald Trump exaggerates wildly and egotistically, selling himself like he’s closing another real-estate deal. Everything is the best or the worst ever. Everyone loads that into their political calculus. But Democrat-coddling journalists act perpetually shocked, like they’re all starring in the movie 50 First Dates and forget every night how Trump operates. What’s really shocking here is how the major media pretends that the Democrats are dramatically more honest, like ten times more honest. Set apart on page A-16 is their New York Times analysis of candidate speeches. “64” is the number of false or misleading statements at a typical Trump rally, according to them. By contrast, “6” is the number of false or misleading statements at a typical rally for Kamala Harris. The obvious joke is that Trump’s rally speeches can go on for 90 minutes, while Kamala is closing out the campaign with ten-minute speeches. So what’s the minute-by-minute falsehood rate? Under these stilted numbers is “33 percent,” as in the percentage of registered voters who agree with Trump’s false claims that Biden “did not legitimately win.” The Times can’t acknowledge the fraction of this 33 percent who believe dramatic media suppression of Biden scandal news can translate into “illegitimate” victory. You can accept the result and yet protest the unfair process. Then the partisanship is underlined by their selected expert. “No one in American politics has ever lied on this scale,” said Bill Adair, a founder of PolitiFact whose new book is titled Beyond the Big Lie. The Times left out Adair’s partisan subtitle: “The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy.” Republicans could “burn down our democracy” since they lie so much more, maybe ten times more. Adair is quite candid about how he thinks the Republicans were aggressive liars before Trump, so put the Democrat donkey ears on his head. Republicans refuse to accept the “norm” that political news must be dominated by people who want the Republicans disparaged and then destroyed – as they identify themselves as nonpartisan truth-tellers. That’s a very large and egotistical lie. 

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Apple may be on the receiving end of a massive fine from the EU over alleged anticompetitive behavior. Originally reported by Bloomberg, it appears that the EU was not sufficiently impressed with Apple’s efforts to allow developers to steer users towards cheaper subscription and purchase options outside of the App Store. For example, the EU has previously highlighted that Apple charges developers a fee when users click on an outgoing link to purchase a cheaper product or service. This type of fee is dubbed a link-out fee. One such example is an "Initial Acquisition Fee," which is a 5% commission charged to developers in exchange for Apple serving as the middleman between developers and users. Apple views it as a finders-fee, while critics contend it's simply Apple trying to get an undeserved cut of revenue that should belong to the developer exclusively. Put simply, the EU wants Apple to make it easy for developers to communicate alternative pricing to consumers and, in turn, make it easy for consumers to make purchases outside the App Store. Recall, the EU previously said Apple was in non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) back in June. “Today is a very important day for the effective enforcement of the DMA. We have sent preliminary findings to Apple,” Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy Margrethe Vestager said back in June.  “Our preliminary position is that Apple does not fully allow steering. Steering is key to ensure that app developers are less dependent on gatekeepers’ app stores and for consumers to be aware of better offers.” Apple's fine may be massive There’s no indication how much Apple will be fined. However, the DMA notes that a company can be fined as much as 10% of its annual global revenue. For Apple, that’s a huge amount of money, given that the company raked in $383 billion in revenue in 2023. Notably, the fine can reach up to 20% of global revenue for repeat offenders. Apple began making sweeping changes to iOS and the App Store earlier this year in response to DMA requirements. These changes include support for third-party App Stores and new avenues for mobile payments. Other changes include the ability to select a non-Safari browser as the default and more expansive data portability options. Bloomberg relays that the EU may announce the fine before the end of the month. Meanwhile, it’s no secret that Apple running afoul of EU regulations has hit Apple hard in the pocketbook lately. Recall that Apple just two months ago was ordered to pay $14 billion in unpaid taxes to Ireland. Apple took the hit and still managed to deliver a stellar quarter. Still, Apple certainly doesn’t want to make paying exorbitant fines the norm. Don't Miss: Today’s deals: $699 M2 MacBook Air, $30 Philips OneBlade 360, $199 Bose TV soundbar, $399 Dyson V11, more The post Apple may face massive fine from the EU over DMA violations appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $699 M2 MacBook Air, $30 Philips OneBlade 360, $199 Bose TV soundbar, $399 Dyson V11, more Today’s deals: $367 Apple Watch Series 10, $66 14-piece cookware set, $99 230-piece Craftsman tool set, more Today’s deals: $150 off eufy Robot Vacuum Omni C20, $30 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $99 Beats headphones, more Today’s deals: Rare Nintendo Switch sale, $729 black Apple Watch Ultra 2, 32% off LG G4 OLED TV, more

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