The Sy Hersh effect: killing the messenger, ignoring the message

US Energy Chief Says Oil 'Fear Premium' Over Iran Is Temporary, Says Prices To Fall In 'Weeks, Not Months' Energy Secretary Chris Wright made the rounds on network TV Sunday to reassure viewers that the sharp rise in oil and gas prices due to the Iran war - which Trump has no problem sticking US consumers with for a while - would prove short-lived, and has downplayed the spike as a transient "fear premium" vs. a fundamental supply issue. In conversations to CBS, CNN, and Fox News, wright emphasized that global energy markets remain well-supplied despite...

8 In 10 Chatbots Inclined To Assist Users In Planning Attacks Eight out of ten AI chatbots have been found to actively assist users in planning violent attacks, according to a new investigation by CNN and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, when asked to plan violent attacks including a school shooting, an antisemitic bombing and a political assassination, platforms such as Perplexity, Meta AI and DeepSeek regularly assisted users in finding answers. Only one, Anthropic’s Claude, repeatedly discouraged users from taking action. You will find more infographics at Statista Researchers tested ten...

“The one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year is the United States military.” We start there, because that claim tells you a lot about how Washington sells war and how quickly moral language gets flipped into marketing. I’m joined again by Colonel Karen Kwakowski to unpack the Iran conflict through […]