Craig Newmark says misinformation is dismantling our democracy. Here's how he plans to fight it: by AngelAuYeung
tested positive for coronavirus in June, having apparently had the virus asymptomatically,” says Craig Newmark, billionaire founder of Craigslist, via a Google Hangouts video call from his San Francisco home in July. Delivered in his customary monotone, Newmark will only entertain questions about his diagnosis for a few minutes — he got tested because his dentist required two negative tests before an operation. Yes, he has tested negative twice since.
How will he know that his money has gone to waste? “The people who are in control of this country will be subject to some control by our foreign adversaries and will continue to dismantle our democracy,” says Newmark. And how will he know that his money has gone to waste? “The people who are in control of this country will be subject to some control by our foreign adversaries and will continue to dismantle our democracy.”
His largest individual gifts since 2016 have gone to existing and new journalism initiatives. Some have gone well, while others have gone awry. In June 2018, Newmark gave $20 million to CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which renamed itself into the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism after the gift. In February 2019, Newmark gave another $10 million to Columbia Journalism School to launch a new center for journalism ethics and security.
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