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Facebook And MAGA, Winter Virus Season, LA Palisades Fire

Wed, 08 Jan 2025

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The parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Meta, is ending a fact-checking feature, the annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force, and the Palisades Fire in Southern California is rapidly spreading.For more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Kara Platoni, Scott Hensley, Denice Rios, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Lilly Quiroz. We get engineering support from David Greenburg, and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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00:03 - 00:08 Michelle Martin

Facebook and Instagram abandoned the use of fact-checkers tasked with keeping falsehoods off the sites.

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00:08 - 00:14 Steve Inskeep

Mark Zuckerberg announced the change. How does it fit with his other moves as the Trump administration returns to power?

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00:14 - 00:25 Michelle Martin

I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. It's the season when people are hit by one winter virus after another.

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00:25 - 00:32 Dr. Andrew Pavia

As one starts to go down, the other is going to start peaking, and we're just not going to get a break. We're like a series of snowstorms. How can you protect yourself?

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00:00 - 00:00 Steve Inskeep

Also, clouds of smoke hang over neighborhoods in Southern California. Tens of thousands have had to evacuate.

00:00 - 00:00 Dave Dawson

The wind's been kind of swirling a little bit. If it turns to the south, then there's a lot of homes in danger.

00:00 - 00:00 Steve Inskeep

How widespread are the wildfires? Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.

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