NPR News Now - NPR News: 11-28-2024 2PM EST

Episode Date: November 28, 2024

NPR News: 11-28-2024 2PM ESTLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Biden and the First Lady are spending Thanksgiving in New England. Biden made a stop at a local fire department in Nantucket today. Speaking to reporters, Biden encouraged President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider his plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico and Canada. We have an unusual situation in America. We're surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and two allies, Mexico and Canada. The last thing we need to do is begin to screw up those relationships.

Trump is spending the Thanksgiving holiday at Mar-a-Lago. Earlier this week, he said he plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico until the two countries crack down on the influx of migrants and illegal drugs crossing the borders. Trump also announced additional tariffs on Chinese imports. A new study suggests that false or misleading information frequently spreads online using outrage. NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports on how anger powers misinformation. Jeff Brumfield Using data from Facebook and Twitter, researchers showed a consistent pattern. The more outrage a post provoked, the more likely it was to

be spread online. That was true even when the facts in the post were demonstrably false. Molly Crockett is a psychologist at Princeton University. She says one reason may be that people share posts which spark outrage in order to express their own moral views. Molly Crockett, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD,

PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, PhD, whatever it is we're expressing outrage about, doesn't actually need to be true. Many websites purveying bad information seem to have caught on to this fact. Researchers found that low-quality news outlets use outrage to try and drive traffic. The work appears in the journal Science. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News. Tomorrow officially kicks off the busiest shopping period of the year, but many retailers have stretched their Black Friday sales to begin earlier in the week. NPR's Alina Seljuk reports customers are already spending more than last year's record.

ALINA SELJUK, NPR NEWS ANCHOR, NPR NEWS. So far in November, online shoppers alone have spent more than 9.5 percent more this year compared to last year. That's according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks online transactions. Shoppers say they're feeling their budgets squeezed by higher expenses, including on health and car insurance. But many are drawn by the lure of discounts during the long Black Friday weekend. Retailers are predicting huge turnout, a record number of people shopping, and of those people,

surveys find a growing group of shoppers saying they plan to spend more this year than they did last year, hunting for deals and bargains. Alina Seluk, NPR News. This is NPR News. Human rights organizations are outraged by the French government's lack of clarity on whether it would comply with the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris.

France's foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday that Netanyahu could benefit from certain immunities coming from a non-signatory country to the ICC charter. But French human rights lawyer Clémence Bectard says that stance undermines the ICC. France has actively contributed to the setting up of the International Criminal Court. And so it is not acceptable that France would support an ICC arrest warrant against Putin and not support it against Netanyahu. The ICC issued a warrant for the Russian president last year for kidnapping Ukrainian children. Bechtart says the International Criminal Court has plenty of enemies and the 124 nation-sourced

signatories must stand up for it at this crucial moment. Eleanor Beardsley in Pure News, Paris. Australia has imposed a sweeping ban on social media for young people. The law applies to kids under the age of 16 who use platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X. The legislation aimed at safeguarding children from online harms passed Parliament with bipartisan support on Thursday. A number of details remain unclear, including how the ban will be enforced. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.