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Recorded the day before the Facebook and Soros smear story broke, this Explainer shows how easy it is to build a smear campaign. About donuts. Episode Excerpt: Frequent friend of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg apologist, also known as Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage, is back on his Fake News mission this week. We’re never entirely sure whether he wants to stop it or spread. So, we’d better give him the chance to explain. •It’s a bit unfair to say I’m a Facebook apologist. •I’m more of a Facebook realist. •We talk about accountability a lot. So today I want to ask what should Facebook or any other technology company be responsible for? •Restocking our fridge? Well, Amazon seems to be on its way to that one. •Driving us to work? Uber and Google are working on those. •Looking after kids or elderly relatives? Companies like Samsung and Hitachi are building robots that should be able to take care of the unwanted. •Still there? Hello Yahoo. •Massive over-pricing and glitchy software? Apple’s got that one covered. Well