Isms: Views on life in rural America

Dear Mark Zuckerberg:

How ironic your company axed its fact-checking program, aimed at stopping the proliferation of disinformation, earlier last week.

Imagine my surprise on Thursday, when this newspaper, a community weekly covering the Summerland region in Nebraska, had a post celebrating Orchard Fire and Rescue Department members honored for long-time service, removed from Facebook.

I linked the story from our paper’s website directly to your social media site, a procedure I’ve done multiple times without problems. Shortly after, I received a message from your company notifying me the post...