Social media: Twitter provides free advertising to some candidates
Twitter routinely gives free advertising to political candidates. Take a look at what they are doing.
Journalism: Follow up on the Des Moines Register fiasco
Follow up on the Des Moines Register fiasco of he past week. The reporter, Aaron Calvin, was fired, but blames everyone else, says he is the victim of a right wing conspiracy and his own tweets were all taken out of context. The interview was done by his former employer, Buzzfeed News, which itself has a conflict of interest in reporting this.
Interesting comment on FB about journalists that commonly act like a school yard bully; seems a fair description of what happened here.
Humor: Politician didn’t realize that advertising is propaganda
Politician didn’t know that advertising is propaganda. Funny!
Numerous common terms are now symbols of hate turning everyone in to accidental “white supremacists”
Numerous common terms, even commonly used numbers, are now considered symbols of hate, per the newly updated official list of hate symbols from the ADL.
Journalism: Journalism professor acknowledges that reporting is about finding negativity
I am so old I remember that just yesterday the media said it was wrong and hurtful for adults to question the background of a 16 year old… talk about inconsistency!