Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale and RNC chair Ronna McDaniel sent a joint letter to the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter last week asking them to guarantee conservative content will be treated equally on the social media platforms. The letter, which was posted in a tweet by Parscale Thursday, refers to Facebook and […]
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told media executives that Facebook is in the process of creating a system to rank news organizations by trustworthiness and will access user surveys to label whether news sources are “broadly trusted.” According to news reports about the meeting, news organizations scoring higher in user trust rankings will receive preferential […]
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Veteran NBC anchor Tom Brokaw chided senators Wednesday for asking a series of questions to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exposed their lack of understanding of the platform and social media as a whole. Zuckerberg’s appearance demonstrated most Senators think the digital age means you can still count with your fingers — Tom Brokaw (@tombrokaw) […]
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The recent scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook user data sparked outrage from both sides of the political aisle in Congress. However, that outrage appears to be late and misguided, as Obama’s campaign staffers used Facebook user data in the 2012 re-election campaign and some of the utilized data tools have been discontinued for […]
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Philip Bump’s piece in the Washington Post is headlined, “Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook debacle,” but it should be headlined, “Every hint we can think of to drop” about the political data firm and its connection to the Donald Trump presidential campaign. Last Friday, Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, the political division of […]
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Social media giant Facebook’s latest answer to stem the flow of fake news is to send a two-question survey to randomly selected users. Facebook head of newsfeed Adam Mosseri said that the company will sample a new set of users each day and only use those responses for the company’s evaluations of trustworthiness. Mosseri did not […]
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Facebook announced it will remove the “disputed” tag it implemented earlier this to alert readers of potentially false stories in an effort to combat the spread of fake news on the site after they realized the effort completely backfired. The social media giant said that the placing the tag on inaccurate stories may have actually […]
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Confirming a rumor that had circulated for months, Facebook announced it has made conservative magazine the Weekly Standard its newest partner in its effort to fact-check news on the social media giants platform. The magazine will be the first conservative organization to partner with Facebook. Other partners include reporters from the Associated Press and ABC […]
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Facebook has implemented procedures to battle the amount of fake news that spreads on the site. While the website reports it is confident it is making progress, it still has room for improvement. According to Facebook, once a story is given a false rating from a fact-checker subsequent ‘impressions” drop by as much as 80 […]
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Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg criticized rival social media platform Twitter for its decision to block Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s Senate announcement video because it contained what it called an “inflammatory” statement regarding Planned Parenthood. “A lot of what we allow on Facebook is people expressing themselves. The thing about free expression is that when […]
Continue Reading5/29/2018 - Trump Campaign Manager, RNC Chair Challenge ‘Political Bias’ of Facebook and Twitter
5/2/2018 - Facebook CEO Announces New System to Vet News
4/12/2018 - Tom Brokaw Chides Senators for Asking Facebook’s Zuckerberg Tech-Illiterate Questions
3/26/2018 - Obama Bragged about Facebook Data, So Why the Outrage?
3/20/2018 - WaPo Tries to Make Cambridge Analytica a Problem For Trump
1/26/2018 - Facebook Implements Two-Question User Survey to Combat Fake News
12/26/2017 - Facebook Drops ‘Disputed’ Tag Option for Potentially Fake News After it Backfires
12/7/2017 - Liberals Complain About New Facebook Fact-Checking Partner The Weekly Standard
10/20/2017 - Facebook’s Fact-Checking Moves Slowly
10/13/2017 - Facebook’s Sandberg Knocks Twitter for Blocking Blackburn Ad
9/27/2017 - WaPo Flubs Another Russia ‘Scoop,’ Issues Major Retraction
9/12/2017 - Report: Facebook’s Attempt to Kill Fake News Isn’t Working
7/25/2017 - School Librarians Getting Into Liberal Indoctrination Biz
4/7/2017 - Facebook Rolling Out “Educational Tool” to Help Users Spot Fake News
3/21/2017 - West Philly Program Teaches Kids How to Spot Fake News
12/17/2016 - NBA on TNT Remembers Craig Sager’s Fashion
12/17/2016 - Another Icon Gone: TNT Journalist Craig Sager Passes Away from Cancer Fight
12/16/2016 - Facebook Partners with Liberal Organizations to Stop Fake News
12/16/2016 - Facebook to Employ Third Party Fact Checkers for Fake News
12/11/2016 - Actor George Takei Blasts Donald Trump’s Election, says Trump is ‘Uninformed’
12/6/2016 - Greta Van Susteren: Fake News Proliferation Due to Poor Reporting
12/4/2016 - Bias Buzz Podcast: Trump’s Ingenious Marketing Strategy Won Him the White House
11/8/2016 - Social Media Sites Look to Grab a Slice of Election Day Viewers
10/20/2016 - Study: More Frequent Facebook Ads could Move Voters’ Opinions
10/14/2016 - Google News Launches Fact Check Feature—Just in Time for Election
10/4/2016 - Black Hawk Down: We Remember
9/28/2016 - Presidential Debate Was Most-Watched and Tweeted Ever
8/10/2016 - Dan Rather Rips Trump’s “Direct Threat” Against Clinton on Facebook
7/18/2016 - Slain Baton Rouge Police Officer’s Facebook Post Reminds Everyone of Love
7/12/2016 - Dallas Police Chief David Brown to Black Lives Matter: “Get Off That Protest Line and Put an Application In”
6/24/2016 - Facebook to Train Employees to Identify Political Bias
6/16/2016 - Last Facebook Post Before the Attack, Orlando Shooter Claimed More ISIS Attacks Imminent
6/13/2016 - Hillary Clinton Calls for More Gun Control after Orlando Club Shooting
6/1/2016 - Black Lives Matter’s LGBTQ Agenda
5/24/2016 - Facebook: Trending Topics May Have Favored Mainstream Media
5/23/2016 - Facebook Users Learned about Facebook Censorship Scandal from Facebook Feed
5/23/2016 - Woman’s Laugh while Wearing a Chewbacca Mask Goes Viral, Kohl’s Gives Her Gift Cards
5/20/2016 - Glenn Beck: Facebook Meeting “Was Like Affirmative Action for Conservatives”
5/17/2016 - Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg to Meet with Conservative Media Figures
5/16/2016 - Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Claims He’ll Meet with Conservatives after Censorship Scandal
5/10/2016 - White House Accepts Facebook’s Explanation on Censoring Conservative News
5/10/2016 - Facebook VP Apologizes for Facebook Discriminating Against Conservatives, but Claims They Didn’t Do So
5/9/2016 - Former Facebook Workers Confirm Facebook Discriminated Against Conservative News
5/4/2016 - Conservative News Sites and Topics Blacklisted by Facebook
4/28/2016 - Facebook Growth Surprises Wall Street
4/26/2016 - George Takei Won’t Apologize for Anti-Romani/Gypsy Facebook Post
4/19/2016 - Poll: Trust in Media at Six Percent
4/7/2016 - Facebook’s War on Victims?
4/3/2016 - North Korea Bans Facebook, Twitter
2/26/2016 - Syrian Jihadists Use Facebook to Sell U.S. Weapons
2/19/2016 - Facebook and Twitter Back Apple against the FBI’s Request for Decryption Help of iPhone
2/2/2016 - Bernie Sanders the Most-Talked-About Candidate on Facebook among Iowans
1/2/2016 - Oops: Facebook Error Celebrates 46 Years of Friendship
12/15/2015 - San Bernardino Terrorist Sent Pro-Jihad Facebook Messages before Coming to America
9/30/2015 - Pumpkin Spice Latte Questioner was a Former Hillary Clinton Staffer
9/15/2015 - Marine Officer Blasts Secretary of the Navy’s Dismissal of Study of Women’s Integration into Marine Corps
9/12/2015 - Actor Chris Pratt asked People to #ThankAVeteran on 9/11
8/21/2015 - 2016 Campaign: Trump, Clinton Dominate Social Media
7/21/2015 - Looking for Answers, Reporters Infiltrate Hillary Facebook Chat
7/15/2015 - Americans Increasingly Turn to Facebook and Twitter for Political News
7/10/2015 - Facebook, Twitter may be Forced by Feds to Turn Over User Information
2/3/2015 - Arianna Huffington Wants More Happy Facebook Stories
11/4/2014 - NPR Reminds Reporters “No Cheering from the Press Box” On Election Day
10/16/2014 - Tackling Media Bias Against Guns and Gun Owners
10/15/2014 - Facebook, Apple to offer Female Employees the Option to Freeze Eggs
5/4/2014 - Wall Street Investors Cold on Twitter’s Fate
4/5/2014 - Candy Crush Mobile Game IPO comes back to earth
3/9/2014 - Turkey Clampdown Continues: Erdogan could ban Facebook, YouTube
11/16/2013 - Snapchat rejected $3 Billion Facebook Buyout Bid
11/6/2013 - Twitter Boosts IPO and Beats Skeptics, for now
11/5/2013 - Half of Twitter Users read News on Social Media
10/29/2013 - Brazil threatens to limit Facebook and Social Media Use
10/25/2013 - Twitter IPO valued at Modest $11 Billion
10/22/2013 - Twitter’s IPO could take a hit with Inactive Users
10/5/2013 - Twitter tries to raise $1 Billion for IPO
9/26/2013 - Facebook and Twitter too late to China’s Internet Game
9/20/2013 - Facebook Bans Advertiser for using Dead Teenager’s Picture
9/19/2013 - Facebook ‘Likes’ Protected under Law, rules Judge
9/13/2013 - Facebook Shares soar past 2012 Price (Finally)
9/1/2013 - Microsoft may buy stake in Foursquare
8/9/2013 - AOL to buy Video Ad platform to Compete with Google, Facebook
7/15/2013 - George Zimmerman found Not Guilty, Trayvon Martin supporters go to Twitter & Facebook
6/24/2013 - Facebook Data Breach exposed 6 million users’ info
6/11/2013 - Google close to buying out Israeli map app Waze
10/1/2012 - Online Media Consumption Continues to Grow At the Expense of Newspapers
7/31/2012 - Sen. Mitch McConnell Declares Old Media Monopoly Over
2/8/2012 - Cable News Beats Social Media As a Campaign News Source
2/4/2012 - New Branded Twitter Pages Make Their Debut for NBC News, HuffPo, NPR
8/25/2011 - Help Wanted: Obama Campaign Looking for Someone With Common Sense
5/22/2011 - Social Media’s Influence on Journalism Continues to Grow
4/20/2011 - President Obama Pulls a Pawlenty – on Facebook
1/6/2011 - Internet Now Top News Source for Under 30 Crowd
12/16/2010 - Will Piers Morgan Save CNN?
