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Study: WashPost Twitter Page Shows How They Obsess Over Trump
November 26th, 2019 6:24 AM
Does the Washington Post Twitter account offer an appearance of liberal tilt? On Thursday, November 21, the Post was covering the last day of Adam Schiff’s impeachment hearings, as well as the previous night’s Democrat presidential debate on MSNBC. In the 24 hours of Thursday, the Post’s main Twitter page posted 183 tweets (including retweets). Seventy of those focused on impeachment, and another…
Twitter Briefly Suspends ‘El Bloombito’ Parody of Michael Bloomberg
November 25th, 2019 1:04 PM
Parody accounts on Twitter are supposed to be protected under the platform’s terms of service. But the company seems to forget this fact on a regular basis. A parody account of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, @ElBloombito, was briefly suspended on Nov. 22.
Planned Parenthood Thanks Its Grammy-Nominated Supporters
November 21st, 2019 2:35 PM
The Grammy nominees were announced earlier this week and of course, there were the top 40 favorites, the hip-hop stars and a couple of good artists. The hype revved up and Hollywood outlets began debating who deserves what and why. But there was one surprising take by the nation’s premiere Abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. The professional baby killers took to Twitter to congratulate the…
Twitter Suspends Account After Tweets About Hunter Biden’s Activities
November 21st, 2019 11:48 AM
A Twitter account that had been previously retweeted by President Trump was censored by the platform. Breaking News Live News had tweeted a story about Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, on Nov. 20.
Warren Calls Abortion a ‘Human Right,’ Sarah Silverman Applauds
November 21st, 2019 1:47 AM
There’s nothing like a little hardcore abortion talk at a DNC debate to get Hollywood types riled up. After Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed that abortion was a “human right” at the fifth DNC debate, comedian Sarah Silverman applauded her.
Snapchat Challenging Facebook’s Political Ad Free Speech Stance?
November 20th, 2019 2:19 PM
In what could be perceived as a subtle barb at Facebook, and perhaps even Twitter too, Snapchat declared its commitment to battling “misinformation” with the upcoming election in mind. “We subject all advertising to review, including political advertising,” the Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said on Monday, according to CNBC. He continued, adding, “I think what we try to do is create a place for political…
ACLU Insanity: 'Men Who Get Their Periods Are Men'
November 19th, 2019 10:30 PM
Hey, um, not that the ACLU hasn’t been a serious organization or anything, but their recent Twitter activity makes one wonder if its social media influencers are one card short of a full deck. On Tuesday November 19, the American Civil Liberties Union fully committed to disastrous social justice dogma by tweeting that “men who get periods are men.”
Billy Eichner Trades in Jokes For Votes as ‘Swing Left’ Senior Advisor
November 19th, 2019 12:17 PM
Billy Eichner, the obnoxious street talk show host of Billy On the Street and voice of Timon in Disney’s Lion King reboot, has scraped out a spot for himself in the world of lefty activism. Partnering with the progressive organization Swing Left, Eichner will be using an aggressive, on-the-ground approach to corral sympathy for Democrats in the 2020 election.
Dems Hope to Make Google Sing on Patient Data in ‘Project Nightingale’
November 19th, 2019 11:41 AM
Millions of Americans’ medical data was reportedly shared with Google, and even liberals are calling foul. Democratic leaders, including House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) have all condemned a business arrangement between Google and Ascension, the leaders “asking for more information…
Twitter Suspends Yovanovitch Critics When BuzzFeed Calls Them ‘Bots'
November 18th, 2019 4:10 PM
Twitter appears to be doing all it can to protect those participating in the impeachment inquiry from public criticism. Liberal news outlet BuzzFeed noted that the phrase “I hired Donald Trump to fire people like Yovanovitch” was trending on the morning of Nov. 15.
CNN Ignores George Conway’s Ugly Fake News Attack on Elise Stefanik
November 18th, 2019 3:54 PM
On Saturday afternoon, Never Trump attorney and liberal cable news darling George Conway leveled sexist attacks at Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Twitter for being against impeachment and tussling with fellow media favorite and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), calling her “lying trash” and sharing a doctored photo of her flipping off a camera. Of course, CNN did nothing to rebut or even…
Twitter Bans Political Ads, But Makes Exceptions for ‘Cause-Based Ads’
November 18th, 2019 12:30 PM
Twitter has banned political ads -- except for some “cause-based” ads it still thinks are important. After Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that all political ads were to be banned from the platform, both the left and the right were concerned about their ads.
NYTimes: ‘The Truth Is Worth It’...But Erase the Whistleblower’s Name?
November 16th, 2019 10:03 PM
New York Times impeachment coverage continued with the paper casting as heroic the testimony of Maria Yovanovitch under a predictably treacly banner headline over Saturday’s front page: “Ex-Envoy ‘Devastated’ As Trump Vilified Her.” Sheera Frenkel was strangely unconcerned that powerful social media companies were squelching speech online by trying to memory-hole a name being bandied about…
Ugly: ABC’s Matt Dowd Tweets, Then Deletes Sexist Attack on Stefanik
November 13th, 2019 7:33 PM
Former Bush official-turned-liberal-turned-ABC News chief political analyst-turned-special correspondent Matthew Dowd found himself in hot water on Wednesday after the first set of impeachment hearings, tweeting a sexist attack against Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY). Why? Well, it turned out he didn’t like her questioning.