The American media establishment is in a woeful state of disrepair. In other words, we have the media establishment we deserve. Which is to say, the prospects for improvement are dim.
The official Twitter account for the New York Times crossword was not amused that a random Twitter user joked that completing the puzzle was a license for murder.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) sent a false tweet Monday when attempting to correct a tweet that was also false.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Calif.) apologized Friday after mocking President Donald Trump’s trip to Alabama to survey tornado damage.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) deleted tweets this week containing some of her publicly anti-Semitic comments after having apologized for her words but not her views.
Over the weekend, Republican Texas Senator and former Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn tweeted the following:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) deleted tweets Thursday that accused GOP operatives of running a Twitter bot operation without evidence.
Webster’s Dictionary defines “unequivocal” as “leaving no doubt: clear, unambiguous,” or “unquestionable.” That’s how I’ve always used the word, but after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) “unequivocally apologized” for a series of anti-Semitic tweets, I had to make sure I hadn’t missed some alternate definition.
I was horrified to discover yesterday that BuzzFeed’s Twitter account is apparently in violation of Twitter terms of service. After all, here they are tweeting out a picture of people in KKK hoods, in a tweet that explicitly notes Twitter bans tweeting “symbols historically associated with hate groups.” Twitter is allowing this altered photo comparing …
This week, we saw the dark side of what happens when one of the Democrats’ new stars in Congress closely follows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s advice about Twitter: “Be yourself.”
