by Jim Heath | Jan 17, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation, Social Media, Trump
Longtime Donald Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen said today he participated in ‘rigging’ of online polls to benefit Trump in 2014 and 2015 – ‘at the direction’ of the then-candidate and businessman. Cohen acknowledged the effort to...
by Jim Heath | Jan 15, 2019 | Headlines, Social Media
Netflix is raising monthly fees for its subscribers again by between 13 percent and 18 percent, as it spends heavily on original content and international expansion. Its most popular plan will see the largest hike, to $13 per month from $11. That option offers...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2019 | Headlines, Social Media
Donald Trump Jr. is getting roasted for a now-deleted Instagram message he posted that compared the proposed border wall to a zoo fence. “You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?” the son of President Donald Trump wrote in an Instagram story on Tuesday night....
by Jim Heath | Dec 10, 2018 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
He knows words. He has the best words. But Donald Trump just can’t spell them. Trump was continuing his attack on Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation this morning by tweeting a quote from Fox News about there not being a “smoking gun.” However, when...
by Jim Heath | Nov 15, 2018 | Headlines, Social Media
Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros. That’s just one of the tricks The New York Times said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and it’s chief...
by Jim Heath | Oct 30, 2018 | Civility, Cyber Security, Headlines, Social Media
A Republican politician from North Carolina is an investor in Gab, the alt-right and often racist social media network used by the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman. According to the Daily Mail, Dan Bishop, a state senator in North Carolina who is up for re-election next...