NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is confirmed that new, league-wide puck- and player-tracking systems will be ready for the 2019 -2 020 season and accepted, for the first time, that the NHL will have possession of the technology. The NHL initially commissioned development of the tracking technology to be used as …
Read More »What happens when you thank a GOP vet (that SNL mocked) for his service? NBC’s Kasie Hunt just found out
In the wake of U.S. House candidate Dan Crenshaw( R-Texas) being mocked by Saturday Night Live for a conflict hurt, NBC News reporter Kasie Hunt discussed her interview with Crenshaw about ex-servicemen moving for office and expressed her appreciation for his service. I interviewed @DanCrenshawTX for a piece on veterinarians …
Read More »6 Old School Marketing Tactics That Still Work on Social Media
It seems like everywhere we look there’s some new social media or marketing tactics being touted as the next big thing. As marketers and businesses, we’re constantly looking for ways to reach our audience in creative ways and so we often jump around from strategy to strategy – often leaving what used …
Read More »UK ‘fake news’ report calls for tougher rules, fines for social media companies
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Read More »Nia Wilson & The Media’s Portrayal Of Black Women As “Less Innocent” Victims
On Monday during a broadcast report about the murder of Nia Wilson, an 18-year-old Black woman who was stabbed to death at a Bay Area Rapid Transit train station, local Oakland station KTVU showed a photo of Wilson holding what appeared to be a gun. (Wilson was in fact holding …
Read More »Netflix experiments with promoting its shows on the login screen
Netflix is testing a new way to promote its original shows – right on the login screen. A company spokesperson confirmed the streaming service is currently experimenting with a different login screen experience which replaces the black background behind users’ names and profile thumbnails with full-screen photos promoting a Netflix …
Read More »Hoodline launches a content recommendation widget that’s all about local news
Hoodline continues to serve as a reliable source of neighborhood news for San Francisco and Oakland, but it’s also been building tools that help other publications supplement their local coverage. Earlier this year, the company launched a news wire that automates the creation of local news stories using online data …
Read More »Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen SCOLDS the media for reporting FAKE NEWS on asylum seekers and family separation
Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen is finally pushing back on the media narrative that the Trump administration is separating asylum seekers and their children at the border. You see, legit asylum seekers who present themselves a ports of entry (border crossings) are being treated the exact same as in …
Read More »LOL, NO: NBC News THINK offers an absurd solution to the ‘crisis of masculinity’ on Father’s Day
NBC News THINK says men are experiencing a crisis of masculinity on this Father’s Day. What’s the solution? More feminism, of course. This Father's Day, men are experiencing a crisis of masculinity. The solution? More feminism, says @nberlat https://t.co/2wVck0loV7 — NBC News THINK (@NBCNewsTHINK) June 17, 2018 Such an obvious …
Read More »JOURNALISM! NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell leads cheers for Philadelphia Eagles after Trump’s disinvite
As Twitchy told you Monday night, fired former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather equated President Trump disinviting the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles from a WH ceremony as “akin to McCarthyism.” Well, the “journalism” parade continues, with NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell tweeting what could be interpreted as an application …
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