CNN Opinion announced a new series revolving around the importance of a free press, “Free Press: What’s at Stake.” The series will have op-ed pieces from a variety of columnists and focus on challenges facing the media, including false information (or fake news) and new technology. 24 pieces will be published over […]
On Monday and Tuesday, ESPN host Jemele Hill tweeted about President Donald Trump and called him a “bigot” and “white supremacist.” Hill first tweeted about Kid Rock and his usage of the Confederate flag but the conversation in the replies spiraled to Trump and white supremacy. Jemele Hill on President […]
Twitter is a preferred platform for both journalists and President Donald Trump. However, a slew of Twitter accounts have popped up to cover the Twitter angle of Trump’s presidency, like what he sees on the platform and who he and his family follow and unfollow. Many of the Twitter accounts […]
On Tuesday, the President of the United States took to Twitter to call CNN “fake news” and retweet a graphic depicting CNN as the Fake News Network with a reworked logo. The tweets, which the White House has said should be treated as official statements from the President, came in […]
Journalists at CNN have been warning about the dangers of fake news online for the past several weeks, but the network was the victim of fake news on Friday. A Twitter user, @solikearose, said that CNN aired thirty minutes of porn Thanksgiving night instead of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Initial […]
