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Posts Tagged ‘media
And they say athletes should just keep to sports. This is how influence can make universal impact. This is how medi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Olivia Obineme (@OliviaObineme) September 13, 202028
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Language Is Important: Protests
Yesterday's protests in Los Angeles and Minneapolis make it clear that people are rightfully hurting over George Fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) May 28, 2020This will guide our reporting in MN. “While the situation on the ground in Minneapolis is fluid, and there has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) May 28, 202026
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Good Shade
This was @davidplouffe's WH goodbye present from comms and research, somehow I found a copy while packing up the ho… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 25, 201716
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Tweets Of The Day
So @RealDLHughley dragged FOX News live on their own network. He ain't never getting invited back https://t.co/n4i9Yo4nyN
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reggie (@1942bs) July 15, 2016Our son got his first hateful comment about his skin color today. From another 6-yr-old.
White parents, teach your kids antiracism. EARLY.
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Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) July 14, 2016****
Can confirm. As a combat vet this is maddening. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/ykyOkqsWDX
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– ryan (@ryan_marsh) July 14, 2016Going to drop this right here. Be blessed #LoudBlackGirls. https://t.co/kHYF2iLxcZ
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GirlTyler (@sheistyler) July 15, 2016****
This was vetted before it was published. This portrayal of black people by the media is not an accident. It is deliberate, manipulative, and disgusting
who is the irresponsible/baiting idiot who used photo of Alton Sterling's son for this UNRELATED story!? @USATODAY https://t.co/bsWpemDI1Y
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Tatiana King Jones (@TatianaKing) July 16, 2016Atlanta cop who killed unarmed black driver by blindly firing into car charged with murder nydn.us/29FpWKq https://t.co/iiUAKDeOqe
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New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) July 16, 2016****
"and what do you think about mr trumps ban on muslims"
*he's..i'm totally for it"
"mr trump your lips moved" https://t.co/VALCJMQj7c
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darth™ (@darth) July 16, 2016So many Americans don't understand Trump is a huckster for the same reason they don't realize these chairs are tacky twitter.com/petridishes/st…
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Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 16, 2016
Let’s not fool ourselves. Fear is winning.
The Los Angeles Unified School District received a threat against its schools. Today it proceeded to shut them all down out of an “abundance of caution”, that term with which we’ve become so familiar. Seven hundred thousand students have been locked out of their schools based on a threat which New York City public schools also received, but which the NYPD determined to be a hoax. Hundreds of thousands of students disrupted from their routine has a ripple effect, forcing parents to stay home, affecting the economy.
I’m old enough to remember when Osama bin Laden said that his strategy was to bankrupt America by making it do stupid things. Although he sleeps with the fishes, his successors seem to be sticking to that strategy.
It doesn’t help that fear isn’t being stoked solely by jihadists. Our politicians on the Right are quite content to go along with stoking that fear, seeing it as a sure road to victory in 2016. So what if the country becomes a shell of what it was? So what if hate crimes spike as a terrified populace searches for scapegoats? None of that matters. All that matters is that they terrify the electorate into voting for a party which thrives on nothing but fear, as it has no other program on which to run.
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15
Entertained to Death
I will not hide it: I’m something of a pop culture maven. Not, perhaps, through active participation. But being at all aware in this culture it does tend to seep into you, if only through osmosis. And as a librarian, I make a concerted effort to keep abreast of things high and low, so that I can converse with and serve my patrons.
I’m certainly not one of those scolds who thinks pop culture has no place in the world. Most of us have grown up enmeshed in it, and have, for the most part, come out no worse for wear. I enjoy my sports, and I enjoy my movie spectacles.
However, we have entered a period of convergence, where the juggernaut which is popular culture collides with and circles around a concerted 50 year effort to make the electorate uninformed, apathetic, and downright hostile to its prime duty, which is to pay attention, educate itself, and govern itself.
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A Tweet Or Two
Great to see @TJMaxx, @Marshalls and @HomeGoods raising wages. It's time for Congress to #RaiseTheWage for America. http://t.co/k0uaopQFfK
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 25, 2015We can't play politics with our national security. It's time to #FundDHS with no strings attached. http://t.co/FEqoKJjicA
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 25, 2015****
President Obama implores Congress to fund the Department of Homeland Security. #ObamaTownHall
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(@msnbc) February 26, 2015President Obama issues an immigration reform challenge to former Gov. Jeb Bush. #ObamaTownHall
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(@msnbc) February 26, 2015****
RT if you're ready to work out with @Beyonce! #GimmeFive of your workout drills (or you'll disappoint the Beygency). http://t.co/BC8Pu0RRRw
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 25, 2015Hey @FLOTUS: Excited to show off our moves at the Easter Egg Roll!! And now we challenge @ShawnMendes to #GimmeFive! youtu.be/ebQThbI5ySQ
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Fifth Harmony (@FifthHarmony) February 25, 2015****
On this day (Feb 25) in 1870 Hirman R. Revels of Mississippi is sworn in as the first Black U.S. Senator #BHM http://t.co/rEWqyq6d6X
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Lizzuendo (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) February 25, 2015ICYMI: RT @INAFLCIO: Black History Month Labor Profiles: Fannie Lou Hamer ow.ly/JD80u #1uBHM http://t.co/Pyo01frx9H
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AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) February 25, 2015****
Colin Powell shows how you answer the religion question - from @meetthepress in 2008, one of my favorite moments: http://t.co/mz7XbDK7E6
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 22, 2015Hard to believe. On today's front page, TX legislators cutting cake to celebrate ban on same-sex marriage. http://t.co/F04zIHD51O
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Addie Broyles (@broylesa) February 25, 2015****
Mother of Trayvon Martin says she still believes George Zimmerman got away with murder: abcn.ws/1ERbvfS http://t.co/APVnixSO3T
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ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2015#GeorgeZimmerman has been arrested every year since murdering #TrayvonMartin and no one has called him a thug ? http://t.co/EXwDP4nSaT
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Etan Thomas (@etanthomas36) February 24, 2015****
Heartbroken by the news of Dori Maynard's death. A fierce, unrepentant advocate for media diversity. An amazing woman mije.org/richardprince/…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2015Dori's genius was she understood that actions have consequences. Years of inaccurate & biased media coverage of minorities has consequences
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2015****
Media diversity isn't some progressive ideal, feel good idea. It's journalistic imperative for anyone who takes fairness/accuracy seriously
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2015Read Dori's words. Impossible to say you care about accuracy if you don't care about media diversity contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_237…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) February 25, 2015****
"We’re a nation of laws, but we’re also respecting the fact that we’re a nation of immigrants." —Obama #ObamaTownHall http://t.co/rv3elfwllz
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 26, 2015Dori Maynard, telling media to “look at what our distorted coverage of communities of color is doing to the country.” pocket.co/sodEob
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 25, 2015****
Well this is embarrassing...
Netanyahu Invites Arab Diplomats to His Speech—and Gets Rejected theatlantic.com/international/… http://t.co/YYPgzSztBG
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Trita Parsi (@tparsi) February 25, 2015Kerry Blasts Netanyahu: He's 'Wrong' On Iran Deal Like He Was On Iraq War #BibiFail Both GOP & Bibi only want #War talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kerry…
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Tracy (@taiping2) February 25, 2015****
Today In Karma
"Revenge porn boss wants Google to remove his “identity related” info" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… http://t.co/Ummr2q8p2V
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(@pourmecoffee) February 25, 2015Presented without comment. cc @Polygon http://t.co/6NuJu5FXnP
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Peter Curry (@peterc_nz) February 20, 2015****
Yeah @fashionpolice been bashing my fro for years, @intouchweekly compared it to a dog...and u know what I say? http://t.co/OBvkpw4Vdn
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solange knowles (@solangeknowles) February 25, 2015“@Zendaya: http://t.co/HJ3RZbNCli”. Been showing this to people all day. My new hero.
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shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) February 25, 2015****
Kerry restates that US, Iran have 'mutual interest' in defeating ISIS yhoo.it/1DrubmO #Iran @AFP http://t.co/rob62tGM78
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Arthur MacMillan (@arthurmacmillan) February 25, 2015No, you will NOT be speaking for me or "the entire Jewish people" before Congress, Netanyahu. dailykos.com/story/2015/02/… http://t.co/acvraZ1GJO
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David Harris-Gershon (@David_EHG) February 25, 2015****
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The President’s Day
@PeteSouza: President Obama opens a Christmas gift from personal aide Ferial Govashiri today in the Oval Office
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President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media during his last news conference of the year in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House
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‘End of the year task. Signing bills.’ (Pete Souza)
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The First Family (The President, First Lady, Malia, Sasha, Marian Robinson – oh, and Bo and Sunny) leave for Hawaii
The Obama Diary 
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