“The big tech companies worked closely with Secure America Now to target an audience the group felt could be swayed by the message.” More …
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Stunning New Study Shows that Fox News Is More Powerful than Ever Imagined
“Fox News is, by far, America’s dominant tv news channel; in the second quarter of 2017, Fox posted 2.35 million total viewers in primetime versus 1.64 million for MSNBC and 1.06 million for CNN. Given that Fox was founded by a longtime Republican Party operative and has almost exclusively hired conservative commentators, talk radio hosts, and the like to host its shows, it would stand to reason that its dominance on basic cable could influence how Americans vote, perhaps even tipping elections.” More …
Analysis Shows How Viral Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News on Facebook
“A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.” More …
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2017
“As of August 2017, two-thirds (67%) of Americans report that they get at least some of their news on social media – with two-in-ten doing so often, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center.” More …
Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’
“After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring.” More …
Steve Bannon Sought to Infiltrate Facebook Hiring
According to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News, Bannon hoped to spy on Facebook’s job application process. More …
The Insane News Cycle of Trump’s Presidency in 1 Chart
“If it feels like the Trump presidency has been hit by non-stop scandals and crises from day one, it’s probably because it has been. The Google News Lab looked at the search trends for stories about 40 of the biggest news events of Trump’s presidency from Jan. 20 until Sept. 1. You can see how we’ve all jumped from one four-alarm news fire to another.” More …
The Wall Street Journal’s Trump problem
“Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump.” More …
Why Haven’t Reporters Mass-Adopted Secure Tools for Communicating With Sources?
“When journalists don’t step up, leakers are forced to use riskier modes of communication to initiate contact.” More …
Jeff Bezos: “Bring me the next ‘Game of Thrones’ for Amazon”
“The mandate from Jeff Bezos is clear: Bring me “Game of Thrones.” That’s the word that has the creative community buzzing this week about a major strategy shift underway for Amazon Studios’ original series efforts.” More …