Hillary Tweets to Diana Nyad - You Remind Me of Me
Hardly a week passes without Hillary Clinton providing yet more evidence that she intends to run for president.
Clinton yesterday tweeted what was presumably intended as congratulations to Diana Nyad for her extraordinary feat of swimming 110 miles from Cuba to Key West, the first person to do so without the safety net of a shark cage.
Jesse Jackson's Tepid Tweet: Murder of White Australian by Three 'Bore
Corrected from earlier | People who were wondering whether Jesse Jackson would ever respond to the killing of an Australian collegiate baseball player by three "bored" teens in Oklahoma, one of whom allegedly posted racist tweets, got their answer today. Jackson's early Wednesday morning tweet read as follows: "Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and…
TIME Reporter Calls for Julian Assange's Assassination, WikiLeaks Dema
Michael Grunwald, TIME magazine's senior national correspondent, called for the United States government to assassinate Julian Assange with a drone strike Saturday.
WikiLeaks responded by demanding his resignation.
Stacey Dash: 'Shame On You Oprah
NewsBusters readers might recall Stacey Dash, the black actress who was racially attacked on Twitter last year for having the nerve to come out in support of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Dash took to Twitter again Friday this time responding to Oprah Winfrey's comparison of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till writing, "Shame on you Oprah":
ObamaCare Getting Killed on Twitter: Opponents Outnumber Supporters Se
Is social media helping drive the continually growing negative opinion of ObamaCare?
A new study finds that negative comments on Twitter about the President's healthcare plan outnumber positive comments by seven to one.
AP's Russ Bynum Covers Up Obama's 'Gulf Ports' Gaffe
What's a little Justice Department spying between friends? Or, more accurately, between a master and his lapdogs?
In May, Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder admitted to obtaining phone records involving 20 business, residential, and personal lines used by over 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press during April and May 2012. After some lawyerly whining for…
Nielsen: Twitter Can Significantly Increase TV Ratings
Social media is not only influencing politics. It's also impacting what television programs Americans watch.
A new study released moments ago by Nielsen found that Twitter activity can cause "statistically significant changes in Live TV Ratings":
MSNBC's Toure Neblett Deceptively Edits Magic Johnson Comments About F
As NewsBusters has often reported, the folks at MSNBC have a disturbing habit of deceptively editing videos to radically change their meaning.
Maybe that's where MSNBC's Toure Neblett learned this, for on Friday, he dramatically edited a Magic Johnson tweet about Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper:
Jim Carrey Channels Occupy in Twitter Post on Lincoln Memorial Vandali
Anti-gun movie actor Jim Carrey could have been mistaken for a member of Occupy Wall Street on Friday as he took to Twitter to give his two cents on the recent defacing of the Lincoln Memorial: "Green paint on Lincoln memorial. Ppl are getting tired of corporate tyranny disguised as democracy."
Carrey's far-left declaration should come as no surprise to those who have been paying attention…
WSJ Twitter Account: Obama AG Holder Is 'Act[ing] to Protect Voting Ri
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Obama/Holder Justice Department would request a federal court to put a hold on plans by the State of Texas to put into effect new voter ID laws. The Wall Street Journal's Devlin Barrett has a short article on the development, "Holder Targets Texas in New Voting-Rights Push," published shortly after the announcement at 10:05 a.m. Eastern…
Dennis Miller on MHP's Tampon Earrings: 'She Should Only be Allowed to
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry actually put on tampon earrings Sunday as a pro-abortion stunt aimed at the Texas state legislature.
This evoked quite a response from our dear friend Dennis Miller who tweeted, "Melissa Harris-Perry should only be allowed to do her show once a month for 5 days":
Actor James Woods: 'People Lock Their Car Doors When Obama Walks By
Emmy Award-winning actor James Woods had some harsh words for the President Friday.
Shortly after Barack Obama finished his address concerning race and the George Zimmerman verdict - which included comments about people locking their car doors when black men walk by - Woods tweeted, "The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death":
Target Promotes Hip-Hop ‘Rape Song
When a singer releases a lewd, explicit, misogynistic song complete with pornographic music video through your big-name store, what do you do? Endorse it, of course!
At least, that’s how Target responded to the release of Robin Thicke’s new album “Blurred Lines,” which has stirred criticism even from liberal critics for its obviously exploitative treatment of women, even to the point of…
Celebrity Reactions to Zimmerman Verdict Range From 'Hallelujah!' to J
In the hours after George Zimmerman was found not guilty on Saturday evening of any crimes in his shooting of the black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, many famous people quickly expressed their views on the Twitter social website regarding the trial and the verdict.
The celebrities ranged from a conservative columnist who cried “Hallelujah!” to a football star who posted that the members of the…
