Comedy Central: 'Conservative Hashtag Games Are Ruining Twitter
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The folks at Comedy Central actually published an article Thursday with the headline "Conservative Hashtag Games Are Ruining Twitter":
Twitter Suspends Conservative Account, Liberal Foul Play Suspected
A not-so funny thing happened on the social media website Twitter Sunday.
As the Washington Times reports, the account of Chris Loesch, the husband of Tea Party leader and conservative writer Dana Loesch, was suspended by Twitter management due to what observers believe was foul play by liberal users of the website that don't like the couple's politics:
Conservative Group's Twitter Account Blocked, Liberal 'Flag Spam' at W
Twitter is blaming an automated spam filter for the multi-hour shutdown of a conservative activist group's Twitter feed on Earth Day, just as the organization was seeing a surge in interest on Twitter and the web for its scathing video critical of the Obama administration.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time Twitter has blamed technology for silencing a conservative activist group on…
CNN's Don Lemon Gets Trashed on Twitter for Challenging Obama and Agre
CNN's Don Lemon committed heresy on Sunday night.
In his "No Talking Points" segment on CNN Newsroom, he had the unmitigated audacity to challenge Barack Obama while agreeing with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Liberal Actor Don Cheadle Slams NBC for Selective Editing of Zimmerman
It's not every day that Obama donor Don Cheadle and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell agree on something.
As the Academy Award-nominated actor's Twitter feed shows, he has no use for liberal media outlets distorting the news through selective editing. Cheadle isn't buying NBC's lame excuses and half apologies for its edits of the Zimmerman 911 call, as the folks at Twitchy have noted,…
Twitter Has Yet to Yank @KillZimmerman Account; Where's the Media Outr
In the aftermath of the Gabby Giffords shooting, the liberal media were quick to harangue conservative Republicans for a campaign website that had depicted tiny images of crosshairs on different points of the continental U.S.. They represented targeted districts in the 2010 midterm race, including Rep. Giffords' seat.
But now in light of the ongoing coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting,…
MSNBC's Jansing Spins Spike Lee Tweet That Put Elderly Couple In Jeopa
A few days ago, left-wing director Spike Lee, who has 248,000+ followers on Twitter, retweeted an item bearing what was supposed to be the address of George Zimmerman, the man who claims to have shot Miami teen Trayvon Martin in self defense a month ago in Sanford, Florida. But the address was incorrect and the occupants of the residence are an elderly couple who bear no relation to Zimmerman.…
Daily Show Mocks 'Cheney's Old Heart': Warn Your Children 'Not to Get
Comedy Central's Daily Show took the news of Dick Cheney's heart transplant as another opportunity to attack the former Vice President.
On Monday, whoever is responsible for the show's Twitter account posted a series of supposedly comical messages about the recovering patient including "Please warn your children not to accept candy from or get into a car with #CheneysOldHeart":
'Mis-Tweetment': Roland Martin Tells David Steinberg of PJ Media He Sh
Less than two weeks after his suspension for previous intemperate tweets was lifted, CNN's Roland Martin was engaging in personally insulting "mis-tweetment" again this afternoon with PJ Media's David Steinberg.
In a series of tweets at around 5 p.m. tonight seen after the jump, Steinberg criticized Martin for spending so much time on the press's Trayvon Martin obsession -- where one person…
Alec Baldwin: 'Oil Whore' James Inhofe Should 'Retire to a Solar-Power
Actor Alec Baldwin went on another Twitter tirade Saturday evening.
This time his target was Sen. James Inhofe (R-Ok.) whom he called an "oil whore" and said should "retire to a solar-powered gay bar":
Maher: 'If Gingrich Was Any More of an A--hole Santorum Would Have to
You have to wonder whether HBO's Bill Maher is losing his mind, trying to draw attention to boost ratings, or really believes he can say anything he wants about conservatives and liberals will support him.
After ridiculing Alabama and Mississippi voters Tuesday as being "toothless," Maher took to Twitter with an even far more vile comment about Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich…
Joan Walsh Attacks Mitt Romney's Faith on Twitter
CNN a few weeks ago suspended Roland Martin for making homophobic comments on Twitter.
Will MSNBC consider Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh's attack on Mitt Romney's faith Tuesday equally offensive?
Alec Baldwin Calls Andrew Breitbart 'A Festering Boil on the Anus of P
UPDATE AT END OF POST: Exchange erupts in Twitter war with Baldwins from all over the country.
For those that ignore such things, Alec Baldwin, after a brief respite following his embarrassing display on a plane in December, is back on Twitter.
Keeping with his pattern of saying characteristically inane things on the social media website, Baldwin on Saturday called conservative publisher…
Nets Hype Social Media 'Torrent' in Komen Reversal, Keep Slant Toward
ABC, CBS, and NBC spotlighted the Komen foundation's about-face on funding Planned Parenthood on their Friday evening newscasts, and played up the apparent role of social media in getting the charity to reverse its earlier decision. On World News, ABC's Diane Sawyer trumpeted the "dramatic day for people power," while on Nightly News, NBC's Lester Holt concluded, "score one for the power of…
