| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| “The value of true modesty or humility is hard to sustain | 2021-12-31 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476763099596165121 | 1476763099596165121 |
| The population as a whole is losing interest in politics. | 2021-12-28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1475725647053950977 | 1475725647053950977 |
| The wizards who created social media platforms struggle, | 2021-12-27 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1475474913213304832 | 1475474913213304832 |
| Knowing too much about other people doesn't add value, | 2021-12-27 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1475341346101612545 | 1475341346101612545 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-12-24 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474443567649083394 | 1474443567649083394 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-12-17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471926823940333568 | 1471926823940333568 |
| Known by the company he keeps - RFK Jr, Flynn, Stone. | 2021-12-16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471363024229322752 | 1471363024229322752 |
| There's big money in big lies! | 2021-12-12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470119232721408002 | 1470119232721408002 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-12-11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469524881788133376 | 1469524881788133376 |
| Is selling advertising more profitable than selling | 2021-12-10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469355522197393408 | 1469355522197393408 |
| The social media business model is inherently anti-social. | 2021-12-10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469352636927266816 | 1469352636927266816 |
| Too many uncomfortable facts turn people toward | 2021-12-10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469341730495365120 | 1469341730495365120 |
| Another dream of fast internet riches through social media. | 2021-12-05 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1467493580759609347 | 1467493580759609347 |
| That was the week than wasn't! | 2021-12-03 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466890768157605888 | 1466890768157605888 |
| One reason there are so many cute animal videos on social | 2021-12-03 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466627331003326468 | 1466627331003326468 |
| Trying to define a get-rich-quick business model for | 2021-12-03 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466619980280074241 | 1466619980280074241 |
| Need more disinformation? Learn Spanish! | 2021-11-29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1465316249487884296 | 1465316249487884296 |
| Don't gloat over the deaths of ordinary people. Save | 2021-11-29 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1465143234582093827 | 1465143234582093827 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-11-26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1464368010387279872 | 1464368010387279872 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-11-19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461819579659788289 | 1461819579659788289 |
| The Democratic messaging problem - too much fairness. | 2021-11-18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461147536769511431 | 1461147536769511431 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-11-12 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459246878525038592 | 1459246878525038592 |
| “There is nothing more expensive than something free” | 2021-11-10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458309019471253506 | 1458309019471253506 |
| There's more money in simple disinformation than | 2021-11-10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458227038737731585 | 1458227038737731585 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-11-05 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456694954474967043 | 1456694954474967043 |
| Smartmatic sues Newsmax and OAN for defamation. | 2021-11-05 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456457788113096706 | 1456457788113096706 |
| Where does climate disinformation agitprop come from? The | 2021-11-04 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456125565296021504 | 1456125565296021504 |
| Sure social media don't help people understand different | 2021-11-02 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455372702840082434 | 1455372702840082434 |
| Facebook beat Wall Street earnings estimates and declared | 2021-11-02 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455358634259410948 | 1455358634259410948 |
| wikipedia - how the internet was originally supposed | 2021-10-31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454688716467752966 | 1454688716467752966 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-10-29 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454164845956268032 | 1454164845956268032 |
| What little election fraud the GOP claimed to have found | 2021-10-26 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452791022216310790 | 1452791022216310790 |
| Facebook Papers | 2021-10-25 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452774325220626434 | 1452774325220626434 |
| What Facebook really doesn't want to recognize is that | 2021-10-25 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452773778417537025 | 1452773778417537025 |
| Facebook had its own insurrection. | 2021-10-23 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451767144828456962 | 1451767144828456962 |
| Confirming what everybody already knew - social media | 2021-10-22 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451608919801950209 | 1451608919801950209 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-10-22 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451605390836178947 | 1451605390836178947 |
| Perfecting an internet for state security - converting | 2021-10-22 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451599906511065091 | 1451599906511065091 |
| "Facebook does not comment on rumor or speculation" It | 2021-10-22 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451556253088378884 | 1451556253088378884 |
| There are still a few bugs to work out! | 2021-10-21 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451254126877151252 | 1451254126877151252 |
| Since Facebook is for old people, the Z's moved to TikTok. | 2021-10-15 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449152533570588673 | 1449152533570588673 |
| Fake online reviews are actually illegal! | 2021-10-15 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449149391227396099 | 1449149391227396099 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-10-15 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449130108048924673 | 1449130108048924673 |
| Congratulations Fox on your anniversary - they'll see you | 2021-10-13 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448172221441064962 | 1448172221441064962 |
| How ATT funds Trumpist agitprop on OAN - | 2021-10-10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1447217337745108994 | 1447217337745108994 |
| Body image anxiety isn't new, but social media amplifies | 2021-10-09 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446815678728601603 | 1446815678728601603 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-10-08 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446568592149925888 | 1446568592149925888 |
| Americans agree there's lots of disinformation | 2021-10-08 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446508410258612228 | 1446508410258612228 |
| The myth that better communication media bring people | 2021-10-07 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446217881843220517 | 1446217881843220517 |
| Fear, outrage, and fantasy sell way better than optimism | 2021-10-07 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446203267222949888 | 1446203267222949888 |
| The Ministry of Truth for minority rule in general and | 2021-10-06 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445874982647595010 | 1445874982647595010 |
| You can get fake versions of anything on the internet. | 2021-10-05 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445210702650568709 | 1445210702650568709 |
| Has Facebook peaked? | 2021-10-05 | 223 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445187350737215492 | 1445187350737215492 |
| Many businesses learned today what happens when your | 2021-10-05 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445182755495559175 | 1445182755495559175 |
| Danger! Legislators are beginning to ask intelligent | 2021-10-04 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445132141084381187 | 1445132141084381187 |
| Who can sue whom, and where, for social media comments? | 2021-10-04 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445131403302035462 | 1445131403302035462 |
| No need to check the politicalscrapbook Facebook page. | 2021-10-04 | 302 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1445092861419024388 | 1445092861419024388 |
| The social media business model works most profitably | 2021-10-04 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444854677401583617 | 1444854677401583617 |
| More on Ozy's attempt to fake it until you make it | 2021-10-04 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444835558111412231 | 1444835558111412231 |
| Fake it until you make it! | 2021-10-03 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444760197612781571 | 1444760197612781571 |
| Trumpists don't have to comply with court orders - Trump | 2021-10-03 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444759215382228995 | 1444759215382228995 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-10-02 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1444157217171673090 | 1444157217171673090 |
| youtube tries to stop the tsunami of superstition. | 2021-09-30 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443422923205734407 | 1443422923205734407 |
| Next step - only government-run social media. | 2021-09-30 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443393424590192645 | 1443393424590192645 |
| Multi-level-marketing and social media were made for | 2021-09-29 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443282612932411392 | 1443282612932411392 |
| How to get rich on social media. | 2021-09-27 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442634431164928003 | 1442634431164928003 |
| Disinformation for hire. | 2021-09-27 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442632675760566273 | 1442632675760566273 |
| More of the week that wasn't. | 2021-09-24 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441532623893848066 | 1441532623893848066 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-09-24 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1441519976825823236 | 1441519976825823236 |
| Facebook strikes back against unfavorable news. | 2021-09-22 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1440568651506094092 | 1440568651506094092 |
| There's good money in lies and conspiracies! | 2021-09-20 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439983680944939009 | 1439983680944939009 |
| Co-opting the revolution - for reality TV? | 2021-09-19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439617031511240706 | 1439617031511240706 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-09-17 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438983855260635138 | 1438983855260635138 |
| Who pays for the internet, and how? | 2021-09-17 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438979066237882370 | 1438979066237882370 |
| Capitalism at work - profits come first and last. | 2021-09-17 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438696892947337227 | 1438696892947337227 |
| More Not Real News | 2021-09-10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1436396507616329736 | 1436396507616329736 |
| More on the toxic fallout of 9/11 - | 2021-09-09 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1436008490552549376 | 1436008490552549376 |
| How would it be reported today? | 2021-09-05 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1434493812110286853 | 1434493812110286853 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-09-03 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1433860353603956741 | 1433860353603956741 |
| That was the week that wasn't. Don't have any facts to | 2021-08-27 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1431301394959458305 | 1431301394959458305 |
| "He always wanted to be famous" | 2021-08-27 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1431076393618591746 | 1431076393618591746 |
| How can the reactionary media do their job of rousing the | 2021-08-27 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1431074924156764161 | 1431074924156764161 |
| That was the week that wasn't - a big week for doctored | 2021-08-24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1430174471659442179 | 1430174471659442179 |
| Peddle nonsense long enough and you start to believe | 2021-08-18 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1427835311543885826 | 1427835311543885826 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-08-13 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1426270995057315843 | 1426270995057315843 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-08-07 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1423797677578330116 | 1423797677578330116 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-07-30 | 432 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1421195548120391684 | 1421195548120391684 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-07-25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1419292845471453190 | 1419292845471453190 |
| Nothing else works half as well. | 2021-07-19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417255621729030152 | 1417255621729030152 |
| So what if lots of people die prematurely? There's big | 2021-07-19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417132142765625350 | 1417132142765625350 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-07-18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416647206866612224 | 1416647206866612224 |
| Tucker Carlson is almost right! Elitists are using race | 2021-07-17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416390978403848192 | 1416390978403848192 |
| "The process is the punishment" | 2021-07-16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415863945278025729 | 1415863945278025729 |
| "Did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020?" | 2021-07-15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415540333702643712 | 1415540333702643712 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-07-10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413842120058621958 | 1413842120058621958 |
| Trump's social media lawsuits are a fund-raising gimmick. | 2021-07-09 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413355211138027528 | 1413355211138027528 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-07-02 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1411069111698821122 | 1411069111698821122 |
| How can social media companies SEEM to do something | 2021-07-02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410761676572430340 | 1410761676572430340 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-06-25 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1408512729535574018 | 1408512729535574018 |
| More of the week that wasn't. | 2021-06-19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1406258521545404417 | 1406258521545404417 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-06-19 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1406257785055059972 | 1406257785055059972 |
| That was the news that wasn't - NYT version | 2021-06-19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1406229983522029572 | 1406229983522029572 |
| That was the week that wasn't! | 2021-06-12 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403503337333399560 | 1403503337333399560 |
| That was the week that wasn't | 2021-06-04 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400915164568834053 | 1400915164568834053 |
| The Golden Rule - he who has the gold, makes the rules. | 2021-06-03 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400464267711639560 | 1400464267711639560 |
| Since he wants to succeed Trump, he'll have to out-lie | 2021-06-03 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1400461764962054153 | 1400461764962054153 |
| Fox "News" noticed cult of personality outrage got much | 2021-05-28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398357412654944256 | 1398357412654944256 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-05-28 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398353669595172865 | 1398353669595172865 |
| Who cares if it's true, or who it hurts, if it gets YOU | 2021-05-24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396932479504699392 | 1396932479504699392 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2021-05-22 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396082754161311746 | 1396082754161311746 |
| That was the week that wasn't! | 2021-05-16 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1393924392246075392 | 1393924392246075392 |
| Beghazi, Clinton emails, and the Arizona election. | 2021-05-16 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1393922515769053187 | 1393922515769053187 |
| Fact vs fantasy instead of Democrats vs GOP. Big money | 2021-05-14 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1393196735703379973 | 1393196735703379973 |
| Why don't they all go back to their home country? | 2021-05-13 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392929143637962755 | 1392929143637962755 |
| Foxitis? | 2021-05-13 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392927652755820545 | 1392927652755820545 |
| That was the week that wasn't! | 2021-05-09 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1391382131633319941 | 1391382131633319941 |
| Say what you want about DeSantis - he certainly understands | 2021-05-07 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390470683021381634 | 1390470683021381634 |
| The noisy silence of the Trumpists! | 2021-05-06 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390369626500911104 | 1390369626500911104 |
| How to lose money in the Trumpist media world. | 2021-05-06 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390360585477378048 | 1390360585477378048 |
| How you can try to make money in the Trumpist media world. | 2021-05-06 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390360298880520193 | 1390360298880520193 |
| What Trump would not be able to get from his own platform | 2021-05-06 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390161367403929600 | 1390161367403929600 |
| Trump hasn't changed his behavior so why should social | 2021-05-06 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390153593110503432 | 1390153593110503432 |
| Does anybody believe that Trump and his minions will | 2021-05-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389075324483239938 | 1389075324483239938 |
| Forget it and move on? Cover politicians that brazenly | 2021-05-03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389028173824749570 | 1389028173824749570 |
| This week in mythology. | 2021-04-30 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388267502627549184 | 1388267502627549184 |
| Nothing new about fake news about vaccines. | 2021-04-29 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387557985463857158 | 1387557985463857158 |
| For lasting change, destroy the business model that feeds | 2021-04-28 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387553071492788224 | 1387553071492788224 |
| Minority rule has always been based on big lies to deceive | 2021-04-28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387539519746973698 | 1387539519746973698 |
| Why does the Trumpist media bother posting corrections? | 2021-04-28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387409152679452677 | 1387409152679452677 |
| It's all about the ratings! Who cares if it's true? | 2021-04-28 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387292064212131843 | 1387292064212131843 |
| Who cares whether it was true? Nobody reads Trumpist | 2021-04-28 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387289812596445186 | 1387289812596445186 |
| This week in mythology. | 2021-04-25 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386455919362334723 | 1386455919362334723 |
| How to be a social media big shot and slave driver. | 2021-04-23 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385387419889901574 | 1385387419889901574 |
| Pandemics in medicine and media spread alike! | 2021-04-14 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1382333188169625600 | 1382333188169625600 |
| Tucker Carlson is a Fox ratings superstar! Why would | 2021-04-12 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381739368453304321 | 1381739368453304321 |
| John Boehner tried to talk sense and responsibility into | 2021-04-12 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381456390720380934 | 1381456390720380934 |
| "Conspiracy theory without the theory"! | 2021-04-09 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380368028303388673 | 1380368028303388673 |
| Who's really in charge at Fox? | 2021-04-05 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378931436804206593 | 1378931436804206593 |
| Old news or new? | 2021-04-04 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378588008245456902 | 1378588008245456902 |
| This week in mythology. | 2021-04-03 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378337437231894535 | 1378337437231894535 |
| Green light for more media consolidation. | 2021-04-02 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378039216580390912 | 1378039216580390912 |
| Revive the Fairness Doctrine for ALL media. The | 2021-03-29 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376604151384141824 | 1376604151384141824 |
| A private platform is ideal for Trump. No dissenting | 2021-03-26 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375572714044334080 | 1375572714044334080 |
| This week in mythology. | 2021-03-26 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375564126370492416 | 1375564126370492416 |
| 1.6 billion. Even the Murdochs will notice that. | 2021-03-26 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375435510554894337 | 1375435510554894337 |
| Militias still thriving on social media. | 2021-03-26 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375243564326678533 | 1375243564326678533 |
| How big a business is selling ads to fake people? | 2021-03-25 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374910122107969538 | 1374910122107969538 |
| The future of social media? | 2021-03-25 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374879395261734914 | 1374879395261734914 |
| You can't be "neutral". | 2021-03-25 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374877947723587587 | 1374877947723587587 |
| For all their efforts, social media are not making much | 2021-03-23 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374503147440201731 | 1374503147440201731 |
| Attacking the business model of social media! | 2021-03-19 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372976366686117890 | 1372976366686117890 |
| Just a few vaccine-hesitants fuel the majority of the | 2021-03-16 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1371687704807706624 | 1371687704807706624 |
| So GOP men who listen to Fox News are the problem? | 2021-03-14 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1371122972136706050 | 1371122972136706050 |
| This week's mythology. | 2021-03-13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370595687914598401 | 1370595687914598401 |
| Social media making little progress against harmful | 2021-03-12 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370369293582405641 | 1370369293582405641 |
| Hogwashing reality in America. | 2021-03-12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370218475231191040 | 1370218475231191040 |
| Russia tries to control Twitter. | 2021-03-10 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369659806626181123 | 1369659806626181123 |
| Fox no longer pretending to be anything but an | 2021-03-09 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369431782056222721 | 1369431782056222721 |
| Paxton likes to take attention off his legal problems by | 2021-03-09 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369165039937019905 | 1369165039937019905 |
| If anybody can sue social media for anything, then | 2021-03-07 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368624381119791106 | 1368624381119791106 |
| Who's spreading all the propaganda in Spanish? Who pays | 2021-03-07 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368574819390824448 | 1368574819390824448 |
| This week in mythology! | 2021-03-06 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368005509530329090 | 1368005509530329090 |
| A perfect fit for Fox! | 2021-03-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367253003607019523 | 1367253003607019523 |
| No difference between Fox and CPAC! | 2021-03-02 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366623642415632387 | 1366623642415632387 |
| More tweets that never were. | 2021-02-26 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365412599823654915 | 1365412599823654915 |
| SIFT through the noise. | 2021-02-18 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362488759254589440 | 1362488759254589440 |
| "Trump is pretty much the second coming of Limbaugh" | 2021-02-18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362475379236036613 | 1362475379236036613 |
| Rush tells the truth! | 2021-02-18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362411658845503502 | 1362411658845503502 |
| "How do you encourage humanity and authenticity in an | 2021-02-18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362256232959025162 | 1362256232959025162 |
| Rush Limbaugh was a fountainhead of Trumpism. The ruling | 2021-02-18 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362238439458934789 | 1362238439458934789 |
| The essence of right-wing entertainment personalities - | 2021-02-18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362205646024630275 | 1362205646024630275 |
| A Trumpist internet! | 2021-02-17 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362056046282371077 | 1362056046282371077 |
| When will it end? | 2021-02-16 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361677643439988742 | 1361677643439988742 |
| Parler is back. | 2021-02-15 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361438112568676353 | 1361438112568676353 |
| Nothing is true and everything is possible! | 2021-02-15 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1361367893229768704 | 1361367893229768704 |
| Money talks at Fox! | 2021-02-15 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1361174587057213443 | 1361174587057213443 |
| What happens when techno-nerds spend too much time talking | 2021-02-14 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360818522356506628 | 1360818522356506628 |
| Of course he lies like a Trumpist! | 2021-02-13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360393172971524100 | 1360393172971524100 |
| This week's American Mythology. | 2021-02-13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360386837420724224 | 1360386837420724224 |
| "for four years, the most powerful senior citizen in the | 2021-02-11 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359927220525957125 | 1359927220525957125 |
| Essentials of modern dictatorship - control of ALL the | 2021-02-11 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359874416931266564 | 1359874416931266564 |
| Talk radio as a game of brinkmanship | 2021-02-11 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359687891207606276 | 1359687891207606276 |
| There is no remedy for sewage media - | 2021-02-11 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359684335478034437 | 1359684335478034437 |
| How should we regulate surveillance capitalism? | 2021-02-10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359314584302092289 | 1359314584302092289 |
| Is civil litigation the right way to drain the media swamp? | 2021-02-07 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1358294317069074432 | 1358294317069074432 |
| Fox Business decides to clean up its act to avoid legal | 2021-02-06 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357855336464437248 | 1357855336464437248 |
| This week's fake news. | 2021-02-06 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357849017942646785 | 1357849017942646785 |
| Once you let the crazies take over your site, there's | 2021-02-05 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357757986240819205 | 1357757986240819205 |
| This could get expensive! | 2021-02-04 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357402662031876096 | 1357402662031876096 |
| We're all victims of the attention economy! | 2021-02-04 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357393241163747330 | 1357393241163747330 |
| China increasing social media tactics to further foreign | 2021-02-04 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357385131137241089 | 1357385131137241089 |
| Trump outlets try to come to terms with reality - and | 2021-02-03 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356804632064847873 | 1356804632064847873 |
| Online mobs - part of the new normal. | 2021-01-31 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355962985353601027 | 1355962985353601027 |
| Fake news this week! | 2021-01-30 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355405900907864068 | 1355405900907864068 |
| No place to hide! | 2021-01-28 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1354806889561821193 | 1354806889561821193 |
| Trust-bust Twitter! | 2021-01-28 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354802699280113666 | 1354802699280113666 |
| How oligarchy works | 2021-01-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354446316638597121 | 1354446316638597121 |
| Podcasts - the new frontier for disinformation! | 2021-01-27 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354445729972981760 | 1354445729972981760 |
| The Trumpist propaganda media haven't surrendered! | 2021-01-20 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352026954157854723 | 1352026954157854723 |
| It's too hard to control the media if there are too many | 2021-01-20 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352000609260474368 | 1352000609260474368 |
| Does Trump really exist without Twitter? | 2021-01-19 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1351327711508107265 | 1351327711508107265 |
| Like Trump, Fox never apologizes or admits a mistake, | 2021-01-18 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1351012303160954882 | 1351012303160954882 |
| The rioters are after journalists too. Just like in | 2021-01-17 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350689093017956353 | 1350689093017956353 |
| Just as television was thought of as a wonderful way to | 2021-01-15 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350221973419278336 | 1350221973419278336 |
| Social media was influenced by the libertarian fallacy | 2021-01-15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349953472788008960 | 1349953472788008960 |
| Trump tweets - some are lost without them. Others | 2021-01-15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349945343345999872 | 1349945343345999872 |
| Using social media to set up for violence. | 2021-01-14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349757463185113088 | 1349757463185113088 |
| How social media work. You want affirmation? Just | 2021-01-14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349734907493249025 | 1349734907493249025 |
| How can you get the profit motivation out of spreading | 2021-01-14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349568032918519810 | 1349568032918519810 |
| Whether the big social media companies are broken up or | 2021-01-12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348840341550501889 | 1348840341550501889 |
| What's the talk radio business model now? If big | 2021-01-11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348625345742655489 | 1348625345742655489 |
| What is the First Amendment right to free speech? | 2021-01-11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348504695057178625 | 1348504695057178625 |
| Why couldn't Trump get the same kind of media coverage | 2021-01-11 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348447004825767936 | 1348447004825767936 |
| Fox isn't changing a thing! | 2021-01-11 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348439344747450370 | 1348439344747450370 |
| The great thing about social media, vs television, is that | 2021-01-11 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348422469913219074 | 1348422469913219074 |
| Where can Trump tweet? And if Congress repeals 230, | 2021-01-10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348156068677906432 | 1348156068677906432 |
| A landmark for the tweeter-in-chief. | 2021-01-09 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347893910375342080 | 1347893910375342080 |
| Dlive is the place to make money off violence! | 2021-01-09 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347796606704226308 | 1347796606704226308 |
| Is Trump an influencer or is he the platform itself? | 2021-01-09 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347795255349809154 | 1347795255349809154 |
| Parler will have to get along without the Apple Store. | 2021-01-09 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347793403690373123 | 1347793403690373123 |
| Is liberty possible in the internet age? Xi says no - | 2021-01-09 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347722351069196288 | 1347722351069196288 |
| Twitter bans Trump permanently. | 2021-01-08 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347692638640640001 | 1347692638640640001 |
| "They weren't really Trumpists" most popular myth this | 2021-01-08 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347634010541867009 | 1347634010541867009 |
| Fox - still guilty | 2021-01-08 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347553224388005888 | 1347553224388005888 |
| Thiessen blames Trump - but also the mainstream media. | 2021-01-08 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347332430433198080 | 1347332430433198080 |
| Is freedom of speech still possible - published just before | 2021-01-07 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347315806976163842 | 1347315806976163842 |
| Facebook finally acts - when it seems safe for Facebook. | 2021-01-07 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347225156469460992 | 1347225156469460992 |
| By their fruits shall ye know them! | 2021-01-07 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347024678368382976 | 1347024678368382976 |
| Twitter had enough of Trump! | 2021-01-07 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346979997328674820 | 1346979997328674820 |
| Reactionary media try to make the best of a bad situation. | 2021-01-05 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346250341285646336 | 1346250341285646336 |
| Just make up stuff! | 2021-01-01 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344800508888846336 | 1344800508888846336 |
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========== “The value of true modesty or humility is hard to sustain in an attention economy.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/michael-goldhaber-internet.html Thus the attention economy undermines every significant spiritual tradition. The brazen and narcissistic can gain vast power very quickly. #PS1media ===== impress 22 time 2021-12-31 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476763099596165121 ========== The population as a whole is losing interest in politics. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-presidential-elections-arts-and-entertainment-7cc91db0950a8e7e7bcf50d5d23dfc26 That's good news for the GOP - the less attention on their real agenda, the better. But it's bad news for GOP cable - Fox, Newsmax, OAN - whose ratings depend on political controversy. #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-28 07:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475725647053950977 ========== The wizards who created social media platforms struggle, as the wizards who exploit social media platforms are always a step ahead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/23/facebook-meta-2021-threat-report/ You don't fully understand a technological advance until others figure out how to abuse it. #PS1media ===== impress 42 time 2021-12-27 14:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475474913213304832 ========== Knowing too much about other people doesn't add value, it subtracts it. But the business model of social media is based on learning too much and getting emotional. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/opinion/facebook-social-media-problems.html #PS1media ===== impress 58 time 2021-12-27 05:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475341346101612545 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-technology-health-business-5055e4eaa720b02a86e09500776f0950 #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-12-24 18:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474443567649083394 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-ap-fact-check-media-f3740a63e00c7fa7c583c60ed91d4e2a Who makes these up? Some people for fun, others for profit. It's a steady job. #PS1media ===== impress 18 time 2021-12-17 19:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471926823940333568 ========== Known by the company he keeps - RFK Jr, Flynn, Stone. There's big money in paranoid fantasy! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-health-public-health-4997be1bcf591fe8b7f1f90d16c9321e Where does all that money come from? #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-12-16 06:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471363024229322752 ========== There's big money in big lies! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/08/opinion-spinning-journalistic-fraud-into-ratings-gold/ Reactionary media stars try their best to prove that the masses are too stupid to be allowed to govern themselves - "democracy" must be "guided" - by the minority ruling class. #PS1media ===== impress 17 time 2021-12-12 19:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470119232721408002 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-social-media-media-c260faa27b6e0abe749bd50957fc413d #PS1media ===== impress 29 time 2021-12-11 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469524881788133376 ========== Is selling advertising more profitable than selling merchandise? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/08/amazon-search-results-ftc-complaint/ All sorts of internet companies think so. #PS1media ===== impress 20 time 2021-12-10 17:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469355522197393408 ========== The social media business model is inherently anti-social. And pro-propagandist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/10/twitter-turmoil-spaces/ #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-10 17:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469352636927266816 ========== Too many uncomfortable facts turn people toward superstition. It's nice to have a simple theory of everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/10/omicron-misinformation/ And plenty of foreign and domestic actors have an interest in undermining the rational Enlightenment basis of American democracy. #PS1media ===== impress 21 time 2021-12-10 16:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469341730495365120 ========== Another dream of fast internet riches through social media. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-business-media-social-media-51cb0cf43864875390f2cec958273e2a Other people's money! #PS1media ===== impress 17 time 2021-12-05 13:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467493580759609347 ========== That was the week than wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-kyle-rittenhouse-ghislaine-maxwell-sports-entertainment-7ffe13c23d14043f69beb77f88309809 #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-03 22:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466890768157605888 ========== One reason there are so many cute animal videos on social media - many are there to lure people to disinformation sites like Falun Gong's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/technology/misinformation-cute-cats-online.html #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-03 04:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466627331003326468 ========== Trying to define a get-rich-quick business model for Twitter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/30/twitters-challenge-after-dorsey-misery-may-love-company-its-tough-monetize/ #PS1media ===== impress 19 time 2021-12-03 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466619980280074241 ========== Need more disinformation? Learn Spanish! https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-entertainment-health-lifestyle-334d779a4ec41aa0eef9ea80636f9595 The social media companies seem to be unable or unwilling to do much. Other languages are probably worse. #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-11-29 13:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465316249487884296 ========== Don't gloat over the deaths of ordinary people. Save your scorn for the politicians and media personalities who know better but disseminate lies for personal gain. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/style/anti-vaccine-deaths-social-media.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1549382178739629 #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 likes 1 time 2021-11-29 02:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465143234582093827 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-ghislaine-maxwell-business-health-social-media-7693d04d8439d626f0e8955bb10877f1 #PS1media ===== impress 29 time 2021-11-26 22:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1464368010387279872 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-business-health-ap-fact-check-baa0c6b226654d0ce2e78e80f85f12cb #PS1media ===== impress 20 time 2021-11-19 22:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461819579659788289 ========== The Democratic messaging problem - too much fairness. You'd never see that on Fox, much less Newsmax or OAN. https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/jackie-calmes-yes-democrats-have-a-messaging-problem-the-bigger-problem-is-who-has-the/article_f2e5a449-f9be-5674-890d-d9688545ee88.html Mainstream media are journalists; reactionary media are propagandists. #PS1media ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-18 01:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461147536769511431 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-social-media-ap-fact-check-e10e6f1eba29d3363327b4ffc4577839 #PS1media ===== impress 82 time 2021-11-12 19:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459246878525038592 ========== “There is nothing more expensive than something free” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/09/we-can-fix-facebook-its-going-cost-us/ #PS1media ===== impress 19 time 2021-11-10 05:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458309019471253506 ========== There's more money in simple disinformation than complicated information. Compare Fox and PBS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/09/maga-denialism-covid-19-is-killing-its-adherents/ And there's the money comes from those with an interest in dividing the masses against themselves, and in weakening American social cohesion. #PS1media ===== impress 29 time 2021-11-10 00:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458227038737731585 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-soccer-sports-business-health-bde890db6b8e40bb2e26ece0c468000c Never a dull week in the media propaganda business! #PS1media ===== impress 119 time 2021-11-05 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456694954474967043 ========== Smartmatic sues Newsmax and OAN for defamation. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/business/media/smartmatic-newsmax-oan.html They've already sued Fox. Dominion has also sued them all, as well as individuals. Is "just reporting what prominent people say" an adequate defense if you know what they say is false? #PS1media ===== impress 116 time 2021-11-05 03:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456457788113096706 ========== Where does climate disinformation agitprop come from? The usual suspects - Breitbart, Russia Today, oil companies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/02/facebook-climate-change-misinformation-breitbart/ #PS1media ===== impress 97 time 2021-11-04 05:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456125565296021504 ========== Sure social media don't help people understand different viewpoints, and the business model depends on provoking conflict, but the internet itself seems to be incapable of understanding differences. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/opinion/facebook-social-media-problems.html This was obvious on USENET 35 years ago. #PS1media ===== impress 35 time 2021-11-02 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455372702840082434 ========== Facebook beat Wall Street earnings estimates and declared a $50 billion stock buyback to reward investors https://www.investopedia.com/facebook-q3-fy2021-earnings-report-recap-5207097 but failed at ethics on anti-vax https://apnews.com/article/the-facebook-papers-covid-vaccine-misinformation-c8bbc569be7cc2ca583dadb4236a0613 in India https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-media-religion-9255fdedb5e238bd3ec74781f50d35f4 #PS1media ===== impress 33 time 2021-11-02 02:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455358634259410948 ========== wikipedia - how the internet was originally supposed to work before the big bucks media and government realized the internet could be a profitable medium of entertainment-propaganda and personal surveillance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-john-eastman-editing/2021/10/28/f2d61bea-35fd-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 32 time 2021-10-31 05:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454688716467752966 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-media-religion-9b66d10902eba09336268d9bc5d1943a #PS1media ===== impress 46 time 2021-10-29 19:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454164845956268032 ========== What little election fraud the GOP claimed to have found seems to have been from their own voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/25/trump-team-fox-news-alleged-dead-voters-most-cases-were-either-debunked-or-actually-involved-republicans/ Fox will go on reporting the lies, because they believe in their hearts - that it's good for their ratings. #PS1media ===== impress 56 time 2021-10-26 00:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452791022216310790 ========== Facebook Papers https://apnews.com/article/what-are-the-facebook-papers-10e59530a699db5345ac3931509778b2 #PS1media ===== impress 46 time 2021-10-25 23:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452774325220626434 ========== What Facebook really doesn't want to recognize is that negative content provides the profits for social media. Remember it started out as a platform for males to compare female classmates on looks. https://apnews.com/article/the-facebook-papers-whistleblower-misinfo-trafficking-64f11ccae637cdfb7a89e049c5095dca More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525982281079619 #PS1media ===== impress 51 time 2021-10-25 23:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452773778417537025 ========== Facebook had its own insurrection. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-business-social-media-media-87cc5087fc653539811ee87ed79464f5 #PS1media ===== impress 55 time 2021-10-23 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451767144828456962 ========== Confirming what everybody already knew - social media that maximizes engagement is a much bigger benefit for "conservative" fantasy content than "liberal" factual content. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/22/twitter-algorithm-right-leaning/ That's also why Fox has much better ratings than NPR. #PS1media ===== impress 78 time 2021-10-22 17:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451608919801950209 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-social-media-0a7d0b5708363bf15e60ba4ad832bfb8 #PS1media ===== impress 80 time 2021-10-22 17:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451605390836178947 ========== Perfecting an internet for state security - converting what was a confederation of independent printing presses into channels for propaganda and surveillance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/russia-internet-censorship-putin.html The technology will be profitably sold to other governments with similar goals. #PS1media ===== impress 83 time 2021-10-22 17:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451599906511065091 ========== "Facebook does not comment on rumor or speculation" It only spreads them on its global platforms. But now it's looking for new worlds to conquer. Just in case social media get regulated into unprofitability? https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/tech/facebook-name-change/index.html #PS1media ===== impress 82 time 2021-10-22 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451556253088378884 ========== There are still a few bugs to work out! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/21/trump-truth-social-fake-accounts/ But mostly Trump is unclear on the concept - Trumpists don't want to talk only to each other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/trump-social-media-political/ But like other fantasy-based media, it's mainly a platform for selling stuff. #PS1media ===== impress 80 time 2021-10-21 18:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451254126877151252 ========== Since Facebook is for old people, the Z's moved to TikTok. Now the question is, how can they sell more ads and generate more commerce while still maintaining the veneer of authenticity? https://apnews.com/article/business-d03b6021d7a8e64f9a2978e6d2b8fde6 #PS1media ===== impress 103 time 2021-10-15 23:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449152533570588673 ========== Fake online reviews are actually illegal! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-media-social-media-federal-trade-commission-66952342602efdac6c24fbc5cdf3fa3d FTC could nip a budding industry in the bud. They'd better become major GOP donors quickly. #PS1media ===== impress 107 time 2021-10-15 23:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449149391227396099 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-ap-fact-check-media-569714f738fb7d857e93e2594777d596 #PS1media ===== impress 86 time 2021-10-15 21:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449130108048924673 ========== Congratulations Fox on your anniversary - they'll see you in court about what you've been doing the last 25 years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/09/fox-news-25th-anniversary-big-lie/ If Smartmatic and Dominion prevail, others might jump in. #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-10-13 06:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448172221441064962 ========== How ATT funds Trumpist agitprop on OAN - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/one-america-news-herring-trump-reuters/2021/10/08/b439a2f8-283d-11ec-8d53-67cfb452aa60_story.html Trump likes OAN better than Fox because its support never varies no matter what the facts. Unlike Fox, OAN doesn't separate reporting and opinion. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/ #PS1media ===== engage 2 engage-rate 10% impress 20 likes 1 time 2021-10-10 15:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447217337745108994 ========== Body image anxiety isn't new, but social media amplifies it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/instagram-teen-girls-mental-health.html Just like it amplifies everything. #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2021-10-09 12:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446815678728601603 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-social-media-b0c5633662b18765458d7abfe9203708 #PS1media ===== impress 49 time 2021-10-08 20:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446568592149925888 ========== Americans agree there's lots of disinformation https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-health-misinformation-fbe9d09024d7b92e1600e411d5f931dd But there's a lot of money to be made in disinformation, as these chiropractors demonstrate - https://apnews.com/article/anti-virus-chiropractors-rising-force-misinformation-02b347767b45cab1d6d532be03c57529 #PS1media ===== impress 51 time 2021-10-08 16:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446508410258612228 ========== The myth that better communication media bring people together. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254783607.html It wasn't true for printed newspapers - and it's not true for social media. For that matter, it wasn't true for shouting. It's easier to shout war chants than lullabies. #PS1media ===== impress 77 time 2021-10-07 20:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446217881843220517 ========== Fear, outrage, and fantasy sell way better than optimism and rationality. The tabloids, cable TV, and social media built their business models on stirring emotions rather than intellect. Facts were never necessary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/05/fear-sells-dark-times-america-needs-courage/ #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 80 time 2021-10-07 19:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446203267222949888 ========== The Ministry of Truth for minority rule in general and Trumpism in particular. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/05/stephanie-grisham-fox-state-news/ #PS1media ===== impress 192 time 2021-10-06 22:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445874982647595010 ========== You can get fake versions of anything on the internet. But how can you tell which is which? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/04/online-shopping/ There may yet be a place for in-person bricks-and-mortar retail stores. #PS1media ===== impress 217 time 2021-10-05 02:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445210702650568709 ========== Has Facebook peaked? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/technology/facebook-files.html Is it destined to become the preferred platform of the AARP, at least when it's having a good day? #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 223 time 2021-10-05 00:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445187350737215492 ========== Many businesses learned today what happens when your platform goes down. It's good to have a Plan B. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1 #PS1media ===== impress 207 time 2021-10-05 00:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445182755495559175 ========== Danger! Legislators are beginning to ask intelligent questions about social media. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-media-ohio-congress-02c339d34cf38e8ed4d697472926feaa #PS1media ===== impress 124 time 2021-10-04 21:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445132141084381187 ========== Who can sue whom, and where, for social media comments? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/technology/facebook-australia-comments.html Be careful, the law is evolving rapidly. #PS1media ===== impress 140 time 2021-10-04 20:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445131403302035462 ========== No need to check the politicalscrapbook Facebook page. You can't. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-8b9d3862ed957029e545182a595fdce1 #PS1media ===== engage 6 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 302 time 2021-10-04 18:26 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445092861419024388 ========== The social media business model works most profitably by heightening emotional involvement in a positive feedback loop, to increase screen time and thus exposure to advertising. It's hard to see how to change that in a free market. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-business-misinformation-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213 #PS1media ===== impress 143 time 2021-10-04 02:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444854677401583617 ========== More on Ozy's attempt to fake it until you make it https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/business/media/ozy-media-investors.html #PS1media ===== impress 164 time 2021-10-04 01:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444835558111412231 ========== Fake it until you make it! https://apnews.com/article/business-media-795759da5d8412c78143938c647eabe8 Unless you "make it" to the top of the business crime page, like Theranos. #PS1media ===== impress 49 time 2021-10-03 20:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444760197612781571 ========== Trumpists don't have to comply with court orders - Trump doesn't so why should they? https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-shootings-austin-texas-education-7f41616ffbe55514c1370c19ce77558b Of course, if somehow they end up in trouble, they can expect no help from Trump. Other people's money, other people's jail time. #PS1media ===== impress 52 time 2021-10-03 20:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444759215382228995 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-entertainment-business-social-media-ap-fact-check-737ba5005d897d31ff5185574c9bf69d #PS1media ===== impress 45 time 2021-10-02 04:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444157217171673090 ========== youtube tries to stop the tsunami of superstition. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-misinformation-public-health-d68aa3f6f6bc44e36c77c33cff4a450a But its business model, like most social media, gets a lot more revenue from misinformation than information. #PS1media ===== impress 56 time 2021-09-30 03:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443422923205734407 ========== Next step - only government-run social media. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-business-health-games-ba88276e6f9089a3b9bc65fc19cc0880 #PS1media ===== impress 41 time 2021-09-30 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443393424590192645 ========== Multi-level-marketing and social media were made for each other. And for LDS stay-at-home wives. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/09/lularich-parents-parttime-work-american-economy/620211/ #PS1media ===== impress 80 time 2021-09-29 18:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443282612932411392 ========== How to get rich on social media. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/technology/joseph-mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html Invent a fake illness or condition and then sell fake goods pretending to prevent or cure it. There's a sucker born every minute. #PS1media ===== impress 393 time 2021-09-27 23:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442634431164928003 ========== Disinformation for hire. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html What do you want us to say and where should we say it? #PS1media ===== impress 400 time 2021-09-27 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442632675760566273 ========== More of the week that wasn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/24/how-tucker-carlson-twisted-2015-clip-biden-into-conspiracy-theory/ It's what you expect from Fox. #PS1media ===== impress 138 time 2021-09-24 22:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441532623893848066 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-courts-media-ad4686a400228dca7ebd50e87f7a9368 #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 147 time 2021-09-24 21:48 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441519976825823236 ========== Facebook strikes back against unfavorable news. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/zuckerberg-facebook-project-amplify.html It's what big organizations due to protect themselves. #PS1media ===== impress 49 time 2021-09-22 06:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440568651506094092 ========== There's good money in lies and conspiracies! https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/09/20/vaccine-lawsuits-thomas-renz-covid/ Very little experience needed! Just tell the gullible what they want to hear and count the money coming in. Let Trump be your model! #PS1media ===== impress 52 time 2021-09-20 16:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439983680944939009 ========== Co-opting the revolution - for reality TV? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article254237238.html This will certainly have the minority rulers shaking in their boots - from laughing all the way to the bank. #PS1media ===== impress 24 time 2021-09-19 15:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439617031511240706 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-joe-biden-california-recall-music-arts-and-entertainment-67dde2240ff5a3095e142608a7ef4709 #PS1media ===== impress 78 time 2021-09-17 21:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438983855260635138 ========== Who pays for the internet, and how? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/technology/digital-privacy.html So what business model is going to work now without causing privacy and security and anti-trust issues? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1499895963688251 #PS1media ===== impress 80 time 2021-09-17 21:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438979066237882370 ========== Capitalism at work - profits come first and last. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/16/facebook-files-internal-research-harms/ #PS1media ===== impress 82 time 2021-09-17 02:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438696892947337227 ========== More Not Real News https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/08/false-meme-nobel-laureate-did-not-say-ivermectin-cures-covid-19/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/09/larry-elders-false-misleading-claims-california-recall-race/ #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-09-10 18:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436396507616329736 ========== More on the toxic fallout of 9/11 - https://apnews.com/article/911-conspiracy-qanon-7d288d0678f5cc7425412931b0212009 bin Laden's greatest victory. He couldn't defeat America himself but he could get it to defeat itself. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 likes 1 time 2021-09-09 16:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436008490552549376 ========== How would it be reported today? https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-7ad26dae42c4eaf9588b019dc51de0e3 Not as well. #PS1media ===== impress 26 time 2021-09-05 12:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1434493812110286853 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-health-environment-and-nature-coronavirus-pandemic-bb00d5438a297b66e94efdcde4817443 #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-09-03 18:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433860353603956741 ========== That was the week that wasn't. Don't have any facts to support your argument? Just make some up! https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-159e27f31b4bae06755c578c4bdb1127 #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 57 time 2021-08-27 17:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431301394959458305 ========== "He always wanted to be famous" https://washingtonpost.com/politics/tucker-carlson/2021/07/13/398fa720-dd9f-11eb-a501-0e69b5d012e5_story.html Next maybe he wants to be president - like Trump but worse. Fox and Murdochs support him 100%. He has great ratings, which increases advertising rates, and making money is #1. Who cares how he does it? #PS1media ===== impress 99 time 2021-08-27 02:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431076393618591746 ========== How can the reactionary media do their job of rousing the rabble if they get sued for libel every time they repeat a lie? https://nytimes.com/2021/01/13/magazine/can-conservative-media-still-return-to-business-as-usual.html #PS1media ===== impress 64 time 2021-08-27 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431074924156764161 ========== That was the week that wasn't - a big week for doctored photos. https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-business-migration-ap-fact-check-cc8d608b6121c3ae15a7af36825a250d #PS1media ===== impress 31 time 2021-08-24 14:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1430174471659442179 ========== Peddle nonsense long enough and you start to believe it yourself. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/05/critics-pillow-magnates-latest-conspiracy-is-the-most-bizarre/ But it does undermine your credibility with everybody but the most credulous. Can you maintain a big business with a credulous customer base? #PS1media ===== impress 70 time 2021-08-18 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1427835311543885826 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-business-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-061a7e80b3d62597d9ec4ace6eaef2d5 #PS1media ===== impress 50 time 2021-08-13 19:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426270995057315843 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-health-business-coronavirus-pandemic-0b47352c810ae1579ca5cd9e52963aa1 Who pays people to make this stuff up, and why? Or is it for social media fame and fortune, to sell stuff? Or is it some dark satanic impulse to do evil just to watch the gullibles react? #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2021-08-07 00:06 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423797677578330116 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-ap-fact-check-philanthropy-ffee7d9e0107628d1a70b7d51d7fb9bb #PS1media ===== engage 7 engage-rate 2% expands 2 impress 432 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-07-30 19:46 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421195548120391684 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-joe-biden-business-health-30001e521bdb82ce8551544b4b0d7886 #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2021-07-25 13:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1419292845471453190 ========== Nothing else works half as well. https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/06/gettr-trump-social-network-hack-defaced/ Trump and Facebook were made for each other. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/opinion/sunday/zuckerberg-sandberg-facebook-trump.html #PS1media ===== impress 24 time 2021-07-19 22:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417255621729030152 ========== So what if lots of people die prematurely? There's big money to be made in disinformation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/18/biden-is-right-purveyors-vaccine-disinformation-are-killing-people/ Minority rule is based on lies from top to bottom to fool the masses, so why should this be different? #PS1media ===== impress 19 time 2021-07-19 14:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417132142765625350 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-science-government-and-politics-health-451e3778c208d575e27f2e74ab2ae853 #PS1media ===== impress 25 time 2021-07-18 06:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416647206866612224 ========== Tucker Carlson is almost right! Elitists are using race as a cover to exploit the masses! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html But the elitists in question are the major donors of the GOP. https://time.com/6080432/tucker-carlson-profile/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1457102151300966 #PS1media ===== impress 20 time 2021-07-17 13:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416390978403848192 ========== "The process is the punishment" A model for Trumpists everywhere! https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-business-music-india-2458a729cff255c8a8f83d84101372d8 #PS1media ===== impress 22 time 2021-07-16 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415863945278025729 ========== "Did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/14/did-donald-trump-lose-revealing-fox-news-interview-leads-challenging-question-its-host/ No Fox host is going to answer that question honestly - Fox might lose advertising dollars to Newsmax or One America. Indeed it's all about the money. #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-07-15 05:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415540333702643712 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-sports-middle-east-3990ee7b4345b5bb4aeb375330d95565 #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-07-10 12:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413842120058621958 ========== Trump's social media lawsuits are a fund-raising gimmick. But who decides which content is unsuitable for mass media? Not even media executives want that responsibility. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/legally-trumps-tech-lawsuit-is-a-joke-but-it-raises-a-serious-question/2021/07/08/33bc2dfa-e010-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html But they don't want their business model disrupted, either. #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2021-07-09 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413355211138027528 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-europe-coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-f034a70829f3b4c53a69b09465959825 If it's an entertaining story, who cares if it's true? Just be careful not to act upon it and become somebody else's entertainment. #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2021-07-02 21:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1411069111698821122 ========== How can social media companies SEEM to do something responsible, yet not destory their business models? https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-misinformation-technology-37cee761758f1072f91e1a362f769f5e #PS1media ===== impress 21 time 2021-07-02 00:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410761676572430340 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-race-and-ethnicity-immigration-religion-lifestyle-24410d9a43113b4e9fb9e96cbe43f226 #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2021-06-25 19:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408512729535574018 ========== More of the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-hacking-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-46cb7e237e79145f39e38828cb5e797d #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2021-06-19 14:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406258521545404417 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-house-elections-election-2020-campaign-2016-909592b6c8a48859135d40c3bbb1e816 #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-06-19 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406257785055059972 ========== That was the news that wasn't - NYT version https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-06-19 12:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406229983522029572 ========== That was the week that wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-canada-technology-gun-politics-religion-a7dd90823ca346534f1087ba0b1071b1 #PS1media ===== impress 60 time 2021-06-12 00:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403503337333399560 ========== That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-canada-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-ap-fact-check-88f5248358d6b74af94fe22e571d0079 #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-06-04 20:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400915164568834053 ========== The Golden Rule - he who has the gold, makes the rules. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/one-of-the-voices-objecting-to-nikole-hannah-joness-hiring-at-unc-a-newspaper-baron--and-major-donor/2021/06/02/b4abf72c-c2f3-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 32 time 2021-06-03 14:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400464267711639560 ========== Since he wants to succeed Trump, he'll have to out-lie Trump. Shouldn't be hard, since Carlson is smarter and bolder. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/02/tucker-carlson-data-wizard/ But like all the would-be Trump successors, he has to pretend he's not one. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2021-06-03 14:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400461764962054153 ========== Fox "News" noticed cult of personality outrage got much higher ratings than journalism, and so much higher ad revenues. So out with journalism and in with personalities. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/business/media/trump-fox-news.html But with Trump, it's never enough. He never forgets disloyalty. #PS1media ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-28 19:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398357412654944256 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-michael-pence-canada-technology-lifestyle-3184d9719c1bbd9d3875af05c031b493 #PS1media ===== impress 49 time 2021-05-28 19:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398353669595172865 ========== Who cares if it's true, or who it hurts, if it gets YOU fortune or fame? https://apnews.com/article/science-entertainment-coronavirus-pandemic-health-8c8345f474db874b1d27806e8d1f5ca1 They learned that from Trump! #PS1media ===== impress 32 time 2021-05-24 20:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396932479504699392 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-africa-middle-east-coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-688193443d100bd64f5a3d2b9bbb0499 #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-05-22 12:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396082754161311746 ========== That was the week that wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/auto-racing-middle-east-health-coronavirus-pandemic-government-and-politics-87296e3066a9b8b6dd18c3d5321b7101 #PS1media ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-16 13:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393924392246075392 ========== Beghazi, Clinton emails, and the Arizona election. Three immortal myths that the GOP will keep investigating as long as the media pay attention, no matter how little they find. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arizona-election-recounts-elections-election-2020-316be3604cae983781e413d41253656d Now they want the passwords to the ROUTERS. #PS1media ===== impress 67 time 2021-05-16 13:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393922515769053187 ========== Fact vs fantasy instead of Democrats vs GOP. Big money in lies! An international phenomenon. https://apnews.com/article/politics-michael-pence-donald-trump-election-2020-capitol-siege-549829098c84b9b8de3012673a104a4c More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1414238215587360 #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-05-14 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1393196735703379973 ========== Why don't they all go back to their home country? https://www.businessinsider.com/newsmax-israel-home-country-clip-host-pulled-off-air-2021-5 If you're not sure whether that applies to you, just ask any full-blooded enrolled member of a recognized Native American nation. #PS1media ===== impress 60 time 2021-05-13 19:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392929143637962755 ========== Foxitis? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article251331528.html Trying to make up an excuse for violent insurrection. Blame anybody else - that's the Trumpist way! Fox bears blame too - but it's no excuse. But in terms of civil liability, Fox has deeper pockets than individual insurrectionists. #PS1media ===== impress 58 time 2021-05-13 19:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392927652755820545 ========== That was the week that wasn't! https://apnews.com/article/sports-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-health-lifestyle-4db4294d317b01bcfe1c384cbd0363f4 It's about time to recycle the joke about the president wanting to lay off the thousands of cattle guards in the Western US. It's come up in every administration since at least Eisenhower. #PS1media ===== impress 55 time 2021-05-09 13:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391382131633319941 ========== Say what you want about DeSantis - he certainly understands Trumpist media. https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-voting-rights-voting-government-and-politics-2d3177bdf6c823d54fc6cbf049ba7da9 The medium is the message - the only message. #PS1media ===== impress 65 time 2021-05-07 00:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390470683021381634 ========== The noisy silence of the Trumpists! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/facebook-josh-hawley-trump.html They're confusing "free speech" with "free reach". Nobody has a RIGHT to commandeer private platforms and get global distribution. But access is usually for sale. #PS1media ===== impress 47 time 2021-05-06 18:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390369626500911104 ========== How to lose money in the Trumpist media world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ruddy-newsmax-trump/2021/05/05/32b09714-9d32-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html Print lies about people and organizations that can afford to hire good lawyers. #PS1media ===== impress 47 time 2021-05-06 17:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390360585477378048 ========== How you can try to make money in the Trumpist media world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/ruddy-newsmax-trump/2021/05/05/32b09714-9d32-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html Sell sell sell! #PS1media ===== impress 45 time 2021-05-06 17:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390360298880520193 ========== What Trump would not be able to get from his own platform - access to casual donors that can be reached by targeted advertising. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/trump-facebook-fundraising.html #PS1media ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-06 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390161367403929600 ========== Trump hasn't changed his behavior so why should social media change theirs? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-facebook-social-media-republicans/2021/05/05/919cb430-adb1-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-06 03:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390153593110503432 ========== Does anybody believe that Trump and his minions will stop attacking Dominion just because Newsmax and American Thinker apologized for just making this stuff up? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/01/newsmax-apologizes-dominion-employee-falsely-alleging-he-manipulated-vote-against-trump/ #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-03 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389075324483239938 ========== Forget it and move on? Cover politicians that brazenly lied about the election to foment violent insurrection? Not at this station. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/the-politicians-who-tried-to-overturn-an-election--and-the-local-news-team-that-wont-let-anyone-forget-it/2021/05/01/cc8764f6-a91e-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html The insurrectionists aren't getting off the hook. Neither should the fomenters. #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2021-05-03 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389028173824749570 ========== This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-coronavirus-vaccine-immigration-entertainment-george-floyd-01bd4ae90ba585bc217b1dc1c138e02e #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-04-30 23:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388267502627549184 ========== Nothing new about fake news about vaccines. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/vaccine-hesitancy-smallpox.html And nothing new about most people EVENTUALLY ignoring the fake news. And in the meantime, nothing new about a few people profiting from fake news. #PS1media ===== impress 50 time 2021-04-29 00:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387557985463857158 ========== For lasting change, destroy the business model that feeds on evil. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/malinowski-eshoo-congress-social-media-section-230/ #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-04-28 23:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387553071492788224 ========== Minority rule has always been based on big lies to deceive the masses. The only thing new is that the fig leaves have been dropped and media don't even pretend to find the truth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/28/american-right-is-becoming-completely-untethered-reality/ #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-04-28 22:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387539519746973698 ========== Why does the Trumpist media bother posting corrections? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-new-york-climate-climate-change-media-529b0cb6d7393c225c8b9baf040c1904 Nobody reads or tweets the corrections. Nobody believes anything they publish, except people who believe everything they publish - except corrections published after the damage is done. #PS1media ===== impress 33 time 2021-04-28 14:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387409152679452677 ========== It's all about the ratings! Who cares if it's true? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tucker-carlson-masks-child-abuse/2021/04/27/aa7c0844-a752-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html Carlson has made noises about running for president. He's highly qualified as a Trumpist. #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-04-28 06:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387292064212131843 ========== Who cares whether it was true? Nobody reads Trumpist tabloids to find out the facts. https://news.yahoo.com/york-post-reporter-resigns-saying-234020679.html #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-04-28 06:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387289812596445186 ========== This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-israel-media-arthritis-social-media-1261d8c91eb855754edb14fb36afe8bf Looks like too many Michiganders believed these fables. #PS1media ===== impress 54 time 2021-04-25 23:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386455919362334723 ========== How to be a social media big shot and slave driver. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/style/jake-paul-team-10.html Child labor laws have not caught up to the social media influencer industry. #PS1media ===== impress 48 time 2021-04-23 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385387419889901574 ========== Pandemics in medicine and media spread alike! https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/when-contagion-rules #PS1media ===== impress 53 time 2021-04-14 14:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382333188169625600 ========== Tucker Carlson is a Fox ratings superstar! Why would they ever want him to change a thing? https://apnews.com/article/tucker-carlson-fires-voting-rights-lachlan-murdoch-3335e381dcb81f4c841bf00fe8994c42 Unless of course the public started punishing the advertisers and hurting the bottom line. #PS1media ===== impress 69 time 2021-04-12 22:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381739368453304321 ========== John Boehner tried to talk sense and responsibility into Roger Ailes and the Murdochs. Too late for Ailes, and the Murdochs didn't care as long as Fox was a money machine. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/02/john-boehner-book-memoir-excerpt-478506 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1392919547719227 #PS1media ===== impress 54 time 2021-04-12 03:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381456390720380934 ========== "Conspiracy theory without the theory"! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/07/barabak-conspiracies-run-amok-did-you-hear-the-latest-big-lie/ Just make it up! Most people can't tell and don't care. #PS1media ===== impress 56 time 2021-04-09 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380368028303388673 ========== Who's really in charge at Fox? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/04/business/media/fox-news-viet-dinh.html #PS1media ===== impress 55 time 2021-04-05 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378931436804206593 ========== Old news or new? https://apnews.com/article/business-media-social-media-fce118b1adfef8f6c51518f71465dd4b #PS1media ===== impress 48 time 2021-04-04 05:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378588008245456902 ========== This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-georgia-hip-hop-and-rap-media-social-media-2d7a1c697ce47d9606e2510aa8dc8649 #PS1media ===== impress 61 time 2021-04-03 13:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378337437231894535 ========== Green light for more media consolidation. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-uphold-fcc-ease-local-media-ownership-limits-6e1e98bf28ae5aba8bbca37a50841bb1 Consolidated media are easier to influence. #PS1media ===== impress 47 time 2021-04-02 17:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378039216580390912 ========== Revive the Fairness Doctrine for ALL media. The Republicans got rid of it as part of Reagan deregulation, and now they want to re-impose it on social media they consider left-leaning. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/opinion/misinformation-television-radio.html #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-29 18:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376604151384141824 ========== A private platform is ideal for Trump. No dissenting opinions! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/25/larry-magid-a-trump-branded-social-network-is-a-bad-idea/ #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2021-03-26 22:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375572714044334080 ========== This week in mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-shootings-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-4baa8fb5f982d6608034fd5530e4279a #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-26 21:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375564126370492416 ========== 1.6 billion. Even the Murdochs will notice that. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-media-lawsuits-elections-912eea8e168f95d51dec02da78ac2760 #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-26 13:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375435510554894337 ========== Militias still thriving on social media. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/24/facebook-helping-spread-militia-content-report-alleges/ #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-26 00:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375243564326678533 ========== How big a business is selling ads to fake people? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/23/facebook-accused-of-taking-money-for-ads-to-fake-people-after-disabling-1-3-billion-fake-accounts/ #PS1media ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-25 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374910122107969538 ========== The future of social media? https://apnews.com/article/business-smartphones-china-2aa247f61e2b2cec81da48c20ef929de Big Brother watching you to make sure you're Han enough. #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-25 00:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374879395261734914 ========== You can't be "neutral". https://apnews.com/article/facebook-misinformation-policies-post-election-304ae0f61df2e3d7fd772574bbd11013 "Neutral" - failing to distinguish between fact and fantasy - favors fantasy. Social media need a new business model that rewards fact instead of fantasy. #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-25 00:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374877947723587587 ========== For all their efforts, social media are not making much progress against violence. The business model is built to magnify sensationalism and extremism. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-violence-misinformation-a3dc1c9479e7677d6d34b4bae7dc9680 #PS1media ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-23 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374503147440201731 ========== Attacking the business model of social media! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/opinion/facebook-trump-ban.html Outrageous lies are so much more profitable than complicated truths. The engine is designed to maximize profit. #PS1media ===== impress 46 time 2021-03-19 18:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372976366686117890 ========== Just a few vaccine-hesitants fuel the majority of the messaging. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/14/facebook-vaccine-hesistancy-qanon/ QAnon is closely related, of course. #PS1media ===== impress 59 time 2021-03-16 05:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371687704807706624 ========== So GOP men who listen to Fox News are the problem? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/12/republican-men-are-central-part-coronavirus-vaccine-resistance/ "Why is Tucker Carlson so hostile to a plan to distribute a vaccine that his colleagues were complaining that Biden didn't sufficiently credit to Trump?" It's all about ratings and ad$! #PS1media ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 79 likes 1 time 2021-03-14 15:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371122972136706050 ========== This week's mythology. https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-gun-politics-31eae925ce11d9af7dd13c34b43c09d2 #PS1media ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-13 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370595687914598401 ========== Social media making little progress against harmful fantasists. https://apnews.com/article/media-misinformation-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-e796aaf1ce32d02e215d3b2021a33599 #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-03-12 13:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370369293582405641 ========== Hogwashing reality in America. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article249815553.html "The pandemic has changed many things. But it has also given us a harsh gift, showing us what it means to live in an anti-fact nation." #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-12 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370218475231191040 ========== Russia tries to control Twitter. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-media-social-media-suicides-russia-95d1b5b57f3e08819db56693930e473e #PS1media ===== impress 53 time 2021-03-10 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369659806626181123 ========== Fox no longer pretending to be anything but an entertainment propaganda machine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/08/fox-news-lachlan-murdoch-msnbc/ #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2021-03-09 23:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369431782056222721 ========== Paxton likes to take attention off his legal problems by suing other people. Now it's his turn again. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-lawsuits-texas-89bb6505dd2cbd8665babae47afb7557 #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-09 05:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369165039937019905 ========== If anybody can sue social media for anything, then platforms will either not allow anything objectionable, or else allow everything objectionable. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-legislature-media-lawsuits-social-media-848c0189ff498377fbfde3f6f5678397 You'd think free-market types would just say let 1000 platforms bloom. #PS1media ===== impress 25 time 2021-03-07 18:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368624381119791106 ========== Who's spreading all the propaganda in Spanish? Who pays for all the translations and gets them started in Latin American social media? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-media-misinformation-9696392bf389ba8ca3441d2314abcefa #PS1media ===== impress 31 time 2021-03-07 14:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368574819390824448 ========== This week in mythology! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-technology-media-social-media-1d7e10820b3bfae5cebcceb249a84b5c #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-06 01:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368005509530329090 ========== A perfect fit for Fox! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/03/big-lie-promoter-kayleigh-mcenany-lands-fox-news-naturally/ #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-03 23:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367253003607019523 ========== No difference between Fox and CPAC! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-news-cpac-sponsorship/2021/03/01/ee85e8c8-7a04-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 30 time 2021-03-02 05:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366623642415632387 ========== More tweets that never were. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-whole-foods-market-inc-amazoncom-inc-race-and-ethnicity-6ddd4725afe21bd56cbd65f99306e2d4 #PS1media ===== impress 55 time 2021-02-26 21:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365412599823654915 ========== SIFT through the noise. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/fake-news-media-attention.html #PS1media ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-18 19:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362488759254589440 ========== "Trump is pretty much the second coming of Limbaugh" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/we-wouldnt-have-had-president-trump-without-rush-limbaugh/ Prepare ye the way of the Trump, make his paths crooked. #PS1media ===== impress 27 time 2021-02-18 18:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362475379236036613 ========== Rush tells the truth! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-rush-limbaugh-media-talk-radio-dd9872d5f77b7a27c901811ee31322de "I'm trying to attract the largest audience I can so that I can charge advertisers confiscatory advertising rates." Lies are so much more profitable than truth, and the audiences are so much more gullible for advertisers. #PS1media ===== impress 26 time 2021-02-18 14:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362411658845503502 ========== "How do you encourage humanity and authenticity in an environment where you're rewarding engagement based on outrage and extremism?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/17/online-mobs-wallstreetbets-qanon/ If government won't govern for the public, then Wall Street will govern for profit. That's an improvement? #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2021-02-18 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362256232959025162 ========== Rush Limbaugh was a fountainhead of Trumpism. The ruling classes are indebted to them for distracting the masses. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-living-in-the-world-rush-limbaugh-created/2021/02/17/99e48410-7170-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html Saying what you WANT to hear is entertainment. Saying what you NEED to hear is leadership. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-02-18 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362238439458934789 ========== The essence of right-wing entertainment personalities - how to get rich telling lies and being nasty. https://apnews.com/article/rush-limbaugh-dead-51c40582a3e89930cd2568aba21a9eed It has nothing to do with conservatism. #PS1media ===== impress 28 time 2021-02-18 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362205646024630275 ========== A Trumpist internet! https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-blogging-50170ca73ed1f25ae769723e86c4d169 Only approved government conspiracy theories may be posted, and only by approved government conspirators. With such a system here, no unfounded rumors about Trump losing the election would have circulated! #PS1media ===== impress 41 time 2021-02-17 15:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362056046282371077 ========== When will it end? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/16/pizzagate-qanon-capitol-attack When the media instigators making money off gullible morons start losing money in court. Or start to believe that long prison terms are more than hypothetical. That might be why the Watkins's shut down Q for good. #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2021-02-16 14:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361677643439988742 ========== Parler is back. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/technology/parler-back-online.html Gresham's Law applies to social media. On passively neutral platforms, bad content drives out good. Active neutrality is required to avoid that - using real people to moderate at great co$t. #PS1media ===== impress 42 time 2021-02-15 22:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361438112568676353 ========== Nothing is true and everything is possible! https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-beijing-only-on-ap-epidemics-media-122b73e134b780919cc1808f3f6f16e8 https://apnews.com/article/conspiracy-theories-iran-only-on-ap-media-misinformation-bfca6d5b236a29d61c4dd38702495ffe The only truth that matters is the truth about how you feel! And how well it sells$. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 17:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361367893229768704 ========== Money talks at Fox! https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article249129510.html From now on, they'll be careful to defame poor people. #PS1media ===== engage 3 engage-rate 8% impress 37 likes 1 time 2021-02-15 04:44 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361174587057213443 ========== What happens when techno-nerds spend too much time talking to each other? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/technology/slate-star-codex-rationalists.html By valuing equally all forms of thought, they elevate low-value thought and depress high-value though. #PS1media ===== impress 61 time 2021-02-14 05:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360818522356506628 ========== Of course he lies like a Trumpist! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/12/tucker-carlson-conspiracies-fox-news-dangerous/ He establishing his qualifications to run in 2024. He's a propagandist, not a journalist. #PS1media ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-13 00:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360393172971524100 ========== This week's American Mythology. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-nhl-social-media-media-e9e1cf6ff1d7ea2a5aa2ffd52d7f737e #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-02-13 00:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360386837420724224 ========== "for four years, the most powerful senior citizen in the world was making a fool of himself on the Internet" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/11/trump-is-banned-twitter-forever-hes-so-lucky/ Who needs to be so foolish? Media are "hooking users on the process of turning themselves into commodities" - do we owe them that? #PS1media ===== impress 71 time 2021-02-11 18:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359927220525957125 ========== Essentials of modern dictatorship - control of ALL the media. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-uganda-myanmar-army-media-2395b6db25272a95bdc6d1b2238e5e9e #PS1media ===== impress 59 time 2021-02-11 14:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359874416931266564 ========== Talk radio as a game of brinkmanship https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/business/media/conservative-talk-radio-capitol-riots.html Push the envelope as far as you dare, then pull back to protect your employer from litigation. #PS1media ===== impress 58 time 2021-02-11 02:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359687891207606276 ========== There is no remedy for sewage media - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/sadly-fox-news-cant-be-impeached/ Except civil suits for libel and defamation. #PS1media ===== impress 60 time 2021-02-11 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359684335478034437 ========== How should we regulate surveillance capitalism? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/opinion/cyberspace-democracy-europe.html #PS1media ===== impress 39 time 2021-02-10 01:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359314584302092289 ========== Is civil litigation the right way to drain the media swamp? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/business/media/conservative-media-defamation-lawsuits.html Defamation suits can cut both ways. #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 time 2021-02-07 05:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358294317069074432 ========== Fox Business decides to clean up its act to avoid legal trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/business/lou-dobbs-fox.html OAN decides to further soil its act but still hopes to avoid legal trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/television/mike-lindell-mypillow.html #PS1media ===== impress 31 time 2021-02-06 00:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357855336464437248 ========== This week's fake news. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-fact-check-courts-media-social-media-b2429817de8fd9ab73ce10b6e8e6d352 #PS1media ===== impress 30 time 2021-02-06 00:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357849017942646785 ========== Once you let the crazies take over your site, there's nothing left but shutting it down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/05/why-thedonald-moderator-left/ #PS1media ===== impress 31 time 2021-02-05 18:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357757986240819205 ========== This could get expensive! https://apnews.com/article/smartmatic-sues-fox-news-giuliani-2a8d83df2e6d73b750dd85f92f4fd7ef What if every politician had to think twice before libeling an opponent? #PS1media ===== impress 46 time 2021-02-04 18:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357402662031876096 ========== We're all victims of the attention economy! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/michael-goldhaber-internet.html Is that what killed other advanced civilizations? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox #PS1media ===== impress 56 time 2021-02-04 18:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357393241163747330 ========== China increasing social media tactics to further foreign strategy. https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-china-7339598fed868fcfe109999bf071a77c #PS1media ===== impress 54 time 2021-02-04 17:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357385131137241089 ========== Trump outlets try to come to terms with reality - and libel lawsuits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/02/newsmax-mike-lindell-my-pillow/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-ratings-sean-hannity-cnn-msnbc/2021/02/02/9a604eac-650d-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 50 time 2021-02-03 03:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356804632064847873 ========== Online mobs - part of the new normal. https://apnews.com/article/media-games-coronavirus-pandemic-c22398c54fd3218b9288e22cc68c366b Nobody seems to be in charge, but somehow a mob organizes with most of the participants just swept along until they're left high and dry. #PS1media ===== impress 68 time 2021-01-31 19:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355962985353601027 ========== Fake news this week! https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-ap-fact-check-media-social-media-1f62bc848808b3f8817d6512b8081bfa #PS1media ===== impress 50 time 2021-01-30 06:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1355405900907864068 ========== No place to hide! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/28/facebook-oversight-board-cases/ A private monopoly will never be able to satisfy everybody. Better to have lots of smaller competitive platforms that can define their own niches. #PS1media ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 50 likes 1 time 2021-01-28 15:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354806889561821193 ========== Trust-bust Twitter! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/trump-twitter.html Why stop at politicians? Why not permanently ban anybody who gains a million followers? Reserve it for ordinary people to communicate rather than mass propaganda. The business model would have to change. #PS1media ===== impress 51 time 2021-01-28 14:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354802699280113666 ========== How oligarchy works https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-facebook-ad-deal-antitrust.html #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-27 15:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354446316638597121 ========== Podcasts - the new frontier for disinformation! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-media-misinformation-social-media-b7bb0ace8a617af733357f6ee15aca03 Can Trump and his base learn a new technology? It's too hard for platforms to censor automatically! #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-01-27 15:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354445729972981760 ========== The Trumpist propaganda media haven't surrendered! Too many advertising dollars at stake. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/business/media/misinformation-trump-media.html #PS1media ===== impress 44 time 2021-01-20 22:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352026954157854723 ========== It's too hard to control the media if there are too many diverse voices! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-19/supreme-court-seems-ready-to-let-fcc-ease-media-ownership-caps #PS1media ===== impress 40 time 2021-01-20 21:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352000609260474368 ========== Does Trump really exist without Twitter? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/18/twitters-trump-ban-is-even-more-important-than-you-thought/ #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 time 2021-01-19 00:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351327711508107265 ========== Like Trump, Fox never apologizes or admits a mistake, though they pay up when they absolutely have to. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/business/media/fox-news-seth-rich-settlement.html #PS1media ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 47 time 2021-01-18 03:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351012303160954882 ========== The rioters are after journalists too. Just like in third world dictatorships. https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-journalists-coronavirus-pandemic-ray-rivera-racial-injustice-e32e541cd217a71faa97ec9f9ebe8427 #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-17 06:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350689093017956353 ========== Just as television was thought of as a wonderful way to educate the population, then was perverted into a wasteland of commercials, then - after ending the Fairness Doctrine - into a sewer of political propaganda - so too with social media. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/14/larry-magid-how-we-got-here/ #PS1media ===== impress 32 time 2021-01-15 23:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350221973419278336 ========== Social media was influenced by the libertarian fallacy - that free people will automatically gravitate toward productive behavior. But people have different goals and behaviors, so libertarianism only works in a small homogeneous society. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/14/jack-dorsey-is-twitters-ceo-he-still-doesnt-seem-understand-service/ #PS1media ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-15 05:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349953472788008960 ========== Trump tweets - some are lost without them. Others welcome the quiet - Trump's greatest contribution to world peace! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-megaphone/ The social media know they have lost. By creating enormous impact, they have invited enormous regulation. #PS1media ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-15 05:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349945343345999872 ========== Using social media to set up for violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/13/facebook-role-in-capitol-protest/ Everybody understood the unspoken agenda but nothing was done until it was spoken and enacted. #PS1media ===== impress 23 time 2021-01-14 16:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349757463185113088 ========== How social media work. You want affirmation? Just post anything outrageous that affirms the other loonies and they'll affirm you back. Just don't expect to stand out among them or make your living - too much competition. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opinion/facebook-far-right.html #PS1media ===== impress 24 time 2021-01-14 15:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349734907493249025 ========== How can you get the profit motivation out of spreading lies? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/opinion/trump-impeachment-morality.html Simple lies are so much more effective than complex truths. #PS1media ===== impress 24 time 2021-01-14 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349568032918519810 ========== Whether the big social media companies are broken up or not, their world will be broken up into fact-based and fantasy-based ideological platforms. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/twitter-facebook-trump-ban.html #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2021-01-12 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348840341550501889 ========== What's the talk radio business model now? If big advertisers won't pay for violent propaganda, how do media keep the listeners and make any money? Finally there is some financial risk as well as reputational risk for the media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/cumulus-radio-conservative-election-fraud/2021/01/11/e12ec46e-537c-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-11 13:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348625345742655489 ========== What is the First Amendment right to free speech? "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech" That only restricts Congress - not even state legislatures. It has nothing to do with private media or social media companies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-hawley-free-speech-cancel-culture/2021/01/09/075e7e24-5290-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1media ===== impress 49 time 2021-01-11 05:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348504695057178625 ========== Why couldn't Trump get the same kind of media coverage as Xi? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/world/asia/wuhan-china-coronavirus.html Their initial approaches to the virus were about the same. Then they diverged. #PS1media ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-11 01:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348447004825767936 ========== Fox isn't changing a thing! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/business/media/fox-news-trump-tv.html Trump's "abandonment by allies and donors" or his "greatest kickoff event"? #PS1media ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-11 01:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348439344747450370 ========== The great thing about social media, vs television, is that it's easy to ignore questions you don't like. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/trump-twitter.html #PS1media ===== impress 42 time 2021-01-11 00:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348422469913219074 ========== Where can Trump tweet? And if Congress repeals 230, who would host him? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-banned-apps/ #PS1media ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-10 06:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348156068677906432 ========== A landmark for the tweeter-in-chief. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-coronavirus-pandemic-david-letterman-reality-tv-8551982a4c79c8f3825834ef86586d5b How many politicians get permanently banned? #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-01-09 13:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347893910375342080 ========== Dlive is the place to make money off violence! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/dlive-capitol-mob.html #PS1media ===== impress 36 time 2021-01-09 06:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347796606704226308 ========== Is Trump an influencer or is he the platform itself? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-twitter-ban.html #PS1media ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-09 06:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347795255349809154 ========== Parler will have to get along without the Apple Store. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/parler-apple-google.html Maybe the violent right will make their own smart phones now. #PS1media ===== impress 31 time 2021-01-09 06:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347793403690373123 ========== Is liberty possible in the internet age? Xi says no - Trump provides the proof. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-do-liberty-and-human-rights-survive-the-age-of-the-internet/2021/01/08/07cedfca-51d7-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html If the people won't repress their worst instincts on their own, somebody else eventually will for them. #PS1media ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-09 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347722351069196288 ========== Twitter bans Trump permanently. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-media-michael-flynn-social-media-f41b11060d7703e3a3136ddb5eefa055 #PS1media ===== impress 62 time 2021-01-08 23:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347692638640640001 ========== "They weren't really Trumpists" most popular myth this week. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions #PS1media ===== impress 57 time 2021-01-08 19:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347634010541867009 ========== Fox - still guilty https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-news-blame-capitol-mob-media/2021/01/07/f15f668a-50ee-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Still unrepentant https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/01/07/some-fox-newss-trump-supporters-now-declare-his-political-career-is-done/ Fox can afford to defend against the inevitable civil litigation, but can Newsmax, OAN, and Epoch Times? #PS1media ===== impress 61 time 2021-01-08 14:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347553224388005888 ========== Thiessen blames Trump - but also the mainstream media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/trump-responsible-capitol-mob-media/ When he's finally out we'll find out the facts whether the mainstream media treated Trump unfairly. #PS1media ===== impress 61 time 2021-01-08 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347332430433198080 ========== Is freedom of speech still possible - published just before the riot. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/trump-lies-free-speech.html Quit trying for "neutral" and instead aim for "fair" - making bias and intent explicit but having multiple competing media platforms to represent multiple viewpoints. #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-01-07 22:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347315806976163842 ========== Facebook finally acts - when it seems safe for Facebook. https://apnews.com/article/facebook-ban-trump-3e9a00e791f9806a4d925ec9a2fbe9f3 #PS1media ===== impress 37 time 2021-01-07 16:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347225156469460992 ========== By their fruits shall ye know them! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/protests-trump-disinformation.html Trump and all his enablers. #PS1media ===== impress 34 time 2021-01-07 03:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347024678368382976 ========== Twitter had enough of Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/06/trump-tweet-violence/ But his troopers go storming on. #PS1media ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-07 00:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346979997328674820 ========== Reactionary media try to make the best of a bad situation. It's going to be obvious to everybody sooner or later that they've been wrong all along. They'll just change the subject as usual. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/business/media/trumps-media-split-election.html #PS1media ===== impress 55 time 2021-01-05 00:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346250341285646336 ========== Just make up stuff! https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ap-fact-check-media-nashville-social-media-592bd95b6bc87df6b001196b2f90b123 Fiction travels further than truth on social media. #PS1media ===== impress 66 time 2021-01-01 00:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344800508888846336