I just read a story on the Deseret News about the social media reaction to an Oscar Awards acceptance speech. Donald Sylvester, who just won an Oscar for sound editing for his work on the movie “Ford v Ferrari,” thanked several of his colleagues. He then said, “The real support comes from home, so I…
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This is Nuts
Ja almost ended my professional career with this dunk…that kid is something special 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 https://t.co/5SxCItAMba — Kevin Love (@kevinlove) December 21, 2019
Read moreBlack Lumberjacks
Robert Rising, known as “the black lumberjack,” creates furniture out of rescued wood from fallen trees. He also mentors young people of color who want to enter an industry that often boxes them out. pic.twitter.com/NYu9O8Nbsk — HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) November 18, 2019
Read moreSocial Media
Every year I go through a phase where I say I’m going to get off of social media. I delete the Facebook app from my phone, but a few hours later I crawl back wondering what I was thinking. Other times, I don’t post for a day or two. Eventually, I give in and I’m…
Read moreHow Journalists Can Get Access To Trump
I love this. I don’t think he understands the rules of engagement. Check this out. And excerpt from an article called, “An open letter to Trump from the US press corps” Access is preferable, but not critical. You may decide that giving reporters access to your administration has no upside. We think that would be…
Read moreFIRE and SPLC File ‘Amici’ Brief for Kansas Student Expelled for Tweets
Last Monday, FIRE and the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) jointly applied for permission to file an amici curiae (friends-of-the-court) brief with the Kansas Court of Appeals in Yeasin v. University of Kansas. The brief argues that public universities cannot sacrifice the First Amendment rights of students in seeking to comply with Title IX anti-discrimination…
Read moreThe Female Child Molester
Wow! Imagine if this were a male teacher. The New York Daily News reported: A California high school teacher has been busted for underage sex – just days after giving birth to a baby allegedly fathered by her student lover. Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 28, was detained by cops in her Redlands home on Monday evening….
Read moreStop Insulting Fathers!
Watch this video. Yeah, you have to get through the advertisement, but it might just make you think a little differently: [cnnvideo url=’http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2012/06/14/dads-fight-stereotypes.cnn’ inline=’true’] Amid fury, Clorox pulls post insulting new dads Clorox pulled what was intended to be a humorous Web post listing the shortcomings of new fathers after an internet uproar Editor’s…
Read moreIn praise of price gouging?
I understand, John Stossel is saying really outrageous things to get your attention and to entice you to buy his book. It appears that he is no different from Ann Coulter. It can be great marketing to say crazy things because people pay attention to things that are outrageous. Every man for himself is NEVER…
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