Photo: online, disinformation spreads like…. Continuing today’s disinformation theme (readers-via-email, be sure to check out Deepak Puri’s piece below), let’s talk about neo-nazis on social media: Over the years, these groups used an evolving set of organizing techniques...
Read More »Most of you will have read by now that former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale (the first digital director to run a major presidential campaign) was tackled by police and forcibly committed over the weekend after he threatened to kill himself and his wife, whom he may have also abused. Now we...
Read More »On June 27th, President Donald Trump tweeted out a video: pic.twitter.com/nwAbhemhZf — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2020 Whew, the soundtrack alone raised my blood pressure. Plus, I didn’t realize that so many Democratic leaders supported violence in the streets!...
Read More »Some Friday fun for you: a few days ago, a McAfee security scan app flagged a link I’d recently clicked. Who owned the site that posed a danger? Newt Gingrich: I’ve been on Newt’s list since he ran for President in 2012, and it’s provided a wealth of joy, mirth and...
Read More »News came late last week that Joe Biden would in fact rely on an in-house digital team rather than outsourcing his online outreach to Mike Bloomberg’s Hawkfish campaign startup. Many in the field thought that hiring a firm with little political experience and a track record of winning zero...
Read More »The official White House twitter account has already posted a campaign-style video of Donald Trump’s Bible-toting photo opportunity last night: pic.twitter.com/bKvTrqHomS — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 2, 2020 To create this moment, his staff ordered police and DC National Guard...
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