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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

YOUR AVERAGE CONSERVATIVE AND THE #FALSEFLAG PEOPLE ARE ONE IN THE SAME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 7, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

There’s no difference between someone making a cowardly attempt to sound moderate on the subject, and the people writing the kind of shit I copied from Twitter and pasted below.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: conspiracy theorists, Dayton, El Paso, firearms, guns, NRA, Ohio, shootings, Texas, Trump, Twitter

SOME CLOSURE FOLLOWING THAT HELLSTORM WE UNLEASHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST WEEK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 16, 2018 Filed Under: Dear Reader, Media Farm

Those who choose to stay informed should understand how in addition to financial strains and the resulting brain drains broken budgets have led to across our industry, journalistic entities are also often at the mercy of technocrats and new media gurus.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, Media Farm Tagged With: articles, Facebook, media, Medium, shares, social media, Twitter

SHARING IS CARING (AND MOST OF YOU SOCIAL MEDIA RATS DO NEITHER)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 8, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Why do so many folks shy away from sharing articles about controversial topics, or at least ones that have yet to be reduced and cheapened to a meme or blog post farted out by some venture-backed national news aggregator?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: articles, Facebook, media, shares, social media, Twitter

DIARRHEA DIARIES AND DEAD PUSHERS

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted March 6, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis

Like “The Wall,” it’s stupid and simple and perfect for Trump, who has been praising Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has killed more than 12,000 people, according to Human Rights Watch. And, of course, Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions probably hates weed more than anything—except Trump, who has been calling Sessions “Mr. Magoo.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis Tagged With: Baynard Woods, Democracy in Crisis, opioid crisis, opioids, social media, Trump, Twitter

FIRE AND FIRE AND FURY

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis

I watched all of this play out on cable as I tried to deal with the disaster bureaucracy. And it was delightful to see the pundits all talking about Bannon’s terrible week, even if it came for all the wrong reasons.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis Tagged With: Baynard Woods, Democracy in Crisis, Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff, social media, Trump, Twitter

HOW SCREWED ARE WE IN 2018?

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted January 2, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The rich want to steal our money, but they may end up making theirs meaningless in the process.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2018, Baynard Woods, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, predictions, social media, Trump, Twitter

10 INSANE TRUMP TWEETS FROM THE PAST YEAR

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted December 26, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis

The complete cynicism of the entire administration becomes painfully clear here.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Democracy in Crisis Tagged With: 2017, Baynard Woods, Democracy in Crisis, social media, Trump, Twitter

NATIONAL WIRE: TRUMP’S LATEST LGBTQ MOVES DRAW CRITICISM ON MASS FRONT

Written by MIKE CLIFFORD Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the workplace protection case, a civil lawsuit involving a fired skydiving instructor who came out as gay, the Justice Department argues that Congress has not extended Title VII to include sexual orientation.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Employment Fairness Project, GLAD Legal Advocates and Defenders, Greg Nevins, Jennifer Levi, Lambda Legal, Transgender Rights Project, Twitter, White House

GUEST MEDIA FARM: BOSTON POLICE SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING PLAN ENDANGERS US ALL

Written by EVAN GREER Posted December 6, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Even the government’s own reports admit that bulk data collection programs have never actually prevented a major violent attack.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Globe, Boston Police, BPD, City Hall, Facebook, Fight For The Future, social media monitoring, surveillance, Twitter

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