NEW YORK — The sinister-sounding term “shadow banning” has been in play recently, mostly thanks to conservatives — including President Donald Trump — accusing Twitter and other technology companies of political bias. “Twitter ‘SHADOW BANNING’ prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints,” the president tweeted […]
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The math behind @RealDonaldTrump's tweets
United States President Donald Trump has a preoccupation with Twitter. Since his account @realDonaldTrump became active in March 2009, it has amassed 53.2 million followers, making it the 18th most popular account on the social media site. While Trump has tweeted more than 38,000 times, his tweets during and after the 2016 presidential election made […]
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ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after she tries to take back racist tweet
ABC announced Tuesday that it has canceled “Roseanne” after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic Twitter rampage. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” the network said in a statement released just hours after the comedian’s offensive social media rant. The cancellation […]
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Waterville mayor taking heat for tweet about Parkland student
WATERVILLE — A Twitter account that goes by Waterville Republicans is calling on Mayor Nick Isgro to apologize for comments he made about Florida school shooting survivor David Hogg telling him to “Eat it, Hogg.” In a tweet Tuesday, the newly formed account said it was “deeply disappointed” by Isgro’s comments, which according to the […]
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Food brands go for gold when Chloe Kim tweets ‘hangry’
Chloe Kim was hangry. The snowboarder hadn’t finished her breakfast and now, halfway through the Olympic halfpipe competition, she was regretting it. So she did what many 17-year-olds might do: She tweeted. “Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I’m getting hangry,” she wrote from PyeongChang, South […]
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Trump says he’s ‘like, really smart,’ ‘a very stable genius’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, portrayed in a new book as a leader who doesn’t understand the weight of his office, took to Twitter on Saturday to defend his mental fitness and boast about his intelligence, saying he is “like, really smart” and “a very stable genius.” He posted a series of tweets from […]
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In mock video, Trump slams man with face covered by CNN logo
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside a wrestling ring. It’s not clear who produced the brief video, but it was posted from Trump’s official Twitter account. Trump’s been stepping […]
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White House attempts to regroup complicated by Trump’s twitter blitzes
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its effort to regain control of its message, the White House has curtailed press briefings, redirected questions on the Russia investigation to an outside lawyer and planned a major infrastructure policy rollout for this week. But as long as President Donald Trump has a smartphone, no White House strategy is safe. […]
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McDonald's investigates how anti-Trump tweet was posted
NEW YORK — McDonald’s says it has been notified by Twitter that its account was “compromised” after it appeared to send a message calling Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President.” The tweet to Trump from the official account for McDonald’s Corp., a message that has since been deleted but was captured in a […]
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Trump’s tweet ‘grew and galvanized’ L.L. Bean boycott
When President-elect Donald Trump tweeted his support for L.L. Bean on Thursday morning, he may have given Maine’s legendary retailer at least a temporary boost in sales. But he also lit a fire under the boycott movement that had targeted the privately-held company because one of its board members used her money to help the […]