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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Are ‘Contact’ and ‘Prometheus’ essentially the same movie?
I recently saw the 1997 science fiction movie Contact on streaming for the first time, nearly 20 years after its initial release. And as I watched it, I was immediately struck by how many ways it resembled director Ridley Scott’s Alien … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8, Uncategorized
Tagged Because I can, Contact, movies, Prometheus
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Did McDonald’s Twitter Get Hacked or Go Rogue With Trump Dissing Tweet?
The tweet was up and gone from the official McDonald’s Twitter feed within 20 minutes this morning – but for the time it was up, it was a drawing a huge amount of attention: Not surprisingly, McDonald’s quickly posted that … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12
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What did Rachel Maddow do to Upset So Many People with Trump’s Tax Return?
Last night on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow and her guest, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, revealed the front two pages of President Trump’s 2005 tax return. The reveal had been promoted on the network and via social media for … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged journalism, President Trump, Rachel Maddow, tax returns
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If a news story punches all your buttons – it probably isn’t so…
You know how you’ve always been warned about being careful when something seems too good to be true? That’s never more the case than when you see a story online and say to yourself, “YES! This is exactly how I … Continue reading