Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
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Number of Social Media Users ‘Worn Out’ by Political Talk Up 9% From 2016
Only 15% of respondents said they like political posts
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Trump Campaign Halts Twitter Spending Over ‘Disgusting Bias’ Against Mitch McConnell
Senate majority leader’s campaign account has been locked for sharing a video of protesters screaming outside his home
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NRA Tweets Day After CNN Gun Violence Town Hall: ‘Televised, Choreographed Spectacles’ Don’t Save Lives
“Sadly, El Paso and Dayton were not the only communities affected by gun violence last weekend,” the NRA tweets
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Trump Says He May Grant Clemency to Rod Blagojevich, Former Illinois Governor and ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Contestant
“I am thinking very seriously about commuting his sentence so that he can go home to his family after seven years,” president says
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Breitbart’s Audience Has Dropped 72% Since Trump Took Office – As Other Right-Wing Sites Have Gained
“They’re not the force that they used to be,” Howard Polskin of conservative media aggregator TheRighting.com says
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USA Today Headquarters Evacuated, Authorities Say No Sign of Violence After Report of Armed Man
Newspaper’s Virginia headquarters were evacuated on Wednesday morning
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‘Fortnite’ Star Ninja Says He Hit 1 Million Subscribers on Mixer Just 5 Days After Leaving Twitch
The gamer thanked his 4.6 million Twitter followers for their support
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Former Clinton Pollster Mark Penn: For New York Times ‘to Cave’ on Trump Headline ‘Will Haunt Them’
Penn says it was “incredible” the Times changed a headline to “please a constituency”
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Tucker Carlson Says White Supremacy Is ‘Not a Real Problem’ and a ‘Hoax’
“The combined membership of every white supremacist organization in this country would be able to fit inside a college football stadium,” Fox News host says
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Former People and EW Editor Jess Cagle Joins SiriusXM as Chief Entertainment Anchor With Daily Show
“I’ve always wanted to do a news and talk show with a lot of humor, smart commentary, and in-depth interviews,” he says
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Sarah Palin Defamation Suit Against New York Times Resurrected by Appeals Court
The suit was previously dismissed in 2017 by U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff
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Trump Quotes ‘Fox & Friends’ to Push Back on Obama’s Response to Mass Shootings
“Mass shootings were happening before the President even thought about running for Pres,” Trump tweets while quoting Brian Kilmeade
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CNN Anchor Counts Out Loud to Prove Dayton Shooting Took as Much Time as Calling an Elected Official (Video)
Brooke Baldwin counted to 30 on her show to make a point about shootings
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GateHouse Media Acquires USA Today Owner Gannett for $1.4 Billion
Massachusetts-based company to combine two of the country’s largest newspapers
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Holy Toledo! Trump Fumbles Dayton’s Name in Speech on Mass Shootings, and Critics Have a Field Day
Toledo trended on Twitter as commentators questioned whether they’d heard the president correctly
