
Lindsey Ellefson
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Number of Social Media Users ‘Worn Out’ by Political Talk Up 9% From 2016
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 9, 2019 @ 6:20 AMOnly 15% of respondents said they like political posts
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Trump Campaign Halts Twitter Spending Over ‘Disgusting Bias’ Against Mitch McConnell
By Lindsey Ellefson and Sean Burch | August 8, 2019 @ 12:12 PMSenate 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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 8, 2019 @ 8:59 AM”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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 8, 2019 @ 6:19 AM”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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 7, 2019 @ 11:11 AM”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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 7, 2019 @ 10:20 AMNewspaper’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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 7, 2019 @ 7:56 AMThe 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’
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 7, 2019 @ 7:03 AMPenn 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’
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 7, 2019 @ 6:20 AM”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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 6, 2019 @ 10:03 AM”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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 6, 2019 @ 8:28 AMThe 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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 6, 2019 @ 7:37 AM”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)
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 6, 2019 @ 6:27 AMBrooke 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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 5, 2019 @ 12:11 PMMassachusetts-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
By Lindsey Ellefson | August 5, 2019 @ 9:24 AMToledo trended on Twitter as commentators questioned whether they’d heard the president correctly