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Fighting fake news in the era of the Sinclair Script

04/05/2018 By Ollie Gratzinger | Opinions Editor Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest telecommunications company in the United States, owning a total of 193 stations across the nation. With an estimated influence in 40 percent of American households, Sinclair has a say in what nearly half of the country’s citizens see on the local news. With that being said, a slew of disconcerting information surrounding … Continue reading Fighting fake news in the era of the Sinclair Script

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Facebook comes under fire for selling identities

03/22/2018 By Duke Staff Online privacy may be a new oxymoron. News broke this week about Facebook’s involvement with the far-right Cambridge Analytica data firm that showed the world that social media sites don’t much care about your privacy. A user, to Zuckerberg or any other data analyst, is just some point that can be packaged and then sold or shared. It’s a social network … Continue reading Facebook comes under fire for selling identities

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Alec Baldwin wrongfully attacks sexual assault victim

By Vincent Gullo III 2/7/18 Just last week, actor and famed SNL Trump impersonator Alec Baldwin caused controversy with his comments regarding the sexual abuse allegations made against movie director Woody Allen and his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Farrow, who has accused Allen of sexually abusing her when she was 7, graphically stated in her op-ed in the LA times: “Allen’s pattern of inappropriate behavior … Continue reading Alec Baldwin wrongfully attacks sexual assault victim

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‘#Me too’ shows solidarity with sexual assault victims

By Duke Staff 10/19/2017 In the wake of the numerous sexual accusations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo campaign — a social media movement led by women and men revealing their own experiences with sexual harassment and assault — emerged, leading to an abundance of people on several social media platforms coming forward. Several notable figures have made posts regarding their experiences, including actress … Continue reading ‘#Me too’ shows solidarity with sexual assault victims

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BTS returns with delightful ‘Love Yourself’

By Leah Devorak | Editor-in-Chief 10/12/17 Eleven albums later, somehow, this group never gets old. In mid-September, BTS dropped its first release, Love Yourself: ‘Her,’ since experiencing the most successful year of its career. The Korean group won a Billboard Music Award back in May and has since grown its online presence by garnering just under 9 million followers on Twitter and scoring collaborations with … Continue reading BTS returns with delightful ‘Love Yourself’

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How to start a war in 140 characters or less

By Ollie Gratzinger | Features Editor 9/28/17 Did Donald Trump just start a war via Twitter? According to Ri Yong-ho, North Korea’s foreign minister, the answer is yes. And, of course, calling the leader of a so-called “rogue nation” with nuclear capabilities “Rocket Man” in a formal speech before the UN probably didn’t do much to help the United States’ international image, but this isn’t … Continue reading How to start a war in 140 characters or less

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Vine’s six seconds of app fame come to end

By Craig Taylor | Staff Writer Short-form video sharing app “Vine” will be discontinued “in the coming months,” according to Vine’s development team via a statement made with the online publishing platform Medium last Thursday. Team Vine assured creators that their videos will not be going anywhere just yet and that they can still view and download their creations for the time being. The developers … Continue reading Vine’s six seconds of app fame come to end

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Letterman leaves The Late Show, Colbert to take over

By Jillian Power | Student Columnist For those of you who don’t own a computer with a working Internet connection (I’m looking at you, DUQnet), Stephen Colbert is replacing David Letterman as the host of The Late Show once Letterman’s contract expires in 2015. If your first reaction to the news was, “wait, didn’t they just replace him with Jimmy Fallon?” You can see why … Continue reading Letterman leaves The Late Show, Colbert to take over

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Whatever comes to mind: Social media rears its ugly head

By George Flynn | Opinions Editor I love social media. I really do. It takes up a large portion of my life, and I am not going to complain. I can follow celebrities like actress, Anna Kendrick and The New York Times at the same time on Twitter, getting laughs and news from the same source. I follow plenty of blogs on Tumblr that offer … Continue reading Whatever comes to mind: Social media rears its ugly head

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Staff Editorial: U.S.’s revolutionary twitter shut down

By Duke Staff Can a Twitter account start a revolution? Probably not your Twitter, but the U.S. government may have achieved this in Cuba. Launched in 2010, the U.S. Agency for International Development overtly created a network similar to Twitter called ZunZuneo. The program, now dissolved, operated through the country’s text messaging system to bypass government-censored Internet access and sendt coded, politically satirical messages to … Continue reading Staff Editorial: U.S.’s revolutionary twitter shut down

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