• Twitter chat: What do the Oscars say about the changing state of cinema?

    Twitter chat: What do the Oscars say about the changing state of cinema?

    Mar 04, 2018 03:44 PM EDT

    ... low representation of artists of color. What does all this say about the changing state of cinema? To answer that question and more, the NewsHour (@NewsHour) will be joined on Twitter at 1 p.m. EST on Monday by Ann Hornaday (@annhornaday), chief film critic for The Washington Post (@washingtonpost).

  • Tamara Keith and Shawna Thomas decipher three days of Twitter turmoil

    Tamara Keith and Shawna Thomas decipher three days of Twitter turmoil

    Feb 19, 2018 11:25 PM EDT

    ... indictment is a very serious problem. Shawna Thomas: And he also kind of went after his own national security adviser just a little bit on Twitter. Judy Woodruff: He sure did. Shawna Thomas: Yes. And I think one of the things is, the indictment doesn't indict him, and it ...

  • How Twitter bots are recycling Cold War techniques to sow political division

    How Twitter bots are recycling Cold War techniques to sow political division

    Feb 05, 2018 11:35 PM EDT

    ... can be amped up and amplified. It can be other messages that sort of filter up very slowly out of the vastness of all the Twitter posts and Twitter messages. So, Twitter, in fact, is a huge part of this problem here. William Brangham: Now, Kellyanne Conway and the White ...

  • Twitter Chat: Grammy Awards embrace diversity, but is there still work to be done?

    Twitter Chat: Grammy Awards embrace diversity, but is there still work to be done?

    Jan 29, 2018 05:25 PM EDT

    ... and oppression made an impact without an artist taking home a gramophone? To answer those questions and more, the NewsHour (@NewsHour) will be joined on Twitter at 1 p.m. EST Monday by Harold Shawn, program director of the Hip-Hop Archive and Research Institute (@hiphoparchive), Brionna Atkins, media and ...

  • How Trump’s love of Twitter translates abroad

    How Trump’s love of Twitter translates abroad

    Jan 03, 2018 11:30 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump uses Twitter to speak directly to the American people. How is this mode of communication heard in foreign nations? Former ambassador Nancy McEldowney, who is now at Georgetown University, and Kenneth Weinstein, president and CEO of the Hudson Institute think tank, lend their perspectives.

  • Trump lashes out at wrong Theresa May account on Twitter

    Trump lashes out at wrong Theresa May account on Twitter

    Nov 30, 2017 01:58 PM EDT

    ... May’s criticism of his decision to tweet anti-Muslim videos. Online archives of Trump’s tweets show the president tweeted Wednesday night to a Twitter user with the handle @theresamay. That user is identified as a woman with a different last name who has only six followers. That tweet ...

  • Twitter chat: How well are we protected from workplace discrimination?

    Twitter chat: How well are we protected from workplace discrimination?

    Nov 01, 2017 11:37 PM EDT

    ... class. To discuss the findings from this latest study, as well as where we stand on workplace equality today, the PBS NewsHour was joined on Twitter by Jody Heymann (@wpolicycenter) founding director of UCLA’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center and dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Rachel ...

  • WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify on Russia before House intelligence committee

    WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify on Russia before House intelligence committee

    Nov 01, 2017 05:55 PM EDT

    Representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google made their final appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee. The tech giants continued to detail for lawmakers how Russian operatives leveraged their platforms in an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election. Earlier Wednesday, they faced ...

  • In hearing on Russia, Facebook, Twitter, Google defend their security measures

    In hearing on Russia, Facebook, Twitter, Google defend their security measures

    Oct 31, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    ... of which focused on divisive social issues — pointed people to the agency's pages, where they could then like or share its material. WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify in Senate hearing on Russia Twitter told the subcommittee it has uncovered and shut down 2,752 accounts linked to the agency ...

  • WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify in Senate intelligence committee hearing on Russia

    WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify in Senate intelligence committee hearing on Russia

    Oct 31, 2017 09:16 PM EDT

    Representatives from three tech giants -- Facebook, Google and Twitter -- will face more scrutiny Wednesday as they testify in the second of several Congressional hearings this week about how Russia may have used social media to meddle in the 2016 election. On Wednesday, representatives from all three major tech companies are ...