Apr 19 One Year Later: What Happened to #stopKony? EmbedVideo(6239, 482, 304); The Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz discuss the #stopKony movement's effectiveness with PBS NewsHour's Christina Bellantoni. The Kony 2012 video skyrocketed to almost 100 million views on YouTube in the course of one… Continue reading
Apr 19 Boston Bombing Suspects’ Uncle: ‘Turn Yourself In’ EmbedVideo(6256, 482, 304); Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the two Boston Marathon bombings suspects, attributes their alleged actions to "being losers." He pleaded with the younger suspect, who is still at large, to turn himself in and ask for forgiveness. Continue reading
Apr 17 Conflicting Reports on Alleged Boston Suspect Flood Social Media By Colleen Shalby In the span of an hour, reports clashed regarding whether an arrest had been made in the Boston Marathon bombing. View a Storified timeline of the conflicting reports. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch In Face of Disaster, Social Media Helped Spread News and Connect Bostonians In Face of Disaster, Social Media Helps People Connect… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Online Streaming Television Service Aereo Tests Traditional Broadcast Networks Online Streaming Television Service Aereo Tests Traditional Broadcast Networks… Continue watching
Apr 10 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Wednesday's NewsHour: President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, which calls for changes to Social Security and Medicare, as well as tax hikes for the wealthy Then, with a Senate comproise on background checks breathing new life to a comprehensive… Continue reading
Apr 10 Self-Censorship on Chinese TV: An American Comedian’s Experience By jappell By Jesse Appell Fulbright fellow Jesse Appell's "Gangnam Style" parody was subject to censorship when he was asked to perform on Chinese television. A note from Paul Solman: Jesse Appell is a young humorist, fluent in Mandarin, studying stand-up comedy… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Journalists Expose Trove of Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts Around the World Journalists Expose Trove of Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts Around the World… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Could Search Engines Determine Elections? Could Search Engines Determine Elections?… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Why Facebook Went Red and Pink Over Same-Sex Marriage While the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against same-sex marriage, scores of Facebook users changed their profile pictures to show their support with a red equal sign. For more on the image and social media's impact on this issue,… Continue watching