Remember how, this past weekend, I was telling you about how Facebook had confirmed that, back in 2014, Cambridge Analytica, the political analytics firm owned by far-right hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, and managed at the time by Steve Bannon, had harvested the Facebook profiles of approximately 50 million unwitting American voters using the platform, […]
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Cambridge Analytica and the Russian prostitute connection
Posted in Corporate Crime, Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Aleksandr Kogan, Alexander Nix, blackmail, bribery, Cambridge Analytica, Christopher Steele, Christopher Wylie, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, dossier, election meddling, election rigging, elections, entrapment, fake news, Global Science Research, honeypots, honeytrap, House Intelligence Committee, Mark Turnbull, propaganda, prostitutes, psychological warfare, Robert Mercer, Russia, Russiagate, SCL Elections, sex workers, Steve Bannon, Ukraine 99 Comments
Clicks over Quality…. Will the Ann Arbor News follow The Oregonian, demanding that all reporters post three stories a day?
Advance Publications, the owners of the Ann Arbor News, made the national news a few days ago when New York Times columnist David Carr announced that, in an attempt to drive increased web traffic to the website of their Portland paper, The Oregonian, they were requiring all of their reporters to post three stories per […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged Advance Publications, Ann Arbor News, David Carr, future of journalism, MLive, Newhouse Newspapers, Portland, Pulitzer Prize, the future of journalism, The Oregonian, the sad state of journalism, web traffic, Willamette Week 47 Comments
What I remember of the MarkMaynard.com 10th anniversary party
I want to thank everyone who showed up last Saturday for the 10th anniversary party at Woodruff’s. I especially want to thank those folks who I didn’t get an opportunity to speak with in person. As well over 100 people showed up over the course of the evening, I just didn’t have an opportunity to […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 25 Suaves, Alan Haber, Andre Grewe, Andy Claydon, anniversary, AutoMark, automaton, ball shaving, Beezy's, Bulb Records, Corner brewery, cycle powered cinema, Damn Arbor, Eclectablog, Facebook, Fumie Kawasaki, Halloween Nation, Hasan Mihyar, impersonators, Krampus, Laura Abraham, MarkMaynard.com, Mike Eller, Minus9, Monika Szydlowski, nutria, Ozone House, Pat Maynard, Patric Elkins, Patrick Elkins, robot teachers, Saddam Hussein, Saline, SDS, Shadow Art Fair, Shovelgate, spider holes, Steve Cherry, Steve Guttenberg, strangled by feet, sweding, Taco Bell, Trabajabamos, unconference, VG Kids, Woodruff's, Ypsilanti City Council, Zombie Claus 15 Comments