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Ted Cruz, Rupert Murdoch, and other conservatives want religious test for refugees

'Give me (some of) your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'

On Nov 17, 2015 by Aaron Sankin

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Online campaign gets racy lad mag pulled from shelves

Australian horndogs can no longer buy their softcore Zoo magazine at a major supermarket chain.

On Aug 20, 2015 by Laken Howard

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The amazing FCC complaints against ‘The O’Reilly Factor’

'This might sound crazy, but...'

On Jul 19, 2015 by Andrew Couts

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Randy Quaid and his wife made a simulated sex video about Rupert Murdoch

Things get weird pretty quickly.

On Feb 3, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

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Aziz Ansari takes Rupert Murdoch to task for his Islamophobic tweet

It was a Twitter takedown of epic proportions.

On Jan 12, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

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Why the tech-bro takeover of media keeps failing

The mass resignations at the New Republic today are part of a bigger pattern.

On Dec 5, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Russell Brand threatens to sue the Sun for calling him a hypocrite

Brand claims he's not the story. But he's fast becoming it.

On Dec 3, 2014 by Rob Price

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What Fox News can teach us about how the Internet works

The definition of "all the news that's fit to print" has changed on the Internet. 

On Sep 5, 2014 by Chris Osterndorf

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Meet the man who livetweeted every day of Britain’s phone-hacking trial

We find out just how difficult it is to livetweet an entire trial.

On Jun 26, 2014 by Ned Donovan

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Tweekender: Mario Balotelli’s dog deserves her own Twitter account

Game of Thrones, Diplo, and Rupert Murdoch all made a splash this week

On May 17, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Mick Twister tweets current events as limericks

Mick Twister's 140-character limericks might be the most unusual way to catch up on the day's news. 

On May 17, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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George Michael goes on Twitter tirade

The musician didn't need much prompting to let out his unfiltered rage. 

On May 8, 2012 by Christian Yoder

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Rupert Murdoch’s tweets become collectors’ item

Artist Michelle Vaughan is printing a five-part series of Murdoch's tweets on the finest of Italian paper stock.  

On Mar 13, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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Australia proposes mass monitoring of blogs

Even blogs that average only 40 pageviews a day may be forced to join the same regulatory body as mainstream newspapers.   

On Mar 2, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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Rupert Murdoch booed on Twitter for piracy tirade

News Corp. CEO calls Google "pirates" and lambastes President Obama—then gets a taste of his own medicine.

On Jan 16, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III