This semester, my colleague Marc Ambinder and I started a project with students here at USC to investigate our social media feeds. We wanted to see if fake or partisan news would bubble up in our algorithms, and how different those algorithms might be.
As I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed the Monday after inauguration weekend, I noticed that most of my friends were replacing their sharing of political news stories with political posts of their own.
Covering the president has always presented a challenge for journalists, and Donald Trump has, so far, been … well.
A little bit of wisdom from an old hand
This semester I have been working with Truth Squad as part of my Annenberg Media Center shift. It’s forced me to look more critically at how news is shared on social media.
This week, hosts Daniella Pieche, Zach Kreisler, Jordan Winters, and Marc Ambinder discussed why and how conservatives distrust the media and debated whether young journalists can win them back.
On this week’s Truth Squad Podcast, Jordan Winters, Mason Leib, Zachary Kreisler, faculty fellow Marc Ambinder and I discuss what unfolded after a University of Southern California vendor was discovered to be selling t-shirts and other merchandise on campus…
Jordan Winters
CNN’s Jake Tapper, and An Object Lesson In Personal Brands
The moment CNN’s Jake Tapper finished a tough interview with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, passionate supporters of the President began to fight back, diving deep into…
