The Fearless Fund is Under Attack: The Journal of Steffanie Rivers
*Black women are starting businesses more than anybody else in America. That’s despite not getting venture capital investment dollars, bank loans, or contracts comparable to what White business owners with the same experience and expertise get which is why the Fearless Fund is needed. Many people say institutional racism is the reason. So when organizations like […]
Not So Fast! It Seems Tyler Perry Hasn’t Inked BET Takeover Deal, Despite Reports
*On June 13, 2023, EURweb reported that billionaire Tyler Perry, 53, had acquired BET Media Group from Paramount Global. Many other notable Black contenders were also considering purchasing the platform, like a serial entrepreneur and hip hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and media businessman Byron Allen, according to News One. Viewers of BET had expressed […]
Black Scholars Form Group to Counter Election Myths & Misinformation on Social Media (Video)
*A group of Black scholars and activists have banded together to rebuke misinformation, alternative facts, and other means of dissuading African Americans from voting in the 2020 presidential election. The National Black Cultural Information Trust, a Pan-African initiative led by Washington, D.C.-based cultural communications specialist Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor, aims to counter fake social media […]
‘The Wire’ EP David Simon, A Former Journalist, Blames Trump For Stoking Annapolis Shooting
*Before he became the creator, executive producer and head writer of HBO’s Maryland-set series “The Wire,” David Simon was a reporter for the Baltimore Sun. On Thursday, he took to Twitter with his thoughts about the mass shooting that took place hours earlier at a Sun-owned newspaper in Annapolis, and raged against the man whom […]
FB CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says: ‘…We Don’t Deserve to Serve You!’ After Recent Details on Data Breach Uncovered
*As hard as it is to do business successfully without social media, many folks are wishing there was a better way, for this reason… …Potential data breaches — such as the one in the news today involving Facebook, personal data stolen from its users, Russia and Donald Trump. According to NBC News, a data analysis firm […]
False Charges of ‘Fake News’ Are Harming Our Free Press
This article first appeared on the History News Network. The front-runner candidate for the Alabama Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions became Justice Secretary, Republican Roy Moore, called The Washington Post “fake news” after the newspaper published a thorough investigation reporting on sexual encounters between Moore and multiple teenage girls, one as young as 14.
Fake News Story About ‘Diarrhea Outbreak’ At Florida Strip Club Goes Viral
*Did you hear the story about a Florida strip club shutting down temporally due to a tainted buffet causing “severe diarrhea”? Well, we’re sorry to disrupt the amusement and chuckles but the recent viral report about a tainted buffet and a “severe diarrhea incident” at a Jacksonville strip club is fake news. According to the […]
Was Malia Obama Expelled From Harvard? EURweb & Snopes Set the Record Straight
*According to Snopes.com, the The Last Line of Defense website published a very curious article that said President Obama’s eldest daughter, Malia, had been expelled from Harvard University for a drug violation: Malia Obama, who has decided that as an adult she wants to be a pot smoking, rap listening, twerking party girl, has been ousted […]
#FakeNews: ESPN ‘First Take’ Host Molly Qerim is NOT Cheating on Jalen Rose
*ESPN’s “First Take” host Molly Qerim was caught up in a blizzard of lies on Thursday after several blog sites falsely reported that she was cheating on her boyfriend, former NBA Star and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose. According to HipHollywood.com, Qerim and her best friend were in the lobby of a Los Angeles hotel when her […]
Whoopi Goldberg Says Fake News Article ‘Endangered’ Her and Her Family’s Life (Watch)
*Whoopi Goldberg went off on Monday’s episode of “The View” while addressing a recent article about her that she dubbed “fake news,” and its impact on the safety of her family. The post on this particular website, Whoopi says, incorrectly reported that she said Carryn Owens, wife of a fallen Navy SEAL, made an appearance […]
Drake Responds to ISIS Threats After Fake Story Said He Told Muslim Woman to Take Off Hijab
*Drake has responded to what appears to be a FAKE NEWS story that has potential deadly consequences … for him. The world’s best selling recording artist of 2016 has reportedly been threatened by the world’s most feared terrorist group, ISIS, because he allegedly told one of four Muslim girl at his concert to take off her hijab. […]
Now Chris Cuomo is Apologizing for Calling ‘Fake News’ the ‘N-Word’ of Journalism: ‘I Was Wrong’
*CNN’s Chris Cuomo apparently felt the backlash of comparing Donald Trump’s journalism dis “fake news” to a racial slur. During an interview on SiriusXM POTUS earlier today, the journalist told CNN colleague Michael Smerconish: “I see being called ‘fake news’ as the equivalent of the n-word for journalists, the equivalent of calling an Italian any […]
CNN’s Chris Cuomo Says ‘Fake News’ is the ‘N-Word’ of Journalism
*Chris Cuomo told his CNN colleague and SiriusXM radio host Michael Smerconish that he views President Trump’s “fake news” label directed at the press as the journalistic equivalent of the n-word. Earlier today (Feb. 9), Trump dismissed Cuomo as “fake news” in a tweet about the anchor’s interview with Democratic Sen. Blumenthal, who had revealed that Trump’s Supreme […]
CNN Considering Permanent Ban of Kellyanne Conway (Report)
*Kellyanne Conway may have worn out her welcome at CNN. The network turned down an offer from the White House to have President Trump’s senior advisor appear on its Sunday shows, and according to the New York Times, the lockout might end up being permanent. The NYT report states that CNN executives have “serious questions” about […]
