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Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Oct 31, 2016 Trump says Russia isn’t influencing our election, and so do these Russian trolls who are being paid to influence our election. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new Mondays…
Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire and Facebook board member, appeared today at the National Press Club in Washington, where he gave a short speech defending his support of Donald Trump and answered journalists’ written questions about his decade-long campaign to destroy Gawker Media. His answers revealed a deep-seated hatred toward Gawker and its staff,…
Monday night, Slate published an explosive new story suggesting shady ties between a server registered to the Trump Organization and ones own by a Russian bank. While the Clinton campaign quickly pounced on the story as possibly “the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow,” security analysts raised doubts about the story’s conclusions…
storytext Fox News has offered Megyn Kelly more than $20 million a year to stay with the network, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNNMoney. The offer, first reported by Vanity Fair, is one of several offers that Kelly has received from major television networks, the sources said. It would make her one of…
storytext It’s time for a new rule on the web: Double, no, triple check before you share. Especially if it seems too good to be true. Why? Look no further than Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Trump claimed Sunday morning that “Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton.” Not only was…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Time Inc. has an ambitious goal for 2016 — creating 40,000 pieces of video content. Today it’s announcing a partnership with Wochit, which should make it easier for the media company to hit that target. Wochit is a New York City-headquartered startup that’s supposed to make it easier for online publishers…
Silicon Valley The Inside Story of Vine’s Demise Former employees paint a picture of management issues, changing strategies, and existential questions. Nash Grier, a Vine star, at the premiere of his first movie The Outfield in November 2015. By Laura Cavanaugh/WireImage/Getty Images. The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles holds a…
Typical Outbrain ads. Readers are starting to express discontent about this sort of advertising. You see them everywhere, and maybe, sometimes, you click: those rows of links under web articles, often augmented with eye-catching photos and curiosity-stoking headlines about the latest health tips, celebrity news or ways to escape financial stress. Usually grouped together under…
storytext This week the NBA tipped off its new season with the biggest athlete in the world getting his third championship ring. On the same night, Major League Baseball had game 1 of the World Series between two teams that haven’t won a title in a combined 174 years. And the NFL’s big game of…
storytext Fox News viewers really do see the world differently. New data shows that Fox loyalists, when compared to the public at large, are far more pessimistic about America’s future; are far more critical of President Obama’s performance; are far more fearful of Hillary Clinton; and are more forgiving of Donald Trump. The sharp differences…