John Bowman
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Twitter blasts newspapers for printing photos of Bill, not Hillary
Journalists and critics are taking newspapers to task for featuring photos of Bill Clinton and Bernie Sanders to accompany their front-page stories about Hillary Clinton's nomination Tuesday night. → Read More
'Spoon bending' workshop for doctors offered at University of Alberta
A law professor at the University of Alberta is calling out the school's faculty of medicine for scheduling a workshop called "Spoon Bending and the Power of the Mind." → Read More
Russian Embassy uses video game image as 'illustration' of chemical weapons
The official Twitter account of the Russian Embassy in the U.K. uses a screenshot from the video game Command and Conquer as an "illustration" for chemical weapons in a post about Syrian extremists. → Read More
Trump commends first responders to '7-Eleven' attacks
Donald Trump made an awkward slip of the tongue at a rally in Buffalo Monday evening, referring to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York as "7-Eleven." → Read More
Casting of Scarlett Johansson in anime adaptation called 'whitewashing'
The studio behind the live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga series Ghost in the Shell released the first image of star Scarlett Johansson in the role of Maj. Motoko Kusanagi, leading to a new wave of accusations of "whitewashing" the Asian character. → Read More
New Australian $5 bill compared to 'clown puke'
The Reserve Bank of Australia has unveiled the new design for its $5 bill, and the early reviews on social media are not good, featuring such words as "vomit," "disgusting" and "atrocity." → Read More
J.K. Rowling eggs on Twitter rivalry between Scottish libraries
Two libraries in Scotland's Northern Isles have an intense — but friendly — Twitter rivalry going and author J.K. Rowling just keeps stirring the pot. → Read More
Obama, Trudeau trade hockey barbs
U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ribbed each other on their countries' hockey successes in their remarks at the arrival ceremony for the official visit Thursday, but Twitter users called an offside over their facts. → Read More
Kanye West takes heat for Cosby 'INNOCENT' tweet
Rapper Kanye West is taking heat on Twitter for declaring that actor Bill Cosby, charged with drugging and violating a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004, is "innocent." → Read More
U.S. TV forced to bleep Trump's latest political insult
In what some political reporters are calling a history-making speech, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated a vulgar insult aimed at Ted Cruz that was shouted during a rally Monday night in New Hampshire ahead of the primary. → Read More
Marvel CEO's $1M donation to #Trump4Vets prompts reaction
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced at a fundraiser Thursday night that Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter would donate $1 million US to his charitable foundation, and comic book fans took to Twitter in reaction. → Read More
Lego set includes 1st minifigure using wheelchair
A Lego set to be released this year features one of its iconic minifigures using a wheelchair, a first for the toymaker following criticism for a lack of diversity in its minifigures. → Read More
Twitter's 10,000-character posts aren't what you think
If there’s one thing people know about Twitter it’s that posts there can only be 140 characters long. But what if Twitter lifted that limit and tweets could be longer? Like, a lot longer. → Read More
#ParisAttacks, #LoveWins, #elxn42: The essential hashtags of 2015
Twitter’s end-of-year report includes some of the most popular hashtags and topics that resonated with the more than 300 million users of the social media service. → Read More
#TheDress and other things that wasted our time in 2015
Social media is essential to understanding and reporting on what's happening in the world today. However, a lot of what trends on the internet is tremendously trivial, utterly fake or otherwise a complete waste of time. → Read More
High-rated TV isn't necessarily trending TV, and vice versa
The most popular shows on TV on any given night aren't necessarily the ones that are trending on Twitter, but social media marketing for new shows is here to stay. → Read More
Firing over Facebook comment sparks debate about online abuse
An Australian newspaper columnist wrote this week about why she contacted the employer of a man who was leaving abusive comments on her Facebook page, sparking a debate about how to deal with harassment on social media. → Read More
Muslims use hashtags to reclaim their voices online
There has been a rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric from users of social media in the two weeks since the Paris attacks. One interesting trend arising from media coverage of Muslims is the satirical hashtags emerging online after these stories spread. → Read More
#1in5Muslims: Twitter mocks misleading tabloid headline
After a U.K. tabloid published a story claiming one in five British Muslims has "sympathy for jihadis," Twitter users shot back with a mocking hashtag with other spurious claims about #1in5Muslims. → Read More
Hashtag jokes can explode like a 'bolt of lightning,' radio host says - Your Community
[View the story "Hashtag jokes can explode like a 'bolt of lightning,' radio host says" on Storify]Hashtag jokes can explode like a 'bolt of lightning,' radio host says Storified by CBC News Community· Wed, Jan 21 2015 13:51:11 Twitter’s list of Trends is frequently populated with hashtag jokes, a sort of improv comedy game that can start with a single tweet and then spread to cover the entire… → Read More