Connor Grant
MRCTV Staff
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Twitter announced on Monday that they would be implementing a new feature into their application called “Birdwatch,” a new addition designed to reduce the spread of "misleading information" by allowing users to add "notes" of context to tweets they believe to be misleading.
Twitter explained how the "community-driven" feature should work in a recent blog post:
“Birdwatch allows people to…
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With Super Bowl LV right around the corner following Sunday's conference championship games, the typical Super Bowl commercial-running companies should be gearing up with their funniest, influential, and most heart-warming ad concepts. But unfortunately not even Super Bowl commercials will be normal this season.
With the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ever-increasing social…
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Speaking anonymously, several Republican senators have reportedly told The Hill that only five or six Republicans are likely to vote to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, well below the estimated 17 Republican votes that are needed in order to convict.
Since Trump's impeachment last week for his alleged incitement of insurrection of the rioters who stormed the U.S…
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White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield was interviewed Thursday morning by CNN host Alisyn Camerota regarding how the Biden administration will deal with networks that are “willfully lying” or spreading dishonest information.
Camerota asked Bedingfield about a line in Biden’s inaugural speech in which he talked about fighting “lies told for power and for profit,” and if he was…
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Hundreds of supporters lined the roadside as Donald Trump arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday after his final departure from the White House.
One supporter told NBC 6, “We are here to support our President, and to show him his sacrifice was not in vain,” Another supporter told WPTV: “I am almost in denial… I don’t want to believe that today could be his last day.”
Trump’s convoy…
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham took to Fox News’ Tuesday night to call on Sen. Mitch McConnell to “unequivocally” oppose President Trump’s impeachment, telling host Sean Hannity, "What we need right now is Sen. McConnell to unequivocally say the second impeachment of Donald Trump after he leaves office is not only unconstitutional, it is bad for the country."
Graham also added that the GOP needs…
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Just hours before the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, President Donald Trump addressed his supporters Wednesday morning as he and First Lady Melania Trump departed the White House for the last time, promising, "We will be back in some form."
In a breaking of tradition, Trump has decided to forego Biden's inauguration and instead held his own farewell gathering hours earlier as he left…
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As the newly developed COVID-19 vaccine makes its rollout - slowly but surely - across the country, many Americans have been left wondering if their employer can require them to receive the two-dose shot, with many people saying they're hesitant to take a new vaccine to immunize against a disease with a 99 percent survival rate for most of the population - and some saying they'll never get it at…
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Fox News has been the highest rated news network for decades now, consistently beating out CNN and MSNBC combined. It seems this trend may come to an end in 2021. Having long been known as the anti-establishment network, Fox News has lost a substantial amount of viewers due to controversy surrounding their coverage of Donald Trump's campaign and their alleged chicanery during the presidential…
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Russell Okung may not be a household name compared to other NFL players but the Carolina Panthers’ offensive tackle is making a name for himself through social media.
Recently, he took to twitter to post a humorous stick-figure video tackling the news media:
This is how the news works.pic.twitter.com/e8RUCg3V8D
— russ (@RussellOkung) January 16, 2021
Okung gained a significant following…