The Brands, They Are A-Postin’
As protests continue, the limits of the social media brand have never been clearer.
As protests continue, the limits of the social media brand have never been clearer.
“You think I won’t light motherfuckers up who are trying to fuck w/ my property?” Craig Gore wrote on Facebook, before being dismissed by Dick Wolf —who said he would “not tolerate” Gore’s conduct.
“If you—as I have—worked on a TV show or movie in which police are portrayed as lovable goofballs you have contributed to the larger acceptance that cops are the implicitly the good guys,” wrote Tom Scharpling on Twitter.
The initiative initially aimed toward an industry that has “profited predominantly from Black art” quickly swept a broader swath of social media.
The SNL cast member talked protests and police—like his brother, who works for the NYPD—on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The former vice president ripped Trump for his violent Bible stunt. “I just wish he opened it once in a while instead of brandishing it,” Biden said.
The president had one goal: to look strong. No one but his Republican cheering section was convinced.
Numerous actors and musicians have joined the cause at protests nationwide, including Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, and Halsey.
The gathering is a crucial Oscar-season kickoff, and its planners have “a determination to proceed.”
Several staffers have publicly spoken out against Zuckerberg’s decision to leave the president’s incendiary posts up, as the Facebook CEO reportedly stumbled Monday in addressing race with civil rights leaders.
“The police can’t even get through protests about police brutality without committing more police brutality,” Meyers said.
Fallon used Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show to discuss racism in America and his own personal failings.
As Trump claimed to be an “ally of peaceful protesters,” federal police were violently clearing out peaceful protesters to ensure the president could pose outside with a Bible.
In 2006, the 25-year-old Kushner bought the New Yorker Observer. He was full of self-confidence—and considerably less knowledge of the newspaper business. Two former Observer editors and a former reporter talk about the mind and management ideas of the man they knew.
The president is hard at work giving law enforcement even more leeway to crack down on protesters. And, as usual, his counter-narrative—this time involving antifa—defies logic.
That’s just one surprise in the new proposal to resume shooting movies and TV shows in the coronavirus era.
It has become an article of faith among Trump and his allies that Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act should be axed. If it is, the president could be the first to face the consequences.