Communications professor at the Newhouse School, Syracuse University. Nittany Lion & Badger. Tweets represent my own opinions.
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Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Jim Jordan and the OSU abuse scandal:
- 177+ students abused over 20 years (Jordan was there for 7)
- 6+ alleged Jordan knew about it
- Their accusations are direct ("I told him") and under oath
- Jordan refused to cooperate with investigators
- Jordan is named in the lawsuit
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Mitt Romney sent this text to Mitch McConnell on Jan. 2, 2021:
"In case you have not heard this, I just got a call from Angus King, who said that he had spoken with a senior official at the Pentagon who reports that they are seeing very disturbing social media traffic regarding the protests planned on the 6th. There are calls to burn down your home, Mitch; to smuggle guns into DC, and to storm the Capitol. I hope that sufficient security plans are in place, but I am concerned that the instigator—the President—is the one who commands the reinforcements the DC and Capitol police might require."
McConnell never responded.
theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Second-biggest owner of Twitter is executing a man for his tweets.
Silence from the owner of Twitter, who is a self-styled ‘free speech absolutist.’ Not even a “concerning”.
A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter& YouTube activity.
Repression has reached a terrifying new stage when a court can hand down the death penalty for nothing more than tweets. Saudi authorities should quash the verdict.
hrw.org/news/2023/08/29/saud…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
NEWS: Kansas Bureau of Investigation & Marion County Atty to return all materials confiscated by police from Marion Co. Record.
County Atty says "insufficient evidence" to support police search of newsroom or seizure of materials.
KBI will not review them for its inquiry.
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Churches aren’t supposed to endorse political candidates, according to IRS rules. Across the country, churches appear to be doing so anyway. propublica.org/article/johns…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Just before she died, Joan Meyer, a newspaperwoman since 1953, said this about a police raid on her Kansas home: “These are Hitler tactics and something has to be done.” kansas.com/opinion/editorial…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
This story about police in a small Kansas town raiding the local newspaper and seizing items in a way that seems illegal is chilling and cannot be tolerated. Time to spread this story far and wide and pressure local officials to explain themselves. loom.ly/TJiW3fQ
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Dear Merrick Garland,
As an American citizen, I call for an investigation into the money paid to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump during their time at the White House, including just after they left, when Jared Kushner received 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia. Thank you.
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
BREAKING: Hunter Biden made $640 million while “working” in daddy’s administration, and received $2 billion from the people behind 9/11.
Now that I got Republicans’ attention. That was actually Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
NEW: One of the funders of the anti-child trafficking hit film “Sound of Freedom” was recently arrested and charged with — you guessed it — FELONY CHILD KIDNAPPING.
Is anyone surprised? Anyone at all?
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Imagine if liberals or the Dems had a nationwide messaging apparatus, an actual propaganda arm, which pumped out Jared Kushner’s name and alleged misdeeds daily, 100s of times. Then you start to understand the messaging imbalance in this country & how GOP gets away with so much.
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
"Not the odds, but the stakes."
That's my shortand for the organizing principle we most need from journalists covering the 2024 election. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy.
Here's an example of stakes reporting. nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/po…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Disney CEO Bob Iger—who makes $27M/year—complains that writers & actors aren't realistic in their demands, refuses to answer what’s unrealistic, & admits a strike will be devastating.
Yes—that’s how strikes work. That’s why they’re effective.
Pay Workers
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Anchor was never *just* a brewery. The story of how Fritz Maytag saved a brewery became the founding myth for American craft beer. Anchor was at once the past and the future, proof that small breweries could exist outside an ecosystem of commodity lagers. beervanablog.com/beervana/20…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
BREAKING NEWS: The Grandfather of Craft, #AnchorBrewing to Shut Down - In a stunning, but not surprising announcement, @AnchorBrewing, the iconic first #craftbrewery in the modern era, will cease all operations and liquidate the business. Read about it 👉zurl.co/c6Sn
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
EIon Musk’s Wealth
2009: $.6B
2023: $249B
Jeff Bezos’s Wealth
2009: $6B
2023: $153B
Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2009: $.6B
2023: $105B
Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2023: $7.25
Billionaire tax rate: 8.2%
Worker tax rate: 13%
Pay workers.
Tax Billionaires.
Save our economy.
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Every month an average of 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner. @shannonrwatts
The Fifth Circuit - which presides over federal lawsuits in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas - struck down the federal domestic violence restraining order gun prohibition. As a result, this federal law hasn’t been enforced in those states for months. nytimes.com/2023/06/30/us/po…
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
Here is @onthemedia's guide for interviewing conspiracy theorists and other disinformers running for office.
The first one is by far the most important. And I'd go further: ask yourself why you're doing this— then share that answer with the rest of us.
Dr. Brad Gorham retweeted
303 Creative has never sold wedding websites. There was no gay couple looking for her services.
Still, she admits she entered the public market in order to discriminate against LGBT people, citing her faith and a "calling from God."
The fact this case was even heard... #SCOTUS
