Sometimes, having a higher profile than Twitter has its disadvantages, as Facebook found itself mentioned in a scandal it had absolutely nothing to do with over the weekend that pundits gave the chuckle-inducing name of Weinergate.
Posts Tagged ‘Media’
Watch The 11 p.m. News … On Facebook

Technical difficulties thwarting the 11 p.m. news? No problem for WCTV of Tallahassee, Fla., as the CBS affiliate kept the news flowing via Facebook, Twitter, and its website.
Will Dropped News Anchor Get Rehired Via Facebook?

A veteran news anchor in Michigan gets an outpouring of Facebook love after abruptly leaving her show for reasons unknown to the public.
Facebook Ramping Up Journalist Outreach
In attempts to have the news feed contain more, well, news, Facebook staffed a new position with the goal of building relationships with reporters and news organizations.
Facebook Pulls Spinnaker Photo Suggesting Oral

Facebook pulled a larger version of the image you see to the left, from the page of the University of North Florida’s student newspaper, Spinnaker.
Tsumani Posts Flood Facebook, Dozens Per Second

Posts about Japan’s earthquake and subsequent tsunami are going up on Facebook at a rate of dozens of postings per second.
Facebook Posts Will Inform Al Jazeera Talk Show

The Arab news network Al Jazeera plans to launch an English-language talk show that will take cues from viewers’ posts on Facebook and Twitter.
Why Would A News Site Move Entirely To Facebook?

A local news outlet announced this week its plans to move all of its publishing to Facebook, getting rid of the website RockvilleCentral.com. Will it succeed?
Cooks Source Magazine Forced To Close, Following Facebook Backlash

It looks like Cooks Source is closing down as a result of the recent copyright saga and Facebook backlash – and apparently the editor hasn’t learned a thing!
NSFW: Topless Woman Angers Facebook Onion Fans

A new article which included an image of a topless woman appears to have angered a number of users who were at work when the revealing image suddenly popped up in their news feed.