Author: Mandy Nagy

The trailer for the upcoming "The Fifth Estate" film about Wikileaks and its controversial founder, Julian Assange, was released today and was the subject of quite a bit of buzz. On the heels of May's theatrical release of the documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of...

It looks like Asiana Airlines finally came to its senses over its prior decision to sue KTVU over the TV station's broadcast that erroneously aired the fake names of pilots falsely purported to be with the airline's flight 214. From Yonhap News: Asiana Airlines Inc. said Wednesday...

Ever since California TV station KTVU erroneously aired the fake names of four pilots falsely purported to be those of Asiana Flight 214, the story has gone viral and left many wondering how the station could have possibly missed that the names were fake. Some blogs...

A California TV station and NTSB intern are facing more fallout today, after an embarrassing mistake led a KTVU anchor to read on-air the (obviously) fake pilot names of Asiana Flight 214.  That plane crash landed on a San Francisco runway on July 6th, killing...

In the wake of Saturday's not guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial, demonstrations to protest the outcome have erupted all across the country, with more scheduled Monday and throughout the week.  Most have been peaceful, others not so much.  We've collected a handful of tweets, photos and videos from some of them here. The @OccupyWallSt Twitter account tweeted a link to a list of Trayvon rallies in towns across the country. https://twitter.com/OccupyWallSt/status/356360022957109249 An excerpt from the page reads:

It has been decided: black life isn’t worth shit. Come together in force across the country tomorrow at 6pm. Let’s not ask for justice: let’s make it happen ourselves.

Another excerpt, this one from OccupyWallSt.org, reads:

No more divide and conquer. We stand for all. We stand in support of the family of ‪#‎TrayvonMartin and his memory. He did not die in vain. He was the 99% with promise and potential. Capitalism and Racism legitimize each other. We need something brand new and we need it now.

 Protests in Oakland/Los Angeles, CA. https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/status/356615914126462977 https://twitter.com/JohnAlstonABC7/status/356607038031269889

Sometimes people should just avoid the urge to comment on Facebook, at least, not without an attorney present. A Florida man was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office after commenting on the department's "Fugitive of the Day" Facebook post in which he was the featured...

The jury in the Zimmerman case reached a not guilty verdict this evening.  Legal Insurrection is following the reactions online as well as from demonstrators who have been outside the courthouse since deliberations first began. This post contains press conference videos of key people connected to the trial, photos of demonstrators outside the Florida courthouse, tweets/photos/videos related to current and scheduled “Justice for Trayvon” marches, verdict reactions from Twitter and embedded feeds for key Twitter hashtags. Follow/refresh this post for continuing updates. George Zimmerman's reaction as the verdict was read: Press conference with Zimmerman attorneys Mark O'Mara and Don West. Press conference with prosecutors. Florida State Attorney Angela Corey punts on a question about her office's firing of IT Director Ben Kruidbos on Friday, after his testimony last month that he had concerns prosecutors may not have turned over information to the Zimmerman defense team. Press conference with Trayvon Martin family. Press conference with Martin family attorney Ben Crump. Defense attorney Mark O'Mara also did an exclusive lengthy interview Friday with CNN's Martin Savidge, just after the jury first began deliberations.  You can catch key highlights and video of that interview at Defense Attorney Mark O’Mara Opens Up About Influence of Race & Politics in Zimmerman Case. ******** Verdict reactions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTraymartin9/status/356238887158431747 https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/356242431991234560 https://twitter.com/OccupyWallStNYC/status/356242016901939200

The issue of how to handle abusive online comments has come up often and has raised broader issues of speech and anonymity online. This post from IGN, a popular gaming and entertainment site owned by Ziff Davis, reminded me that such issues are good to debate...

I spent the better part of yesterday late afternoon sharing this video on social media and it’s making the rounds this morning (h/t to NowThisNews where I first caught it yesterday).  So you may have seen it by now, but I bring it to your...

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