Social media app Parler downloads soar after US election

The social media app Parler is the top free download on both Apple and Google‘s app stores. The site, which brands itself as an alternative to Facebook Twitter, is popular with right-wing extremists and Trump supporters because it bills itself as a ‘free speech’ zone without the levels of content moderation found on larger networks. … Read more

Trump: Study reveals how US President uses Twitter to divert media away from certain topics

Bigly distraction: Study reveals how Donald Trump uses Twitter to divert the media’s attention away from topics that could harm his reputation Researchers led from Bristol analysed media coverage of the Russia probe They compared this with the contemporary content of Mr Trump’s Twitter feed The more the probe was covered, the more he tweeted … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: Look who’s the biggest loser of them all… 

On his drive back to The White House after hearing that he had lost the Presidential election, Donald Trump was greeted by chants of ‘Loser! Loser! Loser!’ from the crowds. Of all the insults in his considerable lexicon of vituperation — ‘dummy’, ‘stupid’, ‘weak’, ‘dopey’, ‘moron’, ‘dishonest’, ‘pathetic’, and so on — ‘loser’ is perhaps … Read more

Donald Trump FIRES defense secretary Mark Esper by Tweet

President Donald Trump fired his Defense Secretary Mark Esper, announcing his decision in a tweet on Monday, amid talk there could be more terminations to come. ‘I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Social media excitement after Pfizer vaccine news

‘Summer 2021 is going to be the party to end all parties!’ Britons take to social media in hope their lives could be back to normal by next year as experts hail Pfizer Covid vaccine  UK has ordered 40million doses of the jab – enough to cover 20m people Boris Johnson is due to hold … Read more

Wheel of Fortune hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White pen touching tributes to Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek

Wheel of Fortune hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White pen touching tributes to Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek after he passes away at 80 years of age By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 02:05 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 02:19 GMT, 9 November 2020 Just hours after beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passed away following … Read more

Former chief rabbi Lord Sacks dies aged 72

Former chief rabbi of Great Britain Lord Jonathan Sacks has died at the age of 72. The highly esteemed cross-bench peer announced he was undergoing treatment for cancer in October.  A statement on his Twitter page said he died on Saturday morning. It read: ‘Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet.  ‘It with the deepest sadness that we regret to … Read more

Mark Mardell warns BBC diversity drive will ‘annoy and dismay’ its audience as he leaves broadcaster

Mark Mardell has warned the BBC‘s diversity drive will ‘annoy and dismay’ its audience in a parting shot as he left the corporation after a 30-year career. The veteran broadcaster, 63, announced on Twitter last month that he would be presenting his last World At One show after taking redundancy. Yesterday he expressed his frustrations … Read more

Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes is SLAMMED online for mocking Joe Biden’s stutter in now-deleted Twitter post 

‘Sorry for my ignorance’: Australian comedian Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes apologises after being SLAMMED for appearing to mock Joe Biden’s stutter in now-deleted Twitter post By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:18 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 08:20 GMT, 7 November 2020 Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes has sensationally apologised after appearing to mock U.S. … Read more