Senior Editor, News & Special Projects @ CNN /// [email protected] /// Photo by Victor G Jeffreys II
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Michael Ballaban retweeted
I'm not the first one to say this, but it's really a bummer how just totally useless this app is during breaking news events. Completely awash with misinformation from paid blue checks.
Michael Ballaban retweeted
A person familiar with the removal said the move appeared to be a “knee-jerk reaction” because “no one actually knows what they mean by DEI content … therefore, they’re like ‘Well, let’s just take down all the photos of women.’”
The US Naval Academy has returned photos and memorabilia of Jewish women graduates after they were “mistakenly removed” from a display to apparently comply with DEI directives --
cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/…
Michael Ballaban retweeted
Incredible scoop from my colleague Tori Elliot, who found out that Musk is installing his lackeys in the highest positions at the Office of Public Management — including a former Neuralink intern who graduated from high school in 2024
wired.com/story/elon-musk-la…
Michael Ballaban retweeted
Kind of crazy: Babe Ruth hit more homers in Jimmy Carter's lifetime than any currently active player (Stanton leads with 429)
Michael Ballaban retweeted
if you’re wondering who in the world follows beit shammai, it’s sir paul mccartney
Michael Ballaban retweeted
Last year we discovered a COVID relief fund meant for struggling arts venues had given $200M+ to wealthy musicians. But we didn't know HOW they spent it — until now. We got the literal receipts, with @TheNewsHam and @ByKLong reviewing thousands of pages of accounting docs
Michael Ballaban retweeted
"So there’s no salary for a pit crew member, it’s just the salary of their main job. For mechanics that can still be a good income, but it’s not massive — from what I’ve gathered, we’re talking in the region of $60k a year and up (although that is a rough number..."
The RACER Mailbag, December 11 racer.com/2024/12/11/the-rac… via @racermag
Just slightly more than Judge Judy’s final salary
Is this like one of those NFL contracts that’s entirely fake or is he really getting $50m a year
Michael Ballaban retweeted
ALT a meme that shows a timeline chart beginning with "birth" and ending with "death". Near the beginning of the chart there is a section with the text "When I grow up I'm going to drive one of these", under that text are photos of a McLaren, Lamborghini, and Bugatti. Right after that is a much larger section with the text "this is the greatest vehicle ever made", below the text is a photo of a 2nd gen (2004) Toyota Prius.
Michael Ballaban retweeted
during the show a Tesla owner called in complaining that he was selling his car out of anger towards Musk's support of a candidate who denies climate change, but couldn't find buyers
Michael Ballaban retweeted
Facebook, Google and now Amazon eating up nearly all digital advertising has had the secondary effect of making 95 percent of articles on the web unreadable
constant page refreshing, half the screen obscured, it is awful and god help you if it’s a feature longer than 1000 words
Michael Ballaban retweeted
New: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some Cabinet picks while using private companies to vet potential candidates for admin jobs, sources tell us.
More w/ @evanperez, @KristenhCNN & @HolmesLybrand
cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/…
Michael Ballaban retweeted
New: Oil giant ExxonMobil opposes President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, a company spokesperson told CNN in a statement.
“A second US exit from the Paris climate agreement will have profound implications for the United States’ efforts to reduce its own emissions and for international efforts to combat climate change,” an ExxonMobil spokesperson told CNN in a statement. “We advocate for policy that accounts for security, affordability, reliability and environmental stewardship – not drastic changes that could hinder the progress being made today.”
Michael Ballaban retweeted
"It wasn’t the economy," @mtomasky says. "It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer" — the right-wing media. newrepublic.com/post/188197/…
Michael Ballaban retweeted
SCOOP: OpenSecrets, the nonpartisan money-in-politics research nonprofit, laid off 10 employees yesterday due to financial difficulties. Much of the research team were among the casualties, which constituted around a third of the group’s total headcount. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
