A rumor that NBC News projected Elizabeth Warren as the winner of the race for Massachusetts’ open Senate seat went viral on Twitter Tuesday evening, duping some news sites into publishing stories about the news. NBC News hadn’t projected her to be victorious at the time of the rumor, which came about at approximately 9…
Tumblr — home of the blogger and land of the .GIF — is planning a unique, true-to-style approach to covering the upcoming presidential debates: it’s live-GIFing them. That’s right: As potentially viral moments happen on stage, Tumblr’s team — along with a reporter from The Guardian — will be turning debate video into GIFs at…
Will Barack Obama win another four years in the Oval Office or will Mitt Romney be the country’s next president? You can make your predictions with the “You Decide 2012 Map,” a new iPad app from Fox News. The app lets you make your own election forecasts based on the electoral college — just tap…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Twitter account saw two sudden and massive spikes in new followers over the weekend. The spikes were first noticed by Zach Green of 140elect.com, a blog which monitors Twitter trends relating to the 2012 presidential election. According to Green’s data, Romney “was gaining around 3000-4000 new followers per day for…
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has unveiled his plans for the future of NASA and American space exploration, unleashing a blistering attack on President Barack Obama in the process. In a policy paper released on Sept. 22, Romney and running mate Paul Ryan pledge to secure the nation’s global leadership position in space, which, they…
Google, with its fully decked-out media lounge, backstage “Conversation Room” and end-of-the-week epic party, was inarguably the most prominent of the technology companies at the Republican National Convention — a list that also included Facebook and Twitter. That makes sense – Google and YouTube were the official social network and live stream provider of the…
11 Classic Political Campaign Advertisements 1. “I Like Ike” Dwight Eisenhower’s 1952 presidential campaign ad was produced by Walt Disney Studios and Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon. “I Like Ike” is one of the most well-known and catchiest political slogans of all time. 2. JFK Jingle John F. Kennedy’s repetitive jingle aired during the 1960 presidential campaign.…