Posted on 02/22/2017 12:25:12 PM PST by TigerClaws
I see that CNN is doing some pre-emptive damage control with this post that was put up about half an hour ago....
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/22/media/james-okeefe-cnn/index.html
The fact they did this tells me that they are expecting O’Keefe’s material to be devastating.
Never take them down in Atlanta. Too close political and economic ties with with power structure.
I was telling Jane, James *wants* us to look at him, or he wouldn’t have put him in the twitter image.
“FAA doesn’t control airports, just airplanes”
Correct. However, when you make a request - sometimes it works.
I was called for jury duty. While waiting to be called as a juror, there was just one large TV in the main waiting room. Most of the people were restless, moving around a lot, getting snacks from the machines, etc.
I finally went to the clerk’s desk, and I ask her if we could change the channel on the TV .. she said she controlled it from behind the desk. When I ask her if she would change it to FOX, she smiled a little grin, and said, SURE !! As soon as the channel was changed, everybody sat down and began watching the programs. AMAZING.
I’m sure it might depend on the city location of your court, but it’s worth a try.
I converted my mom from a life-long DemocRAT to a Repub (she really changed her registration), because I just kept changing the channel from CNN to FOX. This was during the run-up to the Gulf War.
considering that CNN is squealing like little piggies, and attacking O’Keefe right now- it’s a pretty sure bet that CNN is the company he’s got film of
No TVs allowed in our jury duty waiting areas................
Truly believe it's actually worse. Thinking these "on air" people will do and say anything they're told to say, in other words, money talks.
I think we've all noticed that CNN has given up being anything close to a "News Network" and to go radical left, a deliberate strategy employed by Jeff Zucker. Hence, a former reporter such as Tapper has thrown away any objectivity and is now a parrot, towing the company line.
Geeeee .. maybe they are trying to educate people by forcing them to read.
However, that can be dangerous, if you’re there because of a murder trial, and you’re reading a book about murder.
TV might be a better time solution.
IIRC, they don’t allow cellphones either.................
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i83lG23WSU
A conversation with CNN VP Richard Griffiths and Dean Susan King
Richard Griffiths, VP and senior editorial director at CNN, spoke with UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Dean Susan King in the Carolina News Studio on March 18, 2014. Griffiths was at the school to talk with students in classes — something he’s been doing for near a decade.
Per video, CNN partners with Dataminr, a startup which mines data from twitter.
LEAKED EMAILS REVEAL HOW DATAMINR WAS PITCHED TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
by Andrew Perez and Frank Bass Jan 19, 2017, 9:01am EST
In March 2015, Philippe Reines, a former aide to Hillary Clinton at the US State Department, reached out to an old colleague about his consulting firm’s client.
Reines contacted Capricia Marshall, a consultant who had been the US chief of protocol, a top State Department officer who acts as a liaison with foreign diplomats. Reines wanted Marshall to arrange meetings with foreign embassies for Dataminr — a company that has come under scrutiny from privacy experts for its service analyzing Twitter data.
“If you could pull this off, would be a great way to get you a solid ongoing retainer,” Reines wrote in an email. Marshall responded: “Talking to Azerbaijan. May then ask Saudi?”
“Azerbaijan would be AWESOME. I think Saudi is in its own category because they aren’t sure what the Saudis would do with it,” Reines wrote back. Referring to Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic accused of jailing journalists and online activists, Reines suggested using its territorial dispute with Armenia as leverage: “Pull out all the stops! Tell them if they don’t we’ll sell to the Armenians!”
Reines’ firm, Beacon Global Strategies, met with diplomats from Azerbaijan’s embassy, and quickly hired Marshall. A MapLight review of leaked emails found that Marshall arranged conversations between Dataminr and at least five embassies over three months.
The leaked emails shed light on the largely unregulated world of international lobbying in Washington, where “strategic advisors,” “consultants,” and lawyers use their US government experience to benefit clients and themselves, while avoiding public scrutiny both at home and overseas.
Beacon isn’t registered to lobby in Washington. The firm reportedly works for defense contractors and cybersecurity companies, but it hasn’t made its client list public, citing non-disclosure agreements. Beacon’s relationship with Dataminr has not been previously reported.
Emails show that Beacon offered Dataminr’s service to a foreign government in ways that suggest it could have been used for surveillance. A spokesperson for Dataminr told MapLight on Tuesday that the company “decided not to build or deploy the product capabilities” described by Beacon.
(snip)
Not sure this is James’ angle, but it should be one.
Smells like collusion.
http://fortune.com/2016/06/20/twitter-dataminr-cia/
Dataminr, a New York-based startup that Fortune profiled in a recent magazine feature, is one of few companies authorized to analyze the entire Twitter “firehose,” identifying important events and patterns as they unfold and often acting as an early warning system for natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other anomalies. As Twitter’s only data partner that is also allowed to resell the complete stream of tweets, Dataminr sells its service to hedge funds, news outlets, large corporations and government bodies—including, until recently, the CIA.
The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Twitter abruptly revoked the CIA’s access to Dataminr out of apparent concern that its reputation would suffer if it was perceived to be too cozy with the spy agency. But critics quickly accused Twitter of being hypocritical in its decision after Russian state-owned news outlet RT said it still had Dataminr access. “Agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service, formerly known as the KGB, have full access via RT to the alerts now being denied to the CIA,” a Journal op/ed columnist wrote.
https://www.rt.com/news/374208-dataminr-rt-terminated-access/
Dataminr terminates RT access to Twitter news discovery tool, gives no official reason
Published time: 19 Jan, 2017
https://www.dataminr.com/press/announcing-dataminr-for-news/
Announcing Dataminr for News in partnership with Twitter & CNN
January 29, 2014
Today, I am thrilled to announce our upcoming launch of Dataminr for News, a new product developed in close partnership with Twitter and CNN. Dataminr for News will provide newsrooms around the world with a powerful new technology to rapidly discover emerging information on Twitter.
With more than 500 million Tweets sent per day, identifying critical information when it first emerges on Twitter is a tremendous challenge. Dataminr’s unique technology solves this challenge by algorithmically discovering, qualifying, categorizing and alerting clients to key information in real-time.
Powered by the same proprietary pattern-recognition algorithms behind Dataminr’s highly successful Finance and Public Sector products, Dataminr for News delivers a customizable set of alerts directly into the user’s existing work-flow. This creates a seamless, real-time bridge between the front edge of Twitter and decision-makers in the newsroom.
We’ve worked closely with CNN to develop Dataminr for News. They’ve been an ideal partner given their best-in-class newsgathering operation, global focus, and strong commitment to innovation. By integrating our alpha product into their daily workflow, reporters at CNN were able to offer invaluable feedback about the product and its algorithms.
http://fortune.com/2015/01/30/dataminr/
Dataminr last year struck partnerships with Twitter (TWTR, -1.77%) and news outlets like CNN, the BBC and USA Today to help journalists find breaking news on the social network. Dataminr’s rival, a Boulder-based social data company called Gnip, sold to Twitter in 2014. Another social data startup, Topsy sold to Apple (AAPL, +0.30%) for more than $200 million in 2013. A third, Datasift, has raised $71.7 million in venture backing.
To date, Dataminr has raised $49.6 million in total VC funding, including a $30 million Series C round in 2013. Investors include Box Group, Deep Fork Capital, GSV Capital, Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners. The
Calling them whores is both insulting and inccurate. They are propagandists. While whores sell a part of themselves they shouldnt, they are far more honerable and honest, and you owe whores everywhere an apology.
Thanks.
(Bkmk)
Part of the the damned deep state.
Unreal.
For those willing to spend some minutes watching it, that video you posted shows him describing the breakdown of the newsroom and his editorial team very accurately.
Enlightening, isn’t it?
#fakenews
REPOST:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i83lG23WSU
A conversation with CNN VP Richard Griffiths and Dean Susan King
Yes and everything he says about the operation is true from experience, minus the sanctimony.
Griffiths was a lion there, and a personable but VERY serious guy. I’m very interested to see what this is.....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.