‘The show deserves fresh voices’: Outgoing Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey says producers are in danger of focusing on transgender debate at expense of other issues Jane Garvey is leaving the Radio 4 programme after 13 years as its presenter Garvey said trans issues were ‘a very, very difficult area’ but not ‘the most controversial … Read more
Bigly distraction: Study reveals how Donald Trump uses Twitter to divert media’s attention away from topics that could harm his reputation By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 10:01 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 10:01 GMT, 10 November 2020 Donald Trump does indeed use his Twitter account to distract the media’s attention away from topics … Read more
Twitter updated its trending topics section to help users better understand why a term is popular in a bid to combat bots and conspiracy theories. The social media platform is pinning tweets to the top of topic threads that represented the trend well and gave added context. In the coming weeks Twitter will start adding … Read more
Facebook showcases feature in its business communication tool Workplace that lets employers ban topics like ‘unionize’ An internal presentation on a feature in ‘Workplace’ suggested that ‘unionize’ could be a word banned by employers The presentation caused backlash from employees and was taken down The incident is the latest clash of company culture at Facebook … Read more
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week topics tackled include ‘misleading’ adverts for Wizz Air flights to Bulgaria, arranging refunds for Interrail passes, re-booking cancelled Ryanair flights and accepting Refund Credit Notes from Tui. Q. I received a Wizz Air promo email saying ‘Bulgaria is open’ and advertising 20 … Read more