The Daily Show with Trevor Noah hit SXSW and brought along a huge collection of President Trump’s legacy. Specifically, his Twitter legacy. Taking over the second floor of the Driskill Hotel, the Donald J Trump Presidential Twitter Library offers a collection of Trump tweets broken down into sections, like insults or birtherism. The exhibit also […]
Jason Meier, the Director of Student Engagement and Leadership at Emerson College, was able to take part in a very interesting debate panel discussing the role of comedy and taking things too far. Alongside other panelists with a journalism, education and comedian background, this group spent their time discussing how comedy is used in […]
I’m sitting in a darkened theater watching a comedy show. The room seats 90 people. It’s a late show, and I only stayed out because there’s a writer from The Daily Show performing. Then the host comes out and says, “We have a very special guest with us tonight…Mr. Judd Apatow.” That’s right, the director […]
Net Neutrality: I’m not usually a fan of using blanket statements or absolutes, but I feel pretty comfortable making this one: The biggest thing to happen in interactive news this week was the FCC’s vote on and approval of the Open Internet Order, i.e., net neutrality. The Open Internet Order “[sets] forth clear, sustainable, […]