Bill Maher Apologizes & Senator Chuck Schumer Trolls Trump

By David Erickson | June 15, 2017

Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 191

BL and David discuss Bill Maher’s apology; Senator Chuck Schumer’s hilarious Trump parody; new podcasting analytics; Bob Dylan’s possibly cribbed Nobel Prize speech; KIT story analytics; Twitter’s political analytics; the “failing” NY Times; new Twitter DM features and new graphic design; inexpensive commercials and much, much more.

Best Digital Cases

Senator Chuck Schumer Trolls Trump

After King45 channeled North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and had his entire senior staff praise him to the press, New York Senator Chuck Schumer and his senior staff trolled Trump with a hilarious parody.

GREAT meeting today with the best staff in the history of the world!!! pic.twitter.com/ocE1xhEAac

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 12, 2017

Podcasting Analytics

Apple has announced it will provide podcasters with some insight into how their audiences consume their podcasts.

What you need to know about Apple’s new podcast analytics

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech is FANTASTIC – But Is It Cribbed?

Did Dylan “borrow” some of his speech from SparkNotes? Did he do that intentionally?

Story Analytics

Swedish startup Kit is doing a ton of legwork to help you understand why stories are successful online.

Otroligt goda kolor som smälter i munnen och som väcker barndomsminnen till liv.⠀ ⠀ INGREDIENSER, ca 30 st⠀ 50 g mogen banan (cirka 0,5 banan)⠀ 2 dl vispgrädde⠀ 75 g smör⠀ 0,5 tsk salt⠀ 170 g (1,25 dl) vit sirap eller glykos⠀ 2,5 dl strösocker⠀ ⠀ 1. Klä en form som mäter cirka 25 x 30 cm med bakplåtspapper.⠀ 2. Mixa bananen fint med en stavmixer eller liknande. Mät upp vispgrädde, smör och salt i en kastrull. Tillsätt även den mosade bananen och hetta upp. Blandningen måste inte koka.⠀ 3. Mät upp sirap och strösocker i en annan tjockbottnad kastrull och låt koka upp. Koka på hög värme till 170 grader, du behöver knappt röra. Dra kastrullen från värmen och rör ner gräddblandningen i sockerblandningen. Var lite försiktig, den heta smeten stänker lätt.⠀ 4. Ställ tillbaka kastrullen på plattan och låt koka på medelvärme till 124 grader. Rör om då och då.⠀ 5. Häll upp smeten i formen och låt stelna i minst 3 timmar.⠀ 6. Skär upp kolan i bitar. Smörj gärna kniven med lite olja så klibbar det inte fast så mycket. Slå in kolorna i bakplåts- eller smörgåspapper.⠀ ——————⠀ ✍🏻@kakmia 📸@mikaelgo #️⃣ #kitmat #fika #homemade #nybakat #hembakat #gofika #dessertporn #foodies #instadessert #feedfeed #food52grams #beautifulcuisines #tastingtable #foodstagram #eatingfortheinsta #yum #foodie #recipe #foodblog #instafood #instagood #onthetable #vscofood #thefeedfeed #bananaskids #banana #taffy #kola

A post shared by KIT Mat (@kit_mat) on May 28, 2017 at 9:02am PDT

Adorable Facebook Messenger Chatbot Uses AI to Talk to You About Your Mental Health

Woebot, one of the first chatbots of its kind, is powered by artificial intelligence not to tackle your deepest problems, but to improve your mood, and even alleviate symptoms of depression.

What it’s like to talk to an adorable chatbot about your mental health

Political Analytics

Facebook has rolled out features that help elected officials better understand their constituents and constituents better communicate with their representatives.

The Failing New York Times

The “failing” New York Times is killing it with newsletter subscribers.

The New York Times now has 13 million subscriptions to 50 email newsletters

New Twitter DM Features

Twitter is expanding the features of its Direct Messaging tool.

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/869608493548011520

Worst Digital Cases

Republican Missouri State Senator Beheads Chicken on Facebook to Promote Anti-Abortion Bill

In a video posted to Facebook Live, a Missouri lawmaker cuts off the head of a chicken while announcing he wants to stop abortions in the state.

Lawmaker beheads a chicken on camera while announcing a bill to stop abortions

Bill Maher Apologizes

A week after using the N-Word on his Real Time with Bill Maher, his guests got really real with him.

Bill Maher apologizes for racial slur

Senator Rand Paul Forgets to Delete a Tweet

Sen. Rand was present at the Congressional baseball practice shooting and gave accounts to news organizations. He forgot, however, to delete an indiscrete Tweet from June 2016. What goes online, stays online.

.@Judgenap: Why do we have a Second Amendment? It's not to shoot deer. It's to shoot at the government when it becomes tyrannical!

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) June 23, 2016

In case he deletes the Tweet, here it is:

Oops. Quartz Rips Off National Geographic

But the recovery was well-played.

Worst Newsjacking Ever?

Wednesday was a bad day: Mass shooting at Congressional baseball game practice; fatal fire in London; mass shooting at UPS in San Francisco. But Twitter’s sponsored trending section was promoting a very unfortunate hashtag: #HappyDeathDay. Oh, there’s was a custom emoji that went with the hashtag, too

https://twitter.com/abeaujon/status/874966241781350400

PETA Cat Video PR #FAIL

PETA Pitch by Press Kitchen PR Firm backfired when they tried to engage Mashable in a deceptive ploy.

PR Pitch from Hell

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