The Democratic National Committee’s latest dig at Mitt Romney – a fake Facebook timeline of his gaffe-laden, Trump-espousing campaign thus far.

Countdown to the launch of the ‘@GayKenyanObama’ fake Twitter account.

Nobody messes with Biff Tannen.

Democrats Are Using A Fake Facebook Timeline To Mock Mitt Romney (Business Insider)

The Irish Times brings the love this morning to Digital Hub-based Newswhip.ie, (they provide the ‘what’s trending’ widget thing to your right).

And founder Paul Quigley and programming whiz Andrew Mullaney are plotting world domination.

And rather than cannibalising the content created by paid journalists, NewsWhip always links out to the site of the story’s creator. “The internet has its own morality. If a story is doing well, we want to send people to that story and send traffic to that site.”

The company’s Spike product has been developed with newsrooms in mind, says Quigley.

“If we can tell a publisher like MSNBC or the Huffington Post which of their stories is the most social, they can then push that story into a stream perhaps for mobile apps or into widgets that suggest news stories for their readers.”

He says NewsWhip is also talking to wire services such as Reuters and Associated Press about giving them intelligence on their most social stories.

Oh. That’s why they haven’t been returning our faxes.

Tracking The News To Headline Their Own Internet Success Story (Joanna Hunt, Irish Times)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7un422Hs8bM

What you need to know:

1. If you’re going to have Aussie hard men Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe face off on screen, it had better be in a goddamn musical.
2. We can’t believe they hired Anne Hathaway over the natural choice for the role, Susan Boyle.
3. Sasha Baron Cohen is in it, but they can’t be arsed putting him in the trailer.
4. Russell Crowe plays Superman’s Dad Jor-El in next year’s unnecessary reboot, thus officially kicking off his fat Brando phase.
5. Yes, Colm T. Wilkinson has a cameo.
6. That song will be in your head for the rest of the day

For the day what’s in it.

By Banksyian prankster ADW who sez:

I painted a similar piece a while back on an N7 motorway bridge and was never totally happy with the outcome. The image got rehashed, improved and repainted in Portobello. This wall has been the home to a few of my street pieces over the last few years.

 

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