Remember 2011? We said the word
deets, wore bandage dresses, got hooked on Words With Friends? And Democratic U.S. House Representative Anthony Weiner accidentally (he claimed) tweeted out a photo of his penis? And then, on June 6, 2011, he held that press conference saying
my name as a woman he sexted? And then, the Internet hated me so much that I had to sleep with the lights on and a baseball bat next to the bed in case the trolls came for me IRL?
That last part may not be seared in your memory, but for me it’s as hauntingly vivid as the Snooki-pouf hair trend I tried that year. (In 2011, a lot of us wanted to look like
blogger jeff jarvis stirs up a storm by hurling an obscenity. the reporter whose story prompted david wu to resign over a sex scandal. should he have relied on unnamed sources? i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. it would be comical if it weren t so serious. washingtonality its worst as all of us in the news business trying to keep up with a story that changes by the hour. the senate scheduled to vote today at 1:00 p.m. to avoid a crippling default. look at the rolling news coverage suggests one inescapable conclusion, we often aren t sure what s going on either the countdown continues, american anger and anxiety keep building as the politicians let another day go by without a deal on the flash debt. it is one week and counting to august 2nd, the day the president says the government will run out of money and, among other things, will have to stop sending out social security checks. we are not yet in the end game. we are still in the bluff stage of the nego
impact of trillions. blogger jeff jarvis stirs up a storm by hurling an obscenity. the reporter whose story prompted david wu to resign over a sex scandal. should he have relied on unnamed sources? i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. it would be comical if it weren t so serious. washingtonality its worst as all of us in the news business trying to keep up with a story that changes by the hour. the senate scheduled to vote today at 1:00 p.m. to avoid a crippling default. look at the rolling news coverage suggests one inescapable conclusion, we often aren t sure what s going on either the countdown continues, american anger and anxiety keep building as the politicians let another day go by without a deal on the flash debt. it is one week and counting to august 2nd, the day the president says the government will run out of money and, among other things, will have to stop sending out social security checks. we are not yet in the end game. we are still in the bl
celebrity gossip is big business. but when the rumor mill goes too far, can correcting online falsehoods be a thing of its own? announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, june 16th, 2011. good evening. we begin tonight with political scandal. democratic congressman anthony weiner resigned today after weeks of fallout over lewd pictures and messages he sent to women on the internet. house minority leader nancy p o pelo pelosi, who was among those prominent democrats calling all week for his resignation, released a stamd saying, quote, congressman weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right judgment in resigning. so, why did weiner finally agree to go? here s jonathan karl. reporter: tod today, i am announcing my resignation from congress. reporter: even in the end, it was uncomfortable and awkward. i m here t
far, can correcting online falsehoods be a thing of its own? announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, june 16th, 2011. good evening. we begin tonight with political scandal. democratic congressman anthony weiner resigned today after weeks of fallout over lewd pictures and messages he sent to women on the internet. house minority leader nancy p o pelo pelosi, who was among those prominent democrats calling all week for his resignation, released a stamd saying, quote, congressman weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and his reaction to the revelations. today, he made the right judgment in resigning. so, why did weiner finally agree to go? here s jonathan karl. reporter: tod today, i am announcing my resignation from congress. reporter: even in the end, it was uncomfortable and awkward. i m here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes i have made. and