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WDBZ 1230am

Dec 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Top 11 Fake Deaths On Twitter

Top 11 Fake Deaths On Twitter

By Darnella Dunham

Twitter has killed dozens of celebrities, and it proves that you should definitely not believe everything you read. The lack of credibility from the sender of these false rumors doesn’t stop them from getting retweeted and going viral. And unfortunately, death hoaxes on Twitter have become commonplace.

But Twitter isn’t all bad when it comes to getting the news about the death of a celebrity. When Heavy D died on November 8th, Twitter was the outlet at

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Lincoln Ware

Dec 19, 2011 at 6:10 pm

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Saudi Prince Invests $300 Million In Twitter

Saudi Prince Invests $300 Million In Twitter

Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, who owns 95 percent of Kingdom Holding, recently announced that he invested $300 million in the popular social media site Twitter.

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According to reports, Prince Walid’s purchase was part of a strategy “to invest in promising, high-growth businesses with a global impact.”

Twitter has been increasingly popular in the Arab world, where it was credited with playing

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WDBZ 1230am

Dec 19, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Death Rumors Surround Rapper Lil’ Kim After Kim Jong Il’s Death

Death Rumors Surround Rapper Lil’ Kim After Kim Jong Il’s Death

A death rumor about female Rapper, Lil’ Kim, began Sunday after Twitter users jokingly referred to the deceased North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, as “Lil Kim.”

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WDBZ 1230am

Dec 14, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Top 10 News Stories That Broke on Twitter

Top 10 News Stories That Broke on Twitter


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This month, NewsOne presents a special exploration of Black Americans’ influence on social media, #TWEETING WHILE BLACK.
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The way we get our news has clearly changed. These days, Twitter is averaging 230 million Tweets per day. That’s up 110 percent since January. Though 40 percent of Twitter’s 100 million active users only sign in to read what’s up with everyone else,

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WDBZ 1230am

Dec 12, 2011 at 4:12 pm

African Twitter War: Kenyan And Somali Armies Tweet It Out

African Twitter War: Kenyan And Somali Armies Tweet It Out

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan soldiers and members of an extremist Islamist militant group have been fighting each other in Somalia since Kenya invaded two months ago. Now, their spokesmen are taking the battle onto Twitter, with taunts, accusations and insults being directly traded in a rare engagement on the Internet.

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The propaganda war on the

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WDBZ 1230am

Nov 23, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Rapper Too Short Latest Victim Of Internet Death Hoax

Rapper Too Short Latest Victim Of Internet Death Hoax

After somebody edited rapper, Too Short’s WikiPedia page to say that he died of a heart attack, rumors of Too Short, real name Todd Shaw’s death quickly spread over the the internet.

After the rumor spread via Twitter, Too Short himself cleared them up on his Twitter account.

Stop calling my phone. I’m not dead. Been in the lab working on my 19th album #NoTrespassing in stores Feb 2012,” and “Are U

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Lincoln Ware

Oct 28, 2011 at 5:52 pm

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Top 7 Tweets Of The Week

Top 7 Tweets Of The Week

Here are the top 7 Tweets from Black politicians, entrepreneurs, celebrities and influencers on Twitter.

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Lincoln Ware

Oct 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm

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Top 10 Tweets Of The Week

Top 10 Tweets Of The Week

Occupy Wall Street takes over the world, Muammar Gaddafi is killed, Cornel West is arrested? Here are the top 1o Tweets from Black politicians, entrepreneurs, celebrities and influencers on Twitter.

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WDBZ 1230am

Sep 28, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Fans of the King of Pop Watching Trial Closely

Fans of the King of Pop Watching Trial Closely

Find out what Twitter followers and fans of Michael Jackson are saying so far on day two of Dr. Conrad Murray’s trial inside now.

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WDBZ 1230am

Aug 12, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Jennifer Hudson Has Intense Twitter Beef

Jennifer Hudson Has Intense Twitter Beef

Find out what happened when R&B singer Jennifer Hudson had to take it to the max with one of her followers/haters.

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