Then there’s Caroline Calloway. The influencer and author, who lives in Sarasota, drew the ire of the Internet when she posted on X “where there’s a Callowill, there’s a Calloway” and said he would not leave his house, even as officials stressed the importance of evacuation. (“you are going to die”Tampa Mayor Jane Castor warned anyone who stood still.) interview In New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, Calloway said he would stay to see his elderly neighbors, adding that his sense of humor is just “very dark.” On Thursday, she apparently texted the Intelligencer writer a photo of her and her cat with the message, “I lived bitch.”
All of this wouldn’t seem so dystopian if the United States (and the world) weren’t hurtling toward a scenario in which social media platforms, particularly TikTok, weren’t becoming the go-to news source for many people. Even as Anderson Cooper brave the storm to provide CNN viewers with updates on Milton, a new Pew Research report shows that 52 percent of Americans who regularly use TikTok get their news there. Not from the media, but from influencers and content creators.
While these accounts may rely on traditional media reporting when delivering news, their posts “are likely interspersed with a lot of very non-traditional content, like parodies, funny dances, or promotional content,” said Aaron Smith, chief data officer at Pew. laboratories, he told axios. On-the-spot reporting from influential people, then, is mixed with entertainment. Watching it, or, indeed, writing about it, seems like it’s missing the point.
Loose threads:
Many people were following the Waffle House Index during Hurricane Milton: If you don’t know, the Waffle House Index tracks whether or not a local outpost of the chain is open in a given location. If it’s closed, the coming storm is probably bad, because Waffle House prides itself on keeping its restaurants open as often as possible. when the chain closed several storespeople noticed.
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