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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 13/07/2026

🚨 AI is a media literacy issue 🚨 People who believe McConnell's newspaper is AI generated are using AI to "enhance" the image, then taking the gibberish it produces as proof the original is fake. It's a circle of misinformation.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 13/07/2026

The McConnell photo raises a hazard of AI in breaking news. Generative AI- the reason people are hyper-skeptical to begin with- initially reasoned the photo and the newspaper were AI fabrications. They only corrected after humans ID'ing it as today's WaPo reached their corpus.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 06/06/2026

Excited to be a part of this conversation with brilliant scholars from around the world. Join us! #ica26

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 04/06/2026

#ica26 tip: The Two Oceans Aquarium is excellent. And the already affordable admission is even less expensive if you buy your ticket on-site after 3 p.m.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 03/06/2026

#ica26 tip: If touring Cape Point / The Cape of Good Hope, absolutely opt to hike from the lighthouse to the southernmost point. It's exhilarating and the views are spectacular! But you'll miss it if you take the road to the photo-op with the sign.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 07/05/2026

I know I sound like an old man yelling at clouds when I complain about overreliance on shoddy LMS like Canvas... but sometimes the curmudgeons are right!!!

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 05/04/2026

Before this morning, Donald Trump had never used any form of "fuck," "bastards," or "Allah" on Truth or X (he has quoted others using the words). Searching for the use of an apostrophe to shorten a word is tougher, but I can't find him ever doing it before.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 05/04/2026

News media should publish Trump's statement as written. Broadcasters under FCC regulation should dare the chairman to cry indecency over quoting the presdient's public remarks. The language is newsworthy. Don't sanitize it.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 10/03/2026

A lab lizard longed for freedom and knocked out power to the Oklahoma State University campus

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 09/02/2026

I'm deeply offended. I was promised my all-American halftime show would be in ENGLISH!

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 08/02/2026

After FOX drew widespread criticism for their totally redesigned minimalist score bug at last year's Super Bowl, NBC plays it safe. Rounded some edges but otherwise the graphics package is unchanged.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 08/02/2026

Believe it or not, this will be Mike Tirico's first Super Bowl from the play-by-play chair. He took over for Al Michaels after the 2022 game. Then FOX got 2 of the last 3 as NBC lined up its Super Bowl rotation with the Winter Olympics in the new NFL rights deal.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 26/01/2026

A subreddit called r/the_darnold, a parody of r/the_donald filled with MAGA-style cult adoration for Sam Darnold, is having a moment as their GEQBUS (God Emperor Quarterback of the United States) makes the Super Bowl.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 03/01/2026

On one hand, this is what every local TV news station says about their city/state in every promo ever aired. On the other, those newsrooms also commit to holding the powerful accountable. CBS - in the preceding value - pledges to lend them a microphone.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 17/12/2025

Some of my thoughts on Trump v. the BBC in this morning's Reliable Sources. (Don't worry, I'm still a Cowboy, not a Sooner 🤠)

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 06/12/2025

Twice this week the University of Oklahoma has announced they have no idea if an instructor actually did anything wrong, but because politicians out to destroy higher ed complained, they immediately yanked that instructor from the classroom. I'm sure that'll be the last one...

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 02/12/2025

Want a real First Amendment issue on a college campus? The University Alabama - relying on a memo from AG Pam Bondi - just shut down two student publications because they cover women and black students. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 01/12/2025

No university in the U.S. is going to protect a grad instructor from a governor. It's a dogpile now. She is going to lose everything.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 01/12/2025

Bad stuff happening in Oklahoma. There is no First Amendment issue. There is no religious discrimination. The graduate instructor exemplified model teaching. The student and her mother targeted the instructor because she is transgender. The university is helping because grad students are powerless.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 29/08/2025

In 2021, I had hoped to hold a journalism panel in New Orleans about Hurricane Katrina. COVID had other plans and we wound up doing it virtually. I'm glad we did, because now I can share it with you.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 23/08/2025

Wow, thanks for sharing! FWIW, my read is that Mississippi's broad age verification law isn't long for this world. Here's what Justice Kavanaugh wrote as the Supreme Court denied to hear the case this term.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 23/08/2025

Justice Kavanaugh hinted strongly that he would. My guess is at least one other conservative would join him, and that would be enough. But it will take a new petition and that will take some time. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 09/08/2025

Attn #aejmc25 -- the Pistahan Parade and Festival is happening right outside our doors!

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 08/08/2025

My #aejmc25 is backloaded, so I did the sightseeing today! Highly recommend Golden Gate Park (though a music festival will make getting there tougher this weekend). Alternative: If you prefer your art museums quality over quantity, Legion of Honor is fantastic.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 26/07/2025

My niche Hulk Hogan memoriam: As a media law professor, few cases engaged my students like Bollea v. Gawker. It was controversial. Bizarre. An important test of our legal protections and professional ethics. It also produced my favorite #McLemoreMemeWar entry of all time.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 23/06/2025

It's not a coincidence that the "father of public relations" was a war propagandist

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 23/06/2025

Everything is PR. Including (perhaps especially) war.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 20/02/2025

My friend, Angela, describes the scene at the USDA Agricultural Research Service after haphazard "efficiency" cuts hit her office, including her own termination from a position that saved taxpayers more than her meager salary.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 11/02/2025

As the AP rightly asserts, it serves an international audience. Its guidance regarding "Gulf of Mexico / Gulf of America" was grounded in that global scope. The AP's rationale is sound. But even it were absurd, the government can't punish them for a disagreeable word choice.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 10/02/2025

Google Maps has updated to Gulf of America. Outside of the United States, it's labeled Gulf of Mexico, with Gulf of America in parentheses. (Accessed via VPN)

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 05/02/2025

OFFICIAL: Kayse Shrum has resigned as president of Oklahoma State University. Statement from the Board of Regents:

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 01/02/2025

The Huffington Post stands out, right? "See, they included a famously lefty outlet!" Yeah, one that doesn't even have a Pentagon correspondent. Smoke and mirrors to justify the three loyalist media outlets.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 31/01/2025

Such a simple but thoughtful act of care from the Skating Club of Boston. A pronunciation guide ensures journalists and other mass communicators get their names right without having to contact grieving people to confirm.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 29/01/2025

The National Weather Service has adopted "Gulf of America." Interested to see how official sources will influence journalistic usage. It's going to be hard to avoid, especially in weather coverage. If you're irritated by reading "X, formerly known as Twitter," brace yourselves.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 25/01/2025

A social media platform that bans the Daniel Craig weekend guy is no friend of mine

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 12/01/2025

I'll tell you why but first this screen's just going to ask you a question...

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 09/01/2025

Stunning image of the Eaton Fire approaching Mt. Wilson, home to most broadcast transmission towers serving Los Angeles. Over-the-air audiences rely on those signals to receive local news coverage.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 29/12/2024

Twitter continues to vastly out-twitter this place...

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 29/12/2024

Comparing Pop-Tarts brand boost to any other bowl sponsor - even the big $$$ playoff/NY6 ones - is thinking too small. This is the best brand sponsorship in sports since... ??? #PopTartsBowl

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 12/12/2024

Handling this with the maturity we've come to expect from someone overseeing education

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 09/12/2024

When I was at Alabama, spring classes did not begin until after the national championship game, with the assumption the Tide would be in it.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 09/12/2024

Church Lady got through to Soto. This is all Dana Carvey's fault.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 05/12/2024

While we're on the subject, what's the song that Spotify is going to play no matter what you start your mix with? Mine, for some reason...

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 28/11/2024

Trump supporters like a transgender Democrat? More than her own party?? Nope. YouGov asked about 14 public figures. 13 were Trump cabinet/staff appointments. 1 was Sarah McBride. Participants were primed to assume a largely unknown name was another Trump pick. Garbage polling.

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Dylan McLemore @dylanmclemore.com · 18/11/2024

I love older relatives telling stories about graduating from a well-known university, "or as it was known then, Mrs. Marbles' Polytechnic School for Well Adjusted Boys." Now I'm like that! Kind of.

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