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June 28, 2013

Lolo Jones compares Trayvon witness Rachel Jeantel to Madea

theGRIO REPORT - Lolo Jones took to Twitter yesterday to poke fun at Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old friend of Trayvon…
June 27, 2013

Stacey Dash faces backlash for backing Paula Deen

theGRIO REPORT - Paula Deen has recently faced criticism after admitting she's used racial slurs, including the n-word, in the…
June 26, 2013

Stacey Dash tweets support for Paula Deen

theGRIO REPORT - Actress Stacey Dash has always been vocal on Twitter but oftentimes her tweets can be unsettling to…
June 20, 2013

Facebook introduces video on Instagram

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook is adding a video service to its popular photo-sharing app Instagram, following in the heels…
June 12, 2013

Facebook adds hashtags, just like Twitter

NBC NEWS - The hashtag — # — is now a part of Facebook, and the tech shorthand should make…
June 11, 2013

Amanda Bynes offered chance to join hip-hop record label

theGRIO REPORT - Fans of the former Nickelodean star may actually have a chance to hear her rap.
June 11, 2013

Allen West slams Bill Cosby for admiring black Muslims

theGRIO REPORT - The recently defeated Republican congressman from Florida took issue with a recent op-ed (titled "A plague of…
June 6, 2013

Donald Trump blames blacks, Hispanics for crime on Twitter

theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump took to his Twitter account Wednesday to voice his opinion on crime in American, blaming…
June 3, 2013

Mister Cee’s 'RIP' tribute to Oklahoma tornado victims offends many at Summer Jam XX

theGRIO REPORT - Mister Cee, Hot 97’s long time DJ, generated a lot of buzz at this year’s installment of…
May 30, 2013

Conservative website tweets, deletes 'HNIC' reference

theGRIO REPORT - The conservative website The Daily Caller suffered a social media fail on Thursday, when the site's Twitter…
May 30, 2013

Grizzlies' Quincy Pondexter gets date with Miss Tennessee through Twitter

NBC SPORTS - Quincy Pondexter has game...
May 30, 2013

NC man gets prison time for tweeting Obama threats

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man is headed to prison for threatening President Barack Obama through Twitter during…
May 28, 2013

Miguel: ‘Black people are the most judgmental people in the world’

theGRIO REPORT - What started as a simple twit pic turned into a race debate with singer Miguel being somehow…
May 28, 2013

Amanda Bynes tweets Rihanna: ‘Chris Brown beat you because you aren’t pretty enough’

E! ONLINE - Bynes quickly deleted her tweets…but it looked like Rihanna had already caught wind of the Easy A…
May 24, 2013

Chief Keef threatens to slap Katy Perry via Twitter

theGRIO REPORT - Katy Perry and Chief Keef had a brief war of words on Twitter last night...
May 22, 2013

Darius Rucker responds to tweet telling him to leave country music to ‘white folks’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker has carved a successful new career for himself as…
May 21, 2013

Oklahoma City Thunder players tweet, Instagram support for tornado victims

theGRIO REPORT - Oklahoma City Thunder players have taken to their social media accounts to show their support in the…
May 17, 2013

Natalie Cole lashes out at Candice-JHud song choice: ‘American Idol ought to be ashamed!’

theGRIO REPORT - Natalie Cole lashed out at 'American Idol' winner Candice Glover's duet with Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson...
May 17, 2013

How ‘Scandal’ became the biggest drama on television

theGRIO REPORT - In eight months, Shonda Rhimes made ABC's Scandal the top-rated drama on network television...
May 13, 2013

‘Geography of hate’ looks at use of racist terms against Latinos, blacks on Twitter

NBC LATINO - A new map by Floating Sheep, a group of geography academics, analyzes the use of racist and…