Ellen Ioanes
Ellen Ioanes is the FOIA reporter at the Daily Dot, where she covers U.S. politics. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Center for Public Integrity, HuffPost India, and more.
Black journalists school conservative writer over CBS 2020 election team
It made for some very bad takes.
On Jan 14, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
This Instagram photo of an egg is about to become the most-liked of all time
Welcome to 2019, y’all.
On Jan 13, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
GoFundMe for Julian Assange asks for $500,000
A fund for “the public, media and political campaigns, not legal costs,” but doesn’t specify what that means.
Afghan family members freed from Customs and Border Protection custody
Mohasif Motakawil is still being detained.
On Jan 12, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
Rep. Dan Crenshaw called out over shutdown tweet
The freshman representative’s logic is unclear.
Employee fired after airing doctored Trump video on network
It wasn’t even a particularly good fake.
On Jan 11, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
Apparent QAnon believer murders brother he thought was lizard
He allegedly believed his brother was a lizard.
On Jan 9, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
More Democratic disinformation campaigns in Alabama are coming to light
It’s the second disinformation campaign uncovered in the past month.
On Jan 7, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
R. Kelly’s Spotify streams reportedly surging after documentary
The jump comes after ‘Surviving R. Kelly.’
Steve Scalise and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Twitter spat over tax rate turns ugly
Nothing like a Twitter tax spat to close out the weekend.
On Jan 6, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
Why did Fox let this conspiracy-pushing congressman host a daytime show?
It’s unusual to blur the lines between journalism and politics like this.
On Jan 4, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
Twitter calls out Ancestry.com for advertising on Tucker Carlson
“There’s a lot of females that are angry, angry for no reason at all.”
Parkland dad helps old photo of Russian spy, NRA vice president go viral
A photo from 2014 is making the rounds again.
On Jan 2, 2019 by Ellen Ioanes
Why conservatives think Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez must be secretly rich
Who’s allowed to represent the American dream?
On Dec 31, 2018 by Ellen Ioanes
Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign hasn’t returned donations to Google, Facebook
It’s unclear if the refunds are coming.
On Dec 30, 2018 by Ellen Ioanes
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