Certainly the candidates want to voice their disapproval of Trump to rally the Democrats, but focusing on other issues is more likely to separate the contenders from the pretenders in the crowded field. The usual subjects - health care, immigration, border security, the economy and climate - all likely will come up, but the real question: Will the debates be dominated by Trump’s recent attacks on representatives of color? And another topic: impeachment. CNN has the coverage with Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper as moderators. The next round of Democratic debates will be tonight and Wednesday in Detroit. The second scheduled debate will be hosted by CNN tonight and Wednesday. It’s a big week for CNN as debates kick offĪ cameraman gathers footage outside the Fox Theatre before the Democratic presidential debates in Detroit. and can be livestreamed on Hulu starting on Mondays.
“The Weekly,” which has quickly established itself as must-see TV because of its elite-level journalism, airs Sundays on FX at 10 p.m. One person tweeted Nicas to say her mother was taken for $140,000. Since “The Weekly” episode ran Sunday night, Nicas has heard from more folks who have been scammed. What’s especially troubling is Facebook’s inability to completely stop these scams from continuing. “These guys are real people with real consciences and they feel guilty, but like we quoted in the story: Poverty will not make you feel pain. “It’s a far more nuanced situation than what you originally expected,” Nicas said. What they are doing is horrible, yet they say it’s what they must do to survive. He traveled to Nigeria to find the scammers. “I think social media has certainly accelerated this,” Nicas said, “and given the scammers the ability to more precisely target their victims because they understand who they are talking to and are more accurately able to manipulate them.” Nicas wanted to honor Holland by telling her story, so he returned to report on how stealing money is now high-tech.
I was deeply affected by that and we took a pause in our reporting process to process it.” “And not only just die, but to be horrifically murdered. “It is difficult to overstate how deeply tragic the situation was and how profoundly difficult it was as a reporter to have one of your subjects die during your reporting,” Nicas told me during a phone interview on Monday.
But Nicas had formed a bond with Holland, who had been willing to share with him her deeply embarrassing story. Holland and her elderly father were murdered by Holland’s husband, who then killed himself.ĭid the Facebook scam have anything to do with it? We’ll never know for sure. After meeting with her in Fort Pierce, Florida, in December, Nicas tried to re-establish contact with her after the holidays.
It left her feeling foolish and put her marriage in jeopardy. One such victim, a 58-year-old Florida woman named Renee Holland, gave away most of her and her husband’s retirement - more than $26,000. The scammers, who set up shop in crowded internet cafes in Nigeria, sifted through Facebook groups to find lonely women and widows to target. The story itself, featured on the latest episode of the TV show “The Weekly,”was heartbreaking enough: older women scammed out of thousands of dollars by fake Facebook users posing as charming American soldiers overseas. Jack Nicas, tech reporter for The New York Times, called it “the most challenging reporting journey that I have ever been on.” The heartbreaking story of what happened to her unfolds on ‘The Weekly.’ Just send me an email at find me on Twitter: ‘I was deeply affected’ This reporter couldn’t get ahold of one of his sources. Let me know what you like and what you don’t, as well as what you would like to see more or less of. I hope you enjoy the new-look, newly named newsletter, which debuted Monday. To have it delivered to your inbox Monday-Friday, click here. This is the Poynter Institute’s daily newsletter.