I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has an impersonator — on Twitter. Someone created a Twitter profile under Bing’s name, uploaded a photo of the former basketball star, and started tweeting. The faker frequently tweeted about current city events and until recently, journalists believed the site reflected Bing’s personal opinion and quoted the tweets in stories.
The impostor tricked journalists at The Detroit News, MLive.com, our own MichiganMessenger.com and others.
The Detroit News reported the rogue site last week. A spokesperson for Bing told The News last Thursday that Bing is working to have the site shut down and may even turn to the city’s law department for help.
The impostor is knowledgeable about city business so when Bing would make an announcement, his fake twitter page was updated accordingly. With tweets like “A Cobo Hall deal is really close!” and “I think it would be smart for the state to give my office control over Detroit Public Schools…” the site was entertaining, often accurate and updated frequently.
Bing’s real Twitter page has posted three updates since his victory in the May 5 special election.
At least now we know the 65-year-old Detroit Mayor is not really a Twitter fanatic.
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