Dylan McLemore
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Dylan McLemore
@dylanmclemore.com
· Nov 16
Hi, Bluesky! I'm a mass communication professor and sports broadcaster. I used Twitter to build bridges between academics and journalists.
Looking for research collabs?
An expert who can talk to your audience about media & society in plain language?
Someone to call your game?
Let's connect!
Looking for research collabs?
An expert who can talk to your audience about media & society in plain language?
Someone to call your game?
Let's connect!
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College football you can watch for free with an antenna this weekend:
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
College football you can watch for free with an antenna this weekend:
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
College football you can watch for free with an antenna this weekend:
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
College football you can watch for free with an antenna this weekend:
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
N'western @ 19 USC
2 Indiana @ Penn St
7 BYU @ 8 Tx Tech
3 Texas A&M @ 22 Mizzou
9 Oregon @ 20 Iowa
Iowa St @ TCU
Stanford @ N Carolina
LSU @ 4 Bama
Navy @ 10 Notre Dame
Nebraska @ UCLA
Sam Houston @ Oregon St
In two days, conservatives went from lambasting their own AG for punishing hate speech to cheering government coercion of ABC into punishing Jimmy Kimmel for hate speech.
How?? I study social identity, and this is a classic example of how it works.
How?? I study social identity, and this is a classic example of how it works.
September 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In two days, conservatives went from lambasting their own AG for punishing hate speech to cheering government coercion of ABC into punishing Jimmy Kimmel for hate speech.
How?? I study social identity, and this is a classic example of how it works.
How?? I study social identity, and this is a classic example of how it works.
Don't miss how widely this is being condemned. Conservatives of all stripes, including plenty of MAGA loyalists, are raking Bondi over the coals for such a bafflingly wrong and dangerously anti-free speech remark. Meanwhile, Trump is doubling down. Will be interesting to see who blinks first.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Don't miss how widely this is being condemned. Conservatives of all stripes, including plenty of MAGA loyalists, are raking Bondi over the coals for such a bafflingly wrong and dangerously anti-free speech remark. Meanwhile, Trump is doubling down. Will be interesting to see who blinks first.
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.
August 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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.
If you have bad news to bury, this is your moment
August 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you have bad news to bury, this is your moment
The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is this week. This is my personal story written a decade ago. I'd love to hear yours.
dylanmclemore.com/2015/08/29/k...
dylanmclemore.com/2015/08/29/k...
Katrina 10: Our world changed and brought us closer together (among other stories)
Ten years ago, we came together. ~ I am a weather nerd. As a kid, I pretended I was covering severe weather from my bedroom (and sometimes the front yard in the middle of a monsoon). I learned abou…
dylanmclemore.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is this week. This is my personal story written a decade ago. I'd love to hear yours.
dylanmclemore.com/2015/08/29/k...
dylanmclemore.com/2015/08/29/k...
I've added a tiny FAQ to my post yesterday about Bluesky and Mississippi's age verification law. Start here 👇
Did Mississippi ban Bluesky?
No. The government isn't blocking Bluesky from operating in Mississippi. Bsky is choosing to suspend service rather than comply with the law.
Pornhub did the same in numerous states after age verification laws that specifically targeted adult content.
No. The government isn't blocking Bluesky from operating in Mississippi. Bsky is choosing to suspend service rather than comply with the law.
Pornhub did the same in numerous states after age verification laws that specifically targeted adult content.
August 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I've added a tiny FAQ to my post yesterday about Bluesky and Mississippi's age verification law. Start here 👇
I'm a Mississippi-born media law professor and have been providing analysis on age verification laws for a few years. Reach out if you're a journalist working on a story.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm a Mississippi-born media law professor and have been providing analysis on age verification laws for a few years. Reach out if you're a journalist working on a story.
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.
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.
August 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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.
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.
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.
It also produced my favorite #McLemoreMemeWar entry of all time.
July 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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.
It also produced my favorite #McLemoreMemeWar entry of all time.
Read the article, sure. But listen and you can hear me shout legal analysis over airport announcements right before my flight boarded. It's great radio. www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/m...
Mississippi's social media age verification law challenged at U.S. Supreme Court
Mississippi Public Broadcasting is MPB. Mississippi is Our Mission. Get the latest news on Tate Reeves, the Election and updates on Television, Radio and Online
www.mpbonline.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Read the article, sure. But listen and you can hear me shout legal analysis over airport announcements right before my flight boarded. It's great radio. www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/m...
CBS is ending the entire Late Show concept, not just Colbert's stint. Add the recent cancelation of Taylor Tomlinson's show and CBS is completely out of late night. That's a monumental move in TV history. CBS didn't make it overnight because Colbert jabbed at his bosses in the opening monologue.
July 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
CBS is ending the entire Late Show concept, not just Colbert's stint. Add the recent cancelation of Taylor Tomlinson's show and CBS is completely out of late night. That's a monumental move in TV history. CBS didn't make it overnight because Colbert jabbed at his bosses in the opening monologue.
Imagine spending months working on this only for it to be totally ignored because it published on Coldplay cheaters day.
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
on.wsj.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Imagine spending months working on this only for it to be totally ignored because it published on Coldplay cheaters day.
I must've stopped at a dozen gas stations, grocery stores and pharmacies looking for a newspaper to commemorate the Thunder championship. Not a single one had a paper rack. I get why they've disappeared. But it's still sad. A lost community ritual.
June 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I must've stopped at a dozen gas stations, grocery stores and pharmacies looking for a newspaper to commemorate the Thunder championship. Not a single one had a paper rack. I get why they've disappeared. But it's still sad. A lost community ritual.
Everything is PR.
Including (perhaps especially) war.
Including (perhaps especially) war.
June 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Everything is PR.
Including (perhaps especially) war.
Including (perhaps especially) war.
"Now we hate factual reporting as much as the other guys do" isn't the flex you think it is
I think a lot of journalists and politicians thought that coming to Bluesky would get them praised and worshipped like it was 2017 Twitter and the fact that didn’t instantly happen has absolutely broken their brains
June 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Now we hate factual reporting as much as the other guys do" isn't the flex you think it is
The Tucker Carlson-Ted Cruz interview is actually a defense of partisan news. Friendly outlets are the only ones that get a shot at that interview. And the only ones whose tough questions are genuinely wrestled with, instead of the interviewee throwing "fake news" smoke bombs.
June 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Tucker Carlson-Ted Cruz interview is actually a defense of partisan news. Friendly outlets are the only ones that get a shot at that interview. And the only ones whose tough questions are genuinely wrestled with, instead of the interviewee throwing "fake news" smoke bombs.
Heads up, #ica25, the evening protests are getting heated. Witnessed confrontations between protesters and police near the capitol grounds. Be vigilant if you're staying out tonight.
June 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Heads up, #ica25, the evening protests are getting heated. Witnessed confrontations between protesters and police near the capitol grounds. Be vigilant if you're staying out tonight.
June 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#ica25 is a lot more active here than the old bird hangout. But both are way quieter than years past when we were all gathered on one app. Migration and fragmentation.
June 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#ica25 is a lot more active here than the old bird hangout. But both are way quieter than years past when we were all gathered on one app. Migration and fragmentation.
ABC didn't need to be pressured by the White House to suspend Terry Moran, nor give him a free pass because they did. His position is held to a higher standard. If you care about journalistic credibility, that's a good thing.
The timeline of Terry Moran's suspension deserves some unpacking.
This morning Trump White House aides publicly pushed ABC to discipline Moran. Lots of people have well-reasoned objections to that. But let's also note: ABC didn't "need" to be pressured >>>
This morning Trump White House aides publicly pushed ABC to discipline Moran. Lots of people have well-reasoned objections to that. But let's also note: ABC didn't "need" to be pressured >>>
June 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
ABC didn't need to be pressured by the White House to suspend Terry Moran, nor give him a free pass because they did. His position is held to a higher standard. If you care about journalistic credibility, that's a good thing.
Of "moral clarity" and moral relativism
Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
www.cjr.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Of "moral clarity" and moral relativism