Dylan McLemore
@dylanmclemore.com
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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.
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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!
Do university leaders think caving to every tantrum is going to deter that behavior? They're pandering to their own demise.
Emily Suski, named last week to be the next dean at the UA--Fayetteville law school, is already out after conservative officials found Suski’s opinions on transgender athletes' rights distasteful.
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Do university leaders think caving to every tantrum is going to deter that behavior? They're pandering to their own demise.
On one hand, this is what every local TV news station says about their city/state in every promo ever aired.
On the other, those newsrooms also commit to holding the powerful accountable. CBS - in the preceding value - pledges to lend them a microphone.
On the other, those newsrooms also commit to holding the powerful accountable. CBS - in the preceding value - pledges to lend them a microphone.
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
On one hand, this is what every local TV news station says about their city/state in every promo ever aired.
On the other, those newsrooms also commit to holding the powerful accountable. CBS - in the preceding value - pledges to lend them a microphone.
On the other, those newsrooms also commit to holding the powerful accountable. CBS - in the preceding value - pledges to lend them a microphone.
60 Minutes had the late afternoon NFL lead-in this week. Next week, FOX has the late game. It's a difference of tens of millions of viewers.
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes had the late afternoon NFL lead-in this week. Next week, FOX has the late game. It's a difference of tens of millions of viewers.
Reposted by Dylan McLemore
I asked a bunch of media lawyers and law professors to read Trump's lawsuit against the BBC. Every expert said they're skeptical about Trump's chances. Here's more of what they said >>> www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/m...
Trump’s bizarre $10 billion BBC lawsuit has even more holes than his other media actions | CNN Business
Up until this year, it was unheard of for a sitting American president to sue a news outlet. In just a few months, President Donald Trump has managed to make it seem normal.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I asked a bunch of media lawyers and law professors to read Trump's lawsuit against the BBC. Every expert said they're skeptical about Trump's chances. Here's more of what they said >>> www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/m...
Some of my thoughts on Trump v. the BBC in this morning's Reliable Sources.
(Don't worry, I'm still a Cowboy, not a Sooner 🤠)
(Don't worry, I'm still a Cowboy, not a Sooner 🤠)
December 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Some of my thoughts on Trump v. the BBC in this morning's Reliable Sources.
(Don't worry, I'm still a Cowboy, not a Sooner 🤠)
(Don't worry, I'm still a Cowboy, not a Sooner 🤠)
Twice this week the University of Oklahoma has announced they have no idea if an instructor actually did anything wrong, but because politicians out to destroy higher ed complained, they immediately yanked that instructor from the classroom.
I'm sure that'll be the last one...
I'm sure that'll be the last one...
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Twice this week the University of Oklahoma has announced they have no idea if an instructor actually did anything wrong, but because politicians out to destroy higher ed complained, they immediately yanked that instructor from the classroom.
I'm sure that'll be the last one...
I'm sure that'll be the last one...
Want a real First Amendment issue on a college campus? The University Alabama - relying on a memo from AG Pam Bondi - just shut down two student publications because they cover women and black students. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Want a real First Amendment issue on a college campus? The University Alabama - relying on a memo from AG Pam Bondi - just shut down two student publications because they cover women and black students. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
Bad stuff happening in Oklahoma. There is no First Amendment issue. There is no religious discrimination. The graduate instructor exemplified model teaching. The student and her mother targeted the instructor because she is transgender. The university is helping because grad students are powerless.
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Bad stuff happening in Oklahoma. There is no First Amendment issue. There is no religious discrimination. The graduate instructor exemplified model teaching. The student and her mother targeted the instructor because she is transgender. The university is helping because grad students are powerless.
Reposted by Dylan McLemore
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.