{"id":184956,"date":"2021-03-01T13:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184956"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:31:04","slug":"minneapolis-to-hire-social-media-influencers-to-spread-city-approved-messages-during-derek-chauvin-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-to-hire-social-media-influencers-to-spread-city-approved-messages-during-derek-chauvin-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis To Hire Social Media Influencers To Spread \u2018City Approved\u2019 Messages During Derek Chauvin Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-to-hire-social-media-influencers-to-spread-city-approved-messages-during-derek-chauvin-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Black-Lives-Matter-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, says it is hiring \u201csocial media influencers\u201d from local minority communities to help facilitate the spread of news and combat \u201cmisinformation\u201d during Derek Chauvin\u2019s trial, reportedly in the hopes that they may head off unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin\u2019s trial is set to begin next Monday at 11 am, and Minneapolis is notably concerned that planned marches and demonstrations could go awry, particularly the death of George Floyd, whom Chauvin is accused of killing, sparked a national anti-racism and anti-police brutality movement that eventually gave way to riots that caused an e<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/state-government\/2021\/01\/minnesota-lawmakers-split-over-using-state-money-to-help-minneapolis-recover-from-floyd-riots\/#:~:text=Ever%20since%20people%20burned%20down,estimated%20%24500%20million%20in%20damage.\">stimated $500 million in damages in Minneapolis alone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Minneapolis City Council believes it can counter that through a social media campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minneapolis City Council has unanimously approved paying six social media influencers to spread city-approved messaging and updates throughout the upcoming murder trial of former officer <span class=\"link\">Derek Chauvin<\/span>, who has been charged in George Floyd\u2019s death. On Friday, the council approved $1,181,500 for communication with the community during the trial,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/minneapolis-hiring-influencers-to-spread-messaging-trial-derek-chauvin-george-floyd-death\/\">according to CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just $12,000 of that money will go to paying influencers during Chauvin\u2019s trial. The rest will go to seed a long-term community engagement program that facilitates communication between city officials and community leaders and creates an information pipeline \u201ccan be activated during periods of heightened tension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city says social media partners will help dispel potential misinformation, and that the influencers will intentionally target Black, Native American, Somali, Hmong, and Latinx communities with their messaging. Each influencer will be paid $2,000,\u201d the outlet noted, quoting local sources.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement about the program, the Minneapolis City Council said that they hope the influencers \u201cincrease access to information to communities that do not typically follow mainstream news sources or City communications channels and\/or who do not consume information in English.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also an opportunity to create more two-way communication between the City and communities.\u201d the council said, noting that the program will stay in place in some form after Chauvin\u2019s trial has resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Minneapolis, the targeted communities are largely skeptical of the program, particularly given that the information will originate with city officials who are technically stakeholders in the outcome of Chauvin\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf somebody endorses something you need to make sure that that\u2019s what they actually believe no matter how much you can get paid for something,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/george-floyd\/minneapolis-looking-to-use-social-media-influencers-during-chauvin-trial\/89-ec6b5be4-6317-41fd-8122-cd8ac6c43a26\">one community organizer told local media<\/a>. \u201cThis is their opportunity to gain trust with the community, with these influencers, with different communities and they have to be 100% transparent if this is going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe keyword here is \u2018city-approved,\u201d\u201d another told CBS. \u201cWhat do you think the message is going to be? It\u2019s going to probably be pro-city. It\u2019s going to be anti-protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others suggested that the money could be put to better use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a homelessness crisis, we have a ton of small businesses that can\u2019t even keep their doors open,\u201d an activist told KARE Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, says it is hiring \u201csocial media influencers\u201d from local minority communities to help facilitate the spread of news and combat \u201cmisinformation\u201d during Derek Chauvin\u2019s trial, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274469,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Black-Lives-Matter-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Minneapolis To Hire Social Media Influencers To Spread \u2018City Approved\u2019 Messages During Derek Chauvin Trial","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Black-Lives-Matter-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Minneapolis To Hire Social Media Influencers To Spread \u2018City Approved\u2019 Messages During Derek Chauvin Trial","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}