{"id":185569,"date":"2021-03-01T17:14:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185569"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:15:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:15:03","slug":"minneapolis-reconsiders-drops-program-to-pay-social-media-influencers-during-chauvin-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-reconsiders-drops-program-to-pay-social-media-influencers-during-chauvin-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During 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\">24<\/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-reconsiders-drops-program-to-pay-social-media-influencers-during-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=185569&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\/minneapolis-police-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Minneapolis, Minnesota, has already dropped a planned program to pay six social media influencers from the city\u2019s minority communities to spread messages from city officials and to counter \u201cmisinformation\u201d during Derek Chauvin\u2019s murder trial next week after an extreme backlash.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/minneapolis-to-hire-social-media-influencers-to-spread-city-approved-messages-during-derek-chauvin-trial\">Daily Wire reported just Monday morning<\/a> that the City Council had approved a $1 million grant for a \u201ccommunity engagement\u201d effort aimed at preventing unrest.<\/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\u00a0<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\u00a0<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>The effort was designed to be the first project in an ongoing effort to quell unrest and the spread of misinformation in communities that the City Council believes have only limited access to reliable news.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Just $12,000 of that money will go to paying influencers during Chauvin\u2019s trial,\u201d the Daily Wire noted. \u201cThe 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 \u2018can be activated during periods of heightened tension.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the program met, almost immediately, with pushback, particularly from the community it was designed to serve. Community organizers insisted the effort was unnecessary and that the influencers would be untrustworthy, anyway, given that they were required to post \u201ccity-generated messages\u201d that included information approved by Minneapolis city officials.<\/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\u00a0<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>Others suggested that the million dollars Minneapolis planned to spend on the project would be better put to use in those communities directly.<\/p>\n<p>Monday afternoon, Minneapolis announced that it had shelved the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City of Minneapolis announced Monday it is dropping its plan to pay social media influencers to push out the city\u2019s messaging during trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/minneapolis-drops-plan-to-hire-social-media-influencers-for-chauvin-trial\">Minneapolis\u2019 Fox affiliate reported<\/a>. \u201cMonday\u2019s announcement came in a public safety preparations meeting one week ahead of the trial, which is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Monday. March 8.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not pursue the cultural social media partners,\u201d said City of Minneapolis Director of Neighborhood and Community Relations David Rubedor, according to Fox. \u201cWhen we make a mistake, we will acknowledge that and we will do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek Chauvin\u2019s trial is expected to begin on March 8. The former Minneapolis police officer is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin\u2019s actions, which were captured on video and which included kneeling on Floyd\u2019s neck for a total of nine minutes, were determined to be the proximate cause of Floyd\u2019s death and sparked a national movement against racism and police brutality.<\/p>\n<p>In Minneapolis, what began as a protest quickly descended into a riot. The city now faces a nearly $500 million bill for damages sustained over the summer of 2020.<\/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>Minneapolis, Minnesota, has already dropped a planned program to pay six social media influencers from the city\u2019s minority communities to spread messages from city officials and to counter \u201cmisinformation\u201d during &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274491,"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\/minneapolis-police-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185569","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\/minneapolis-police-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185569","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=185569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}