Cheat Sheet - The Sex-Trafficking Kings of Facebook

Read This, Skip That .... May 20, 2014 THE DIGITAL CORNER 1. The Sex-Trafficking Kings of Facebook Convicted of sex trafficking in 2010, Chicago twins Tyrelle and Myrelle Lockett are in jail again, accused of luring girls on social media. Michael Daly reports on a new generation of pimps who need only a smartphone to recruit girls, take pictures, post ads, and make appointments with johns. Read it at The Daily Beast PASSING THE BUCK 2. Sulzberger Blames Abramson for Drama New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. gave his first interview Tuesday after the controversial firing of Jill Abramson last week. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Sulzberger squarely placed the blame for the PR disaster surrounding the executive editor's resignation on the woman herself. "We originally drafted the whole thing to be very amicable," Sulzberger said of the Times statement, but "Jill said no." He added: "It wasn't as though we went out to hurt her. We didn't… It was my hope for Jill that we could make this go away as peacefully as possible." Sulzberger claimed Abramson alienated herself from her colleagues by being aloof and not spending enough time in the newsroom. Ultimately, Sulzberger said he had to choose between keeping her and Dean Baquet, the then-managing editor. Losing Baquet also meant potentially losing other staff members who would've followed him out the door, Sulzberger said. Read it at Vanity Fair STAND DOWN 3. Mitch McConnell Breaks the Tea Party Mitch McConnell wants to be Senate majority leader more than anything else and he has been determined to crush conservative opposition in today's primary election to do it. Sam Youngman writes that McConnell is sending the Tea Party a message: Don't get in my way. Read it at The Daily Beast IT GETS WORSE 4. GM Recalls 2.4 Million More Cars On Tuesday, General Motors announced that it will recall 2.42 million cars in four new campaigns stemming from issues with its faulty ignition switch. The automaker will take a $400 million charge in the second quarter for the recalls, double the $200 million it had announced on Thursday. That's relative pocket change compared to the $1.3 billion GM took for the recalls in the first quarter. GM has had a costly past week. On Friday, it paid a record-setting $35 million fine to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to recall 2.6 million vehicles. That failure is believed to have caused 32 crashes and 13 deaths. GM has now recalled 13.6 million vehicles domestically and 15.2 million worldwide. Read it at Detroit News FORBIDDEN LOVE 5. Vatican Mistresses: Let Us Marry Priests A group of women claiming to be the secret paramours of priests have written to Pope Francis to urge him to roll back the church's celibacy requirements, writes Barbie Latza Nadeau. Read it at The Daily Beast AFRAID 74% of Jews Say They Would Leave France Most don't see a future there. TOO LATE Macklemore: Sorry for Jewish Costume But spells 'Anti-Semitic' wrong. BUZZKILL Feds Deny Water to Pot Growers In Washington and Colorado. GOING TO THE CHAPEL Kimye Rent Fort for $420K for Wedding After Versailles rejected them. HIGH Governments Can't Keep Up With New Drugs Synthetic narcotic boom. GQ Is Channing Tatum a 'High Functioning Alcoholic'? Political Wire Dilip D'Souza Faces the Music in Court Buzzfeed Facebook Cops to Pro-LGBT User Suspension Mistake GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Viral Video of the Day: The Evolution of Visual Effects Three minutes of video. 136 years of our wildest dreams. More Videos Norway's Controversial Human Zoo Is Back by Nina Strochlic You Don't Want to Marry (or Watch) Harry by Jason Lynch The Dog Who Might Bankrupt the World by Tim Teeman

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