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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: EIC Ben Smith is leaving BuzzFeed to join NYT to write the Media Equation column made famous by David Carr — Smith will serve as the writer of the publication's “Media Equation” column, which became a must-read for media industry insiders under the David Carr, who died in 2015.
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@buzzfeedben, Washington Post, Variety, CNN, The Wrap, @sulliview, @perlberg, @stuartmillar159, @nickconfessore, @pfpicardi, @jimrutenberg, @jscros, @shani_o, @brianstelter, @lpolgreen, @lapresmidi, @janinegibson, @kantrowitz, @yashar, @markdistef, @kevinroose, @micahgrimes, @freedlander, @jayrosen_nyu and @sulliview
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Ben Smith / @buzzfeedben: It's been an incredible 8 years @BuzzFeedNews. Here's the note I just sent to our staff. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: Ben Smith turned BuzzFeed, seen as a clickbait factory, into an outlet that was twice a Pulitzer finalist, an Emmy nominee, and winner of the George Polk Award
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: BuzzFeed News Editor in Chief Ben Smith Exits to Join the New York Times
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: @BuzzFeedBen And @BuzzFeedNews will get a new leader after a wide search that will include internal and external candidates. That's a talent-rich, 200-person newsroom. Incredible opportunity for somebody.
Steven Perlberg / @perlberg: Like many reporters on here, I owe @BuzzFeedBen a lot. He taught me many things, like how you can write whatever you want about someone in a profile if you call them “fashionable” at some point. NYT media columnist is the perfect job for him until Dean Baquet retires https://twitter.com/...
Stuart Millar / @stuartmillar159: .@BuzzFeedBen is everything a top editor should be - brave, exacting and fiercely loyal to the story and the reporters. Unusually for a top editor, he doesn't mind being told he's got something wrong. Annoyingly, he's usually right. Cannot wait to read his NYT media columns
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: Can't decide whether hiring @BuzzFeedBen is a sign of our continuing Borg assimilation of amazing BuzzFeed talent or the final act of our Borg assimilation of Politico 1.0.
Phillip Picardi / @pfpicardi: Woooooow. Ben truly did incredible work, and @buzzfeednews has a stellar team. I hope whoever comes in next realizes what talent is on staff! https://twitter.com/...
@jimrutenberg: Ben Smith to NYT Media column! This is gonna be fun. @sulliview with the deets https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: seeing as it takes him about five months to recognize a union we can probably expect him to do a media labor column in july https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Shani Olisa Hilton / @shani_o: I know that I owe so much to Ben — end of an era. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: >> @sulliview: “Smith and I have been friendly for several years, & I want to welcome him as a fellow media columnist. We need sharp-eyed critics, daring truth-tellers & clear heads in this increasingly crazy sphere. I'm confident he has all that and more” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: .@BuzzFeedBen is the best and this is amazing news for NYT readers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lauren Sherman / @lapresmidi: This is secretly my dream job https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Janine Gibson / @janinegibson: Can't believe @BuzzFeedBen who I once had to convince that media was a beat just as good as politics has taken my dream job but he will be a worthy successor to David Carr https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: It's been a dream come true working with @BuzzFeedBen. Wishing you luck and looking forward to reading, Ben. We'll miss you very much here. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: . @BuzzFeedBen has always been good to me, but a few years ago he gave me advice that changed my life. I can't wait to read his column (Look at my reply to Dylan's tweet below for a less diplomatic response) https://twitter.com/...
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: A giant of news on the internet. So many of us owe him everything. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: In addition to having a good forehand, @BuzzFeedBen is sharp as hell and this is very exciting. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
David Freedlander / @freedlander: Kind of love that one half of Politico's 2011 media blog is breaking news on the other half https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
News startup Scroll debuts today with ad-free access to ~300 partners, including BuzzFeed News, BI, and Vox, for $2.49/mo. for first six months then $4.99/mo. — After a long period of invite-only beta testing, Scroll is officially launching today, offering ad-free access to sites like BuzzFeed News …
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Nieman Lab, Adweek, Axios, @tryscroll, Vox, Neowin, @pkafka, @mayarodale, The Verge, @martinsfp, @mcwm, Poynter, @editrixjen, @pinboard, @pkafka, @alexjamesfitz, @nathanblawrence, USA Today, @arctictony, @arctictony and @marklittlenews
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: Scroll promises a better Internet for users and more money for publishers, all for just five bucks
Sara Fischer / Axios: Former Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile launches startup Scroll
Scroll / @tryscroll: Scroll is now open to the public! Now you can experience an internet that's twice as fast, with 80% fewer trackers and completely ad free on a growing network of sites. Your membership directly funds the sites you love. Become a member today! http://scroll.com/ https://twitter.com/...
João Carrasqueira / Neowin: Scroll is a new service that gives you ad-free internet for $5 per month
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: This is happening in video already. Tubi: Free with ads Hulu: Subscription with ads; can pay more to remove them Netflix: Subscription, no ads. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Maya Rodale / @mayarodale: HUZZZAH! Congrats to @arctictony and his awesome team on their big launch today! I've been using scroll for months (cos I know a guy 😉 ) and it's an amazing, beautiful way to experience the web. Check it out. https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Scroll makes hundreds of websites ad-free for $5 per month
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: I've been using Scroll for the past few months and I really like it. If you hate adtech and like supporting journalism, give it a go. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: this is an interesting idea — effectively trying to take advertising ARPU, make customers pay it directly to one company, and then revenue is split between partners ? seems like a lot of work, but could be cool if people buy into it https://twitter.com/...
Rick Edmonds / Poynter: Revolutionary? A hit? A miss? In any case, Tony Haile's Scroll has launched at last
Jen Peters / @editrixjen: My favorite part of the Scroll release is this line: “I'm too fucking old to deal with Nazis. I don't want to give them money.” https://techcrunch.com/...
@pinboard: This is extortion as a business model. Pay up and maybe we won't serve you third-party malware on our news site, but of course we'll still track you. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: This is the long-awaited launch of @arctictony's Scroll, a subscription ad-blocker that pays publishers. It's a very interesting experiment (and Vox Media is a partner). https://twitter.com/...
Alex Fitzpatrick / @alexjamesfitz: Really interested to see where this goes. It's promising, but whether anyone can overcome the original sin of making Internet content free remains to be seen. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Lawrence / @nathanblawrence: I've been on Scroll for a few months now. It's great. We've obviously walked the subscription revenue split path before, and if the economics scale is something I just don't know if our industry can see yet, but I'm glad someone's giving it another try. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Bomey / USA Today: Gannett-backed Scroll launches subscription service for ad-free journalism
Tony Haile / @arctictony: We're building a better internet, one site at a time. Join us at https://t.co/...! https://twitter.com/...
Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post:
Facebook says its Off-Facebook Activity tool, which lets users clear all the data passed onto Facebook by other apps and sites, is now available globally — The new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ tool reminds us we're living in a reality TV program where the cameras are always on.
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TechCrunch, About Facebook, Ad Age, USA Today, TechCrunch, The Atlantic, @ngreenberg, @profcarroll, @mohammadfarooq_, @rmsherman, @joshelman and @aral, more at Techmeme »
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: All users can now access Facebook's tool for controlling which apps and sites can share data for ad-targeting
Garett Sloane / Ad Age: Now that Facebook lets users clear internet tracks, marketers lose another signal to target ads
Edward C. Baig / USA Today: Facebook privacy tool gives you more control on how you're being watched online
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Daily Crunch: Facebook expands privacy options
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: Assume Every Website You Visit Tattles to Facebook
Neil Greenberg / @ngreenberg: Wait is Facebook essentially Santa Claus from the darkest timeline? https://twitter.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Facebook: We don't assemble “shadow profiles” and users can download their data. Also Facebook: Here's a metric ton of tracking data that hasn't been previously disclosed until this year's #DataPrivacyDay #DataProtectionDay https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mohammad Farooq / @mohammadfarooq_: The Off-Facebook Activity tool will offer a clear summary of which apps and sites have collected data, how Facebook received the information, how many interactions (logging in, searching, purchases, etc.) it has received, and more. https://techcrunch.com/...
Rob Sherman / @rmsherman: We're sending reminders to nearly 2 billion people to review their privacy settings on @facebook. Also, now everyone can manage their info off FB using our new OFA tool. More here: https://about.fb.com/... #DataPrivacyDay
Josh Elman / @joshelman: Happy Data Privacy Day! The holiday they knew you always wanted since they have access to all your data https://about.fb.com/...
Aral Balkan / @aral: Transparency is only Step 1. If we don't like what we see, what can we do about it? If the answer is nothing (e.g., because the regulators want to work there in 3 yrs), transparency becomes a synonym for learned helplessness; a snuff film of our lives that we're forced to watch. https://twitter.com/...
The Citizen Lab:
A link to a site with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware was sent to NYT journalist Ben Hubbard by an operator tied to Saudi Arabia who also targeted Saudi dissidents — Key Findings — New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware via …
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New York Times, The Guardian, @nytben, @rondeibert, The Week, Reporters Without Borders, @davidakaye, @davidakaye, @davidakaye, @nytimes, Business Insider, @davidakaye, @kevincollier, @selectedwisdom, @marietjeschaake, @jennycohn1, @davidgura, @razhael, @aaschapiro, @agnescallamard, @kevincollier, @kimzetter, @dangillmor, @stefsimanowitz and @kevincollier
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times: Someone Tried to Hack My Phone. Technology Researchers Accused Saudi Arabia.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: Reporter who wrote book on Saudi crown prince was allegedly targeted by hackers
Ben Hubbard / @nytben: I got a weird SMS. I didn't click. Researchers concluded it was a hacking attempt with Israeli software by hackers linked to Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials: no comment. The Israeli company: not all hack attempts use our products. Be careful out there, kids. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Profdeibert / @rondeibert: @citizenlab @nytimes @NYTBen .@NYTBen is the first American journalist we have verified to be targeted with NSO's spyware. I suspect he's not the only one, or the last.
Jcavelier / Reporters Without Borders: Ukraine: RSF warns against ineffective and counterproductive draft bill on disinformation
David Kaye / @davidakaye: & finally, of course i completely agree with these conclusions. the time for global regulation of the spyware industry is now https://twitter.com/...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: this alleged masquerading as the Post is extremely dangerous & presents a warning for all media outlets https://twitter.com/...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: this is chilling & underscores the cxn between targeted digital surveillance & physical safety of #journalists https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: “The attempt on my phone came after I had covered Saudi Arabia for 5 years, most recently with a focus on Prince Mohammed,” writes our Beirut bureau chief @NYTBen. “At first glance the link appeared to be a Saudi news story about my coverage.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aaron Holmes / Business Insider: A New York Times reporter who covers Saudi Arabia was targeted by the same spyware used …
David Kaye / @davidakaye: a few very quick highlights from the must-read @citizenlab report on targeting of @NYTBen by “Saudi-linked Pegasus” spyware https://citizenlab.ca/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: @citizenlab @NYTBen @RonDeibert A clarification I haven't seen elsewhere, since today's report is the first reported instance of NSO being used against an American, which is against NSO's TOS. The phone where Hubbard received the targeted message wasn't registered with a US #, source says.
Clint Watts / @selectedwisdom: We had the hacking and killing of a @washingtonpost journalist and now we have the hacking of a US @nytimes reporter. What will be 🇺🇸 response? (Guessing we know the answer) https://twitter.com/...
Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake: ‘The targeting of yet another journalist makes clear the current regulatory regime for the spyware industry is not working. Absent strong regulation & control, the industry will continue to bolster authoritarianism & powerful elites invisibly thwart the work of journalists’ ↘️ https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Cohn / @jennycohn1: “The NSO Group has also run operations under different names like OSY Technologies, which paid former U.S. national security adviser Michal Flynn over $40,000 as an advisory board member for nearly a year, until last January [2016].” https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Gura / @davidgura: “Technology researchers who inspected the message I received concluded that I was targeted with powerful software sold by NSO Group, an Israeli company, and deployed by hackers working for Saudi Arabia.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Raphael Satter / @razhael: Deeply concerning. @NYTBen was targeted using NSO spyware, @citizenlab says. Kudos to Ben for knowing who to call — and to the Times for agreeing to make this case public. Not all organizations have the courage to talk about these threats publicly. https://citizenlab.ca/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Did Saudi use spyware supplied by the Israeli surveilence firm NSO Group to try & hack into the NYTimes Beirut bureau chief's phone? It looks like the first documented NSO-hack of an American journalist. Read @NYTBen's account of what went down: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Agnes Callamard / @agnescallamard: I could@not agree more: @davidakaye and I issued our statement last week regarding the hacking of #Bezos phone to warn people of strategic interest to #SaudiArabia that their phone too may have been compromised. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: NSO Group has responding to this morning's report from @citizenlab, which found that NSO software was used to target @NYTBen's phone with malware. In a statement, NSO denies it's them and goes ad hominem against both parties. https://twitter.com/...
Kim Zetter / @kimzetter: NYTimes journalist targeted w/ mobile spyware Pegasus from NSO Group; evidence also suggests an NSO Group operator may have been infecting targets while impersonating the Washington Post in the weeks leading up to and after Khashoggi's killing in 2018 https://citizenlab.ca/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: New @citizenlab report is also a reminder that journalism education is doing a terrible job, overall, when it comes to helping students understand digital security. It's essential that we get better at this. https://citizenlab.ca/... https://twitter.com/...
Stefan Simanowitz / @stefsimanowitz: NSO's Pegasus spyware tool is cited as the most likely culprit in the Bezos hacking. #SaudiArabia is believed to have used NSO software to spy on Khashoggi & other critics. Govts in 45 other countries also use Pegasus. @amnesty are trying to stop this. https://www.google.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Collier / @kevincollier: @citizenlab @NYTBen CitizenLab director @RonDeibert to me: “We present detailed, peer-reviewed evidence. For their part, they provide dubious claims and never directly address our evidence.” Of note, CL is a U of Toronto lab. Today's report, if you haven't read yet, is here: https://citizenlab.ca/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump praises Pompeo for his behavior with NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly: “That was very impressive....I think you did a good job on her, actually.” — At a White House ceremony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump noted the presence of Pompeo and said, “That was very impressive.
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Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Trump praises Pompeo after he bullied an NPR reporter and then prohibited another NPR reporter from traveling with him: “That reporter couldn't have done too good a job on you ... I think you did a good job on her actually.” https://twitter.com/...
Katie Cooper / @thekatiecoop: And here's Dershowitz giving Pompeo an attaboy pat on the back after Trump praises the secretary of state for berating @NPRKelly. https://twitter.com/...
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News: ‘You did a good job on her’: Trump praises Pompeo for confrontation with NPR reporter
Inae Oh / Mother Jones: Trump Praises Pompeo for Cursing Out Female Reporter: “You Did a Good Job on Her”
Committee to Protect Journalists: US state department bars NPR reporter from flight, calls media ‘unhinged’
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post: Trump praises Pompeo for fight with NPR reporter: ‘You did a good job on her’
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: What's worse than hearing the president praise his SecState for lying and berating a woman reporter? Watching men laugh and nod along, then seeing someone who spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate last night, who senators are using to excuse their votes, pat him on the back. https://twitter.com/...
Maya Earls / McClatchy Washington Bureau: Trump praises Pompeo on treatment of NPR reporter: ‘I think you did a good job on her’
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill: Trump praises Pompeo over handling of NPR reporter: ‘You did a good job on her’
M.M. Schill / @mm_schill: Seriously, Mary Louise Kelly is a national treasure. Start treating her like she is one, America. She didn't deserve that treatment. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Marmel / @marmel: EVERY REPORTER SHOULD HAVE WALKED OUT. #IStandWithNPR https://twitter.com/...
Evan McMurry / @evanmcmurry: Pres. Trump to Sec. of State Mike Pompeo: “That reporter couldn't have done too good a job on you yesterday, huh? I think you did a good job on her, actually.” https://abcnews.go.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Lansing / @johnlansing: I stand behind the NPR newsroom, which has some of the most respected, truthful, factual, professional and ethical journalists in the United States. Our mission is to serve the American public by seeking and reporting the truth.
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Congrats to all of those in the audience laughing along to attacks on the free press. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth de la Vega / @delavegalaw: Why did the journalists not just walk out of the room en masse? https://twitter.com/...
Mallory Yu / @mallory_yu: “That reporter” has a name - Mary Louise Kelly - a celebrated body of work, the deep respect and admiration of her colleagues here at NPR and within the journalism community, and the ethics and trustworthiness of the kind of journalists this country needs now more than ever. https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: People will say he's kidding because there's laughter but when your whole platform is “believe no women” it's hard to find this funny. https://twitter.com/...
Juliette Kayyem / @juliettekayyem: “on her” https://twitter.com/...
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
NPR's Michele Kelemen has been removed from Mike Pompeo's press pool for a trip to UK and Ukraine, a few days after Pompeo responded angrily to an NPR interview
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Lara Jakes / @jakesnyt: The State Department removed NPR reporter Michele Kelemen from the press pool on @SecPompeo trip this week to Europe and Central Asia following his dustup w @NPRKelly. Read statement by @shauntandon, State Department Correspondents' Association president: https://twitter.com/...
Nick Schifrin / @nickschifrin: State Department removes @NPR's @michelekelemen from @SecPompeo plane—where she was scheduled for a pool radio rotation—during upcoming trip to London, Kiev. Comes after @SecPompeo accused media of being “unhinged” after @NPRKelly interview and subsequent back and forth.
Andrea Mitchell / @mitchellreports: State dept colleagues are dismayed, outraged by @SecPompeo decision to kick esteemed @NPR veteran diplomatic correspondent @MicheleKelemen off his plane for this week's trip to Ukraine in apparent retaliation for her colleague standing up to bullying. #FirstAmendment
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News: State Department boots NPR reporter from trip after Pompeo spat
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: Palestinian president ‘categorically rejects’ Trump's peace plan
John Kruzel / The Hill: State Department removes NPR reporter from Pompeo trip
Lara Jakes / New York Times: State Dept. Will Not Allow NPR Reporter on Pompeo's Plane Following Interview
Mark Plenke / @mplenke: NPR should be in court challenging this targeted ban on its reporting. Clearly unconstitutional (plenty of case law to back it up). https://apple.news/...
Amy Scott / @amyreports: How does the State Department explain this to its diplomats promoting freedom of the press abroad? https://twitter.com/...
Christopher C. Cuomo / @chriscuomo: Why is this ok? Press works for you. Why should you have less coverage of power? https://twitter.com/...
Scary Lawyerguy / @scarylawyerguy: What is that term for when you help start a fire and then start screaming about how someone needs to put out the fire you helped start? https://twitter.com/...
David Sanger / @sangernyt: I have traveled tens of thousands of miles on the Secretary of State's plane with @michelekelemen. Like @NPRKelly, she is a consummate pro, a superb reporter. The State Dept. may try, childishly, to pick who fills the seats but it won't be able to pick who covers US diplomacy. https://twitter.com/...
Sam Seaborn / @samseaborn: This is where I'd love to see a show of solidarity by the press. Vote a single reporter to go and file a pool report; everyone else opt out of the trip https://twitter.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: .@SecPompeo escalates attack on the press: State Dept. bars NPR reporter @michelekelemen from Pompeo's plane on trip to Ukraine & other nations. State Dept. Correspondents' Association says he is retaliating over journalism by @NPRKelly. Back story: http://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: NPR is awaiting answers from the State Dept, according to two sources. NPR has not been told if this is a one-off decision or a full-blown ban. The organization is not covering this matter on the air until it gets more info... https://www.cnn.com/...
Scott Nover / Pressing: Trouble for American Journalists
Joy Reid / @joyannreid: An attempt by a high administration official to bully and humiliate a reporter, followed by retaliation. Not at all the way autocratic regimes behave ... https://twitter.com/...
Joaquin Castro / @joaquincastrotx: Autocracies target journalists. Democracies respect a free press. Which do you support, @SecPompeo? A reporter's questions may be hard, but the choice is easy. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Ed Markey / @senmarkey: Muzzling the press is what dictatorships do, not the United States of America. Retaliation against NPR or any news outlet for doing their job is authoritarianism and entirely un-American. Secretary Pompeo, it's not personal, it's press. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Bennet / @senatorbennet: The Secretary of State should promote American values - including a free press - around the globe. Bullying journalists for doing their jobs is something you'd expect from authoritarian regimes, not the U.S. https://twitter.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: This is unacceptable @SecPompeo. You work for us & we expect the press to have access to you. Explain what happened here & how you intend to correct it. This is what dictatorships do to the press, not how our country's officials behave. https://twitter.com/...
Edward Wong / @ewong: Secretary of State is supposed to defend American values, including press freedom. Pompeo does the opposite. Listen to the interview @NPRKelly did that upset him. A true professional, she asked about Iran & Ukraine. Then he cursed her with F-bombs. https://www.npr.org/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: 1. Pompeo implied he had been lied to about the subject of their conversation. Emails show his aide was told. 2. Pompeo laughably suggested @NPRKelly had mistaken Ukraine for Bangladesh on a map. 3. Now NPR is being punished? https://twitter.com/...
Steve Inskeep / @nprinskeep: Allow me to introduce @michelekelemen, a deeply experienced foreign correspondent and @NPR diplomatic correspondent. She's one of the best colleagues I've ever worked with. She's thoughtful, honest, gracious and tough. Also, just got banned from Sec. Pompeo's plane. https://twitter.com/...
Elise Labott / @eliselabott: Statement by the State Department Correspondents' Association responding to @SecPompeo decision to ban respected veteran diplomatic correspondent @michelekelemen from his plane on his upcoming trip to Ukraine in apparent retaliation against @NPR https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: Shameful. Every other reporter on this trip should refuse to accompany, or cover, this Pompeo trip. Stand up against the administration's anti-press and divide-and-rule approach. https://twitter.com/...
Qasim Rashid / @qasimrashid: Here's an NPR report on how in 2019 the United States dropped to 48th in World Press Freedom. The move downgrades America from a “satisfactory” place to work freely to a “problematic” one for journalists.😳 America was 20th in 2010😑 Are we great yet?🤔 https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Arden Dier / Newser: NPR-Pompeo Brouhaha Rolls On
Chuck Holmes / @chuckatwbhm: Really? @michelekelemen has covered State for years under Rs and Ds, earning the respect of her peers & from those she covered. She does her job with intelligence & professionalism. But, um, she has been known to ask questions on a variety of topics. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Kaczynski / @kfile: As a rule we shouldn't be restricting reporters because their outlet's questions hurt Mike Pompeo's feelings https://twitter.com/...
Dan Barry / @danbarrynyt: Let's slow this down: The Secretary of State. Removes an NPR reporter from the press pool for a diplomatic trip. Because another NPR reporter asked him hard but fair questions. After which he maligned her by misrepresenting what the ground rules had been. Where are we? https://twitter.com/...
Laura Kennedy / @ambkennedy_ret: Can anyone see this removal of @michelekelemen by Pompeo as anything but retribution against NPR? How do US diplomats promote democracy & freedom of press with a Secretary like Pompeo? PS He sure likes to pick on women journalists https://twitter.com/...
Toomas Hendrik Ilves / @ilvestoomas: The US is a member of the @OSCE and pushed hard for the establishment of the office of the @OSCE_RFoM, the organization's High Representative for Media Freedom, a post currently held by @harlemdesir. Cases such as this are investigated by the High Representative. https://twitter.com/...
Ashton Pittman / @ashtonpittman: Mike Pompeo, like Donald Trump, has the instincts of a true despot. Retaliating against one NPR reporter because a different NPR reporter asked you a question you didn't like—and then noted your abusive rage at her to the public—is the marking of a weak, petty tyrant. https://twitter.com/...
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters: U.S. State Department bars NPR reporter from Pompeo trip after testy interview
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: Pompeo bullied an NPR reporter for doing her job. Then he lied about her. And now he's banned her colleague from covering him as a form of retribution for simply asking a basic and reasonable question. This is the kind of stuff you see under despots, not in democracies. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Taylor / @jessicataylor: Both @michelekelemen and @NPRKelly are consummate professionals. This is absurd. Reporters ask tough questions. It's their job. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
Former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams named head of editorial video strategy for Facebook News — Scoop: Facebook has tapped former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams to head video strategy for Facebook News, the dedicated news tab that will launch wide later this year, a source familiar with the move tells me. https://link.nbcnews.com/...
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NBC News, @moneyries, @paulconstant, @adamhousley, @olsencassidy, @lam_barrett, @jeniontheblock, @cliffschecter, @pardesseleh and @anthonyblsmith
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@moneyries: The company that sucked the life out of countless digital media shops with its pivot to video promises is now doing a pivot of its own, likely using lessons learned from the countless failures of the last 10 years. Neat! https://twitter.com/...
Adam Housley / @adamhousley: Big win for them. Congrats!! https://twitter.com/...
Cassidy Olsen / @olsencassidy: Love to see Facebook doubling down on radicalizing boomers while YouTube stays radicalizing teens https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Barrett / @lam_barrett: zuckerberg's enthusiastic catering to the right in the decisions he makes about the direction and content policies of his misinformation delivery service is not a small problem. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Williams / @jeniontheblock: Some personal news... I'm thrilled to be joining Facebook News on Monday. https://twitter.com/...
Cliff Schecter / @cliffschecter: Bc of course. Might as well just start calling it Fox Digital https://twitter.com/...
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP held “townhall” meetings on racial sensitivity in its journalism after it was slammed for mistakenly cropping out an African climate activist on Friday — NEW YORK (AP) — A “terrible mistake” in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers …
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@ap: “It was a mistake that we realize silenced your voice, and we apologize. We will all work hard to learn from this.” @AP executive editor apologizes to African climate activist for photo crop that removed her from image where she posed with other activists. https://apnews.com/...
Vanessa Nakate / @vanessa_vash: Anyway my name is Vanessa Nakate Thought I would add that https://twitter.com/...
Simon Peter Lokomo / @lokomopeter: I was actually wondering who made such a dumb mistake. Your racial media bias has been exposed. Anyhow, great you apologized. But again write her name in the apology « Vanessa Nakate » https://twitter.com/...
Bree Newsome Bass / @breenewsome: Climate change disproportionately impacts communities of color. The centering of white activists on the issue is deliberate erasure. Dominant media does this with everything. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Holthaus / @ericholthaus: It took @AP til the fourth paragraph in this news story about the erasure of an African climate activist to mention that her name is Vanessa Nakate @vanessa_vash. Vanessa has founded a pan-African climate solidarity movement. We should all know her name. https://apnews.com/...
Joe Black / @joeblackzw: Imagine being raised with the name “African climate activist” on your birth certifica ... oh? YOU ERASED HER FACE FROM THE PICTURE AND IN YOUR APOLOGY YOU ERASED HER NAME FROM THE TWEET AND HEADLINE. You're Doing Good at The Racism. https://twitter.com/...
Yvonne Ndege / @yvonnendege: The name is @vanessa_vash Vanessa Nakate and she is Ugandan not African. Colleagues @AP come on! https://twitter.com/...
@deardean22: 1. Edit Vanessa Nakate out of the picture. 2. Apologize without naming Vanessa Nakate. 3. Vanessa Nakate puts AP on blast again. First of her name, working to improve climates the world over, is not to be erased or ignored. Vanessa Nakate. https://twitter.com/...
Michele Norris / @michele_norris: Say her name. Say her name https://twitter.com/...
Val Brown / @valeriabrownedu: Let's keep soul-searching and address about how one can graduate from HS and a top-5 J-school without one required course on race/racism. What we're learning and not learning matters. https://apnews.com/...
Kinyera Jordan / @kinyerajordan: Hi @AP she's called @vanessa_vash and she's from Uganda. Africa is a bit too broad. @ChimamandaReal said it. Africa isn't a country Do better. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jutta Ditfurth / @jutta_ditfurth: .@AP So why you don't name Vanessa Nakate in your apology and add her: @vanessa_vash ? https://twitter.com/...
Don Cheadle / @doncheadle: and her name is ...? https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard will now feature local news coverage in 23 cities in US and Canada and start recommending stories based on IP address — Flipboard, the personalized news aggregation app used by 145 million users per month, is today launching a new feature aimed at bringing local news coverage …
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost: Flipboard Creates Local Hub For 23 Cities
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Flipboard adds a dedicated section for local news
Sara Fischer / Axios: Flipboard launches local news initiative
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Podcast analytics group Podsights raises $1.5M; it helps advertisers track the impact of their buys on podcasts, and its clients include NYT, NPR, and Wondery — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 243, dated January 28, 2020. — Recap. The busyness of January continues.
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Brad Hill / RAIN News: Podsights raises $1.5M, expands team
ProPublica:
Craig Newmark Philanthropies donates $1M to ProPublica for its Electionland collaboration and related reporting on voting issues around the 2020 US elections — Gift from organization of craigslist founder to support national and local reporting on voting issues around 2020 U.S. elections
Knight Foundation:
CUNY Center for Community Media announces national expansion to support outlets providing coverage of underrepresented people and issues with $1.45M in funding — ORGANIZATION WILL SUPPORT MEDIA OUTLETS SERVING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WITH FUNDING FROM KNIGHT FOUNDATION, DEMOCRACY FUND AND FORD FOUNDATION
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook is investing $700K in news orgs, hosting a second Local News Summit in March, expanding its Instagram news fellowships to ~20 outlets — Facebook on Tuesday will announce a new round of investment worth $700,000 in various news organizations across the country, executives tell Axios.
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Apply for the Instagram Local News Fellowship: Josh Mabry … On January 30th, the Facebook Journalism Project …
@postandcourier: The Post and Courier is joining the 2020 Facebook Local News Accelerator. The program delivers training and grant funding to strengthen publishers' business strategies on and off Facebook. We're proud to be a part of it. Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/... #FBAccelerator2020 https://twitter.com/...
David Grant / @dw_grant: We're helping our colleagues in #LocalNews take the next step toward sustainability in more than a dozen countries around the world next year in the Local News Accelerator. https://www.facebook.com/... Here's what we are going to do.... #FBAccelerator2020 #LocalNews
Josh Mabry / @ijoshmabry: Excited to share! — This year 500 news industry leaders will join the Facebook Journalism Project Accelerator, bringing the program's membership to more than 1,000 global participants overall. Details from @DW_Grant https://www.facebook.com/...
Klaudia Amenbar / @kaludiasays: this lowkey feudalism of destroying and entire industry and then making it dependent on you https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: More money for local news from big platforms. FB already running ‘accelerator’ programs, and has put $2.5m into helping local newsrooms figure out ‘product’. Now it is adding $700k in local news grants. Q. Is it in addition to the $100m a year it says it is spending on news? https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
WaPo suspends Felicia Sonmez after she tweeted a story about a rape allegation against Kobe Bryant, responded to criticism, and detailed abuse sent to her email — Felicia Sonmez (right), who covers national politics for The Washington Post, posted a link to a story about the Kobe Bryant rape case …
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Jeremy Gordon / The Outline: Kobe Bryant was an incredible basketball player; he also admitted to sexual assault.
Rachel C. Abrams / @rachelabramsny: UPDATE: “Felicia, A real lack of judgment to tweet this. Please stop. You're hurting this institution by doing this.” - Marty Baron, executive editor @ Washington Post, to a suspended reporter. But her colleagues have been rallying to her defense. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian: More than 300 Washington Post staff reject reporter's suspension over tweet
@davidklion: It's outrageous and cowardly that the Washington Post is suspending a reporter for tweeting factual, reported information about a public figure who was credibly accused of rape. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ ...
Anna North / Vox: What Kobe Bryant's death says about American memory
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: The Washington Post Has Offered to Pay for Suspended Reporter's Hotel and Security Detail
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Pissed off dad email from @PostBaron to @feliciasonmez reminds me why I left as a FT employee at big newspapers long who. (Also I would be so fired for calling Lindsay Graham Aunt Pittypat and Mike Pompeo Baby Huey and that was just today.) https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mona Eltahawy / @monaeltahawy: 2 female journalists in the US have been punished for doing their jobs recently: - Mary Louise Kelly yelled at, cursed by Secretary of State - Felicia Sonmez suspended by Washington Post for tweeting article written by someone else about Kobe Bryant 2003 sexually assault case
Melissa Chan / @melissakchan: Anyone who works in an office knows social media policies are used as a political tool, applying to some and not others. Management playing favorites is bad enough, but suspending @feliciasonmez, a survivor, is evidence we still have so much work to do. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rebecca Davis / Variety: Washington Post Under Fire From Its Own Union, Media Critic for Suspending Reporter Over Kobe Tweets
Matthew Keys / @matthewkeyslive: “Her managers don't care about the Daily Beast tweet,” a Washington Post employee told me. “But there's a concern that the screen shot (of her email inbox) might create some legal issues and could violate Twitter's terms (of service).” https://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Adam Jentleson / @ajentleson: Sure seems like WaPo management was more concerned with an employee's tweets than their physical safety https://twitter.com/...
Elise Hu / @elisewho: “Here a valued colleague is being censured for making a statement of fact.” This doesn't seem complicated. I don't understand why @feliciasonmez is suspended https://www.nytimes.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: nursing a theory that editors are particularly susceptible to crowd effects and algorithmic influences during moments of great audience emotion, except my editors who are perfect of course https://twitter.com/...
David M. Perry / @lollardfish: This account worked hard to magnify the harassment of a sexual assault survivor and now he's boasting about having gotten her suspended. I want to be clear that only one person is behaving badly here and it's not Felicia. https://twitter.com/...
Talia Lavin / @chick_in_kiev: The only person “hurting the institution” of the Washington Post yesterday was Martin Baron, by being a coward who censured a reporter for stating facts in the public record, in an anodyne, measured and considered way. This is appalling. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: This is absolutely outrageous. You don't even have to agree with @feliciasonmez tweets to agree that for her to be suspended for tweeting out a newsstory and then talking about being harassed for her tweets is an insane reaction. https://twitter.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Hard to see how this, from the paper's top editor, would reassure someone thinking about bringing WaPo a serious story about sexual misconduct/misbehavior https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: Streisand Effect at work https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sopan Deb / @sopandeb: Wa Po's own media reporter, @ErikWemple on his employer suspending a reporter over Bryant tweets: “What did Sonmez do to deserve this brushback? She tweeted out a very good story from the Daily Beast.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@jimrutenberg: Sure would be great if @washingtonpost would offer a little more context on its decision here https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: News organizations should protect their journalists, not acquiesce to the mob when it comes for them. The Washington Post not only failed Felicia Sonmez, but set a dangerous precedent.
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Suspended??? That's a ridiculous overreaction. And people who email abuse to reporters have ZERO right to privacy. https://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/ ...
Helen Ubias / @notesfromhel: Putting aside the timing of her tweets, I've aways wondered (in my own experience) why readers who send hateful, threatening and abusive emails are afforded such an undeserving expectation of privacy. It just empowers their abusive behavior. https://twitter.com/...
Stacy Washington / @stacyontheright: Why protect the ones attacking her? They deserve to be outed for sending death threats. I cannot agree with this. https://twitter.com/...
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Felicia Sonmez shares her account of suspension from WaPo, says Managing Editor Tracy Grant had concerns that the tweets didn't pertain to her coverage area
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Mother Jones, Vox, Washington Post, @farhip, Vanity Fair, @tomgara, The Week, New York Post, Washingtonian, @mehdirhasan, Poynter, Alternet.org, good morning bitches, The Independent, The Morning Missive, The A.V. Club, @anildash, New York Times, @dceiver, @cwarzel, @wesleylowery, @senyorreporter, @annamerlan, @annamerlan, Deez Links, @juliacarriew, @irin, @geneweingarten, @rmc031, @aleksnotalex, @maggienyt, @poniewozik, @poniewozik, @dancow, @jscros, @libbycwatson, @ashleyfeinberg, @jimwaterson, @jscros, @lydiadepillis, @mrshickadance9, @ggreenwald, @yashar, @zachdcarter, @maxwelltani, HuffPost, @gynostar, @carlasosenko and Axios
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Madison Pauly / Mother Jones: Kobe Bryant's Obits Treated His Rape Allegation as a Matter of Image Not Substance
Emily Stewart / Vox: The controversy over a Washington Post reporter's Kobe Bryant tweets, explained
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: Washington Post reporter who tweeted about Kobe Bryant rape allegations placed on administrative leave
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Breaking: State Dept. blocks @npr reporter from covering Secretary of State's trip, apparently in retaliation for Pompeo's run-in with @NPRKelly. Statement from State Dept. Correspndts Assn. protesting decision: https://twitter.com/...
Vanity Fair: “There's Incredible Outrage”: Washington Post Newsroom Revolts After Reporter Suspended For Kobe Bryant Tweets
Tom Gara / @tomgara: Such crappy treatment of Felicia Sonmez by her bosses at the WaPo here https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Walsh / The Week: Cancel culture isn't real — but the misogyny mob sure is
Jackie Salo / New York Post: Washington Post staffers slam suspension of reporter over Kobe Bryant tweet
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: Wesley Lowery Will Leave the Washington Post
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: “...the ancient wisdom that urges folks not to speak ill of the dead. It's a fine rule for everyone except for historians and journalists, upon whom the public relies to provide warts-and-all look-backs on the lives of influential people.” - @ErikWemple https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The Washington Post suspended a reporter for tweeting about Kobe Bryant's sexual assault …
Alex Henderson / Alternet.org: Washington Post newsroom rallies around reporter who was suspended for posting Kobe Bryant tweets
Lily Zacharias / good morning bitches: the mini-bitch: complicated Kobe grief edition
Chris Riotta / The Independent: Washington Post staff rally behind journalist suspended for tweeting about Kobe Bryant rape case
Amy Widdowson / The Morning Missive: Today's Mantra Is Scream Into That Void Until You Feel Something Real! Woooo!
Dennis Perkins / The A.V. Club: Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon bid emotional farewells to Kobe Bryant
Anil Dash / @anildash: At this point, being illiterate about the intellectually dishonest tactics that harassers use is just malpractice. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Stein / New York Times: Kobe Bryant's Brilliant and Complicated Legacy
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: I hope the @postguild extracts an operatic, grovelling apology from the ostensible adult managers who made this bush league decision https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: i've been sick all day but good lord newsrooms simply have to be more apprised of what information war tactics look like and have the backs of their reporters when the culture war comes for them (it'll come for most everyone at some point!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: The Post has a policy against criticizing colleagues, which I fear they'd argue I violated if I tweeted the headline to this @ErikWemple piece. (I've asked, haven't heard back). In the meantime, you should read it https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tim Steller / @senyorreporter: Absolutely shocking that the @washingtonpost put a reporter on leave for posting a news story, after Kobe Bryant's death, about Bryant's sexual assault case. Incredibly disappointing and cowardly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: If you disagree with the timing of her tweets, her management should have made sure she was safe. That's it.
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: I interviewed Felicia Sonmez about her own sexual assault a few months ago, and being smeared by Emily Yoffe. She was extremely careful about what she said because, as it sounds like we learned today, WaPo disciplines her for very little https://jezebel.com/...
Delia Cai / Deez Links: About that WaPo reporter's tweet debacle...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: the precedent that this sets is so utterly absurd and untenable that it's almost impossible to imagine that the post doesn't walk this back. except, well, they haven't yet, so there's that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Irin Carmon / @irin: The cowardice here is appalling. https://twitter.com/...
Gene Weingarten / @geneweingarten: If you want a measure of how great the Washington Post is, read this piece by @ErikWemple, which the Post published. He is right, and The Post is right to have published it, and you don't see that courage and accountability anymore, in most venues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rachel Cohen / @rmc031: someone had posted Sonmez's address, leading her to fear for her safety at home, so she checked into a hotel on Sunday night. She learned she was being suspended while hiding out in the hotel https://twitter.com/...
Aleksander Chan / @aleksnotalex: it is insane to me is that there appears to have been no regard for sonmez's safety from her editors? if your reporter find themselves in this kind of situation it is your obligation to make sure they are safe https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Context for Sonmez tweets, however Ill-timed some considered them - she has been vocal on the subject of sexual assault and harassment on Twitter for a very long time. https://twitter.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: “Management continued to worry about the tweets, says Sonmez, noting that Grant sent her another message saying that if she didn't delete them, she'd be ‘in violation of a directive from a managing editor.’” https://twitter.com/...
James Poniewozik / @poniewozik: If your social-media policy boils down to, “Don't get people mad at us on Twitter,” just ban your staff from social media and get it over with.
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: Maybe figure out exactly what policies an employee has violated before suspending her https://twitter.com/...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: even without considering that sonmez is an assault survivor herself, this is just absolutely throwing a writer under the bus. for what? tweeting a factual news story that the public didn't like? pure coward shit here
@libbycwatson: so someone posts felicia's address online, making her fear for her safety, and wapo's management's response is to suspend HER. for having tweeted a headline! what a shitty organization https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: this suspension is absurd and the least the post could do after failing to stand by its reporter in the face of aggressive harassment is publicly apologize, but anyway this is good https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: Washington Post journalist writes blog for Washington Post on why Washington Post management was wrong to suspend a Washington Post journalist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jack Crosbie / @jscros: absolutely shameful handling of the situation from the editors in charge here. any editor who isn't willing to go to bat for their writers and subordinates isn't worth shit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lydia DePillis / @lydiadepillis: Tweeting a story “off my beat,” because @feliciasonmez is an impeccable journalist and human with, I dare say, excellent judgment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Kudos to @ErikWemple, followed by other Post journalists, in being vocally critical of their paper's treatment of reporter @feliciasonmez. As @yashar says, you don't have to agree with her tweets to recognize how shoddy was her editors' treatment of her: https://twitter.com/...
@yashar: 3. As @ErikWemple points out in his column...if tweeting about stuff that is outside of a reporter's coverage area, the whole newsroom should be suspended. By the way, @feliciasonmez was never told her posting emails was the reason for suspension https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Zach Carter / @zachdcarter: What @ErikWemple details here is an embarrassment for Washington Post management. The Post is going after their own reporter for the “crime” of ... receiving death threats. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: So WaPo's only explanation was she was tweeting off her beat (everyone does that) and making it hard for other WaPo reporters to do their jobs (but they won't explain how tweeting a factual article made others lives harder). Pretty weak stuff! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dominique Mosbergen / HuffPost: ‘Outrage’ At Washington Post After Reporter Suspended For Viral Kobe Bryant Tweets
Rebecca Cohen / @gynostar: A reporter tweets a link to a well-reported, relevant piece about Kobe Bryant. She gets deluged with abuse and threats. She tweets about that. So what does @washingtonpost do? They suspend her, of course. Baffling. https://nypost.com/... via @nypost
Carla Sosenko / @carlasosenko: The @washingtonpost should be ashamed of itself and reinstate Felicia Sonmez immediately. People do not become retroactively perfect once they die. Bryant's death is a horrible tragedy but the assault case is part of his legacy. This is censorship. https://www.thewrap.com/...
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