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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Multiple staffers protested a NYT op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton calling for the US military to be used against protesters; many said it endangered black NYT staffers — “Running this puts Black @NYTimes staff in danger,” dozens of Times employees tweeted in solidarity on Wednesday evening.
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Discussion:
James Bennet / @jbennet: We understand that many readers find Senator Cotton's argument painful, even dangerous. We believe that is one reason it requires public scrutiny and debate.
James Bennet / @jbennet: Times Opinion owes it to our readers to show them counter-arguments, particularly those made by people in a position to set policy.
James Bennet / @jbennet: I want to explain why we published the piece today by Senator Tom Cotton. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Brooks / @nytdavidbrooks: I believe in democracy. I believe in a free press. I believe in open debate. I love it when my newspaper prints pieces I disagree with. It causes me to think.
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: THREAD: As a former @nytimes Op-Ed editor I am reluctant to weigh in on my alma mater. But the decision to publish @SenTomCotton calling for troop deployments to quell unrest falls short of sound journalistic practice. https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: The best way to shut down a bad opinion is not to suppress it but to share a better opinion.
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: NYT reports that some sources will no longer be providing them with information as a result of the Cotton op-ed. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: In most cases, the beauty of a free and diverse press is that, if you disagree with something that's been published, you can publish a rebuttal. Or you can mock the author of the piece. Or you can just fucking ignore it.
@sivavaid: Just so everyone understands, @nytimes staff are forbidden from disparaging the reputation of the organization. So every staff member expressing disgust with Cotton and @JBennet (and therefore standing for truthful and intelligent journalism) is risking her or his job.
Tom Cotton / @sentomcotton: The nation must restore order. The military stands ready. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Zach Carter / @zachdcarter: This is the most openly authoritarian piece of writing I've read from an American politician who has been in power during my lifetime. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rat King / @mikeisaac: just to be crystal clear: Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger. https://twitter.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: NY Times Guild Condemns Paper's Decision to Publish Op-Ed Urging the U.S. Military to Crush Protests
Bruce Haring / Deadline: New York Times Staffers Denounce Tom Cotton Op-Ed, Paper Publishes Blistering Letter …
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: Our own newspaper has reported that this is misinformation https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: New York Times Staff Protest Tom Cotton Op-Ed on Social Media
Victoria Leandra / @leandrareports: Black journalists at The New York Times are calling out the company for publishing this Op-Ed. “Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger.” https://twitter.com/...
Lindsay Crouse / @lindsaycrouse: My entire feed: “Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger.” https://twitter.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: I'll probably get in trouble for this, but to not say something would be immoral. As a black woman, as a journalist, as an American, I am deeply ashamed that we ran this. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / @taffyakner: Finally: Running this puts Black people, including Black @nytimes staff, in danger. https://twitter.com/...
Austin Ramzy / @austinramzy: What an awful thing to see here in Hong Kong, where people are fighting to keep the right to memorialize those killed 31 years ago today when Beijing did just that—send in the troops https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: I would not have published that piece, for a multitude of reasons. About fifth on the list is that ridiculous line about ‘radical chic’ https://twitter.com/...
@thewrap: NY Times Union Criticizes Paper's Decision to Publish Op-Ed That Called for the U.S. Military to Crush Protests https://www.thewrap.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: Journalists who've spent a week outraged at indiscriminate police violence (especially employed against them!) now somehow can't understand how an op-ed explicitly calling for an *even more aggressive response from the state* amounts to a call for an escalation of state violence
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: He deleted the tweets and isn't giving an explanation, so I'll call this out as one of the most laughably thin-skinned things I've ever seen from a big media person. Someone wants to protest the NYT for being pro-fascist and your first reaction is “BUT PLEASE NOT MY PODCAST”? https://twitter.com/...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: There are many disgusting things about that Cotton piece but one of the things that's stuck in my craw is his use of federal intervention for school desegregation as a precedent for deploying the military against protesters.
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: The piece is irresponsible and should have never been published. If Cotton wants to call for military force against Americans (and lay the groundwork for his inevitable presidential campaign), he has plenty of platforms from which to do it as a US senator.
Tressie McMillan Cottom / @tressiemcphd: @jbouie @Cato_of_Utica I swear they do that on purpose to just demoralize us.
Richard Lorant / @richard_lorant: @jbouie The federal troops were enforcing a Supreme Court decision states were ignoring. Tom Cotton knows that and everyone knows that he knows that. But this type of performative intellectual dishonesty is at the core of what it means to be a “smart” Trump conservative.
Jody Avirgan / @jodyavirgan: One thing you learn by actually reading the Cotton op-ed is that he's not just advocating for troops to restore peace, but explicitly for “an overwhelming show of force.”
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: Suffices to say that the piece does not reflect my values. I am not going to share the link and you shouldn't either. Read this instead. https://www.nytimes.com/...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: In a functioning country, Tom Cotton calling for a de facto military occupation of the states and the use of lethal violence against American citizens would get him expelled from office and banished from public life.
Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong: Hypothetically speaking, I do not wish to see an op-ed titled “The Only Good Cop is a Dead Cop,” nor am I remotely interested in engaging in debate with its author, even if their views would provide a fuller and more varied perspective on current public opinion.
Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong: I do not think this preference of mine somehow makes me outrageously narrow-minded.
Nick Baumann / @nickbaumann: One fun fact about Tom Cotton is that he got his start in politics in part because, as a twentysomething Army lieutenant in Iraq, he wrote an open letter calling for the prosecution + imprisonment of three @nytimes journalists: https://www.motherjones.com/ ...
Brad Simpson / @crashbpm: @jonathanchait @mattyglesias I know twitter makes us all glib, but this isn't a serious engagement with the arguments of people who are upset. Maybe you fundamentally don't understand the reactions? Or that you can't imagine the position they are speaking from?
Jonathan Chait / @jonathanchait: Just to make sure I understand: pro-Trump op-eds in the liberal media: Dangerous, awful, will kill people anti-Trump op-eds in the liberal media: overhyped, unimportant, help rehabilitate bad guys
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: @jonathanchait I think the consistent leftist theory of op-eds is that all op-eds should be written by leftists. And while I don't agree with that, I do agree that more op-eds should say things I agree with.
Chuck Tryon / @chutry: @nytdavidbrooks Having a sitting Senator endorse military violence against American citizens “makes you think?” What he's doing is precisely the opposite of endorsing democracy or debate.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The emerging divide in journalism is not between “let all relevant arguments be heard” and “don't publish opinions we find repulsive.” It's between those who ask, “is this something we should be amplifying?” and those who don't see the importance of putting the question that way.
@pwnallthethings: “The government should deploy the military in response to protests” can't be up for peaceful debate, because by definition its very proposition is anti peaceful-debate. That's the point.
Jack Nicas / @jacknicas: While I work in the newsroom, not for the opinion pages, I support those pages running opinions from across the political spectrum. But that doesn't extend to calls for the military to quash mostly peaceful protests against racism.
Mike Masnick / @mmasnick: The NY Times has every *right* to publish this, but it shouldn't have. This “both sides” nonsense is messed up. When you're the paper of record giving the “this is why we should turn US soldiers on Americans” air, you're not just a part of the problem: you *are* the problem. https://twitter.com/...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / @taffyakner: I love working at the Times and most days of the week I'm very proud to be part of its mission. But tonight, I understand the people who treat me like I work at a tobacco company. I stand with my colleagues.
Steadman&trade / @asteadwesley: Supporting my colleagues, and particularly the black ones. if electeds want to make provocative arguments let them withstand the questions and context of a news story, not unvarnished and unchecked https://twitter.com/...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: So why run this op-ed? It's true that since its inception in 1970, the page has run controversial and provocative perspectives—I know, because I edited many of them, by Republican and conservative writers, from 2011-15. (Hey @BobbyJindal!)
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: One final point: Today is the 31st anniversary of the start of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre, when Chinese troops, citing “rioting,” killed thousands of peaceful protesters. Is that the message we want to be sending? /END https://www.latimes.com/...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: #TruthMatters, and I will always read @nytimes. But the richest, largest and most powerful newspaper in America needs to exercise discretion and prudence in the use of its platform. This fell far short.
Charles P. Pierce / @charlesppierce: @Olivianuzzi In my experience, this nostrum needs serious updating.
Lyz Lenz / @lyzl: @Olivianuzzi @jazzedloon Love you, Olivia, but Jazmine is right. The op-ed is a call to violence based on debunked myths. It doesn't need a platform. Also he's already a senator, he has a platform. Publishing this puts so many black people at risk it's not a game.
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: @Olivianuzzi OLIVIA, WE DON'T ALL HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCESS TO NYT's OPINION PAGES
Juliette Kayyem / @juliettekayyem: @Olivianuzzi I agree with you on much except your wardrobe choices for me. Suppression is loaded; it is done by government's, not op-ed pages. So, I have to ask: would you find any “opinion” not suitable to be shared by an ed page (as compared to Cotton tweeting it which I'm all for)?
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: @Olivianuzzi Let's say Stephen Miller called for forcibly sterilizing every Hispanic immigrant in the country. Should the Times run that op-ed?
@sivavaid: @Olivianuzzi Or you can demand that the professional publications you pay for hold their writers to basic standards of truthfulness and decency. You can demand that they support the very democracy that makes them possible. Cranks are welcome to start a blog.
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: I don't think it's controversial to believe that reporters should always be on the side of putting more information into the public sphere about how public officials think. This is true also when the public officials in question think dumb fucking thoughts.
Mollie / @mzhemingway: The most terrifying thing in recent days hasn't even been the mobs, but “leaders” bowing down to mobs. You don't need to explain why you're running an op-ed from a duly elected U.S. Senator making his case about a majority-supported opinion. https://twitter.com/...
Mikel Jollett / @mikel_jollett: No, it is your job to decide which arguments even belong in the public square. You can't simultaneously understand yourselves as the “paper of record” and publish pieces of extremist propaganda next to pieces about, say, tax policy. When you print this, YOU NORMALIZE FASCISM. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The direct relevance of the author's experience gives this thread enormous weight. https://twitter.com/...
Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter: New York Times Staffers React With Fury Over Tom Cotton's “Send In The Troops” Op-Ed
Ben Rhodes / @brhodes: Remember Tom Cotton was supposed to be the intellectual future of the Republican Party. The fascism isn't limited to Trump. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Mat / @aaronjmate: “Times Opinion owes it to our readers to show them counter-arguments*” *counter-arguments generally void for: -black leftists -principled, not procedural, criticism of US foreign policy -Israel-Palestine -Russiagate skepticism -Bernie Sanders supporters https://twitter.com/...
Adam Sternbergh / @sternbergh: I would like to publish the opinion of this sitting US senator. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Schatz / @brianschatz: “Counter arguments” is a euphemism for “we should turn the military against our citizens.” My view is that it's better to be so institutionally against fascism that you don't print fascist ideas. https://twitter.com/...
Bree Newsome Bass / @breenewsome: Black people: Stop killing us. We are human beings. This has been going on for 400 years. The lynchings never end. NYTimes: Gotta hear both sides https://twitter.com/...
Heather Alexandra / @transgamerthink: A myth of journalism is that all voices need to be heard. They don't. Some are dangerous, and the damage you do giving them a platform is never counter balanced by whatever pat on the back you give yourself for listening to both sides. https://twitter.com/...
Misha Collins / @mishacollins: James, taking this Op-Ed down & apologizing would be the right decision. This is not a “counter-argument,” as you say, it's a dangerous propaganda piece pedaling lies & escalating at a dangerous moment. The @nytimes, should cover @TomCottonAR's words in an analytical news piece. https://twitter.com/...
Qasim Rashid / @qasimrashid: Tl:Dr of NYT's justification to publish Cotton's ridiculous OpEd arguing US Military should bomb & kill American civilians “Both sides.” NEWSFLASH: THERE IS NO “BOTH SIDES” TO GOVT MURDERING CIVILIANS. Smh https://twitter.com/...
Casey Parks / @caseyparks: Heartbreaking that black journalists are having to worry about getting in trouble in order to speak up for their own safety. https://twitter.com/...
Lindsey Boylan / @lindseyboylan: Remember his name. When there is a version of truth and reconciliation- @SenTomCotton should appear and be charged. https://twitter.com/...
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: 👇🏻👇🏻 It is OpEd's job to publish a wide array of opinions, even ones that make us boil in disagreement. But there is no other side to this one. It's fascist garbage and should have been rejected. https://twitter.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: 48 hours ago, this ex-soldier senator from the governing party called for the killing of rioters - ‘no quarter’! - and now he is rewarded with an op-ed in the nation's premier paper. Again, what would you say if you saw this in another country? https://twitter.com/...
Suchitra Vijayan / @suchitrav: Are there journalists in India who would do this ? https://twitter.com/...
Max Boot / @maxboot: As I just wrote: It is impressive to see the speed with which Republicans metamorphose from critics of presidential tyranny into advocates of it. In @PostOpinions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. John Biggan / @biggan4congress: Did Zuckerberg buy @nytimes? https://twitter.com/...
Ronald Klain / @ronaldklain: If you anti-Trump Republicans were worried you'd have nothing to do after Trump is ousted, it appears your work will be far from over .... https://twitter.com/...
Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew: Huge solidarity with NYT staff and freelancers speaking out against the opinion page's disgraceful publication of a senator's call to deploy troops against a Black protest movement. You are the best of journalism, and you deserve better than this.
Tom Gara / @tomgara: The really good meta troll would be for an NYT reporter to ask Twitter if they're going to flag Tom Cotton's tweet linking to his NYT column
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: ...the NYT choosing to run that op-ed just as employees and civil rights leaders are criticizing Facebook and Zuckerberg for failing to understand the power of a media platform and as Snapchat acknowledges that platforms are interrelated and amplification is an editorial decision
Cody Johnston / @drmistercody: A better piece to encourage public scrutiny would have been about how a U.S. Senator tried to get a fascist's wet dream published, and why that's bad. https://twitter.com/...
Will Stancil / @whstancil: @JBennet Would the Times publish an op-ed from Xi Jinping explaining the necessity of imprisoning and re-educating the Uighurs? It seems to meet the standards laid out here. What about an op-ed from Putin explaining why Russian stability required the assassination of journalists?
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: So... unless the NYT brass change their minds about it, Cotton's “Send in the troops” op-ed is going to run in print on the Tiananmen anniversary.
Carrie Brown / @brizzyc: @MikeIsaac @nytimes And it's editors, it's reporters, it's engineers, it's designers, it's people from across multiple departments and beats, I even saw a couple of interns. Bless you all. It's time for all journalists to take a stand. Having a bias against racism is a bias we all need to have.
Anne Ward / @annecw: @JBennet Amplifying dangerous arguments about using the military to wage war on American soil against Americans.
@bridgetmarie: @JBennet Resign and advocate for a Black woman to take your place. It's the only honorable path forward for you, mate.
Will Stancil / @whstancil: @JBennet Where does this principle end? Would the Times publish an op-ed explaining the policy rationale for genocide?
Kate Aizpuru / @kate_aizpuru: This is so dangerous. the “counter argument” is “use the military against citizens”! Not every counter argument deserves a platform! https://twitter.com/...
Sara A. Carter / @saracarterdc: LOL so what - didn't the NYT run an opinion piece from the Taliban - a known enemy of the US that has murdered our troops. These journalists are elitist snowflakes that need safe spaces and make excuses for real criminals https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Paul Gosar / @repgosar: The New York Times published an op-ed from the Taliban in February... https://twitter.com/...
Chuck Wendig / @chuckwendig: The problem is, James, airing a dangerous argument like that in public lends it legitimacy. They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, but I'd also argue to put out a fire, you smother it under a blanket and rob it of oxygen. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Um—you realize when you publish dangerous arguments you give the writer both a platform, and the credibility of the @nytimes. Whew. This is a sad thread. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: But @JBennet said he literally wanted to invite public scrutiny and debate. So...what happened..? How were these publishing decisions made? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mohammed Kloub / @lessismoh: Hey I am a journalist on the audience engagement side. You typically have a conversation to turn off comments on sensitive subjects when you know what you're inviting. If you say you're inviting public conversation on a topic, you wouldn't turn them off. https://twitter.com/...
Dell Cameron Blm / @dellcam: @JBennet You should be fired.
Erin Biba / @erinbiba: @JBennet When editors at the NYTimes wonder why the public has lost faith in the honor and integrity of journalism, they should look at themselves, because they are responsible.
Erin Biba / @erinbiba: @JBennet Aiding and abetting the rise of fascism has *absolutely no excuse.* It is the job of journalism to speak truth to power, not to aid it. Your constitutional protection exists to shield you from holding those in power responsible for their atrocities. You are doing the opposite.
Roxane Gay / @rgay: @JBennet And your black writers and editors shouldn't have to put themselves in the risky position of explaining this very basic thing.
Quentin Hardy / @qhardy: @JBennet Nah, it's the way it's tedious and incoherent. He calls for military action across the country, says the cops have lost it, far beyond what your reporters say. His precedent is short, specific cases, not national actions. Little he says is new from him. You pandered.
Roxane Gay / @rgay: @JBennet Fascism is not a counterargument. There are not 2 sides to racism. This will embolden militarized police forces and endanger black people. This is not something that requires debates. Military troops should not occupy American cities to quell protests.
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: @JBennet His op-ed contains information that the Times' own reporting has proven false. Why is he not held to the same standards as freelance opinion writers who *aren't* senators?
Mc Nelly Torres / @watchdogdiva: @JBennet Dude. I get it. You got a job and want to keep it but you got no argument. Admit it.
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: @JBennet i've got an argument i bet you'll find painful and dangerous, legally you must allow me to publish it in your pages
Jennifer Rubin / @jrubinblogger: @JBennet This is nonsense. You could have had a hard hitting interview and fact checked him.
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: @Sulliview 6. “We should send in the troops”, as declared by the one man who has the authority to send in the troops, was the Times A1 story just YESTERDAY. Sen. Cotton's stance is not new nor marginalized, it's the status quo https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Would the NYT run an “actually rape is necessary” piece if it came from a senator? https://twitter.com/...
@mattdpearce: @JBennet There is no idea so dangerous that it can't be examined responsibly by your very capable newsroom, and I stand with the Black @nytimes staff who disagree with you.
@riotwomennn: @JBennet Denny Hastert liked to rape young boys but I bet if he had put those ideas in an article, you'd have the damned common sense to refuse to publish You've “both-sided” the country into a dangerous situation with a corrupt lunatic enabled by boot-licking pervs like Cotton
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: @JBennet Thanks for the reply. I have a follow up question: if one of your subordinates published an op-ed making fun of your brother, how hard do you think you'd throw a paperweight at them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Mack / @astrokatie: I'm not a journalism expert or anything but I'm pretty sure that if the “other side” is blatant fascism it's okay to present just the one side
Bradford Pearson / @bradfordpearson: Bennet's decision is dangerous today, and dangerous in the future because it legitimizes the beliefs of a man who spends every minute of his life plotting how he's going to run for president in four years. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: Started the day excited about peaceful protesters doing amazing dances to lift the spirits — Ended the day with the New York Times publishing a piece from a sitting senator calling for military violence to crush U.S. civilians
Patricia Sauthoff / @gitagovinda: The former NYT Public Editor is still the NYT Public Editor. https://twitter.com/...
@thewrap: The staff members each tweeted, “Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger” along with a screenshot of the op-ed https://www.thewrap.com/...
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: It calls for “an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers” but offers no evidence that existing law enforcement efforts—by National Guard troops, county sheriffs, city police departments—is failing.
Sewell Chan / @sewellchan: But the Cotton piece isn't original, or even timely. it might have been 2 days ago, but Pentagon, @EsperDoD and Mattis have been clearly pushing back. The governors haven't asked for military deployments—in fact, several told Trump it would make things much worse.
Shelby Talcott / The Daily Caller: NYT Writers Say NYT Put Their Black Colleagues ‘In Danger’ By Running Tom Cotton Op-Ed
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: 1. Black people already feel under siege & in danger 2. There are *limits* to what's acceptable discourse for this peerlessly influential & defining space. This is outside the limits, IMO. 3. US is a tinderbox now 4. He can get his views out (and rev his 2024 campaign) elsewhere.
@petersterne: If you think it's bullshit when Mark Zuckerberg tries to disclaim responsibility this way, you should recognize that it's also bullshit when James Bennet tries it.
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: And if you insist on running it, undoubtedly in the name of ideological diversity, no matter how dangerous or misguided, at least allow reader comments on it. I'd like to read those.
@petersterne: People often accuse Facebook of acting acting like a traditional publication and making editorial choices. But here's a traditional publication acting like Facebook! “We don't like this, but we have to let it be published so people understand what a public figure thinks” https://twitter.com/...
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
Source: Quibi has already cut overtime for its lowest-level staffers and quietly let go of others; Quibi has raised over $1.7B in funding — Quibi staff are seething on the savanna after Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: Quibi Asks Senior Executives to Take 10% Pay Cut
Paige Leskin / Business Insider: Quibi is reportedly considering laying off 10% of its employees following its underwhelming launch
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: Quibi Senior Executives to Take 10 Percent Pay Cut
Justine Coleman / The Hill: Senior Quibi execs asked to take pay cut: report
Fern Siegel / The Streamable: Quibi Staff Reportedly Outraged After Reese Witherspoon Was Paid $6 Million for Narrating ‘Fierce Queens’
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Quibi asks top execs to take 10 percent pay cut as layoffs loom
Jeva Lange / The Week: The daily gossip: June 3, 2020
Rob Owen / @robowentv: Uh-oh, @quibi not looking good for a long-term stay in the @streamiverse - https://pagesix.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: News: *Quibi execs have discussed laying off 10% of staff *A Quibi exec tells me there are no plans for these cuts *Some Quibi senior execs, including Meg Whitman will take a 10% pay cut https://t.co/I3oGeh6Azn
Daniel Frankel / Multichannel News: Quibi Management Cuts Its Own Salaries 10%, Reassures Staff No Layoffs Are Coming
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Quibi cuts back - report
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: Quibi's Latest Headache: Star's $6M Payout Amid Cutbacks
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Researchers at Columbia University's journalism and engineering schools launch an app in beta to help journalists covering protests identify political symbols — The demonstrations sparked in response to the murder of George Floyd are drawing participants with a range of political and ideological motives …
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Laura Hazard Owen / @laurahazardowen: This app, partially modeled on @MerlinBirdID, helps journalists identify unfamiliar political symbols. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
The Daily Beast:
Sources: Trump and Jared Kushner encouraged the National Enquirer in 2017 to push a debunked conspiracy theory about the death of an aide to Joe Scarborough — OBSESSION — Trump is so hellbent on smearing the MSNBC host that he had Jared push the Enquirer to publish the lies, sources told The Daily Beast.
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@slpng_giants, @glennkesslerwp, Breitbart, @andrewkirell, @willsommer and @noahshachtman
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@slpng_giants: Wait, the National Enquirer needs proof to publish a story? Learn something new everyday. https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: In other words, this smear was even too much for the National Enquirer, which once falsely linked Ted Cruz's dad to the JFK assassination. https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart: Donald Trump Back to Joe Scarborough Conspiracy Theory: ‘I Always Felt He Got Away with Murder’
Andrew Kirell / @andrewkirell: Trump brought up the Scarborough murder conspiracy again today, amid nationwide unrest. He's so obsessed with it that in 2017 he had Kushner push the National Enquirer to publish the lies. Even the tabloid wouldn't stoop that low. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
ACLU:
ACLU files a class-action lawsuit on behalf of journalists against Minneapolis police for attacking them while covering protests over George Floyd's killing — MINNEAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota overnight filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of journalists …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill: ACLU files lawsuit against Minnesota law enforcement for treatment of journalists at protests
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime: ‘The Press Is Under Assault’: ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Over Police ‘Deliberately Targeting Reporters’
Ted Johnson / Deadline: ACLU Files Class Action Suit Against Minnesota Law Enforcement For “Deliberately Targeting” Reporters Covering Protests
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Nick Waters / @n_waters89:
[Thread] List of at least 100 separate incidents where journalists experienced violence from law enforcement in the US amid protests after George Floyd's death
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Columbia Journalism Review, Freedom of the Prez, Quill, Common Dreams, The Atlantic, @thelantern, All Incidents, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, @newrepublic, @tylergabriel_, Press Watch, @kentremendous, Los Angeles Times, @asymmetricinfo, @pressfreedom, @uspresstracker, @astroehlein, @awgaffney, @mollyjongfast and Boing Boing
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Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review: Journalists, attacked by police and rioters alike, must build local bridges
Patricia Gallagher Newberry / Freedom of the Prez: And now: #GeorgeFloyd
Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams: ‘This Must Stop’: Leading Journalism Groups Demand Law Enforcement Halt Attacks on Working Press
Sarah J. Jackson / The Atlantic: The Headlines That Are Covering Up Police Violence
@thelantern: Our reporters were sprayed by police after identifying themselves as “news media” repeatedly. News media are exempt from the curfew. #columbusprotest https://twitter.com/...
Liz Szabo / Los Angeles Times: By firing rubber bullets at protesters, police risk killing, blinding or maiming them
@newrepublic: The country has entered a moment in which the frog notices it is getting boiled, writes @AdamWeinstein. https://newrepublic.com/...
Tyler Blint- Welsh / @tylergabriel_: Lost my glasses and my ankle is in searing pain after NYPD hit me in the face multiple times with riot shields and pushed me to the ground. I was backing away as request, with my hands up. My NYPD-issued press badge was clearly visible. I'm just sitting here crying. This sucks.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch: An overdue shift of perspective, as journalists become the victims of police violence
Ken Tremendous / @kentremendous: What will it take? Will they ever speak up? If he orders the military to murder protesters in the street, will they condemn it? If he declares martial law, will they object? If he tries to cancel an election, will they support him? Is there a line? All evidence would say: no. https://twitter.com/...
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times: ‘They came toward us firing pepper spray and rubber bullets,’ photographer says
Megan McArdle / @asymmetricinfo: There is something different, and deeply disturbing going on with these protests, and not because Journalists are Special. It's disturbing because the police are treating those recording a conflict as if they are parties to it, and fearlessly doing so on camera. https://twitter.com/...
@pressfreedom: The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating over 100 reports of violence against journalists from past several days. @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/...
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker / @uspresstracker: Student journalists in Ohio calmly explain they are exempt from curfew. A few seconds later, a cop comes up and pepper sprays them in the face. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Stroehlein / @astroehlein: Police in Washington DC assaulted these Australian journalists (part of the violence unleashed so Trump could get his photo op) https://www.sbs.com.au/... https://twitter.com/...
Adam W Gaffney / @awgaffney: Here's another reporter shot by a KIP, in the neck. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Guardian:
The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine published studies based on suspect data from a US company, leading to COVID-19 policy changes in some countries — Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet …
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Bob Fredericks / New York Post: Company studying hydroxychloroquine employs sci-fi writer, adult content model
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: This Guardian story is absolutely mindblowing. You honestly won't believe what the people employed at the US-based company providing data do. A must-read. https://twitter.com/...
Alec Schemmel / The Daily Caller: National Governments And WHO Relied On Suspect Data From Small US Company To Determine COVID-19 Policies
Phil Shiver / TheBlaze: Top medical journal may have to retract negative hydroxychloroquine conclusions after its study used suspect data
Ronald Bailey / Reason: Does That Malaria Medicine Work on COVID-19 After All?
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: Here we go. That Lancet study on hydroxychloroquine may well be retracted. Folks, many scientists *warned* about this study as soon as it was published. Peer review catches most crap, and we also catch what gets through. Wait. Listen. Don't sensationalize. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: Again, folks, errors happen. But there really is a robust meta-review process among the scientific community right now—from preprint to peer-review to post peer-review. It's a real community working hard, debating, checking. Reporting should include this. https://twitter.com/...
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: Look, errors happen. We're all rushing to publish, and given the emergency that's necessary. But there is a robust preprint *and* post peer-review criticism process that's been great. Reporters have to embed within the scientific community to follow this and report accordingly.
Adam Rogers / Wired: Major Hydroxychloroquine Trial Shows No Prevention Benefits
Alex Carroll / @alexjcarroll: @zeynep Lancet publishing this is symptomatic of the root problem: peer review as constructed is designed to improve studies submitted in good faith; it's poorly equipped to catch outright fraud. We need open science and open data to expose fraud like this https://twitter.com/...
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: That now-retracted study was underpowered to the point of no use *and* it had math and interpretability problems. The opposite of don't publish quackery isn't parrot peer-reviewed studies without reflection. There's a process. It's messy. But it bends towards empirical validity.
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: Major Study Warning Against Use of Hydroxychloroquine Questioned for Suspect Data
Watchdog / @libwatchdog: I can't get over this. Story is NUTS. The WHO fell for a shell company: a. with only three employees b. including the founder, who's been sued for malpractice three times c. the two other “experts” were a sci-fi writer and an “adult model” for hire https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: Influential hydroxychloroquine data came from a small U.S. company that is allegedly ‘almost certainly a scam’
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple, which traditionally uses podcasts to distribute corporate news, launches its first entertainment podcast, The Zane Lowe Interview Series — Apple has quietly expanded its original podcast efforts with Friday's launch of The Zane Lowe Interview Series, available on Apple Music and via RSS.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Journalists need to avoid simplifying the complicated stories of protests across the US, even as people try to interpret based on their established beliefs — Like most Americans, I am nowhere near any violence right now. Nevertheless, I am hearing and seeing violence on a series of screens …
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@fheinderyckx, @anneapplebaum, @mckaycoppins, @danteramos, @anneapplebaum, @cbedfordart, @edyong209 and The Daily Beast
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Francois Heinderyckx / @fheinderyckx: .@anneapplebaum manages to demonstrate, in very simple terms, that we musr resist simplifying complex realities. “the full story has to be told in quite a complicated way, from different angles, by many people” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: There are a lot of protest stories. Don't let the president reduce them to one. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
McKay Coppins / @mckaycoppins: “The full story has to be told in quite a complicated way, from different angles, by many people. That requires time and patience, as well as the sort of journalism that millions of Americans no longer trust,” @anneapplebaum writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Dante Ramos / @danteramos: “Quite a lot of people will not want to hear the truth,” @anneapplebaum writes. “Quite a lot of people will want, instead, for everyone to shut up. They will want force, violence, whatever it takes to make the cacophony stop.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: “The question now is whether the old American mantras, the appeals to traditions of democracy and the rule of law, still work—or whether they have now become just another competing narrative in the information war.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@cbedfordart: Been on my mind a bit - for those of us who are physically removed and feel helpless we can be glued to our phones trying to find ways to stay active: It can feel selfish to take breaks but mental breaks are absolutely necessary to stay alert and avoid emotional manipulation. https://twitter.com/...
Ed Yong / @edyong209: “Their message is coherent. “Justice for George Floyd.” “Justice Can't Wait.” “Black Lives Matter.” “I Can't Breathe.” That is not chaos. To dismiss the protests in that way, as swirling eddies of inscrutability, is to erase their message.” -@megangarber https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Filing: AMC Theatres has “substantial doubt” it can remain in business after losing between $2.1B and $2.4B in Q1 and has a cash balance of $718.3M as of April — New York (CNN Business)AMC Theatres, the world's biggest movie theater chain, said on Wednesday that it has …
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/Film, @joncoopertweets, @frankpallotta, @mousterpiece, @philippereines, @frankpallotta, Forbes, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
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Ethan Anderton / /Film: AMC Theatres Doubts They Can Stay in Business, 2020 US Box Office Revenue Likely to Drop Over 50%
Jon Cooper / @joncoopertweets: The giant AMC Theatres movie theatre chain said on Wednesday that it has “substantial doubt” it can remain in business, due to staggering losses from the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.nbc-2.com/...
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: Some analysts I've spoken to believe AMC has enough $$ to survive 2020, even if it doesn't reopen. But it has huge challenges ahead of it. The biggest of which being if audiences will return. https://www.cnn.com/...
Josh Spiegel / @mousterpiece: And yet, there's Tenet, apparently opening in just over six weeks. https://twitter.com/...
Philippe Reines / @philippereines: .@AMCTheatres employs thousands, but what's really sad about this is they have been recognized for the success of their decade-old “FOCUS” program, which prioritizes the hiring of people with disabilities at their theaters. https://www.cnn.com/...
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: AMC Theatres, the world's biggest movie theater chain, said on Wednesday that it has “substantial doubt” it can remain in business after closing locations across the globe during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.cnn.com/...
The Information:
Sources: The Athletic and AT&T's Bleacher Report are weighing deals with online betting sites, referring readers for a cut of any resulting revenue — Over the past few years, online publishers have turned to commerce marketing as an important source of revenue.
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Q&A with Mark Schoofs about his return to BuzzFeed as EIC, starting an Inequality desk, how he hopes to shape the newsroom, and Ben Smith's work at NYT — New York (CNN Business)BuzzFeed News has a new editor in chief. His first month has been anything but LOL.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Snap says it has stopped promoting Trump's account in Discover, after a tweet from days ago about protesters at the White House meeting “ominous weapons” — Trump will retain his account but no longer appear in Discover — President Trump's verified Snapchat account will no longer …
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Axios, The Information, CNBC, New York Times, Fast Company, @caseynewton, @sarafischer, @paulgerke, @alexeheath, @cat_zakrzewski, @walldo, @kateconger, @melissaryan, Gizmodo, The Hill, @kateconger, @qjurecic, @egkeller, @casey, @elizabeth_joh, Business Insider, Hollywood Reporter, Mashable, The Wrap, Fast Company, @joshconstine, @edmundlee, @hkreid, @sowmyak, @adamblickstein, @dylanbyers, Vox, @kerrymflynn, @slpng_giants, @snapchat, @sarafischer, @kurtwagner8, @abbyfuller, @sarafischer and The Independent, more at Techmeme »
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Sara Fischer / Axios: Snapchat will no longer promote Trump's account in Discover
Alex Heath / The Information: Snapchat Stops Promoting Trump's Account
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Snap will no longer promote Trump posts within Snapchat
Arianne Cohen / Fast Company: Trump campaign rips Evan Spiegel as ‘radical’ after Snapchat stops promoting president's account
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: So @Snap will no longer promote Trump's account after concluding his tweets incited violence https://www.theverge.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: The Trump campaign responds to Snapchat news: “Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election, illegally using their corporate funding to promote Joe Biden and suppress President Trump.” Full statement below from campaign manager Brad Parscale: https://twitter.com/...
Paul Gerke / @paulgerke: Snapchat will no longer promote President Trump's posts in its “Discover” feature. In a statement, the company said in part: “We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover...”
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: Snapchat tells me it has stopped promoting Trump's account in Discover, its feed of content from media publishers and popular accounts. It's the strongest move yet but a social network in reaction to Trump's rhetoric around the protests. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski: Snap is saying it made this decision based on comments that didn't even happen on its own service — this is in response to tweets. https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Wall / @walldo: Trump's verifid Snapchat account will no longer be promoted on the Discover tab after the company decided his tweets promoted violence https://www.theverge.com/...
Kate Conger / @kateconger: “Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election,” Trump 2020 campaign manager @parscale responds.
Melissa Ryan / @melissaryan: “We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover,” the spokesperson added. https://www.axios.com/...
Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo: Trump Campaign Accuses Snapchat, a Platform That Still Exists, of ‘Trying to Rig the Election’
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill: Snapchat will no longer promote Trump's account
Kate Conger / @kateconger: I will never stop thinking about the fact that the online knitting community really led the charge here https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Quinta Jurecic / @qjurecic: this reminds me a bit of when the Apple Store banned Alex Jones and then every other platform suddenly bailed as well—after allowing him free reign for years https://twitter.com/...
Emily Keller / @egkeller: There is another way to run your social platforms, and @Snapchat is proving it every day of this cycle. This is a brave move, but absolutely the right one. 💛 https://twitter.com/...
Casey Neistat / @casey: “We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice...” Snapchat taking a stand. I appreciate you @Snapchat - https://www.theverge.com/...
Elizabeth Joh / @elizabeth_joh: Tinfoil First Amendment comments coming in 3.2.1... https://twitter.com/...
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter: Snapchat to Stop Promoting President Trump's Account
Rachel Kraus / Mashable: Snapchat stops promoting Donald Trump's account in Discover
The Wrap: Snapchat Stops Promoting Trump: ‘We Will Not Amplify Voices Who Incite Racial Violence and Injustice’
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: The narratives Facebook uses to keep its employees happy are crumbling
@joshconstine: Free speech doesn't necessitate free reach. If you won't delete hate, downrank it. https://twitter.com/...
Edmund Lee / @edmundlee: noteworthy that the smaller the social network, the more stringently it polices Trump: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Heather Reid / @hkreid: Being a part of the big tech ecosystem doesn't mean you must turn a blind eye toward hatred and violence. Thank you to @snap for showing there's a better way. https://twitter.com/...
Sowmya Krishnamurthy / @sowmyak: I had no idea Trump was on Snapchat...Hope more tech companies take note. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Blickstein / @adamblickstein: Soon @facebook will be the only platform protecting Trump & promoting his violent white supremacy https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: 😂 - Not suppressing votes - Not illegal - Not a radical - Not banning any of Trump's content.... There isn't a sentence in this statement that doesn't include at least one factual inaccuracy. https://twitter.com/...
Theodore Schleifer / Vox: First Twitter, now Snapchat: Trump's war on social media has a new target
@kerrymflynn: In Dec 2017, Twitter said it would take action against users' accounts based on their behavior off-platform Today, Snapchat is taking a similar stance by banning Trump's account from appearing in Discover, after his tweets inciting violence. Bold move. https://www.axios.com/...
@slpng_giants: WOW. The first social platform finds the intestinal fortitude to *checks notes* enforce their own Terms of Service regarding incitement to violence. Good on @snap, but this should be standard stuff. For @Facebook, not so much. https://twitter.com/...
@snapchat: We condemn racism. We must embrace profound change. It starts with advocating for creating more opportunity, and for living the American values of freedom, equality and justice for all. Our CEO Evan's memo to our team: https://press.snap.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: To be clear, Trump's account didn't violate any of Snapchat's rules. But Snapchat is deciding not to promote his account on Discover because of comments he made elsewhere that they think incite violence. That's going farther than other big tech firms. https://twitter.com/...
Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8: Feels like a sneaky big deal - Snap will no longer promote Trump's posts inside Snapchat Discover. They're limiting his exposure because they disagree with what he's saying and doing outside Snapchat. Pretty bold. https://twitter.com/...
Abby Fuller / @abbyfuller: such bravery. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: BREAKING: Snap will no longer promote Trump's account in Discover - Decision made over weekend, response to Trump tweets inciting violence - Trump didn't violate any rules on @Snapchat - Users can still subscribe to get his updates Full story on @Axios: https://www.axios.com/...
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
Playboy sues Meredith and two other companies over losses from a privacy suit alleging that info of Playboy magazine subscribers was sold to third parties — In the case of Meredith, this is an issue it inherited as part of its acquisition of Time Inc. — Like most media companies …
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