Top News:
New York Times:
After staff objections and debate, NYT says Sen. Cotton's op-ed fell short of standards; sources: James Bennet said he didn't read the essay before publication — After a staff uproar, The Times says the editing process was “rushed.” Senator Tom Cotton's “Send In the Troops” essay is now under review.
Discussion:
Slate, New York Times, @jbendery, @donmoyn, @donmoyn, @donmoyn, @donmoyn, @donmoyn, @donmoyn, @sarahw, @brooksbarnesnyt, @sdkstl, @davidklion, @hbendaas, @hbendaas, @elongreen, @davidklion, @tedcruz, @libbycwatson, @lauradurnell, @emilygorcenski, @srajagopalan, @espiers, @sulliview, @joycecaroloates, CNN, @mcoatney, @jessecharleslee, @fritschner, @ashleyschapitl, @dancow, @dancow, @dancow, @wilkieii, @cwarzel, Bloomberg, @karenattiah, @marcatracy, @dancow, New Republic, @inthehands, @karenmcgrane, @bgrueskin, @tcberman, @vijaitsingh, @meredithshiner, @tigerbeat, @jrubinblogger, @laurenstarke, Mediaite, @clarajeffery, @dancow, @sulliview, @stuartemmrich, @zackstruver, @sulliview, @morganjerkins, @ian_fraser, @karaswisher, @deanvannguyen, @hwise29, @abgutman, @jeremylittau, @mattgoldberg, @nycsouthpaw, @jeremylittau, @jeremylittau, @lauritaisabelle, @parkermolloy, @juliemmoos, @flyosity, @armscontrolwonk, @chillmage, @timalberta, @moorehn and @nhannahjones
Discussion:
Ashley Feinberg / Slate: Newsroom Breaks Into Open Revolt After New York Times Publishes Call for Military Crackdown
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times: Tom Cotton's Fascist Op-Ed
Jennifer Bendery / @jbendery: “James Bennet, the editor in charge of the opinion section, said in a meeting with staff members that he had not read the essay before it was published.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Anther NYT staffer contradicts Weiss. No doubt some people will take it as proof of how intolerant the organization is - but perhaps some will question the reliability and goals of her reporting given how other journalists are responding. https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Three more, including a contributing op-ed writer who has a bit more freedom to speak up. To date, I've found 13 NYT staff who said Weiss is misrepresenting what happened, and zero who support her account. https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Three other NYT staffers contradict Weiss. (If you see others, please reply and I will repost). As one points out, opinion writers are not subject to potential discipline for criticizing co-workers that other NYT employees are, meaning some are taking risks by disagreeing w Weiss https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Bari Weiss wrote a thread about conflict in the NY Times. Other NY staff are pulling it apart. Whats the lesson? It's easier to do stories based on simplistic free speech stereotypes when there are not a bunch of reporters in the room to immediately fact-check you https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: I have not found a single NYT staffer who agrees w Weiss. Here are two more who say she misrepresents internal NYT conversations in basic ways. How can people trust the judgment of a journalist whose colleagues would risk being punished to point out she is untrustworthy? https://twitter.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Another NYT staffer contradicts Weiss (notice how careful they are to not name names). As with others, disputes Weiss's central claim about a big generational divide. You also get a sense that these were emotional conversations that people did not expect to be reposted. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Weinman / @sarahw: “Near the end of the day, James Bennet, the editor in charge of the opinion section, said in a meeting with staff members that he had not read the essay before it was published.” I just....cannot get over this. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: The editor in charge of the Opinion section, James Bennet, didn't even read it prior to publication!?!?! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl: This is why we don't cancel our NYT subscription over the flaws of the top opinion editor or certain columnists: solid, necessary, painstaking journalism. https://twitter.com/...
David Klion / @davidklion: @mcbyrne @HBendaas Yes, although in this case I believe a certain white woman who is under 40 may partly account for the answer
Hamid Bendaas / @hbendaas: @DavidKlion @mcbyrne That's definitely it, but also it seems like these wunderkinds who get rapidly promoted by their bosses are also never more than center-right politically. NYT wouldn't give a white male self-ID'd progressive that kind of authority
Hamid Bendaas / @hbendaas: @DavidKlion There's an expanded part of this story I'd like to see about how a 25 years old was given the responsibility to decide which op-eds run, seemingly unchecked.
Elon Green / @elongreen: @DavidKlion Like, on the one hand it's appalling that they're scapegoating the noob. But on the other, lololololol.
David Klion / @davidklion: Just gonna let the screenshots tell the story here https://twitter.com/...
Ted Cruz / @tedcruz: Beyond satire. Yesterday: “It would undermine integrity & independence of NYT if we only published views that editors agreed with” Today: “We're sorry we thought integrity was more important than insulating our staff from scary ideas. Won't happen again” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Libby Watson / @libbycwatson: tom cotton does not give a shit about the new york times or james bennet or the 25 year old editor who edited the piece or bari weiss. he thinks they're idiots and he played them, and he's right. imagine getting owned by that goose necked freak https://twitter.com/...
@lauradurnell: The solution is not to limit op-eds. It's to f—ing read them before they go to press. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@emilygorcenski: Literally the people at the Times are not doing the bare minimum at their job, this newspaper is a disgrace https://twitter.com/...
Shruti Rajagopalan / @srajagopalan: People seem a lot more concerned that Cotton's ideas were published in the NYT than the fact that someone with Cotton's dangerous views was elected to represent Arkansas in the Senate! Can someone help the woke people of America point their outrage at the right target? https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: @Sulliview I also just don't buy the section editor didn't approve it/know it had been assigned, given the prominence of the author and the week's events. And if he knew it was in the pipeline, why on earth didn't he look at it?
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: @espiers I can't explain it. Unless he's just very removed from oped, and more involved with, say, editorials.
Joyce Carol Oates / @joycecaroloates: if the very editor of the Op-Ed page doesn't read the columns, why should anyone else read them? https://twitter.com/...
Mark Coatney / @mcoatney: This detail, from the @nytimes piece on that Tom Cotton oped, https://www.nytimes.com/... is kind of amazing: A employee of the Times referred request for comment from the Times, to a spokeswoman: https://twitter.com/...
Jesse Lee / @jessecharleslee: Exactly. I'm fairly sure even President Obama was turned down at times. Cotton is not in Senate Leadership, there was nothing insightful here—just saying “this is crap, pass” like they do 100 times a day isn't censorship. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Fritschner / @fritschner: @jonlovett @nycsouthpaw And they could have just said “no!” and declined to publish, they do it many times a day including to Members of Congress and their press people including me not that I am bitter about it or anything ok maybe somewhat bitter
Ashley Schapitl / @ashleyschapitl: @Fritschner @jonlovett @nycsouthpaw In addition, anyone who's had an op-ed published in NYT knows the editing process is very rigorous. They make pieces much better and fact check, which just made it more inexplicable that something that's been determined to be misinformation was allowed through.
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: People are going to be tempted to dunk on Rubenstein, who was hired from the Weekly Standard. But the onus should be on Bennet, who set the editorial process, and who churned out a 1,100-word defense this morning without mentioning he hadn't read the op-ed before publishing https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: LMAO - the two senior people most responsible for this shitshow are going to let the buck stop with a 25-year-old editor: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: (I don't know anything else about Rubenstein's tenure at the NYT, but his Wikipedia entry is about him dunking on two people I very much dislike, so...)
Wilkie / @wilkieii: If a New York Times editor openly admits they didn't even read the piece they spent a whole day defending... does that imply the government had free rein to publish anything it wants in a newspaper of record? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: videos like this and the untold other outrageous police escalations tonight in my feed illustrate the stakes of language like “One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force.” it's not a college seminar debate. lives are at stake. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: NYT admitted that senior leadership didn't read the op-Ed before publishing. Tom Cotton is also insulting NYT on Fox and Twitter. I hate being right. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Hours after the publisher and the top section editor defended the op-Ed — and after the editor said he hadn't read it before publication — the New York Times issued an extraordinary mea culpa. Our early story. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: @marcatracy Ok thanks for answering my question. So my second question is: did *anyone* read the op-ed before publishing? Did either Bennet or Sulzberger read it before writing long defenses about its value? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Paul Cantrell / @inthehands: Incredible. Many will rush to condemn “editing by mob,” and while yes that is a concern, it's a _good_ thing when the alternative is apparently _no editing at all_: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Karen McGrane / @karenmcgrane: James Bennet @JBennet didn't even read the Tom Cotton op-ed? What exactly are you doing that's more important than inciting fascist violence against citizens in the @nytimes ? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “Mr. Sulzberger and Mr. Bennet declined requests for interviews.” Those requests came from reporters at ... The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Taylor Berman / @tcberman: “A false equivalence, but historical images are there now,” he wrote to Mr. Rubenstein on Slack, the internal messaging software used by Times employees “Yeah, there are a few in there,” Mr. Rubenstein responded, adding an emoji of a frowning face. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dr. Vijai Singh / @vijaitsingh: “Near the end of the day, James Bennet, the editor in charge of the opinion section, said in a meeting with staff members that he had not read the essay before it was published.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Meredith Shiner / @meredithshiner: so, wait, @JBennet was out on this website defending a piece he now says he didn't read before publishing? So either he's lying, and he should be fired for lying, or he's telling the truth and he should be fired for negligence. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Rhodes / @tigerbeat: The Op-Ed was handled by @RubensteinAdam [who is 25 & formerly @weeklystandard] During the editing process, he asked a photo editor, Jeffrey Henson Scales.. raised an objection.." Bennet didn't read it https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Rubin / @jrubinblogger: the apologists who defended the shoddy peice the NYT now rightly admits was replete with misinformation should undertake some self-reflection https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lauren Starke / @laurenstarke: This seems insane? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
KJ Edelman / Mediaite: NY Times Acknowledges ‘Rushed Editorial Process’ in Publishing Tom Cotton Op-Ed: ‘Did Not Meet Our Standards’
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: Christ they still think the newsroom/opinion confusion is the issue https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Nguyen / @dancow: @bariweiss Bari, before you joined your commander's side in the civil war, did you know he hadn't actually read the op-ed yet? https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: There are many things to say about the Tom Cotton oped, and I said some, and might say some more. ... But here's a useful and common norm in a newsroom: “Hey, boss, you might want to take a look at this one before it runs.”
Stuart Emmrich / @stuartemmrich: Perhaps the most amazing detail in this @nytimes story about the Tom Cotton Op-Ed? Not that James Bennet didn't read it before it was published, but that it was a photo editor who flagged it as ‘inappropriate.’ Oh, he was ignored, of course. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@zackstruver: Just canceled my @nytimes subscription and donated my annual subscription fee (student rate) to @FAIRmediawatch because the Times have covered the protests from the perspective of the police and the state and failed to give voice to #BlackLivesMatter. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: “Because it's got Trouble written all over it, and because you told me, boss, that you want to see stuff like that. Every single time.”
Morgan Jerkins / @morganjerkins: I am thankful that this information is all out in the open but I just cannot believe that James Bennet did not read the op-ed before it was published. How? How in the world did this happen? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ian Fraser / @ian_fraser: Wait. @JBennet didn't read Tom Cotton's ‘Send in the troops’ piece before publication but still defended it in a six-tweet thread? 🤔https://www.nytimes.com/ ...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Read @michelleinbklyn people. https://twitter.com/...
Dean Van Nguyen / @deanvannguyen: The editor who has spent two days caping for this piece didn't even read it before publication? Raaaaaaa https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hannah Wise / @hwise29: “The culture at The Times frowns on intramural criticism. The journalism industry is in free-fall, and working here often feels like being on the last boat out of a burning harbor. It is not a small thing to risk one's seat on it,” @michelleinbklyn writes for @nytopinion. https://twitter.com/...
@abgutman: Hold up. “James Bennet... said in a meeting with staff members that he had not read the essay before it was published.” But both he and the publisher defended the op-ed as a triumph of open mindedness?! That's gaslighting. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: @ABCFlowe It's a good question. Opinion content is cheap and gets clicks, but there's a lot of it out there and I doubt it is a plus for NYT's bottom line (likely a loss leader). So I would guess it's prestige given they are the nation's paper of record.
Matt Goldberg / @mattgoldberg: See you again in 3-6 months when we do all this over again. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: NYT admits the piece was not fact-checked. Which isn't a new revelation for op-eds there. But as has been pointed out at nauseam over the past few years, opinions are one thing; wild claims without evidence used to build opinions are a whole other matter. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau: I have other problems with the piece ("Actually, doing fascism is good!" isn't advocating for your readers), but the NYT could 100% improve its opinion page by applying fact-checking standards to opinion pieces again.
@lauritaisabelle: This is what happens when the editing process is rushed or eliminated. Stop. Laying. Off. Editors. Slow Down. Use JUDGMENT. Think about what you're sacrificing for a hot take. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: @TimAlberta @Olivianuzzi It. Had. Factual. Errors. In. It. Why can't you understand that?
Jeffrey Lewis / @armscontrolwonk: Boy, you gotta give him credit for deciding to die on the hill of an essay he didn't read. https://twitter.com/...
@chillmage: This is an astounding failure. It should be career ending https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tim Alberta / @timalberta: @ParkerMolloy @Olivianuzzi I can. But since when it that disqualifying? Op-ed pages are notorious for playing fast and loose. Sarah Palin sued the Times ed board for an egregious factual error! Nobody demanded they take it down.
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: @Sulliview The most dangerous people in any newsroom are the ones who think “I can handle this myself.” And the Times seems to have a lot of those.
RELATED:
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy:
NYT spokeswoman: a review made clear that a rushed process led to publishing an op-ed that didn't meet standards; NYT will examine long- and short-term changes — NEW: Times spokeswoman sends mea culpa https://twitter.com/...
Discussion:
CNN, @erikwemple, Breitbart, @tabathasouthey, @erikwemple, @erikwemple, @tonyajoriley, @lons, @rachelking, @jerylbier, @shiplives, @erikwemple, @jerrydunleavy, @felixsalmon, @tvietor08, @mccormick150, @john_hudson, @jeremyburge and @astrokatie
Discussion:
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: The New York Times has stopped defending its Tom Cotton op-ed. Here's a statement from a company spox: https://twitter.com/...
Tabatha Southey / @tabathasouthey: tfw you get distracted and accidentally turn the op-ed page of the @nytimes into a Tiananmen Square Massacre fan site. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: The Cotton episode thus cements the notion that Bennet has failed as a manager over and over as he pilots one of the most influential stretches of U.S. journo real estate.
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: In his statements on the topic, NYT editorial page editor James Bennet hasn't mentioned that he actually read the piece prior to publication. It would be hard for the top editor of such a section to read *everything* pre-publication, considering its prolific output.
Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley: Does this include hiring diverse writers and editors? Paying them equally? Because I've seen this exact apology from other publications and nothing changes if leadership doesn't. https://twitter.com/...
Lon Harris / @lons: I mean, writers, come on, you know how it is. The moment you hit send, you look back at your piece and realize it's full of fascism. Amirite? https://twitter.com/...
Rachel King / @rachelking: The NYT op-ed section has less oversight than a blog. https://twitter.com/...
@jerylbier: So I guess the bright line between the news side and editorial side the New York Times just got a little dimmer. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Shipman / @shiplives: This may be a good start. It all depends on how they proceed. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Testimony that surfaced through Palin's subsequent lawsuit revealed that Bennet hadn't done the most basic research before he inserted the offending language in the editorial. It was another instance of bad management.
Jerry Dunleavy / @jerrydunleavy: An op-ed from a U.S. senator did not meet the editorial standards of the @NYTimes, but op-eds by Vladimir Putin, Nicolas Maduro, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Taliban did. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: The sound of @JBennet being thrown under the bus https://twitter.com/...
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: “reducing the number of Op-Eds we publish” is a pretty brutal statement of no confidence in the page's leadership https://twitter.com/...
John McCormick / @mccormick150: So the NYT throws editorial page editor @jbennet right under the bus — and promises to cheat its paying customers by publishing fewer op-eds. https://twitter.com/...
John Hudson / @john_hudson: For those whose main issue was the relaying of unfounded/unsubstantiated claims in a paper of record (rather than its incendiary perspective), the Times' mea culpa and commitment to expand “fact checking operations” is not nothing. Not sure who wanted fewer op-eds though https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Snyder / Columbia Journalism Review:
The core problem with NYT publishing Tom Cotton's op-ed isn't that the arguments are painful or dangerous, but rather that the column was built on lies — Yesterday, the New York Times Opinion section ran an Op-Ed column by Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas and a close ally of President Trump …
Discussion:
@bariweiss, @katzonearth, @bariweiss, @bariweiss, @bariweiss, @bariweiss, @parkermolloy, @jennydeluxe, @chrislhayes, @rebel19, @davidklion, @yashar, @jayrosen_nyu, @hayesbrown, @timherrera, @wajahatali, @solomongeorgio, @margarita, @saeen90_, @timherrera, @donmoyn, @janesports, @jonbernhardt, @jacob_brogan, @jamisonfoser, @chillmage, @jenvalentino, @mslopatto, @ashleyfeinberg, @aoscott, @jbouie, @aminatou, @dstfelix, @ben_alpers, @taylorlorenz, @chrislhayes, @byjoelanderson, @markharrisnyc, Press Watch, @joshuasealy, @davekarpf, @bretweinstein, @jaycaspiankang, @ashleyfeinberg, @jbenton, @nytmay, @taffyakner, @brywashing, @brandyljensen, @chillmage, @taffyakner, @ben_alpers, @kennethcdavis, @taffyakner, @nelliekillian, @jysexton, @sivavaid, @annamerlan, @chillmage, @gabrielsnyder, @dbessner, @hunterdk and @nhannahjones
Discussion:
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: The civil war inside The New York Times between the (mostly young) wokes the (mostly 40+) liberals is the same one raging inside other publications and companies across the country. The dynamic is always the same. (Thread.)
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: !!!! Someone just said in the Slack that James Bennet claimed he never read the Cotton op-Ed before it was published. And that no one in senior management did either.
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: I've been mocked by many people over the past few years for writing about the campus culture wars. They told me it was a sideshow. But this was always why it mattered: The people who graduated from those campuses would rise to power inside key institutions and transform them.
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: Here's one way to think about what's at stake: The New York Times motto is “all the news that's fit to print.” One group emphasizes the word “all.” The other, the word “fit.”
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: W/r/t Tom Cotton's oped and the choice to run it: I agree with our critics that it's a dodge to say “we want a totally open marketplace of ideas!” There are limits. Obviously. The question is: does his view fall outside those limits? Maybe the answer is yes.
Bari Weiss / @bariweiss: I'm in no way surprised by what has now exploded into public view. In a way, it's oddly comforting: I feel less alone and less crazy trying to explain the dynamic to people. What I am shocked by is the speed. I thought it would take a few years, not a few weeks.
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Bari, remember when you praised an op-ed demanding that @elivalley be uninvited from speaking at Stanford? https://www.mediamatters.org/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jenna Wortham / @jennydeluxe: this doesn't feel accurate or right to me from my purview of our internal slacks and the multiple private conversations I've had; and it also undermines the older employees who are rightfully outraged as well https://twitter.com/...
Chris Hayes / @chrislhayes: Would any major paper publish this op-ed? I strongly suspect not. And if they did, you could imagine the newsroom would revolt and the paper's reporters covering the protests would probably say something along the lines of “this op-ed puts us in danger.”
David Klion / @davidklion: Lazy argumentation and willful ignorance can be written off as incompetence, but undermining your colleagues as they risk their careers and publicly defending the position of your bosses is a matter of character.
@yashar: I have confirmed with a source on the NYT slack that this comment was made. If true, who read it? https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The danger, writes @gabrielsnyder, is that “the Times becomes a platform for those who are hostile to its core values” and at direct odds with its public mission. https://www.cjr.org/... It's unclear to me whether the top editors think that would be a problem. Many on staff do.
Hayes Brown / @hayesbrown: okay, but........the modifier is there for a reason? if the original intention of the motto that's been overtaken by The Youngs is the front half, why even have the back half? https://twitter.com/...
@timherrera: Three things: 1. That NYT Opinion staffer's thread is a deeply misleading characterization of discussions happening internally. I'm in many of the channels these talks are happening in — she is not. (I just checked.) The discussions are ...
@wajahatali: People, this is bullshit. Talk to other editors at the @nytimes. That's all I'll say. https://twitter.com/...
Solomon Georgio / @solomongeorgio: This bad logic with an even worse defense. Just say you want to print unchecked opinions of racists and fascists. Sorry your weak ass doesn't like to be challenged by people with empathy. Maybe quit your job if you're going to be so overly sensitive and need a safe space https://twitter.com/...
Marge / @margarita: I would suggest to a certain opinion writer to get better friends—but it's clear she doesn't deserve better friends.
Saeen / @saeen90_: @ParkerMolloy i dunno about weiss but this is what bret stephens had to say about letting lawmakers broaden the overton window to include politically incorrect criticisms of aipac & israel https://twitter.com/...
@timherrera: ... respectful, emotional, nuanced, PAINFUL, thoughtful. 2. By definition, she can't be privy to many of those discussions, as she is an Opinion employee and there's a firewall between Opinion and the newsroom. 3. I can be reprimanded for these tweets. She can't be for hers.
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Distressing news: Bari Weiss is exaggerating conflict, understating nuance, and mislabeling the world into false dichotomies. https://twitter.com/...
Jane McManus / @janesports: The falsehoods in the Cotton piece should have DQ'd it, this piece says. The Times editorial page isn't a propaganda board. https://twitter.com/...
Nathan Bernhardt / @jonbernhardt: that Weiss is a mendacious propagandist for the calcified powers atop print media isn't really worth dinging her over too much; that is after all the role she was hired for. but it's fair play to be appalled that she's endlessly indulged while being so BAD at it https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Brogan / @jacob_brogan: Unless you're publishing some sort Borgesian absolute newspaper that literally records every earthly fact as it unfolds, the quality of your publication would presumably always be determined by the fitness of the things it contains. https://twitter.com/...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: No, this is a lie. The group that favors publishing Tom Cotton does not emphasize “all”; there is much they do not publish. You just don't want to admit that publishing Cotton is not being “all inclusive” — it favors his viewpoint. https://twitter.com/...
@chillmage: The real cleavage in American politics right now is that one side is calling for a military crackdown on the citizenry and the other side is simply asking not to be killed in the street by armed men who do not see their humanity
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: I don't know about y'all, but when @aoscott, @taffyakner and @jennydeluxe tell you you're wrong, I think you're wrong. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Lopatto / @mslopatto: who could possibly have guessed that bari weiss is a liar https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: really, truly proud of all the times people on the tl just absolutely going for it god bless you all
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: very cool to publicly disparage your colleagues as emotionally weak people undermining the institution
Aminatou Sow / @aminatou: This is not about the campus culture wars. It's not a nerd debate at a DC party. Your colleagues are taking the time to to tell you they are in harm's way. They are telling you they do not feel safe or seen at work and your response is intellectual dishonesty. https://twitter.com/...
@dstfelix: let's talk about how sulzberger got to be the publisher of the times in the first damn place
@ben_alpers: @ErikWemple @nytimes So that letter is making a substantive assertion about that Tom Cotton piece: if it wasn't accurate, Sulzberger claims, we wouldn't have published it. But where's the argument for that claim? 2/
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: This is such a willful misrepresentation of things and ignores so many of our older colleagues, many who have been with the NYT for decades, who have spoken out. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Hayes / @chrislhayes: The point is: everyone has a line. The argument is over where it is and who to listen to in setting it.
Joel D. Anderson / @byjoelanderson: you've got some nerve, given that you reported my wife to her boss because she politely declined to meet with you for coffee. https://twitter.com/...
Mark Harris / @markharrisnyc: Further, the debate over whether to emphasize “all” or “fit” is one for the news section. The op-ed page has never been about “all”—and if you pretend it's about news, then Cotton's piece, a rehash of the ugly, un-American position he publicly took days earlier, doesn't qualify.
Joshua Sealy-Harrington / @joshuasealy: This framing is absurd. “Fit” qualifies “All”. All the news *that is* fit to print. Bari's “group”, which emphasizes “all”, isn't respecting the @nytimes motto—they're ignoring it. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Karpf / @davekarpf: It was a sideshow then. It is a sideshow now. The reason you're being mocked is because you clearly don't have the range. Particularly in this bizarre, terrifying year, there are other stories to tell, other lessons to be learned, than the one you arrived with. Try harder. https://twitter.com/...
Bret Weinstein / @bretweinstein: Evergreen's meltdown was a preview, three years ahead of the curve and easily dismissed. The phenomenon is now center stage, at national scale—a symptom of the collapse of leadership. Some are waking up, others bending a knee. Let's hope the Republic fairs better than the college https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: but... that's not even what “all” means in the motto https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: You all remember that core liberal value: If someone thinks protesting Americans should be murdered in the streets by their country's military, you HAVE to give them 800 words in your newspaper https://twitter.com/...
Tiffany May / @nytmay: Beijing sent in the troops on June 4, 1989. Student activists who died in the crackdown have been mourned every year in Hong Kong for the past three decades. Running this op-ed puts the lives of black people, including black @nytimes employees, in danger. https://twitter.com/...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / @taffyakner: @galbeckerman @aoscott Yes, agree. It's beautiful to watch this. It is one of those rare moments where you feel like the world could be made better.
Bryan Washington / @brywashing: genuinely curious tbh given that just this afternoon the publication asked Black authors to write reading lists on race for free https://twitter.com/...
Brandy Jensen / @brandyljensen: i guess the new york times social media policy does not extend to logging on and calling your young colleagues giant pussies
@chillmage: It's a lot easier to advocate for “both sides” on the issue of fascism when you suspect the fascist side will not raise eyebrows at you when they are in power
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / @taffyakner: @bariweiss This is not the fight you think it is; it's different. And it's a great time for Opinion to listen to and not dismiss the real-world impact on its work on the jobs of reporters at the paper. I'm happy to talk more about this with you.
@ben_alpers: @ErikWemple @nytimes @NYTimesOpinion @nytopinion So quite beyond the facts that Tom Cotton's column wasn't “accurate” and that Sulzberger, Bennet, and the others who decided to publish it have offered us no argument for its accuracy, the claim that accuracy is a criterion by which @nytopinion makes choices is simply a lie. 6/
Kenneth C. Davis / @kennethcdavis: “The paper's news side has already reported how promoting claims of unbridled urban unrest is part of the ‘untruths, conspiracy theories, and other false information...running rampant online’ and being pushed by Trump and his allies.” via @CJR @gabrielsnyder https://twitter.com/...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / @taffyakner: @bariweiss This doesn't feel true from where I'm sitting, Bari. Ignoring our colleagues' concerns and dismissing them as generational wokeness (Everyone I'm speaking with is 40+) is ignoring what's actually at stake, which is the dignity and safety of our colleagues. We can't stand idly by
Jared Yates Sexton / @jysexton: So. A fascistic senator published an op-ed in the New York Times calling for the military to be deployed in order to crack Americans' skulls and engage in widespread, systematic brutality and possible genocide and no one in charge bothered to read it beforehand. https://twitter.com/...
@sivavaid: They keep trying to make this a matter of “disagreement” instead of the editors' dishonesty, laziness, and complete lack of standards. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: Bari was best-known in college for crusading to have professors she saw as unccepably pro-Palestine punished. She's literally the campus culture warrior she's trying to deride here. https://twitter.com/...
@chillmage: I have a feeling the people continuing to endorse the Tom Cotton op-ed are aware of the risk of right-wing authoritarian rule and have decided their right to speech will fit comfortably in the gaze of the party
Gabriel Snyder / @gabrielsnyder: Racism is rooted in lies that white people tell about black people. Standing for the truth — and against racism — requires unmasking those lies. The New York Times fails in its mission to seek the truth when it lends its platform to others to tell lies. https://www.cjr.org/...
Daniel Bessner / @dbessner: This is a disheartening (to say the least lol) opinion coming from such a powerful journalist, as if there isn't *always* a choice about the fitness of given news stories and opinions https://twitter.com/...
Hunter / @hunterdk: Maybe now NYT editors can see how brazenly dishonest Bari is about everything else. https://twitter.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: @jennydeluxe Just lazy language and lazy thinking.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Memo: NYT Publisher A.G. Sulzberger says the Tom Cotton op-ed was printed in the spirit of openness to a range of opinions, notes staffers' pain, vows to listen — New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger defended the paper's decision to publish an op-ed from Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) …
Discussion:
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: The truth is hard. The truth is hard to find. The truth is hard to know. The truth is more important now than ever. A Thread. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gainor / Fox News: NY Times flip-flops and says Sen. Tom Cotton op-ed it published on rioting is unfit to print
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: The truth is that journalists, after years of being called “the enemy of the people,” are under attack, as @marcatracy and @RachelAbramsNY report. And Black journalists bear the weight. The truth is important. I stand in solidarity with my colleagues. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Xeni Jardin / @xeni: @jenvalentino @marcatracy @RachelAbramsNY Proud subscriber for this reason. Thank you for your service.
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Please read this thread https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: The truth is that NYT reporting does not support the idea that police officers have borne the brunt of recent violence. As @shailadewan and @ByMikeBaker showed, officers have used batons, gas and rubber bullets on protesters, bystanders and journalists. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: The truth is that the majority of protests in NYC have been just that: protests, not riots or an “orgy of violence.” Times journalists such as @dgbxny, @AliWatkins, @cegoldbaum, @alanfeuer, @AshleyAtTimes, @Azi and more have reported this extensively. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: The truth is that @daveyalba of The New York Times has reported that unsubstantiated theories about antifa are among the primary pieces of misinformation being spread about current protests and unrest. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sam Adams / @samuelaadams: just a little collection of the lies Tom Cotton was allowed to print in the New York Times, as demonstrated by the Times' own reporting https://twitter.com/...
@kendrawrites: When the NY Times publisher says that opinion pieces have to be accurate but the institution's own reporters have compiled a thread detailing how the opinion piece they published that all but called for the extrajudicial killings of Americans is inaccurate. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: The truth is that these events are not “carnivals for the thrill-seeking rich,” but as @jeligon and @abscribe described for Times readers recently, are overwhelmingly about “a long line of violence against African-Americans.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino: For example, the truth is that Senator Tom Cotton, in an opinion piece, misquoted Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which never says the federal government has a duty to the states to “protect each of them from domestic violence” but refers to state requests for aid. https://twitter.com/...
@amaditalks: An important debunking of the Tom Cotton drivel published by the New York Times today. https://twitter.com/...
Liz Garbus / @lizgarbus: very excellent thread https://twitter.com/...
Soraya Chemaly / @schemaly: This is an excellent thread https://twitter.com/...
James Bennet / New York Times:
James Bennet defends publishing Tom Cotton's op-ed, saying readers who might oppose Cotton's view need to be aware of it if they hope to defeat it — More on our decision. — We published a piece yesterday that angered many readers, including many of my colleagues here at The Times.
Discussion:
Maanvi Singh / The Guardian: New York Times says Tom Cotton's opinion piece did not meet editorial standards
Alex Thompson / @alxthomp: Opinion editor James Bennet published a response: “I worry we'd be misleading our readers if we concluded that by ignoring Cotton's argument we would diminish it...it is impossible to feel righteous about any of this. I know that my own view may be wrong” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast: Seth Meyers Demolishes New York Times for Running ‘Fascist’ Tom Cotton Op-Ed
Julian Hattem / @jmhattem: the defense from @JBennet doesnt address why editors chose to publish Cotton's outright misinformation, lies & obfuscation, outlined below Its not just that the argument is dangerous. its also based on lies, which we expect newspapers to correct https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hillary Kelly / @hillarykelly: This is a joke that does not address even a quarter of the concerns of the staff, readers, and sometimes-writers for the Times, like me. Bennet has deeply marred the trust many people still have in the paper, especially egregious at a time like this. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alexander / @alexandermcnabb: This is interesting, complicated and - perhaps - important at this time. Why would you amplify a view you viscerally loathe, knowing that your core role is to promote balance and, ultimately, truth? Here: https://www.nytimes.com/...
@tomtomorrow: I've had moments of weakness where I considered re-upping, but the painful memory of the effort it took to cancel my sub keeps me from returning https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: Bennet wrote an op-ed of his own earlier in the day that made much of the op-ed page's “interrogation” of Cotton's argument and subjecting it to the discipline of essay writing, but did not disclose he hadn't read Cotton's piece himself prepublication. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ted Scheinman / @ted_scheinman: (Naturally, in explaining his decision to publish Cotton's op-ed, Bennet is careful to avoid addressing Cotton's factual errors *even once*: https://www.nytimes.com/...)
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Is it? @nytimes Are you sure? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Chayka / @chaykak: “think for yourself” about whether the military should be called on to harass, abuse, and kill protestors https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ted Scheinman / @ted_scheinman: From a letter signed by 500 NYT employees: “At one point, Cotton misquotes the U.S. Constitution. This is a particularly vulnerable moment in American history. Cotton's op-ed pours gasoline on the fire.” https://slate.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet defends publishing Tom Cotton's op-ed, writing, “It would undermine the integrity and independence of The New York Times if we only published views that editors like me agreed with...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: At about 1 pm, James Bennet defends the Cotton “send in the troops” op-ed at length: https://www.nytimes.com/... About five hours later, a Times spokesperson says “a rushed editorial process led to the publication of an op-ed that didn't meet our standards” https://twitter.com/...
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.
Discussion:
@jbennet, New York Times, @jbennet, @daveyalba, @olivianuzzi, @nyguild, @jayrosen_nyu, Deadline, Politico, @cwarzel, @sullydish, American Press Institute, @_cingraham, Fox News, @olivianuzzi, @olivianuzzi, @sivavaid, @sentomcotton, @zachdcarter, @mikeisaac, @leandrareports, @alxthomp, @lindsaycrouse, @cwarzel, @maxstrasser, Breitbart, @karaswisher, @nhannahjones, The Week, @taylorlorenz, @maxblumenthal, @profcarroll, @msmelchen, @qasimrashid, @verumvulnero1 and @mcfaul
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.
Davey Alba / @daveyalba: Our own newspaper has reported that this is misinformation https://www.nytimes.com/... 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.
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.
Bruce Haring / Deadline: After Backlash, New York Times Says Sen. Tom Cotton Op-Ed Fell Short Of Its Standards
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: this lazily characterizes both the experience i've had having tough, honest, deeply important conversations w/ dozens of colleagues the last 18 hrs as well as the important, good faith conversation we were having as opinion staff when this was tweeted. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: It's important to understand that what the mob is now doing to the NYT is what they did to Evergreen University. They hate liberal institutions and they want them dismantled from within. These people are not liberal and they are a disgrace to journalism.
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/...
Victor Garcia / Fox News: Cotton rips NY Times over op-ed apology: ‘A child mob truly is in charge at The New York Times tonight’
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.
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.
@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/...
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/...
Alex Thompson / @alxthomp: Pretty remarkable amount of public pushback. Internal frustration from the news side toward the opinion side has been building for years though as @ashleyfeinberg reported in 2018 https://www.huffpost.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lindsay Crouse / @lindsaycrouse: My entire feed: “Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger.” https://twitter.com/...
Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel: my colleagues said it more eloquently: Running this puts Black @NYTimes staff in danger. I stand by my colleagues in solidarity. https://twitter.com/...
Max Strasser / @maxstrasser: I am in in the same meeting that Bari appears to be livetweeting. This inaccurate in both characterizations: It's not a civil war, it's an editorial conversation; and it's not breaking down along generational lines. https://twitter.com/...
Kristina Wong / Breitbart: New York Times Caves: ‘Rushed Editorial Process’ Led to Publishing Sen. Tom Cotton's Op-Ed
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: I am just about to pub a new @nytopinion column calling out Facebook for putting people in danger by allowing Donald Trump to run wild on the platform. I would be remiss if I did not second what Charlie said below. This puts black @nytimes staff in danger and I stand by them. 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/...
Damon Linker / The Week: When journalists stop believing in debate
Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz: Publicly attacking coworkers in a forum where you know they can suffer great consequences for criticizing you or responding could certainly be described as safetyism
Max Blumenthal / @maxblumenthal: You should step down. On the other hand, The NY Times is an objectively pro-war institution whose staff remained largely silent as its editorial board, columnists & contributors backed up virtually every imperial regime change campaign the US waged in the last thirty years. https://twitter.com/...
@profcarroll: Being mad about Cotton martial law op-ed is just being mad that it was published. It's not a call for censorship. It's freely expressing dissent that the choice to publish it was truly abhorrent. The counter response is oppressive by insinuating we should suppress our disdain.
Melissa Chen / @msmelchen: Am I imagining it, or did the NYT have to go even more out of its way to explain to its readers why it published Sen. Tom Cotton than why it published an op-ed by the deputy leader of the Taliban? https://twitter.com/...
Qasim Rashid / @qasimrashid: A sitting US senator calling for the US military to murder black & brown civilians isn't an opinion—it's an actionable call to violence with the legislative ability to do so. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
NYT employees send letter to Bennet and top management asking for an editor's note to examine claims made in Cotton's op-ed, which “undermines the work we do”
Discussion:
Joe Pompeo / @joepompeo: NYT journos sent a letter to the brass re: Cotton op-ed asking for corrections/"an editor's note or follow-up, or...a fully reported news story" to “examine...cherry-picked facts woven together with hyperbolic assumptions that were gross exaggerations.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Variety EIC Claudia Eller takes a two-month leave after a tense exchange with a former employee over a post on diversity; Cynthia Littleton to be interim editor — BREAKING: Claudia Eller, editor-in-chief of our sister publication Variety, will take a two month administrative leave after making …
Discussion:
Variety, Fox News, The Wrap, @kerrymflynn, @anoushasakoui, @variety_claudia, @piyasroy and @maxwelltani
Discussion:
Brie Stimson / Fox News: Joke about Kenny Chesney fans gets black reporter pulled from George Floyd coverage: reports
@kerrymflynn: Claudia Eller's memo is up on Variety: “I am so ashamed, humiliated and regretful for my actions and the pain it has caused both internally and externally. I sent a direct message to Piya to apologize profusely for my insensitive and ignorant remarks...” https://variety.com/...
Anousha / @anoushasakoui: “ I can say with certainty that her response was reflective of her intensity toward a journalist who had been at a competitive publication. This has been an incredibly stressful, painful year for everyone” https://twitter.com/...
Claudia Eller / @variety_claudia: Done with this. Let's all go outside at 9pm tonight and shine a light in the sky for George Floyd https://twitter.com/...
Piya Sinha-Roy / @piyasroy: @Variety_Claudia You're an EIC and you just called me bitter for calling you out for having not done enough in the past, when you could have. You could have created a beautifully diverse newsroom years ago. And you wonder why journalists on your team might not want to raise these issues with you.
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz / Insider:
Activists from white nationalist group VDare posed as VICE Canada reporters while asking protesters' names during a livestream in DC; VICE condemns the stunt — - VDARE, a far-right anti-immigration nonprofit, hosted a livestream where they asked anti-racism protesters to identify themselves …
Discussion:
Southern Poverty Law Center, @craigsilverman, @alibreland, @noupside, @bmakuch and @emilygorcenski
Discussion:
Southern Poverty Law Center: White Nationalist Group Posed as VICE Reporters While Identifying D.C. Protesters
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: This is disturbing. I also think it's a backhanded compliment of how effective @MackLamoureux has been in covering the far right in Canada for Vice. https://twitter.com/...
Ali Breland / @alibreland: between this and banning its fb account last month, i'd love to know why facebook still lets vdare use its fundraising tools https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Renee DiResta / @noupside: SIO roundup of online activity related to ongoing protests, incl our work finding fake “Live"-streams. There've been lots of q's ab if state actors are involved; the post discusses overt state media. There is currently no evidence of IRA-style activity. https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/ ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly Inquirer apologizes for “Buildings Matter, Too” headline and says that it will create a process for discussing and disclosing these types of lapses — An Inquirer headline suggested an equivalence between the loss of buildings and the lives of black Americans. That is unacceptable.
Discussion:
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost: Philadelphia Inquirer Staffers Launch Protest After Paper's ‘Buildings Matter, Too’ Headline
Brandon Bell / @brandontrevion: Today, I'm joining my colleagues of color at the @PhillyInquirer and calling in sick and tired. Things need to change. We call on The Inquirer to do better. To be better. Here is the open letter we sent our newsroom leadership yesterday: https://docs.google.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jason Johnson / @drjasonjohnson: Protests across the nation are exposing the long standing bigotry and marginalization of black voices in journalism as well. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: Very good take here https://twitter.com/...
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: We are at a moment where the press matters as much as any time in our history. Unforced errors, like poorly worded headlines or insensitive frames or serving as a mouthpiece for fascism, quickly erode whatever trust the media has left with the citizenry. https://medianut.substack.com/ ...
@noahyoo: Solidarity with the staff of the Inquirer who are taking a stand today https://twitter.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: This has been a fundamental problem with news institutions, now and in the past. They attempt to cover racism and inequality without understanding it themselves. https://twitter.com/...
Jess Bidgood / @jessbidgood: The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes a detailed apology, signed by 3 top editors, for a very bad headline. It includes their plan to stop something similar from happening again and a direct apology to their employees of color https://twitter.com/...
Ben Waxman / @bwaxman: Now: -Stop publishing mugshots -Stop printing the names of people who have been accused but not convicted of a crime -Stop publishing stories that only rely on law enforcement sources https://twitter.com/...
Gene Park / @genepark: The inquirer explanation is up. It states that all processes were correctly followed. at least 3 editors approved the buildings matter too headline,which somehow in a ghastly turn of events became only the 2nd worst headline that started a staff revolt https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Gutfreund / @jamiecentral: Highly recommend this newsletter from @Joshsternberg. Previously Adweek's media & tech reporter - now leaning into the opportunity to share a strong and independent POV. Worth a read. https://medianut.substack.com/ ...
Lisa Gartner / @lisagartner: Posted late last night. The apology is unequivocal, but falls short of asking the tough question: WHY did editors make this mistake? It's not a typo. It's a symptom of a bigger problem re race in the newsroom. Concrete action needs to be promised. https://www.inquirer.com/...
@pwoodreporter: “We're tired of working for months and years to gain the trust of our communities — communities that have long had good reason to not trust our profession — only to see that trust eroded in an instant by careless, unempathetic decisions.” https://twitter.com/...
Holly Otterbein / @hollyotterbein: Something's happening in the journalism industry. First an open revolt at the New York Times, now one at the Philadelphia Inquirer after a headline this week read “Buildings Matter, Too.” https://twitter.com/...
Abraham Gutman / @abgutman: “+40 staffers of color had signed onto an open letter to the paper's leadership about systemic racism ― not just in America, but in journalism... +30 of those staffers are declining to work for the day, & another 7 are carrying out a ‘byline strike.’” https://www.huffpost.com/...
@laurencaguirre: Today, I'm joining my colleagues of color at the @PhillyInquirer and calling in sick and tired. Things need to change. We call on The Inquirer to do better. To be better. Here is the open letter we sent our newsroom leadership yesterday: https://docs.google.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@abgutman: @sarahljaffe We are going to hear a lot of companies say that they are committed to *start* a conversation, as if workers of color everywhere (including newspapers) haven't been raising the same issues for decades. As if those companies haven't “committed"in the past. It's gaslighting.
RELATED:
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Majority of Philly Inquirer journalists of color called in sick today in protest of the “Buildings Matter, Too” headline while seven withheld their bylines
Discussion:
Julie Moos / @juliemmoos: At the @PhillyInquirer, 34 journalists of color are out today following a newsroom decision to run a column headlined, “Buildings matter, too.” At @nytimes there will be a town hall w/leadership Friday, sparked by the decision to run Tom Cotton op-ed. https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a 53-38 vote, the Senate confirms Michael Pack, Trump's pick to lead the global media agency that oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and more — The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the global media agency that oversees the Voice of America.
Discussion:
Edward Wong / @ewong: Senate has just confirmed Steve Bannon ally Michael Pack to lead US agency on global media. He will oversee @VOANews, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe, etc. Journalists are worried. Story w/ @CatieEdmondson earlier: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Donna Cassata / Washington Post: Senate confirms Trump nominee to lead agency overseeing VOA despite investigation
@cqnow: Michael Pack is also under active investigation by the D.C. attorney general for alleged self-dealing and self-enrichment. https://ow.ly/...
Conor Finnegan / @cjf39: Just in- Senate confirms Michael Pack to lead @USAGMgov, fmrly known as @BBGgov, which oversees @VOANews. Pack's a conservative filmmaker, partners often w/Steve Bannon. He and his nonprofit are reportedly under investigation by DC Attorney General. More: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Boseley / The Guardian:
One paper in The Lancet that led to COVID-19 drug policy changes has been retracted at the request of its lead author after doubts arose about its data — Retraction made after lead author says he can no longer vouch for accuracy of data — The Lancet paper that halted global trials …
Discussion:
STAT, The Lancet, @jeremyfaust, @bethanymac12, Bloomberg Law, @thelancet and @melissaldavey
Discussion:
Andrew Joseph / STAT: Lancet, New England Journal retract Covid-19 studies, including one that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs
The Lancet: Retraction: “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19 …
Jeremy Faust / @jeremyfaust: In an important moment for science and data transparency, @thelancet announces that its 96,000 observational study on hydroxychloroquine has been RETRACTED. A sad story but an important one. https://www.thelancet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bethany McLean / @bethanymac12: So a lot of people (rightly) raised questions about who would benefit financially if hydroxychloroquine worked. Given this, maybe we should also ask who stood to benefit financially by not giving it a chance. https://www.statnews.com/...
@thelancet: Today, three of the authors have retracted “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis” Read the Retraction notice and statement from The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Davey / @melissaldavey: I would also like to recognise the massive role @mikewsc1 and @davidmunk played in this story - you can not get a story like this out without excellent, supportive and patient editors. It just doesn't happen without a team, and it wasn't all me. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook will start blocking state-controlled media outlets from buying ads in the US this summer and is rolling out labels for ads and posts from those outlets — Facebook said Thursday it will begin blocking state-controlled media outlets from buying advertising in the U.S. this summer.
Discussion:
About Facebook, @hadas_gold, CNN, NBC News, CNBC, Mashable, NPR, @josh_emerson, @raeuberhose, @sarafischer, @ngleicher, @ngleicher, @arriadna, @hadas_gold, @tkradio, @emilybell, @sanjanah and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Hadas Gold / @hadas_gold: New: Facebook is rolling out its state-media labels. In the US, users will see labels on state media posts, and info on their pages. State media also won't be allowed to buy ads in the US ahead of 2020 election (But can buy ads elsewhere) https://www.cnn.com/...
Kevin Collier / NBC News: Facebook to start labelling state-run media
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Facebook will block ads from state-controlled media outlets
Shannon Bond / NPR: Facebook Begins Labeling ‘State-Controlled’ Media
Karolin Schwarz / @raeuberhose: YouTube has been doing this for a while now though, although some tv shows not being labeled. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of security policy, says FB hasn't really seen examples yet of foreign state-backed outlets using ads to promote manipulative content to US users, but FB is taking this action out of an abundance of caution ahead of the 2020 election. https://twitter.com/...
Nathaniel Gleicher / @ngleicher: Labels will be visible on the Pages of entities, on their organic posts, and in the ads library. In the months to come, we will begin blocking advertising from SCMEs into the US in advance of the 2020 US Presidential election, and rolling out labels on individual ads.
Nathaniel Gleicher / @ngleicher: We're evaluating individual entities to assess whether they are under the whole or partial editorial control of a government, and focusing on their funding, their organizational structure, and other indicia of independence. https://www.facebook.com/...
@arriadna: Too little too late @Facebook @fbnewsroom, leaving posts that incite violence up for days and weeks and Trump posts untouched even with a label is unacceptable #BoycottFacebook https://twitter.com/...
Hadas Gold / @hadas_gold: Among the outlets that will be labeled (this is just a portion): Russia Today, Sputnik, RIA Novosti, CCTV, Xinhua News, People's Daily, PressTV, 2Mma, DPRK Today, TV 5 Thailand, Philippine News Agency and People's Television Network https://twitter.com/...
Toby Knapp / @tkradio: Well it's about time. Now, figure out how to do this with the same entities who do this under the cover of bs fake accounts. https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: This is a helpful development - the next move should be to do the same for ‘news media properties’ controlled or funded by PACs or political lobbying interests https://about.fb.com/...
Sanjana Hattotuwa / @sanjanah: As it stands, #Facebook's new policy quite useless in #srilanka, where major private TV broadcasters are extensions of the State. Their partisan footprint on Facebook, incl campaign propaganda, dominates news/info framing, dwarfing State-owned media. https://twitter.com/... #lka https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Davis / Variety: Facebook to Start Labeling Content From State-Controlled Media
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
