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In a staff meeting, James Bennet admits NYT did “invite” Cotton's op-ed as executives take turns apologizing to staff about the senator's column — In a tense staff meeting, the paper admitted to inviting Sen. Cotton to write the “Send in the Troops” column …
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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.)
Laura Wagner / VICE: ‘New York Times’ Staffers Grill Leadership Over Tom Cotton Op-Ed During All-Hands
John F. Harris / @harrispolitico: Those who condemn @JBennet over the Cotton op-ed should consider at least tempering their judgments with knowledge that—at both @TheAtlantic and @nytimes—he's been instrumental in leading teams preserving and modernizing two essential institutions of American journalism.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post: A crisis of conviction at the New York Times
Laura Wagner / @laurawags: “Do we really believe that we are airing out genuinely important views, as opposed to seeking to expand our business by catering to alternate political persuasions?” https://www.vice.com/...
Barbara Ehrenreich / @b_ehrenreich: This week the NYT printed Tom Cotton's fascist screed and turned down my op ed about photo-journalist Linda Tirado's loss of vision in her left eye to a rubber bullet in Mpls. Just a coincidence, I'm sure .
Zack Beauchamp / Vox: The New York Times staff revolt over Tom Cotton's op-ed, explained
Robert Kornhauser / @rbrtkornhauser: I'm currently holding for minute 32 with the @nytimes to cancel my subscription, so something must be happening. And yes, the NYT makes you CALL THEM to cancel. https://twitter.com/...
John Nichols / @nicholsuprising: As a reporter who has covered quite a few conflicts, I stand 100% — make than 1000% — in solidarity with @SominiSengupta's assessment. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: If The NY Times Doesn't Publish My OpEd On Why James Bennet Is An Incompetent Dweeb, It Must Hate Free Speech
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: The normally asnarky Swan goes full snark. And rightfully so... 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/...
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/...
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/...
Frank Schaeffer / @frank_schaeffer: Please read my friend Michelle Goldberg's outstanding piece “Readers should grasp what people like Cotton are arguing, not because it's worth taking seriously but because it is being taken seriously, particularly by our mad and decomposing president.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: It took a lot of @nytimes journalists & columnists to break their conditions of employment & speak out to bring about this result. Kudos to all. Speaking up & out has never been more important. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ulrich Speck / @ulrichspeck: Probably most underrated problem with democratic politics today: “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.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Greg Sargent / @theplumlinegs: Good overview of the Tom Cotton op-ed mess, from @erik_wemple. Refreshing that some of the people involve recognize that a key problem is the sheer *bad faith* employed by the likes of @SenTomCotton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Via @PostOpinions
Ali Khan Mahmudabad / @mahmudabad: @nytimes Executives Take Turns Apologizing to Quell Staff Revolt Over Tom Cotton's ‘Send in the Troops’ Meanwhile @IndianExpress and @ThePrintIndia and others continue to publish pieces by hate mongers! But hey, it's #India! https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: “Additionally, [@bariweiss ] was insulting to all of our foreign correspondents who have actually reported from civil wars.” https://www.vice.com/...
@jordansarge: it's incredible to read james bennett's ouroborian description of the tom cotton op ed editing process in this piece & remember that the line on this guy is that he's supposed to be some sort of singular editorial visionary https://www.vice.com/...
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: Again the critical issue precisely defined: “the value of airing Cotton's argument has 2 b weighed against the message The Times sends, in this incendiary moment, by including it w/in the bounds of legitimate debate” Zuckerberg dodging that too @Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Leopold / @jasonleopold: This was the question I asked after the Tom Cotton oped was published in NYT https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ahmed Al Omran / @ahmed: As a result of the Cotton controversy, the @nytimes is considering reducing the number of op-eds published by as much as 20% in order to increase scrutiny on pieces before they run https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: “I've started to doubt my debating-club approach to the ? of when to air proto-fascist opinions” Just right & the same issue that rebellions in Facebook & the military raise: how far can a democracy go in treating anti-democratic impulses as legit debate? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: The Times solicited the piece from Tom Cotton. Discussed the angle. Edited it. Published it. But besides that the dastardly thing slipped through the net! https://twitter.com/...
John M. Cunningham / @jmcunning: Kudos to the NYT staffer who asked these questions at today's all-hands meeting. https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Gideon Rachman / @gideonrachman: This piece in the New York Times - about the New York Times - is more thoughtful and interesting than its incendiary headline suggests https://www.nytimes.com/...
@mattdpearce: Well, for all the huffing and puffing about censorship after the organized protest at the New York Times, by all accounts it sounds like it actually opened up the door to a bunch of open newsroom democracy and intensive debate about how everybody could do their jobs better. https://twitter.com/...
@motherboard: “In publishing the Tom Cotton piece, haven't we effectively validated depictions of Black Americans as terrorists in exercising their First Amendment rights to protest police brutality?” https://www.vice.com/...
Noah Berlatsky / @nberlat: ffs he's paid buckets of money to edit an opinion column. minimum wage grocery employees are risking their lives every day. some black nyt employees have to do their job despite racist management. he does not have the toughest job imaginable. https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish: 1. Not just a capitulation. A total surrender. The groveling for running a provocative op-ed by a sitting senator expressing an opinion I do not share but is widely supported is instructive. But groveling won't appease the social justice mob. https://www.vice.com/... via @vice
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: This report on today's staff meeting at the New York Times is based on a recording the Vice reporter obtained. https://www.vice.com/... It's worth reading. The Times staff asked excellent questions.
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: First q at all-hands NYT mtg today was “How does our leadership reconcile the Times' official statement that the op-ed did not meet our standards with James' defense of its publication on Wednesday with A.G.'s implicit defense in his note to staff on Thursday?” /1 https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: According to @vicenews: Sulzberger said that his memo functioned as a placeholder communication while they dug into “what had happened.” He turned the question over to Bennet, who offered an abject apology. https://www.vice.com/... /2
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/...
Jane Martinson / @janemartinson: While we've been fixating on the BBC the palaver still the NYt is quite something https://twitter.com/...
Nina Bernstein / @ninabernstein1: “Bennet confirmed that Cotton's column will not run in the newspaper's Sunday print edition.” https://twitter.com/...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: I can't emphasize that last part enough. If it was just people like me making noise, Sulzberger, Bennet & co would've dug in their heels. NYT employees, particularly black & POC, forced this apology — and should keep pushing for more, or NYT will revert https://twitter.com/...
Sam Thielman / @samthielman: So: Many miles away from @JBennet's ridiculous argument that Cotton's militant racism was an fascinating, underrepresented provocation, the truth turns out to be that his team had seen it publicly articulated, solicited an essay codifying it, and then ran that essay unread https://twitter.com/...
@luxalptraum: I, too, have gotten a NY Times op-ed because an editor liked some tweets I did 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/...
Quarantine Toddler Task Force / @patrickcoffee: More: “Bennet admitted that the opinion page had seen Cotton's tweets on the subject and 'we did ask if he could stand up that argument. I'm not sure we suggested that topic to him but we did invite the piece.'” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
@sivavaid: @B_Ehrenreich @lpolgreen You MUST be mistaken, Barbara. I was led to believe by the esteemed editor @JBennet that the op-ed page embraces ALL perspectives and ideas without exception. NOTHING is out-of-bounds for that brave editor. I'm sure it's just in a cue.
Dion Nissenbaum / @dionnissenbaum: This is from one of journalism's most esteemed combat correspondents and a one-time Marine Corps infantry officer. https://twitter.com/...
@petersterne: I think people are critical of Bennet precisely because they're familiar with his tenure at The Atlantic and the NYT opinion page. https://twitter.com/...
Annie Ma / @anniema15: If you're going to hire journalists of color, good. But are you going to listen to what they have to say? Because what's the point of having people in the room if their voices aren't heard at the table?
Annie Ma / @anniema15: I'm not going to knock the good-faith efforts so many newsrooms have taken to bring on journalists of color, but the past few days have made it clear that whatever we've done as an industry is not enough.
Annie Ma / @anniema15: It's been 50 years since the Kerner report on race/unrest in the '60s. This line has always stuck with me, particularly now: “The press has too long basked in a white world looking out of it, if at all, with white men's eyes and white perspective. That is no longer good enough.”
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: ftr, NYT publisher publicly supported the Cotton op-Ed, before he turned against in.....in the span of 6 hours https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: NY Times execs ‘take turns apologizing’ to staff amid Tom Cotton op-ed uproar: report
@rachelbitecofer: This piece penned by @michelleinbklyn really captures the crisis news outlets face as 1 of America's 2 major political parties falls into authoritarianism & I argue, fascism. Giving it sunlight exposes it, but it also normalizes it. It is NOT normal & we must make that clear! https://twitter.com/...
Tom Cotton / @tomcottonar: Attention @nytimes—I'd like to report an editorial that violates your new policy against publishing editorials that are “contemptuous in tone”. https://twitter.com/...
@beautybind: Seems like something you should figure out BEFORE you gave a racist, fascist a national platform. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Marcotte / @amandamarcotte: Good job by @michelleinbklyn on the mistake of the NY Times to publish Tom Cotton's fascist op-ed, while still understanding the problem faced by newspapers who want to represent the realities of conservative opinion on their pages. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: NY Times Adds Editors' Note to Tom Cotton Op-Ed After Internal Uproar: ‘Should Not Have Been Published’
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/...
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/...
Osita Nwanevu / @ositanwanevu: One of the things underpinning reaction to this is that Cotton was writing about the United States. The Times has run pieces defending or whitewashing abuses and violence abroad many, many times with a fraction of the controversy. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@wajahatali:
[Thread] Contributing writer Wajahat Ali says some NYT reporters and editors live in fear of the “Bret Stephens Policy” forbidding public criticism of his work — I appreciate the NYT listening to its employees, especially people of color, & suggesting the work culture will change. In that spirit, let me tell how many live in fear of the “Bret Stephens Policy.” So many have been contacted by editors because Brett has whined or complained.
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@wajahatali, @donmoyn, @ayeshaasiddiqi, @jamisonfoser, @flynnwaslike, @dave_schilling, @freedaaron, @garylegum, @blueboxdave, @luciana_f_lopez, @weareyourfek, @gadyepstein, @hkesvani, @lisang, @tomlevenson, @ronhogan, @scottheins, @emilycrockett, @blackamazon, @david_darmofal, @mariuyehara, @barrylyga, @jacob_brogan, @laurahelmuth, @katzonearth, @ashleyfeinberg, @studentactivism, @jessicavalenti, @thomaswilburn, @johnmcquaid, @moorehn and Mediaite
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@wajahatali: ***HR update: I have been told HR now says if anyone has felt their employment or work environment was threatened because they criticized Bret Stephens to please report it.
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Incredible thread: When Bret Stephens contacted university administrators to try to get a professor who mocked him on twitter in trouble, he was merely doing what he routinely does in the Times. This is a Pulitzer Prize winner who uses his power to disempower others. https://twitter.com/...
Ayesha A. Siddiqi / @ayeshaasiddiqi: you all really wanted to work somewhere with this kind of culture of coercion and suppression ? Not to mention the vitriol they published. You all consented to your silence being bought. I guess it's good you're finally being honest. But are you being honest w yourselves https://twitter.com/...
Jamison Foser / @jamisonfoser: Hey speaking of James Bennet and Bret Stephens, here's a thread you should read about Bret Stephens whining to NYT leadership whenever a colleague criticizes one of his shitty columns (which must be pretty often because they're all shitty.) https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Flynn / @flynnwaslike: This is a hell of a lot of extra work to put your staff through on behalf of a bad person who's not good at his job @nytimes https://twitter.com/...
Dave Schilling / @dave_schilling: What is described in this thread is workplace harassment. Apparently, the freedom of ideas the Times claims to champion ends at the Op-Ed page. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Freedman / @freedaaron: Of course it comes out that Bari and Bret are tattlers. That's how they all started: silencing the mostly brown and black people they disagree with. So much of the “free speech” movement is a right-wing scam to silence dissent. https://prospect.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Gary Legum / @garylegum: Even if Bret Stephens was a halfway-decent writer and thinker, none of this would be justifiable. But you throw in the fact that he sucks, and one wonders what's the point of keeping him around your op-ed page. https://twitter.com/...
David Marcus / @blueboxdave: When did the Times turn into Real Housewives of New York Journalism? https://twitter.com/...
Luciana Lopez / @luciana_f_lopez: I am finding this window that has opened up into the internal culture of the NYT this week fascinating. https://twitter.com/...
Foster Kamer / @weareyourfek: Actual Fucking Bedbug @BretStevensNYT, everyone. Bret, email my bosses. Please. I would love the opportunity to laugh about you with them. https://twitter.com/...
Gady Epstein / @gadyepstein: Good thread on free speech https://twitter.com/...
@hkesvani: Anyway I guess its good that the criticisms that “coddled leftists” had about the NYT all turned out to be both true and also somehow worse than expected https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Goldman / @lisang: Gold. https://twitter.com/...
Thomas Levenson / @tomlevenson: Brave thread. Bret Stephens is a bad op-journalist. By bad I mean he writes stuff that is poorly argued & often based on false premises or claims of fact that are so twisted as to mislead readers. @nytimes leadership's Stephens Policy devalues the great work of so many there. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Hogan / @ronhogan: Send @JBennet and @bariweiss packing, and Bret Stephens after them. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Heins / @scottheins: The extent to which the New York Times bends over backwards to protect Bret Stephens's terrible ideas and shattered ego is...quite gross! https://twitter.com/...
Emily Crockett / @emilycrockett: Workplaces need some kind of screening procedure during the hiring process that rules out fragile, abusive assholes. The rest of us would have so many fewer problems. https://twitter.com/...
@blackamazon: This is also known as the Jake Tapper policy/ The Helen Lewis Policy / The Gloria Ryan policy ... etc etc https://twitter.com/...
David Darmofal / @david_darmofal: The NYT is such an important & influential institution in our country. Kudos to @WajahatAli for saying this. We need more truth-telling like this from inside the Times. https://twitter.com/...
Mari Uyehara / @mariuyehara: There's a Bret Stephens or two at every office. And staffers of color rarely say anything out of fear of being labeled “difficult” and getting sidelined. If employers were serious about meeting this moment, they'd find the one in their office instead of issuing bland statements. https://twitter.com/...
Barry Lyga / @barrylyga: Read this thread and marvel that any organization would go to such lengths to protect a sniveling pseudointellectual bucket of brain feces like Bret Stephens. https://twitter.com/...
Jacob Brogan / @jacob_brogan: It's striking that those who rail against “cancel culture,” as Stephens has, often seem most committed to silencing those who offend them. https://twitter.com/...
Laura Helmuth / @laurahelmuth: An important thread for journalists who are prevented from speaking the truth on social media. The bullies should not win. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: Stephens has an unbelievable amount of power in the journalism world. He's a judge of major journalism prizes. He's got a huge megaphone. He's got a Pulitzer! He should be unemployed. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: *HR reporting line immediately crashes, servers burst into flames* https://twitter.com/...
Angus Johnston / @studentactivism: Read this thread. Bret Stephens is known and feared within the NYT for reporting his colleagues to management when they criticize him or say something he doesn't like. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: Just a reminder that Bret mocked rape victims as coddled for wanting a break-out room during a discussion on assault https://twitter.com/...
@thomaswilburn: I've been hearing that a lot of publications are thinking about their social media policies during these times, and it's worth considering how the NYT's policy is actively weaponized, and contributes to an abusive internal culture: https://twitter.com/...
John McQuaid / @johnmcquaid: Seems like whatever value they think Bret Stephens adds to the NYT is significantly undercut by Stephens being a terrible person, and management indulging/imposing that on others https://twitter.com/...
Megan Specia / New York Times:
In a role reversal, foreign governments, among them Turkey and Australia, call on American authorities to respect press freedom and protect reporters — Citing police actions against journalists, Germany, Australia and Turkey call for respect for press freedom.
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Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ board demands U.S. local authorities halt assaults on journalists
@pressfreedom: “What is the point of press credentials issued by your agencies if armed officers can ignore them and treat journalists as criminals?” CPJ board sends a rare letter to U.S. governors, mayors, and police chiefs calling on them to halt attacks on journalists https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesworld: Experts say the recent attacks reflect a growing pattern of anti-press violence in the United States. Pauline Adès-Mével, a spokeswoman for Reporters Without Borders, said the frequency and the intensity of the U.S. attacks are “shocking.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Pam Fessler / @pamelafessler: Was it only one week ago that CNN's Oscar Jimenez was arrested for covering protests in Minneapolis? It seems so long ago. https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: The governments of Germany, Australia and Turkey are condemning attacks on reporters in the U.S. and calling for American authorities to respect press freedom and protect reporters, both local and foreign. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Messina / @chrismessina: “Foreign governments, among them Turkey and Australia, call on American authorities to respect press freedom and protect reporters.” https://www.nytimes.com/... SMH. We've lost the plot — as @profgalloway calls out on @PivotSchooled. Do you still call America “exceptional”? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker / @uspresstracker: As the @USPressTracker verifies reports of more than 300 press freedom incidents across 60 cities related to the #GeorgeFloyd protests, you'll find them all here: https://pressfreedomtracker.us/ ...
Adam Klasfeld / @klasfeldreports: INBOX: @PressFreedom is investigating “at least 280 reports of anti-press violence since May 26,” mostly by police officers, the group writes in a letter demanding U.S. governors, mayors and police chiefs halt these assaults and arrests. Doc: https://cpj.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Bill Neely / @billneelynbc: 280 reports of attacks on journalists in 33 states of the US. Unprecedented. Journalists are being treated “as criminals” by police, says the foremost body representing the constitutional rights of the press in the US. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Williams / @williamsjon: “We will keep fighting for rights of journalists to safely work in your communities, without fear of assault or arrest. Because that is our responsibility.” Proud to stand with rest of board @pressfreedom- journalism is not a crime. #PressFreedom #EndImpunity #GeorgeFloydProtests https://twitter.com/...
Megan Specia / @meganspecia: A spokeswoman for @RSF_inter said frequency & intensity of U.S. authorities' attacks on the press are “shocking.” “It's a democracy, and it's also a symbol,” adding that the U.S. is “no longer a champion of press freedom, either at home or abroad.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dr. Guy McHendry / @acaguy: What's the German word for foreign nations having to remind you to follow literary the first thing in your Bill of Rights? https://twitter.com/...
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: What I wondered the night before the 2016 election: “The question after Tuesday may be whether America's democracy ― or, at least, its commitment to a free press ― could survive President Trump.” https://www.huffpost.com/... https://twitter.com/...
John Eggerton / Multichannel News: CPJ Board Demands Police Stand Down
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Trevor Timm / The Intercept:
US Press Freedom Tracker: 280+ press freedom incidents in the last week and 45 arrests; of 180 assaults, 149 by police; of 67 physical attacks, 42 by police
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@retiredmaybe: Did you hear that folks? Not protesters The COPS Are any in jail? https://theintercept.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@expertfile: For context: there were 150 press freedom violations in the U.S. in 2019. Last week there were 280, says @FreedomofPress. https://theintercept.com/...
@wabenews: A coalition of Georgia journalism organizations is condemning police for detaining reporters covering the George Floyd protests in Atlanta and nationwide. https://www.wabe.org/...
@niemanreports: Police are responsible for the vast majority of assaults on journalists at protests: over 80 percent. And many of the attacks by police against journalists have been targeted. https://theintercept.com/...
Our Revolution / @ourrevolution: “If police departments are not held QUICKLY accountable by state governments, it will only get worse.” #CriminalJusticeReform #OrganizeToWin https://theintercept.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: Yep. My data shows this too. The vast majority of incidents are from the police. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
MarylanDaderick / @marylandmav: “but both sides do it!” No. This is why there isn't always two sides to every argument. Sometimes, one side is just wrong. https://twitter.com/...
Trevor Timm / @trevortimm: If there's a misconception that police & protesters are attacking journalists at roughly the same rates, I hope this puts it to rest. I wrote about how the *overwhelming* number of assaults on reporters have come the cops. And we have data to back it up. https://theintercept.com/...
Alex Shephard / New Republic: Rethinking the Press's Relationship With Police
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President of White House Correspondents' Association objects to close spacing of seats at WH “press conference”, calling it a violation of CDC guidelines — President Donald Trump made a last-minute appearance before the press in the Rose Garden to tout the latest unemployment figures …
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Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche: Incredible. WH made reporters, including myself, sit *closer together* at the president's remarks in the Rose Garden today and *violate the federal government's social distancing policy for the pandemic* because they thought the seating arrangement “looks better.” From @whca: https://twitter.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: CNN Medical Correspondent Goes Off on Trump For ‘Dangerous’ Seating at Presser: 'This is Outrageous"
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: White House press object to being used as ‘prop’ at Trump briefing with no social distancing, no questions
Deadline Hollywood / @deadline: CNN's Jim Acosta noted that the chairs for the press were originally distanced apart as they have been for previous Rose Garden events during the coronavirus crisis. But they were moved just before Trump went on TV https://deadline.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The White House press corps appears to have been positioned at a Rose Garden event today in a way that violates social distancing requirements, but sustains the government's illusion that the pandemic is over and the U.S. is back to normal. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Silverstein / CBS News: White House makes reporters sit closer and defy social distancing because it “looks better”
Jake Lahut / Business Insider: White House reporters had their seats moved closer together in violation of CDC guidelines because it ‘looks better’
Joe Concha / The Hill: ABC's Karl rips White House for ‘flagrant violation’ of social distancing in Rose Garden
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Twitter and Facebook remove a video tribute to George Floyd posted by Trump's campaign, after receiving a copyright complaint under DMCA — Twitter on Thursday removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Trump's reelection campaign, claiming it had run afoul of the website's policy on copyrighted material.
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CNN, The Guardian, The Verge, Adweek, Politico, @b_fung, @viacristiano, bet.com, @charlesarthur, @scottnover, @chrismessina, @b_fung, Variety, @dangillmor, Techdirt, Reuters, Vox, Ad Age and Breitbart, more at Techmeme »
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Donald Trump / The Guardian: Twitter disables Trump campaign tribute to George Floyd due to copyright complaint
Kim Lyons / The Verge: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram removed a Trump campaign video over copyright complaint
Scott Nover / Adweek: Twitter Removes Trump Video for Copyright Infringement
Cristiano Lima / Politico: Facebook, Instagram join Twitter in removing Trump campaign videos over copyright complaints
Brian Fung / @b_fung: Facebook spokesman @andymstone tells me that, as on Twitter, this video from the Trump campaign has been removed over a copyright claim. https://twitter.com/...
Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano: UPDATED: Facebook and Instagram have joined Twitter in taking down a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over copyright complaints https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Madison J. Gray / bet.com: Trump Says It's ‘A Great Day For George Floyd’ And Says Police Should ‘Do Better’
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: The copyright complaint is legit under the DMCA, apparently, though it's not clear which copyright owner (of an image in a video) complained. So of course the Trump campaign is throwing the hissiest of fits. Expect a lot of this, though - both the DMCA actions and hissy fits. https://twitter.com/...
Scott Nover / @scottnover: Update: @Facebook has also taken down the Trump video for copyright violation, joining @Twitter. The video still appears on @YouTube. https://www.adweek.com/...
Chris Messina / @chrismessina: Yes, Mr. President, copyright still applies to you. No, this isn't censoring conservative voices. This is capitalism. https://thehill.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / @b_fung: Facebook's statement: https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety: Facebook Yanks Donald Trump Campaign's George Floyd Video Over Copyright Complaint, Following Twitter
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: Dear @guardian, this story is missing an essential element — who filed the copyright takedown notice. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Twitter Taking Down Trump Campaign Video Over Questionable Copyright Claim Demonstrates Why Trump …
Theodore Schleifer / Vox: Facebook and Twitter took down a Trump campaign video over copyright concerns
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart: Twitter Removes Trump Campaign's Tribute Video to George Floyd
Poynter:
Some newspaper chains are adjusting their furloughs to cover protests: Gannett pulls some reporters out of furlough and McClatchy excludes most from theirs — We asked. Some answered. Here's what we found out. — Around 4 in the morning on May 31, after another night of walking miles …
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Ren LaForme / @itsren: I understand times are tough. But doesn't it also seem like an abdication of responsibility to be working less than a full staff (whatever that means anymore) right now? https://poynter.org/...
Todd Lighty / @toddlighty: Tribune Publishing on whether it will fulfill its civic duty during coronavirus pandemic and anti-police protests by staffing up: “We do not anticipate widespread cancellations of furloughs given the severe ad revenue declines we are trying to address.” https://www.poynter.org/...
@poynter: Poynter reached out to several news organizations and newsrooms that announced furloughs. Some have delayed them. Others say it's up to the individual newsrooms. One didn't respond to a request for comment. https://www.poynter.org/...
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit rules the White House violated the due process rights of Playboy reporter Brian Karem when it suspended his press pass — A federal appeals court has endorsed a judge's order restoring a White House press pass to a reporter who wound up in a verbal altercation …
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New York Times, MediaPost, @charlie_savage, @briankarem, @joshgerstein, @w7voa, Mediaite, courthousenews.com, Fox News and Deadline
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Charlie Savage / New York Times: Appeals Court Blocks White House From Suspending Reporter's Press Pass
Charlie Savage / @charlie_savage: Appeals Court Blocks White House From Suspending Reporter's Press Pass The ruling came with assurance that the White House could remove any “rogue, mooning journalists” if such a disruption were to happen. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian J. Karem / @briankarem: For the record @joshgerstein I am not now, nor have I ever been a rogue, mooning reporter. @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/...
@joshgerstein: NEW: DC Circuit rules against Trump White House on suspension of @BrianKarem's press pass over altercation w/Seb Gorka. Unanimous 3-judge panel says WH can't set standards for reporter behavior after the fact, says ruling won't lead to ‘mooning’ of POTUS https://www.politico.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Unanimous DC circuit court ruling in @BrianKarem case says @WhiteHouse can't revoke press passes without first establishing clear guidelines. https://drive.google.com/...
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Jake Tapper Calls Out WH for ‘Using Reporters as a Prop’ at Presser That Didn't Follow Social Distancing Guidelines
@alexisohanian:
[Thread] Alexis Ohanian resigns from the Reddit board, urges company to fill his seat with a black candidate, pledges $1M to Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp — I've resigned as a member of the reddit board, I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate, + I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate, and I'm starting with a pledge of $1M to @kaepernick7's @yourrightscamp
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@ekp, Financial Times, The Verge, Quartz, @b_fung, The Week, @thecarlweathers, @aoc, Mashable, @alexisohanian, @slpng_giants, @jolieodell, @catvalente, @amandamgoetz, @steven_mckie, @alexisohanian, @oneunderscore__, @tonyromm, @merv, @hragv, @dylanbyers, Wired, Observer, Boing Boing, ZDNet, Fortune, Variety, Glamour, Business Insider, The Daily Dot and Rolling Stone, more at Techmeme »
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Ellen K. Pao / @ekp: I am obligated to call you out: You should have shut down the_donald instead of amplifying it and its hate, racism, and violence. So much of what is happening now lies at your feet. You don't get to say BLM when reddit nurtures and monetizes white supremacy and hate all day long https://twitter.com/...
Bijan Stephen / The Verge: Alexis Ohanian asks to be replaced by a black candidate as he resigns from Reddit's board
Sarah Todd / Quartz: “Resignation can be an act of leadership”: Why Alexis Ohanian gave up his Reddit board seat
Brian Fung / @b_fung: Earlier in the week, Huffman had been criticized by former reddit CEO @ekp over r/the_donald: https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: Biden now has enough delegates to officially clinch the Democratic nomination
Carl Weathers / @thecarlweathers: An Armenian man whose ethnic history is reflected in 400 years of black America's history in this country. #BePeace https://twitter.com/...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / @aoc: Wow. This is a courageous example of the kind of material actions and commitments allies can make - shout out for walking the walk, @alexisohanian. https://twitter.com/...
Brenda Stolyar / Mashable: Reddit CEO honors Alexis Ohanian's request to fill his seat with a black board member
@alexisohanian: I'm saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?” https://alexisohanian.com/...
@slpng_giants: Former @reddit CEO, who was way ahead of her time in banning subreddits that were encouraging harassment off of the platform, on current CEO's stunningly hypocritical BLM post: https://twitter.com/...
Jolie O'Dell / @jolieodell: Reddit is a cesspool https://twitter.com/...
Quarynnetine Valente / @catvalente: Reddit is literally synonymous with the worst racists and sexists of the Internet only SLIGHTLY less than 4chan. I don't know who they think they're fooling. TD is still there, only quarantined. Worse has taken its place. Reddit doesn't care at all. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Goetz / @amandamgoetz: This is called using your privilege as an ally. Wow. Amazing. https://twitter.com/...
Steven D. McKie / @steven_mckie: Hello @reddit board members, hit my line. ;D https://twitter.com/...
@alexisohanian: I believe resignation can actually be an act of leadership from people in power right now. To everyone fighting to fix our broken nation: do not stop. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: This is a huge, commendable deal for a website that desperately needs it. https://twitter.com/...
Tony Romm / @tonyromm: alexis resigning from reddit is interesting because it does not address the years in which he had a leadership role and reddit was even more of a cess pool.
Merv Adrian / @merv: Read this thread. It's inspiring. Alexis, godspeed and hope you accomplish all that you hope for. https://twitter.com/...
Hrag / @hragv: Resigning from a board and asking your place be filled by a black candidate. 👏 Are museum board members listening? 👂🏻TY @alexisohanian for doing the right thing. https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers: Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigns from board, urges seat be filled by black candidate and says he will use future Reddit stock gains to serve black community.... https://twitter.com/...
Sidney Fussell / Wired: Reddit's Cofounder Wants a Black Person to Take His Board Seat
Sissi Cao / Observer: Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian Resigns From Board, Asks for Black Replacement
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing: Reddit to honor Ohanian's request to appoint Black director, and address anti-Black hate
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: Alexis Ohanian steps down from Reddit board to make room for a black candidate
Meredith Woerner / Variety: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Sr. Resigns, Urges Board to Fill His Seat With Black Candidate
Glamour: Serena Williams Says Their Daughter Will Be ‘Proud’ of Alexis Ohanian for Stepping Down From the Reddit Board
Bani Sapra / Business Insider: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian just quit the company's board in a ‘long overdue’ …
Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: Reddit co-founder resigns, urges board to fill seat with Black candidate
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Canada's first live TV streaming service, RiverTV, launches with 30+ local and US channels costing $16.99 per month, as US rivals like Netflix gain market share — The country's first virtual MVPD, RiverTV, is looking to break a virtual pay TV monopoly by legacy cable and teleco giants.
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@patrick_orourke, @patrick_orourke, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada Blog and RiverTV, Thanks:@jonsteinberg
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Patrick O'Rourke / @patrick_orourke: I think for me, using a live TV app in the age of on-demand streaming feels a little strange. I'm so used to watching stuff exactly when I want to now. RiverTV has an on-demand section but it's super tiny.
Patrick O'Rourke / @patrick_orourke: I've been using RiverTV for the last few days and it's pretty impressive how many channels you get. The iOS/tvOS app is also really solid. That said, at $16.99 per month, it's a little pricey.
Patrick O'Rourke / MobileSyrup: VMedia's new RiverTV streaming app features over 30 live TV channels
Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog: RiverTV Launches Live and On-Demand Streaming TV for $16.99/mo in Canada
Thanks:@jonsteinberg
John Crowley / Press Gazette:
As the number of UK freelancers rises to 32K in 2019 from 21K in 2010, support networks grow, but funding for projects tends to go to newsrooms, not individuals — May is traditionally seen as the month of merriment. — For journalists who were furloughed or made redundant it gave …
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Michelle Rawlins / @mrawlins1974: I spent 25 years as a purely freelance journalist and throughout it, as ever, there was peaks and troughs. This is a tough time for #freelancers but it's wonderful to see the amount of support out there and the willingness to help one another through a tricky time. https://twitter.com/...
John Crowley / @mrjohncrowley: For so long the poor woman/man of the profession, freelance journalists are mobilising and getting vocal. My piece for @pressgazette on how support groups, reader-funded newsletters and podcasts are helping with story pitches, jobs and chasing money owed https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ ...
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Fox News workers will keep working remotely through at least the end of July, and Fox doesn't expect the full workforce on site until fall at earliest — The network, which had targeted June 15 for a return, will now be working from home “through at least the end of July.”
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Jodi Beggs / @jodiecongirl: but they're telling their viewers that COVID is a hoax I don't understand https://twitter.com/...
Jon Passantino / @passantino: While Fox News hosts attack stay-home orders and call to reopen the country, its own staff will continue safely working from home for at least another month https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: The Athletic is laying off nearly 8% of staff, or 46 people, and cutting pay with most people being asked to take a 10% cut for the rest of 2020 — The Athletic is laying off nearly 8% of staff, 46 people, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.
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@bpmoritz, @sarafischer, @dustindopirak, @thomasdrance, @hankschulman, @adamlevitan, @2tallmountains, @kt_so_it_goes, @soccerwriter, @rick_bonnell, @saba_h, @jake_burns18, @bobbybelttx, @dalter, @nickdelatorregc, @bizballmaury, @lawrencedonegan, @dshoalts, @brendanrmarks, @rl_bynum, @rl_bynum, @rl_bynum, @rl_bynum, @rl_bynum, @rl_bynum, @rl_bynum, @clevezirm, @jerryhinnen, @joegoodberry, @chadmoriyama, @joefav, @gregstohr, @jeff_gluck, @sarafischer, The Hill, Folio and Outkick the Coverage
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Brian Moritz / @bpmoritz: Important note: The Athletic, more than any other media company I've ever seen, took care of the employees it laid off (health insurance paid through 2020, get to keep laptops, etc.). Credit where credit is due.
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEWS: @TheAthletic lays off 8% of staff (46 people), implements staff-wide pay cut -Most pay cuts are 10%, per memo obtained by @Axios -CEO Alex Mather: New sub growth down 20-30%, podcast ad revenue severely impacted -"This is a dark day for the company" https://www.axios.com/...
Dustin Dopirak / @dustindopirak: Hey yinz guys. Just wanted to let you all know that I'm on that list of 46 layoffs at The Athletic. Was an honor to get back on the college basketball beat and be a part of an absolutely incredible team. All thanks to @KellenbergerCBB and @MarkGodich for the opportunity ...
Thomas Drance / @thomasdrance: Today is a tough one for us at @TheAthletic, but especially for our tremendous, talented colleagues impacted. Appreciate everyone reaching out to check in and express concern. Our team at @TheAthleticVAN is not among the lay offs. Thanks as always to the VIPs for your support. https://twitter.com/...
Henry Schulman / @hankschulman: Sad to see 8% of @TheAthletic staff laid off plus (progressive) pay cuts. I have to say the owners appear to be very generous to those let go: 4 weeks pay, unused vacay paid out, accelerated stock options, health thru 2020, can keep company equipment. https://www.axios.com/...
Adam Levitan / @adamlevitan: Have no vested interest in The Athletic. But really rooting for them to succeed for the sake of the sports journalism industry. Sad to read this. https://www.axios.com/...
@2tallmountains: i am extremely sorry for everyone who has lost their jobs today but i am not sorry for the dipshit who created a VC-backed company and said he wanted to destroy newspapers https://twitter.com/...
@kt_so_it_goes: this is awful. the athletic is the best sports media hub in existence & I hope as sports returns they can hire back https://twitter.com/...
Michael Lewis / @soccerwriter: Wow. Even the supposedly “unsinkable” Titanic of sports coverage is taking on water. No one, I repeat, no one is immune to this toxic economy https://twitter.com/...
Rick Bonnell / @rick_bonnell: Rod is a good guy and a good journalist. He is also, by the way, one of the best dads I know. So sorry to hear this. https://twitter.com/...
Saba Hamedy / @saba_h: “The Athletic joins The Atlantic,The Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, Billboard, The Economist Group, Group Nine Media, BuzzFeed News, Vox Media, Bustle Digital Group, Cheddar, Maven Media, G/O Media, Protocol+ others who have resorted to layoffs and furloughs in the past few months” https://twitter.com/...
Jake Burns / @jake_burns18: Eventually the sports journalism profession is going to just go away. https://twitter.com/...
Bobby Belt / @bobbybelttx: Dang it. Thinking of my friends at The Athletic today. https://twitter.com/...
@dalter: These are difficult times, indeed. My deepest sympathies to those affected. https://twitter.com/...
Nick de la Torre / @nickdelatorregc: Awful news. https://twitter.com/...
Maury Brown / @bizballmaury: Sad day, not only for those at The Athletic but SB Nation that are being laid off. To all of you, remember that you are outstanding in your field. Don't lose your voice in-between gigs. https://twitter.com/...
@lawrencedonegan: Feel terrible for the journalists affected by this. But I'm old enough to the remember when @theathletic launched and the co-founder said his aim was to bury local newspapers. Hopefully, that guy is a bit more humble these days. https://twitter.com/...
David Shoalts / @dshoalts: I was not a big fan of The Athletic's founder because of what one of them said about newspapers. But props to them for not couching the bad news the bullshit way too many print bosses have, i.e., we're cutting back to serve you better. https://twitter.com/...
Brendan Marks / @brendanrmarks: Today is not fun. At all. An incredibly tough day for everyone @TheAthletic — we lost 46 incredibly talented, creative people. Our teammates. Our friends.
R.L. Bynum / @rl_bynum: @axios Spurs writer https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Zirm / @clevezirm: I know the pandemic has played into a lot of these recent layoffs, but it so depressing to watch this continue to happen to seemingly every single sports media outlet https://twitter.com/...
Jerry Hinnen / @jerryhinnen: The Athletic hired a bunch of the best beat writers around, damaging the papers they used to work for, only to now turn around and fire many of them. Now we don't get their coverage from anywhere. Thanks guys https://twitter.com/...
Goodberry / @joegoodberry: Sad to see. Especially when it was out of their control. https://twitter.com/...
Chad Moriyama / @chadmoriyama: Comments under tweets like these are always useful to find people you never want to interact with on this site at least. https://twitter.com/...
Joe Favorito / @joefav: stark reminder that #sportsbiz nowhere out of the woods yet; Layoffs hit 8% of The Athletic staff, with others taking pay cuts https://www.axios.com/...
Greg Stohr / @gregstohr: Another reminder how important it is to support quality journalism by subscribing. It may just be sports, but @TheAthletic does outstanding work, which I fervently hope will continue in spite of this news. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Gluck / @jeff_gluck: Extremely tough and sad day at The Athletic as the impact of the pandemic and the pause in sports has hit us. Thankful to have survived this layoff and hope to keep doing work that makes our subscribers proud. I so appreciate all of you who support our racing coverage. 🙏🏻 https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: More details: - Those making $150,000+ USD will take progressively higher cut, including continued reductions for execs and founders - Goes into place in June - Those laid off will get full acceleration of all unvested options & extended exercise window for a year https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Glasspiegel / Outkick the Coverage: Layoffs Hit The Athletic
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