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Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Max temporarily pulls Gone With the Wind, the American classic considered controversial for its depiction of Black people and its positive view of slavery — The 1939 film has long been considered controversial for its depiction of Black people and its positive view of slavery.
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Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Newser, New York Times, Reason, TechCrunch, CNN, CortaCable, The Hill, @jedediahbila, @usatoday, @jimmforce, @peterawolf, @chsommers, @jackmirkinson, @gitagovinda, @nycsouthpaw, The Guardian, @latimes, @deggans, @palafo, @tomkludt, @kararbrown, @tomkludt, @gay_alcorn, @james7holland, @tommyxtopher, Fast Company, @wajahatali, @tymberleehill and @rgodfrey
Discussion:
John Ridley / Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: Hey, HBO, ‘Gone With the Wind’ romanticizes the horrors of slavery. Take it off your platform for now
Nick Gillespie / Reason: Should We Stop Streaming Gone With the Wind?
Frank Pallotta / CNN: ‘Gone with the Wind’ pulled from HBO Max until it can return with ‘historical context’
Ignacio Esains / CortaCable: El debate sobre HBO Max va más allá del racismo y la censura
Joe Concha / The Hill: Megyn Kelly roasts HBO for dropping ‘Gone with the Wind’: ‘Where does this end??’
Jedediah Bila / @jedediahbila: You can't censor our history or the books, TV shows, films that reflect that history. Goes for issues of race, gender, sexuality, everything. Learn from it all, grow from it all. When you know better, do better. Teach your kids about the past to enable them to be better, kinder. https://twitter.com/...
@usatoday: HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone with the Wind” and plans to include a denouncement of and discussion about the film's racist depictions upon its return. https://www.usatoday.com/...
Jim Gisriel / @jimmforce: I have a lot of thoughts about Gone with the wind being taken off HBO Max but basically I read the editorial from John Ridley and I agree with what he said. He made good points about why it should go. Read what he said before talking about film history https://www.latimes.com/...
Peter Wolf / @peterawolf: People who defend and are friends with Nazis shouldn't quote Orwell. https://twitter.com/...
Christina Sommers / @chsommers: 1984 “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten...every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / @jackmirkinson: i like that they don't even bother to get Hattie McDaniel's name right while cynically using her to defend Gone With the Wind https://twitter.com/...
Patricia Sauthoff / @gitagovinda: I recently saw Gone With the Wind with my mom and her cousin. They walked out of there muttering, “wow, that was racist af”. Yup. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: I disagree. Censoring is something the state does, seeking to prevent anyone from accessing the work in question. What private parties do is choose not to have a work on their platform, not to associate w/ it—an expression of their values, rightly or wrongly, but not censorship. https://twitter.com/...
@latimes: “Gone With the Wind,” when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color, writes John Ridley, Oscar-winning screenwriter of “12 Years A Slave,” for @latimesopinion. https://www.latimes.com/...
Eric Deggans At Npr / @deggans: Wow. you would think a journalist might, I dunno, call the company that removed the film to find out why. She would learn they intend to return it to the library “with a discussion of its historical context.” Or she could read CNN's story: https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Patrick LaForge / @palafo: The streaming service said it planned to eventually bring the 1939 film back “with a discussion of its historical context.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tom Kludt / @tomkludt: somewhere, there's a guy preparing to record a live stream while watching Gone with the Wind in his car
@kararbrown: So the problem when you don't have enough diversity in your leadership is you're sort of forced to listen to whatever any Black or person of color says because you don't have anyone qualified to push back. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Kludt / @tomkludt: “Oh, so you want to temporarily remove a racist-ass movie at a time of heightened racial sensitivity? Well, then say good bye to Ferris Bueller's Day Off!” https://twitter.com/...
Gay Alcorn / @gay_alcorn: Marvellous piece. John Ridley: Why HBO Max should remove ‘Gone With the Wind’ for now https://www.latimes.com/...
James Holland / @james7holland: The desire to censor history is always wrong. Gone With the Wind was made in 1939, and therefore comes with the baggage of that period. You can't wipe that context from our past. The film is actually a reminder of what we had wrong then. Why hide that truth? https://twitter.com/...
Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher / @tommyxtopher: How long before Trump holds a Gone with the Wind viewing party at the White House with Diamond, Silk, and Ben Carson?
Starr Rhett Rocque / Fast Company: HBO Max pulls ‘Gone with the Wind’ for its romanticized depiction of slavery
@wajahatali: For all mourning the loss of their beloved Gone With The Wind on HBO Max & who have a newfound love of Hattie McDaniel, grieve no more! The movie is available on Amazon Prime! You can also download it, rent it & buy it! Now about racism, police brutality, & voter suppression...
Ms.TymberleeChanel / @tymberleehill: Pls educate yourself. Recognize she wasn't allowed to sit Inside the theatre the night she won. & only more stereotypical roles were offered to her after her win. & youll get your racist movie back in a week w/this info. Hattie being acknowledged is what theyre trying to do. https://twitter.com/...
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS' Paramount Network pulls the plug on the long-running TV show Cops after protests over the death of George Floyd; old episodes still air on Pluto TV — The move follows the ViacomCBS cable network's decision to pull episodes of the show in the wake of protests against police brutality.
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Variety, New York Times, Deadline, /Film, Business Insider, @blowryontv, CNN, Deadline, @megynkelly, The Stranger, TVLine, Ad Age, Los Angeles Magazine, @davebiscobing15, Boing Boing, globalnews.ca, @scottfeinberg, Message from the Underworld, @oliverjia1014, @arianadebose, @rashadrobinson, @travon, @soledadobrien, Finanz.dk, @cjane87, @seanoconnz, Vanity Fair, @katiepavlich, @mike_petriello, @scalzi, @sarahcpr, IndieWire, The Guardian, @marklittlenews, The Independent, Slate, Breitbart, Rolling Stone, Axios, The A.V. Club, Mashable, The Week, The Hill and PAPER
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Will Thorne / Variety: ‘Cops’ Canceled at Paramount Network
Nicole Sperling / New York Times: ‘Cops,’ Long-Running Reality Show That Glorified Police, Is Canceled
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline: ‘Cops’ Canceled By Paramount Network; ‘Live PD’ Return Evaluated By A&E
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: ‘Cops’ Canceled at Paramount Network Amid Global Anti-Police Brutality Protests
Travis Clark / Business Insider: An extensive study breaks down how police TV shows can normalize wrongful actions by their protagonists …
Brian Lowry / @blowryontv: The withdrawal of “Cops” - a show conceived at the end of the Reagan administration - and delay of “Live PD” underscore some of the thorny issues facing reality TV's cottage industry built around policing https://www.cnn.com/...
Dade Hayes / Deadline: Megyn Kelly Wades Into ‘Gone With The Wind’, ‘Cops’ Controversy With Twitter Rant
Megyn Kelly / @megynkelly: ‘Live PD’ is consistently one of the highest rated shows on cable. But now it may go away bc even watching a police show is somehow offensive to some. (Secret option #2: if you don't like it, don't watch.) https://deadline.com/...
Jasmyne Keimig / The Stranger: Slog PM: City of Seattle Sued for “Unnecessary Violence,” …
Dave Nemetz / TVLine: Cops Cancelled at Paramount Network
Alexandra Jardine / Ad Age: CrossFit CEO is out and open letter calls for industry change on systemic racism: Wednesday Wake-Up Call
Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine: ‘Cops’ Has Been Canceled Amid Police Violence Protests
Dave Biscobing / @davebiscobing15: With news that ‘Cops’ is cancelled by Paramount Network, now might be a good time to revisit what we caught behind the scenes between the show's producers and Glendale Police's abusive officers. https://www.abc15.com/... https://variety.com/...
Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing: COPS cancelled after 33 seasons
Scott Feinberg / @scottfeinberg: This is idiotic. We should learn from the past, not pretend it never existed. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Jia / @oliverjia1014: As a film buff and as a history buff, I really don't like the precedent this sets. Pretending history never existed doesn't make it go away. Nor do archaic attitudes that were products of their time take away from the cultural and historical value of works of art. https://twitter.com/...
Ariana DeBose / @arianadebose: So we can't acknowledge the triumph that is Hattie McDaniel now? Gone with the Wind is still a part of our history. We cannot erase what was, but viewing a film like this with OPEN eyes- we can certainly learn and help change future story telling. https://twitter.com/...
Rashad Robinson / @rashadrobinson: For 30 years, #COPS has normalized injustice and misrepresented crime, policing and race. But it's far from the only crime TV show to do so. It's time for Paramount's peer networks to take a stand against depictions of the criminal justice system that promote systemic racism. https://twitter.com/...
Travon Free / @travon: Ok, maybe you misunderstood what we were asking for... https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Expert on blackface says something or other about a tv show. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Coaston / @cjane87: Perhaps with some free time the producers of “Live PD” can hand over the footage of a man dying on camera after repeatedly telling officers he couldn't breathe before they tased him again. https://www.statesman.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean O'Connor / @seanoconnz: Damn, and it was just three weeks from retirement. https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Rosen / Vanity Fair: Cops Has Finally Been Canceled
Katie Pavlich / @katiepavlich: You know, Tom Morris Jr. is the cohost of this show and he used to produce America's Most Wanted. He also happens to be a black man. I hope A&E makes the right call. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Petriello / @mike_petriello: You can all go with the lazy “cops cancelled” joke, I'm going with “wait, there's been new episodes of Cops made after 1998?” https://twitter.com/...
John Scalzi / @scalzi: One way to defund the police: https://deadline.com/...
Sarah Cooper / @sarahcpr: It's like God heard us say “cancel cops!” and decided to take a very literal approach https://twitter.com/...
Tyler Hersko / IndieWire: ‘Cops’ Canceled by Paramount Network Amid Protests, A&E Evaluating ‘Live PD’
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Been absolutely fascinated by the outsized importance of this show on policing in America. A fascination fuelled by one of the standout podcast series of 2019: https://www.vulture.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Isobel Lewis / The Independent: Cops series cancelled by Paramount after protests against police brutality
Matthew Dessem / Slate: Cops, America's Longest-Running Reality Show, Has Been Canceled
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone: ‘Cops’ TV Series Canceled Amid Police Brutality Protests
Sam Barsanti / The A.V. Club: Paramount Network cancels Cops
Alison Foreman / Mashable: ‘Cops’ has been canceled at the Paramount Network
Catherine Garcia / The Week: Cops canceled after 31 years amid police brutality protests
Aris Folley / The Hill: TV show ‘Cops’ canceled amid George Floyd protests
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Bon Appétit releases a statement conceding its racially insensitive past, vowing extensive changes like prioritizing people of color for its EIC candidate pool — Bon Appétit, the Condé Nast-owned food title that found itself embroiled in controversy this week …
Discussion:
Bon Appétit, Washington Post, Forbes, The Wrap, @maria_m_town, @jayrosen_nyu, @_tiennguyen, @juststimming, @afrosypaella, @meghankathleen, @adrienneshih, @nishachittal, @jeffjarvis, @jeffjarvis, @emmaspecter, @stevekrak, @ckummer, @kimseverson, @maxfalkowitz, @jeffjarvis, @megpascoe, @queenozymandias, @lianaagh and @pete_wells
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Emily Heil / Washington Post: Amid accusations of discrimination, Bon Appetit staff vows to ‘dismantle racism’
Seth Cohen / Forbes: Vogue's Anna Wintour Admits “Hurtful” Mistakes, But Is Her Apology On Race More Than Just Fashionable?
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Bon Appétit Offers ‘Long-Overdue Apology’ After Adam Rapoport Steps Down
Maria Town / @maria_m_town: But will you provide Sohla, Gaby, Priya, and other BIPOC staff with equal pay and back pay for all previous on-camera time? https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: A remarkable document. Not sure I have read any like it. The staffs of Bon Appétit and Epicurious apologize to readers for a history of “racism at these brands” amid a “toxic, top-down culture” that they commit to changing. https://www.bonappetit.com/... Published on the company's URL.
Tien / @_tiennguyen: i think admitting racism in light of all this is not remarkable. it is the absolute, absolute, absolute least they could do. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Bascom / @juststimming: Ok but are you gonna be paying Sohla and other BIPOC staff for their video appearances (retroactively and going forward) or not? https://twitter.com/...
Meghan Kathleen / @meghankathleen: This is a lot of talking without a firm strategy or plan. Lots of ideas, but what follows should be concrete action with a corresponding timeline in which the Bon Appetit org can be held accountable. Also, fire Alex Delany. https://twitter.com/...
Adrienne Shih / @adrienneshih: “We have been complicit with a culture we don't agree with and are committed to change. Our mastheads have been far too white for far too long...the recipes, stories, and people we've highlighted have too often come from a white-centric viewpoint.” https://www.bonappetit.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I know I have much work to do. But I won't be tweeting about that; I won't trivialize the tasks or act as if I know enough to even grasp yet what all they are. To be clear: I'm not putting myself above BonApp. I'm saying in white-run media institutions, we're all BonApp.
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: BonApp is not alone. Every journalistic organization—including schools, & my school—needs such self-examination, training, & concrete actions. Even then: “This is just the start. We want to be transparent, accountable, and active as we begin to dismantle racism at our brands.”
Steve Krakauer / @stevekrak: “Other times we have appropriated, co-opted, and Columbused them. While we've hired more people of color, we have continued to tokenize many BIPOC staffers and contributors in our videos and on our pages.” Bon Appetit repents for their sins. https://www.bonappetit.com/...
Corby Kummer / @ckummer: “To start, that means prioritizing people of color for editor in chief...and resolving any pay inequities that are found across all departments. It means dismantling the toxic, top-down culture that has hurt many members of our staff both past and present."https://www.bonappetit.com/ ...
Kim Severson / @kimseverson: Some fresh comments from @bonappetit. Some staffers thought it was watered down, but a corporate-approved statement from Conde Nast that uses the term Columbusing and admits racism is remarkable. https://www.bonappetit.com/...
Judgmental Fish Nun / @maxfalkowitz: “We have been complicit with a culture we don't agree with” Everything that's come out has shown you were way more than complicit. You absolutely agree with it. Don't you dare absolve yourself of that responsibility. https://www.bonappetit.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Letter from @bonappetit staff: “At times we have treated non-white stories as ‘not newsworthy’ or ‘trendy.’ Other times we have appropriated, co-opted, and Columbused them.” By all means, true not just of food writing. https://www.bonappetit.com/...
Megsie / @megpascoe: Okay, but pay Sohla and Priya and whoever else wasn't compensated for their work properly? https://twitter.com/...
@queenozymandias: Maybe nitpicking but “BIPOC” has a specific purpose and meaning - to highlight anti blackness/anti indigenous racism. Using it as a catchall term for POC is the literal opposite of that purpose! And also it's EXTRA weird to use it here bc many of the ppl leading this are Asian? https://twitter.com/...
Liana Aghajanian / @lianaagh: Still seething but this is the understatement of the century: “At times we have treated non-white stories as “not newsworthy” or “trendy.” https://www.bonappetit.com/...
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
At a Condé Nast town hall, CEO Roger Lynch claims ignorance of diversity and pay issues and says the company plans to conduct internal studies of these matters
Discussion:
Business Insider, Financial Times, @bizzyt, @smittenkitchen, @smittenkitchen, @kate_h_taylor, @manikrathee, @smittenkitchen, @zahirj, @katierosman, @sidhubaba, @samkap, @xandventuras, @the_iron_chic, @jenny8lee, @annaknicolaou, bookforum.com, @c_cauterucci, @jumpedforjoi, @samitsarkar, @franklinleonard, @bryanboy, @oureric, @micahpeters_, @lobenichou, @e_vb_, @lpandell, @bizzyt, @maxwelltani, Slate, @sarahmanavis and The Daily Beast
Discussion:
Rachel Premack / Business Insider: Bon Appétit's editor in chief just resigned …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Condé Nast joins media companies under scrutiny on race
Elizabeth Thompson / @bizzyt: Roger Lynch, CEO, just told staff re: pay and diversity “truthfully, if these concerns had been brought up earlier, we could have dealt with them sooner.”
@smittenkitchen: 14 years ago — publishing has changed significantly since then but I do not believe that we are any less interested in good recipes and great food stories. If you ever want publishing advice or financial backing from a food blogging grandma, I would be delighted to help. 3/3
@smittenkitchen: But I know there is there is an industry of untapped talent that could tell a world of diverse food stories in the kind of publication I'd love to read but rarely get to. “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” I started self-publishing Smitten Kitchen 2/3
Kate Taylor / @kate_h_taylor: There are so much truly sickening stories in @rrpre's investigation into Bon Appétit's toxic and racist culture https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Manik / @manikrathee: The CEO of @CondeNast just wishes someone told him about racism and sexism so he could have solved them both Exceptional. https://twitter.com/...
@smittenkitchen: I am so disappointed that the magazine where I had a column for two years treated its BIPOC employees so poorly and knowingly, deliberately, tokenized and underpaid them. Whether or not @bonappetit takes this opportunity to rebuild from the ground up is on them. 1/3 https://twitter.com/...
Zahir Janmohamed / @zahirj: Condé Nast, the parent company of Bon Appétit, donated $1 million to racial justice organizations but refused a pay raise to its one black staffer just days after this donation. https://twitter.com/...
Katie Rosman / @katierosman: Walker-Hartshorn, whose makes $35k and hadn't gotten a raise in her tenure as Rapoport's assistant, was asked to clean Rapoport's golf clubs, fetch his son's passport + teach his wife to use Google Calendar. She's the only black woman on staff. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Siddhartha Mahanta / @sidhubaba: I read Rachel's story and immediately threw my phone across the room. Hell of a story by an exceptional journalist. Whether or not you care about food or food media, check it out: https://twitter.com/...
Sameera / @samkap: Look at how the blame is put back on the people who weren't compensated well by the company HE runs. Why is the blame on them? This happens so regularly, I'm so tired. https://twitter.com/...
Xand Venturas / @xandventuras: As a fan of BA, this and the other stories that have been coming out lately have been hard to read. But I'm so glad that they are. It's really emphasised my own blindspot in identifying a lack of diversity in the media I consume. https://twitter.com/...
@the_iron_chic: Me 3 months ago: Omg I love the BA test kitchen! So fun, I'm a Claire stan! Tee hee! Me now: Burn Condé Nast to the ground and salt the earth where it stood https://twitter.com/...
@jenny8lee: There are breadcrumbs of @CondeNast culture that have been reported throughout the years. Here is one from 2007 where the EIC of GQ used “Asian whore” in his editor's letter twice. Page Six did report on it. But it wasn't considered a big deal. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Nicolaou / @annaknicolaou: Condé Nast chief Roger Lynch asked employees to air their concerns internally, but some staff questioned whether internal discussions could effect the changes we've seen in recent days, calling his words “tone-deaf”. more details here: https://www.ft.com/...
bookforum.com: Keisha N. Blain on the long tradition of black women's organizing; Porochista Khakpour discusses Brown Album
Christina Cauterucci / @c_cauterucci: CEOs: if you are paying employees of color less than their white peers, it's safe to assume it's a concern https://twitter.com/...
Joi Childs / @jumpedforjoi: Two things: 1. There are probably employees who did speak up and were dismissed. That's a leadership problem. 2. There are probably employees who didn't speak up because they knew they wouldn't be believed. That's also a leadership problem. https://twitter.com/...
Samit Sarkar / @samitsarkar: love to be a millionaire white dude blaming the women/LGBTQ folks/BIPOC at the publications I own for not speaking up earlier even if, y'know, they thought that doing so might be risking their careers in a volatile industry anyway, folks: unionize your workplace https://twitter.com/...
Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard: I will say again, if you run a company and these past few days were the first time you realized white supremacy is an issue, you have revealed yourself incapable of running a company optimally, and you do not deserve your job. https://twitter.com/...
R. Eric Thomas / @oureric: The CEO of Condé Nast wants to know why no one told him about systemic racism before this week. https://twitter.com/...
@lobenichou: We did bring them up. Over and over again. When I was at @WIRED, those concerns were brought up by folks at every single all-hands. https://twitter.com/...
@e_vb_: And statements like this one by the CEO of Conde Nast Roger Lynch are just not good enough. It's a misrepresentation of who holds the cards in all of these issues. https://twitter.com/...
Lexi Pandell / @lpandell: @maxwelltani Funny how we did try to use internal channels to complain about this (again and again) and...nothing happened!
Elizabeth Thompson / @bizzyt: Conde is apparently holding a company-wide Town Hall right now and are planning to conduct internal “studies” about diversity and pay equity - then will take action “by “the end of the summer. Thanks so much to all! Gets right to the root of the problem! Enjoy Block Island!
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: Addressing q's about racism at Conde, Lynch said the company is conducting a pay-equity study and offering financial/ad support for non-profits committed to fighting racism. But asked about the BA incident, he put part of the onus on staff for not raising concerns earlier on... https://twitter.com/...
Rachelle Hampton / Slate: The Trouble at Bon Appétit Has Brewed for Years—and Getting Rid of the Boss Won't Fix It
Sarah Manavis / @sarahmanavis: In case you've missed it: Not only is Sohla one of the only front facing Bon Appetit editors to denounce EIC Adam Rapoport doing brown face, apparently only white BA editors are paid for their video appearances. Here's her Instagram story just now https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump's campaign sends a letter demanding CNN retract a poll showing Biden leading; CNN lawyer says the campaign is threatening litigation to muzzle speech — President Trump's reelection campaign has sent a cease and desist letter to CNN president Jeff Zucker demanding that the network retract …
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite: CNN Nukes Trump Campaign's Cease and Desist Letter Over Negative Poll: ‘Factually and Legally Baseless’
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson leaves The Daily Caller and sells his roughly one-third stake to co-founder and publisher Neil Patel, who now owns a controlling stake — Co-founder Neil Patel now owns controlling stake in conservative news website — Tucker Carlson is leaving the Daily Caller …
Discussion:
New York Times, Mediaite, The Hill, @benmullin, @kfile, @jeremymbarr, @keachhagey, @esaagar, @yashar, @peterjhasson and Washington Post
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: Tucker Carlson Sells His Stake in The Daily Caller
KJ Edelman / Mediaite: Tucker Carlson Sells His Share of the Daily Caller A Decade After Co-Founding the Website
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill: Tucker Carlson leaving The Daily Caller
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Tucker Carlson has sold his roughly one-third stake in @DailyCaller, and he's leaving the publication: https://www.wsj.com/... Scoop from @keachhagey.
Andrew Kaczynski / @kfile: This seems like kind of a strange excuse in this WSJ article on some Daily Caller writers having white nationalists ties. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: Laura Ingraham also got out of LifeZette, which allows her — and now Tucker Carlson — to face less blowback when one of those sites gets into hot water https://www.wsj.com/...
@keachhagey: Tucker Carlson is parting ways with the Daily Caller. Co-founder Neil Patel now owns controlling stake https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Saagar Enjeti / @esaagar: Mr. Patel now owns a controlling stake in the website—the rest of which is owned by investor and major Republican donor Foster Friess and a few other small investors—which makes the Daily Caller the largest digital-media company owned by a person of color https://www.wsj.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller Co-founder Neil Patel now owns controlling stake in conservative news website https://www.wsj.com/...
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
Hearst Magazines names Samira Nasr as the next editor of the US edition of Harper's Bazaar, the first woman of color to hold the top job at the 153-year-old pub — Samira Nasr, a former Vanity Fair fashion director, is leaving Condé Nast to take a key job at Hearst Magazines.
Discussion:
Claire Atkinson / NBC News: Harper's Bazaar names its first black editor-in-chief
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: The funeral of George Floyd
Chantal Fernandez / The Business of Fashion: What Samira Nasr's Appointment Means for Harper's Bazaar and Fashion Magazines
Jim Windolf / @jimwindolf: The newly appointed editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar, Samira Nasr, the first person of color to hold that job, offers support for Black Lives Matter in her opening statement. Story by @RachelAbramsNY. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jada Yuan / @jadabird: Harper's Bazaar names Samira Nasr its new EIC. She starts July 7 and “as the proud daughter of a Lebanese father and Trinidadian mother” is the first Black EIC in the publication's 153-year history. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/ ...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Samira Nasr Appointed Editor in Chief of Harper's Bazaar
Evette Dionne / @freeblackgirl: Samira Nasr is the first Black editor-in-chief of Harpers Bazaar. It only took 153 years. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/ ...
Oscar Holland / CNN: Harper's Bazaar appoints its first ever black editor-in-chief
Ammu Kannampilly / @akannampilly: Harper's Bazaar's new editor-in-chief Samira Nasr has decades of experience as an editor and stylist. She is also a black single mother of Lebanese descent. Bravo. #fashion https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ... via @BoF
Isabel B. Slone / @isabelslone: So well-deserved! And a Canadian to boot 🇨🇦 https://twitter.com/...
Dawn Rhodes / @rhodes_dawn: Thrilled/annoyed. Thrilled it happened, mad as hell it took this damned long. https://twitter.com/...
Jam Jackson / @theblondemisfit: It's 2020 and we're still getting “the first Black...” announcements. Pride and disappointment coexisting. https://twitter.com/...
Sadaf / @_sadafahsan: I have been fangirling and following Samira Nasr for a long time, and this is just the greatest news. She helped change the vision of Vanity Fair so much with Radhika Jones recently, imagine what she'll do at HB. (And she's Canadian!) https://twitter.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: 153 years in Samira Nasr is new editor-in-chief @harpersbazaarus https://www.businessoffashion.com/ ...? via @BoF Also marks the first time a black editor will lead Harper's, the oldest continuously published fashion magazine in America.
Pusha Bi / @biancaenrogue: This move definitely shouldn't have taken a century and a half to accomplish, but man talk about breaking a systemic cycle! 👏🏽👏🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Piya Sinha-Roy / @piyasroy: Goddamn, this is so exciting! I worked in fashion 13 years ago and was so depressed not seeing anyone who looked like me in the magazines and in the newsrooms. Those publications defined what was “stylish and “beautiful” at the time, and it was never us. Now look! 🙌🏽❤️ https://twitter.com/...
Jared Newman / Fast Company:
Roku is prominently promoting OAN Encore, an offshoot of OANN with the same news and commentary, on The Roku Channel, as Trump promotes conspiracies from OANN — One America News Network isn't just an app on Roku streaming devices. It's receiving a huge platform as part of Roku's business model.
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Saranac Hale Spencer / FactCheck.org: Trump Tweets Baseless Claims About Injured Buffalo Protester
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post: Trump tweets outrageous conspiracy theory about injured Buffalo man
Andrew Naughtie / The Independent: Hillary Clinton mocks revelation that Trump's Buffalo conspiracy theory came from Russian broadcaster
Katharine Schwab / @kschwabable: An offshoot of Trump's favorite new source for conspiracies OANN gets a big promotional thumbnail on The Roku Channel, where it is sometimes highlighted ahead of mainstream outlets such as Reuters and USA Today. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... tip @Techmeme
David Folkenflik / NPR:
A black Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter says the executive editor's letter defending a decision to prevent her from covering protests was dehumanizing — The executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette defended his paper in a fiery front-page essay Wednesday morning against charges …
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Keith C. Burris / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Keith C. Burris: Truth, fairness and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Pittsburgh PG executive editor Keith Burris re @alexisjreports: “No fair person could make the case that our actions were race-based. We will not apologize for upholding professional standards in journalism or attempting to eliminate bias.” /MORE https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
Brady Langmann / Esquire: Alexis Johnson Isn't Covering Pittsburgh's Protests Right Now. The Reason Is Maddening.
@daya: removing your black journalists from coverage of one of the most important civil rights movements in recent history + disciplining your black employees who stood up for them differently than your white ones all contribute to the very systemic racism the world is talking about. https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Lulay / @slulay2: “We will not apologize for upholding professional standards in journalism or attempting to eliminate bias”😳🙃 What opinion did @alexisjreports reveal by tweeting photos of a Kenny Chesney tailgate?! “Truth, “fairness” &...complete B.S. #IStandWithAlexis https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
@daya: and instead of using your platform to acknowledge that you talk about your white grievances and the “corrosive potency” of the racist label. nah this ain't it @PittsburghPG give alexis and michael their work back https://twitter.com/...
Sean Gentille / @seangentille: Here's the latest bit of insane bullshit from the PG. It is going to ruin a bunch of peoples' days. “A journalist can be a commentator or a chronicler. He or she cannot be both at the same time”— a man who, literally and simultaneously, runs the editorial page AND newsroom. https://twitter.com/...
Sean Gentille / @seangentille: Think about this claim. How bizarre! How hilarious! I think “gaslighting” is one of the most overused and inaccurately applied terms in the discourse. That said, this is it. https://twitter.com/...
Sean Gentille / @seangentille: a great big inevitable turd — because the author and the PG's exec editor and the editorial page boss🚨are the same guy🚨and he thinks “being called racist” is as bad as “being racist.” https://twitter.com/...
Colin Dunlap / @colin_dunlap: @seangentille also, if the Block family has such a long and storied history championing civil rights, probably help your cause to point out some. Or even just one.
Fleetwood Max / @maxxi_pad: Hasnt the post gazette ownship been forcing the staff to work out of contract for like 3 years? https://twitter.com/...
@daya: .@PittsburghPG as someone who's been interviewed by you for years, it's super sad to see the actions you've taken with @alexisjreports @msantiagophotos & now this “open letter” defending your actions instead of voicing support for your employees when they need it the most. https://twitter.com/...
Derek Willis / @derekwillis: I only lived in Pittsburgh for 4 years, but the idea that the Post-Gazette has “has devoted more time, words or space to questions of discrimination, race prejudice, or justice” than any other newspaper ever has is beyond belief. https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: In a front-page essay, the Post-Gazette's executive editor said a black reporter was sidelined from covering protests for ethical reasons: “You cannot, fairly, call it racism.” Reporter @alexisjreports is calling for his departure. My story for NPR: https://www.npr.org/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: 3/ Burris confirmed tgat 80 Post-Gazette journalists, including Michael Santiago, were also sidelined from covering protests for retweeting @alexisjreports' original offending tweet in solidarity with her. It compares looters to those who trashed area after concert tailgate.
David Boardman / @dlboardman: This is the same Keith Burris who: 1) On Nov. 9, 2016, called Trump “a Jacksonian hero,” 2) On MLK Day 2018, ran an editorial “Reason as Racism,” defending Trump's “shithole countries” comment, a position so outrageous that members of the publisher's family disavowed it. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: This is the same team that fired the paper's political cartoonist for making fun of the president too much https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@gollypon: fuck your garbage ass paper; the only air of class in your entire company is the gothic font in your logo and the only use you have to the public is giving them something to burn for smores https://twitter.com/...
Ben Montgomery / @gangrey: Stated as fact: “A journalist can be a commentator or a chronicler. He or she cannot be both at the same time.” Really? https://twitter.com/...
Bryan Curtis / @bryancurtis: Am I reading this right? The executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is accusing the paper's guild and/or his own employees of “defamation?” https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
Jay Scott Smith / @jayscottsmith: All the fake morality and elitism that people have grown to hate about Journalism is jam packed into this. https://twitter.com/...
CBS Pittsburgh: Post-Gazette Executive Editor Pens Open Letter, Claims 'A Great Deal Of Disinformation …
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: This is a giant, steaming pile of poo coming from @PittsburghPG Editor: https://www.post-gazette.com/ ... On re-assigning @alexisjreports: “You can disagree with that ethic, or dismiss it as passe. But you cannot, fairly, call it racism.”
Allie / @alliejoan98: How are they going to talk about journalistic ethics and not even touch on the articles they took down, rewrote, and published under the same headline with no warning to the writers https://twitter.com/...
Matt Moret / @mttmoret: It's almost as if thousands of people - including a U.S. Senator, the Lt. Gov. of the state and the mayor of the city - are reasonable enough to make that exact case, and then Keith Burris told them all to shut up. https://www.post-gazette.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Bound / @brandonbounds_: First off, I just wanna say that the majority of the retweets are with comments, so that's something. Second, there is A LOT to unpack here to the point where it's just easier to say there needs to be a new executive editor. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: 4/ Burris is known in newsroom for calls for civility. Some reporters say that is meant to stifle debate. As editorial page editor, Burris argued Trump's remarks should never be characterized as racist. He called charges of racism “the new McCarthyism.” https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
Mandy Jenkins / @mjenkins: PPG management clearly has not been paying attention to what is going on in its newsroom, industry or city. This is a disgrace. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: My original story on @PittsburghPG, race and protest coverage https://www.npr.org/... Top editor's response below - which justifies handling of black reporter on ethical grounds and sidesteps central tension of disparate treatment of white reporter in near identical circumstance https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Deto / @ryandeto: “We assumed the lie was so outrageous that it did not need refutation.” This statement from Burris, even if ignoring all the other bad faith arguments in this piece, is more proof of his inability to understand how media works, which is his most important duty as editor. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Hanson / @jimhansondc: Powerful defense of false charges of racism & actual journalistic ethics Reporters should not opine on stories they “report” & When an organization upholds actual ethics regarding a black person That is NOT racism https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
Anna-Lysa Gayle / @annalysagayle: There's a lot going on in this piece. “We did what we did for purely journalistic reasons. And here's the thing:...Every single person leading the propaganda campaign against this newspaper, most of whom work for this newspaper, knows this — absolutely knows this — full well.” https://twitter.com/...
@pittsburghpg: In recent days, the readers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been subjected to a great deal of disinformation, including accusations of racism toward management. It's time for the rest of the story. https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
Sarah Boden / @sarah_boden: I'm still at a loss...what opinion does Keith Burns think @alexisjreports was voicing in her tweet. He doesn't explain it here. He just accuses her of “strong commentary.” I would like to know EXACTLY what about Johnson's tweet Burns finds so objectionable. https://www.post-gazette.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: 6/ Burris calls charge of racism a “repugnant” union tactic - again, without addressing disparate treatment for white colleague warned about his own tweet using a vulgarity to describe a looting suspect the same day.
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: 5/ Now, as other newsrooms seek to make amends with black citizens, readers, and colleagues during a period of intense protest over racial justice, and as they stand accused of bias, Pittsburgh PG execs draw line in sand, saying they serve as arbiters of journalistic propriety.
Armando / @armandondk: Lol this is a ridiculous response. I'm embarrassed fir this paper. This guy can't lead that newsroom. He has to go. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: 2/ Burris says Johnson was barred from coverage because her tweet betrayed bias. Does not address case of white colleague warned about tweet disparaging man accused of looting was allowed to keep writing about protests until union pointed out disparity - as NPR reported Monday /
Sara Nathan / Page Six:
In a note to staff last Thursday, Anna Wintour admits that Vogue has been “hurtful and intolerant”, and not done enough to promote black staff and designers — Anna Wintour has admitted that Vogue has been “hurtful and intolerant” — and not done enough to promote black staff and designers.
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Jeva Lange / The Week: The daily gossip: June 10, 2020
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Anna Wintour Says Vogue Has ‘Made Mistakes’ with Diversity and Race
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: This article actually made me laugh. I enjoy how she blames “Vogue” and not, specifically, any individual, who might—for example—run Vogue. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Mull / @amandamull: lol this reads a little like Anna Wintour thinks she might get rolled into the river next https://pagesix.com/...
Morwenna Ferrier / The Guardian: Anna Wintour apologises for not giving space to black people at Vogue
Tyler McCall / Fashionista: Must Read: Alicia Keys Covers ‘InStyle’, Anna Wintour Issues an Apology for ‘Hurtful and Intolerant’ Mistakes
Zainab Mohsini / @zainabmohsini: All theses powerful white people are now admitting to their racism as if they are isolated incidents while Black & Brown people face structural discrimination everywhere. Systems are made up of and upheld by individuals. https://pagesix.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN:
In conservative media's alternative universe, rioters are still prowling America's biggest cities, Minneapolis is still burning, and the unrest is getting worse — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post: When Fox News disappoints, Trump has a backup: the conspiracy theory-peddling OANN
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Watch Fox News for a few hours, and you might think rioters are still prowling America's cities, smashing windows and stealing handbags. You might think Minneapolis is still burning and the unrest is getting worse. The coverage is deeply misleading >> https://www.cnn.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: If you're the sentimental sort, and you still think Fox is a NEWS network, read the @ReliableSources newsletter today. It describes how Fox is producer of an artifical present where the rioting is still happening, including misleading use of old footage. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
WSJ reassigns Gerard Baker, an editor at large, to opinion page after staff union complains about his column on race and tweets violating social media policy — After a letter of protest from the newspaper's union, Gerard Baker, now an editor at large, was reassigned to the opinion department.
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Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Yesterday, union representing Wall Street Journal staffers sent note complaining about columns and social media posts of Gerard Baker, former editor; today, editorial page editor Paul Gigot announces Baker is moving to opinion section. Story to come.
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Did I or did I not tell you the newsroom hates him. I did. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rob Crilly / @robcrilly: Journalists also complained about Gerard Baker's columns for The Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
Erica Orden / @eorden: “In closing, the letter said the paper should hold Mr. Baker to the standards that apply to everyone else on the news side. Now that The Journal has put him in the opinion department, he can follow a different rule book.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: The Wall Street Journal employee union complained over columns and tweets from its former editor in chief (including a controversial piece about race and shootings); the paper moved him over to opinion, saying it was already in the works. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytmedia: The Journal said Gerard Baker's move from its news division to its opinion department had been in the works before staff complaints this week about one of his columns https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Profile of Her Campus Media, which relies on unpaid contributors and had bought 3 competitors in 2019, as it adjusts to the pandemic and a focus on inclusivity — New York (CNN Business)Her Campus Media was planning for a massive year of growth. After acquiring three competitors …
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Mike Murphy / @mcwm: great story from @kerrymflynn on what happens to a college media company when no one's at college https://www.cnn.com/...
@kerrymflynn: Her Campus Media was undergoing a massive expansion. I wanted to find out why and what they had planned. So back in February, I traveled to Boston to meet with some of the executive leadership https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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