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KPCC public radio reporter Josie Huang was arrested while covering the ambush shooting of two deputies in LA, on charges of “interfering with a lawful arrest” — Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested KPCC/LAist Correspondent Josie Huang Saturday night while she was covering …
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Josie Huang / @josie_huang: Thank you https://onscene.tv/ for what is the clearest footage of my arrest by @LASDHQ. It's how I remember it — like being tossed around in the ocean and then slammed into rock https://twitter.com/...
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post: L.A. deputies tackled and arrested a reporter. Her videos contradict their claims about the incident.
Scott Schwebke / @thechalkoutline: ABC7 showing video of radio reporter being taken down to the pavement by officers, handcuffed and led to a patrol car outside of hospital where two #LA County deputies shot in ambush are being treated @LASDHQ #crime #SoCal https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: Last night I was arrested and charged with obstructing a peace officer by @LASDHQ after videotaping their interactions with protesters in Lynwood. This is what I remember and what I have on video and audio.
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: Somehow I was able to start a new video right away. You see my phone clatter to the ground and I start shouting “I'm a reporter...I'm with KPCC.” I scream for help from the TV reporters I know are around the corner doing their 11 p.m. live hits https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: Journalists increasingly likely to be attacked covering protests, UN warns
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: I'm grateful to the crew at @ABC7 @abc7leanne for filming what happened to me last night, and for Leanne and @OSV227Hex getting my phone back to me which let me share my videos. I know it is important to document what happened. Said phone is somehow alive! https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: After my phone drops, it keeps recording and it captures two deputies damaging my phone by kicking and stepping on it. I can hear myself in the background shouting: “You guys are hurting me” and “Stop it.” It feels very out-of-body to play this back. https://twitter.com/...
James Queally / @jamesqueallylat: This shouldn't need to be explained but: You're allowed to be absolutely disgusted by the attack on @LASDHQ deputies AND highly critical of their treatment of @josie_huang covering that shooting outside the hospital. These things are not mutually exclusive.
Frank Stoltze / @stoltzefrankly: BREAKING: My colleague @josie_huang has been detained in Compton by #LASD deputies. We don't know why. I know her to be an extremely competent and responsible journalist. This video of five deputies on top of her is highly disturbing. https://twitter.com/...
Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report: SAG-AFTRA Offers Fiery Response To Radio Press Arrest
@pressfreedom: We condemn @lasdhq's arrest of @kpcc's @josie_huang while she was working in Los Angeles & are disturbed by video of many officers pinning her to the ground. https://laist.com/...
Taylor Ardrey / INSIDER: A Los Angeles radio reporter says she was ‘tackled’ and arrested by Los Angeles police while doing her job
John Bowden / The Hill: Video shows police pinning journalist covering LA protest to ground during arrest
Scott Shackford / Reason: L.A. Sheriff's Deputies Assault Reporter, Then Attempt To Mislead Public About It
@laura_nelson: The sheriff's department was quick to send out a statement after they arrested a working journalist, saying she hadn't identified herself — but with video evidence now proving that claim is false, they aren't saying anything. https://twitter.com/...
Lee Brown / New York Post: NPR reporter cries in pain during arrest while covering LA protest: video
Scott Lemieux / @lemieuxlgm: Odd how the “ongoing investigation” did not stop them from commenting on it until video proved they were lying https://twitter.com/...
Colby Hall / Mediaite: Reporter Posts Video of Her Arrest By Los Angeles Sheriffs While Covering Ambush Shooting Arrest
Alberto Luperon / Law & Crime: LA Deputy-Shot Through the Jaw-Managed to Radio for Help, Apply Tourniquet on Her Partner: Report
Matthew Dessem / @matthewdessem: The point of police departments flagrantly lying in their public statements about events captured on video is not to deceive, but to demonstrate in the most demoralizing way possible that they cannot be held accountable for anything. We have to prove them wrong.
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: This is false. You guys should check out the video where the reporter is heard screaming her station affiliation over and over and over again. https://twitter.com/...
T. Greg Doucette / @greg_doucette: More of 9️⃣3️⃣ 7️⃣ in Lynwood CA The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department claimed @josie_huang never identified herself as a reporter You will be shocked (shocked!) to discover that was a lie 12 September 2020 PM https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: @LASDHQ Hey, turns out that you lied. There's video! Go figure. Such a cop thing to do. https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: I was at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood last night covering a press conference led by Sheriff Villanueva about the shooting of two deputies. One of the deputies is a mom of a 6 year-old. I felt my chest tighten thinking about the little boy. https://twitter.com/...
Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap: LA County Sheriffs Launch Investigation into KPCC Reporter Josie Huang's Arrest, Footage Under Review (Video)
Chad Loder / @chadloder: The @LASDHQ just got caught in another blatant lie. They didn't count on the fact that KPCC reporter @josie_huang left her phone recording during the violent arrest. You can clearly see her Press Pass dangling from her neck and you can hear her shout “Press! I'm with KPCC!” https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: Hi, all. I'm out of county jail and am headed home. Thank you for caring. I have seen @LASDHQ tweets and have thoughts and videos to share soon after a little rest
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: The reporter caught this on video. She repeatedly identified herself as a reporter. https://twitter.com/...
@aclu: Journalists should never be arrested or attacked by police for doing their job. The First Amendment doesn't allow it. To Josie Huang and journalists nationwide: We're with you. https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: I texted video to editors. When I looked up from my phone, the small group of men had dispersed & deputies were following at least 1 man down the street. I walked behind, using the zoom on my camera so I could keep physical distance. A couple deputies looked at me as I filmed. https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: After the press conference, I went to my car in the hospital garage and was tying things up on the phone with 1 of my editors. It was almost 11 pm. Then I heard loud shouting outside the garage, so I went to check things out. I had on a lanyard around my neck with a press ID.
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: A handful of men were on the sidewalk. A couple were carrying large flags. Others were filming deputies and taunting them. One deputy pointed a weapon at the protesters. I started filming on my phone, standing off to the side. No one took issue with me being there. https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: I was put in the back of a patrol car — the start of some 5 hours in LASD custody that began with the deputy refusing to uncuff me so I could put my face covering back on, telling me I just had a “scrape” when I was bleeding from my foot and not giving me back a shoe
Mark Ridley-Thomas / @mridleythomas: We must continue pray for the two ambushed sheriff deputies and their families.🙏🏾 We must also require that the Inspector General launch an immediate investigation into the arrest of @josie_huang. The Citizens Oversight Commission must convene a special meeting on this matter.
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: Thank you all for the support and to the loveliest colleagues at @KPCC and @LAist. Our newsroom works really hard to cover our community and is proud to exercise our 1st Amendment rights, along with all the rest of you.
@krismul: This is beyond distressing. Esp since the dept rep I spoke to in the middle of the night INSISTED that she had not id'd herself as a reporter. The presence of mind she shows here is remarkable. https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / @myhlee: Statement from @AAJAla and @AAJA on the arrest of journalist and AAJA member @josie_huang: https://twitter.com/...
Josie Huang / @josie_huang: Here's more of the video, the zoom is still on. I saw a commotion ahead of me. Deputies rushed one man and chased another. I was filming an arrest when suddenly deputies shout “back up.” Within seconds, I was getting shoved around. There was nowhere to back up. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: If they're willing to lie about a reporter — where their actions are guaranteed to be scrutinized — imagine how much they're willing to for the average POC https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Well, here it is. Video evidence that the LA Sheriff lied today about the arrest of a journalist. They tweeted that NPR reporter Josie Huang “did not identify herself as press.” (See: https://twitter.com/...) You can hear her say she's a reporter & name her outlet in this clip. https://twitter.com/...
Giffords / @giffordscourage: Our hearts are with the two deputies severely injured in Los Angeles. As they fight for their lives, we must fight for a country that is safer from gun violence. https://www.latimes.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: If what's being reported about the recording of this incident is true—that NPR journalist @josie_huang repeatedly identified herself as press, & had a press pass around her neck—than, here we have the LA County Sheriff lying about the circumstances of its arrest of a journalist. https://twitter.com/...
Megan Garvey / @garveymcvg: This is the video @josie_huang sent right before she was tackled and arrested. Some reporters have told me sheriff's officials claimed she rushed the ER. Not true and totally out of character https://twitter.com/...
@latguild: We condemn the arrest of @KPCC/@LAist reporter Josie Huang, who was doing a job protected under the First Amendment. Journalists have the right to inform the public. That includes coverage of every aspect of a protest in public spaces, including police interaction with citizens.
Michael Hewlett / @mhewlettwsj: #JournalismIsNotCrime https://twitter.com/...
Lulu / @lourdesgnavarro: Despite her badge (clearly visible) and her shouting her affiliation (according to reporters on the scene and why wouldn't she?! ) this is what @LAPDHQ put out https://twitter.com/...
@nprextra: NPR is appalled by the arrest of Josie Huang, a KPCC public radio reporter, who was performing her job last night—gathering facts to inform the American public. The rights of journalists are protected by the First Amendment, and essential to an informed public and our Democracy.
Frank Stoltze / @stoltzefrankly: UPDATE: #LASD claims my colleague @josie_huang violated 148PC - that's obstruction of justice. They are not giving any details. They're taking her to the Century Regional Detention Center now. This kind of treatment of a respected LA journalist is disturbing. @SPJLA https://twitter.com/...
Melanie Sill / @melaniesill: This could be any of us, journalist or protester or passerby; you could be arrested by law enforcement officers who then put out a narrative spinning events in their favor and forcing you to prove your innocence; an illustration of police abuses under protest in 2020 https://twitter.com/...
Sean Typos Miura / @seanmiura: If you don't know @josie_huang's work, she's been covering underreported Los Angeles Asian American stories for years and reporting from all sides of the protests throughout the summer She's an incredibly valuable journalist who was wearing her credentials and doing her job https://twitter.com/...
Megan Garvey / @garveymcvg: This is our terrific reporter @josie_huang who has been covering this story for hours. @LACoSheriff @LASDHQ where is Josie? Why are reporters being arrested? Where can I go get her? https://twitter.com/...
@lataco: This is a fear all editors have as they send especially POC journalists to cover very important but tense news situations. @MayorOfLA @LACoSheriff @LAPDChiefMoore @HildaSolis what are we doing to heal this city and protect everyone from violence? And uphold the 1st amendment? https://twitter.com/...
Stephen Blackmoore / @sblackmoore: Five deputies to take down one NPR reporter. Good job guys. And you wonder why everybody thinks you're a bunch of fucking thugs. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Mendelson / @a_mendelson: We have a story up @LAist about the arrest of correspondent @josie_huang while she was covering a protest earlier tonight: “Huang, an award-winning journalist, allegedly obstructed justice. The department has refused to provide details of what happened.” https://laist.com/...
Sanden Totten / @sandentotten: This is a disgrace. This is what it looks like when the first amendment is under attack. This is the second time police have wounded a @KPCC journalist. @MayorOfLA what are you doing about this? https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: NPR's news chief, SVP Nancy Barnes @nancycbarnes, issuer statement against sheriff department's arrest https://twitter.com/...
Kimi Yoshino / @kyoshino: This is disturbing — @josie_huang is identifying herself as a radio reporter and her press ID is hanging around her neck. @LASDHQ https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Video Shows Reporter Identified Herself as Press as She Was Arrested in Los Angeles
Suzanne Nuyen / NPR: 2 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies Shot In Apparent ‘Ambush’ Near Train Station
Kabc / abc7NY: Protesters outside hospital shouted ‘We hope they die’ about deputies shot, sheriff's department says
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Internal documents from The Intercept regarding exposed source Reality Winner show an extreme level of newsroom mismanagement, hubris, and a whitewashed probe — Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom. — Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak?
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@ggreenwald, @rj_gallagher, @dnvolz, @maxboot, @ggreenwald, @alxthomp, @benyt, The Intercept, @donmoyn, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @froomkin, @winnerbrittany, @lizthegrey, @hshaban, @froomkin, @freedomrideblog, @benjaminnorton, @aaronjmate, @dnvolz, @davidakaye, @katzonearth, @aaschapiro, @aaschapiro, @hshaban, @chuckrossdc, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @wilson__valdez, @wilson__valdez, @wilson__valdez, @wilson__valdez, @ericmgarcia, @hshaban, @bgrueskin, @cmclymer, @msmacb, @azi, @ralee85, @rezendi, @atrupar, @silvermanjacob, @nytimes, @dangillmor, @parkermolloy, @dancow, @judyatrinh, @media_evan and Gothamist
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Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Always a treat when the NYT tries to malign the journalism of independent outlets: The Intercept never quite “regained its swagger,” except for all those stories it broke and that time last year when its year-long exposés changed the politics of the world's fifth-largest country. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher: The Intercept undoubtedly made bad errors with the handling of the Reality Winner case (I know, because I worked there at the time), but I didn't find this piece to be an even-handed portrayal of what happened https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dustin Volz / @dnvolz: Here's Glenn's response to various points or implications in the article: https://twitter.com/...
Max Boot / @maxboot: .@ggreenwald was not interested in a leaked NSA document from Reality Winner because “he considered its claims about Russian hacking during the 2016 race ‘wildly overblown’.” He didn't want to see the evidence that the Russians helped Trump win. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Once I heard about the doc, my opinion - as I've said publicly - was (and still is): it was newsworthy, but not conclusive, because it was anonymously authored by NSA & had no underlying evidence. But as NYT says, I had no role in reporting it because it was assigned to others. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Thompson / @alxthomp: Laura Poitras blasts The Intercept for its handling of the Reality Winner situation. “Not only was this a cover-up and betrayal of core values, but the lack of any meaningful accountability promoted a culture of impunity and puts future sources at risk.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: Lots of interesting details in this piece about the Intercept's mishandling of Reality Winner, but Glenn Greenwald's disinterest in evidence of Russian cyberattacks is sort of staggering. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: 7 years after TI's launch, some reporters refuse to acknowledge - due to ideological resentment (Russiagate), professional jealousy and sexism - that TI has an editor-in-chief and it's not me. I don't run TI. Our editorial team in NYC does. My primary focus is on my reporting: https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Nothing let's you see how easily reporters spread falsehoods like first-hand knowledge: I didn't “pass” on the RW leak. It was never offered to me. The doc arrived by mail in NYC & TI's editor-in-chief assigned it to an experienced team. It wasn't offered to me, & TI reported it: https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: What @theintercept did to Reality Winner was tragic. And it's sadly ironic that it's taken so long for the people responsible to be publicly held to account. 1/5 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brittany Winner, PhD / @winnerbrittany: She trusted them, but the Intercept didn't protect my sister, #RealityWinner. #FreeRealityWinner https://twitter.com/...
Liz Fong-Jones / @lizthegrey: The Intercept is an awful publication, both because of the fact that they employ the notoriously anti-Black Mr. L. Fang (https://twitter.com/...), and also this latest on failure to protect sources: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: The lead reporter on the Reality Winner story did not involve the Intercept's security staff, told a government source where the documents were postmarked and gave the NSA a copy, which had an encoded printer-identifier. He has not been disciplined at all. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: This was not @ggreenwald's fault. He had nothing to do with the story. And reading the NYT piece, it is clear that he was an advocate for genuine accountability afterwards. He was, for reasons I cannot fathom, ignored and betrayed as well. 3/5
Margaret Kimberley / @freedomrideblog: The Intercept did the same thing to Terry Albury, a former FBI agent who like Reality Winner is also in prison after being burned by the Intercept. Why no mention of him? https://twitter.com/...
Ben Norton / @benjaminnorton: @theintercept This statement from The Intercept still refuses to address why it hired the pro-police stenographer who landed their source in prison, who is now the NYPD's spokesman. His close ties to cops were well known before. He had embedded a long time in the NYPD https://thegrayzone.com/...
Aaron Mat / @aaronjmate: This story repeats a problem w/ coverage of Reality Winner from the start: it focuses on the The Intercept's mishandling of the source, but ignores the derelict way it hyped & misreported her leak to pander to fashionable Russiagate mania. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dustin Volz / @dnvolz: Glenn Greenwald passed on the Reality Winner leak—which was legitimately huge news—because he “considered its claims about Russian hacking during the 2016 race ‘wildly overblown’ and that it didn't include direct evidence to persuade him otherwise.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Kaye / @davidakaye: the failure to protect reality winner was shocking from the start, esp given the intercept's top notch security team. @benyt explains what happened. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: So basically a source believed Greenwald cared about the truth, risked her career to show it to him, and he said “fuck this, it goes against my narrative,” let some fifth-string jabronis handle the story, and now the source is in prison sick with coronavirus.
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Back when I was at the Committee to Protect Journalists, I wrote about how this was a growing problem; bad security protocols at outlets are worth talking about. But, let's not forget who's putting people in jail. https://cpj.org/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Important to remember that Reality Winner is not the only source who's been subjected to a leak investigations. The Reporters Committee has great data on this; you'll find alleged sources for a bunch of places: NYT, BuzzFeed, Newsweek, & the Intercept https://www.rcfp.org/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: Deeply embarrassing and tragic story about the Intercept, where nobody has faced any consequences for failing to protect Reality Winner, who was sentenced to 5.25 years, and whose mom is now a corrections officer to learn what her daughter's life is like https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chuck Ross / @chuckrossdc: >@benyt goes after The Intercept over the Reality Winner situation. The column doesn't mention that two government leakers to Buzzfeed (James Wolfe and Natalie Edwards) were prosecuted for leaks while he was editor https://www.nytimes.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: @jgentgesdo The article makes clear that I had no role in the story or the handling of the documents but maybe you're illiterate and therefore can't process that part.
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: @ChuckRossDC @benyt It also doesn't mention the NYT sources who were prosecuted: https://www.nytimes.com/... (Also forgot to mention that the NYT had a big part of the Snowden archive but shut down its reporting on it years before TI did)
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Has NYT “fully regained its swagger” since it helped lie the country into one its worst wars, had a reporter do serial fabulism, suppressed the story of Bush's illegal domestic spying until Jim Risen threatened to publish it in his book, & imploded with internal strife in 2020?
@wilson__valdez: The other main takeaway is that Glenn Greenwald was presented with a whistleblower leaked internal NSA documents on the RUSSIA story that he'd been obsessed with for years....and just completely dismissed it & waved it away b/c it went against his priors. As a journalist does. https://twitter.com/...
@wilson__valdez: And yet again, Reality Winner's direct reason for leaking was that she was a fan of TI, was listening to their podcast & heard Greenwald's ‘skepticism’ of Russian interference (& naively believed it was in good faith). Glenn Greenwald is the direct reason she leaked. https://twitter.com/...
@wilson__valdez: And what did she get for her sacrifice of leaking to an outlet she trusted, to convince Glenn that his skepticism was misplaced? A bunch of amateur hour behavior, from an outlet with ‘lofty’ standards that ultimately got her locked up. https://twitter.com/...
@wilson__valdez: And then, to put the cherry on top, the outlet that is so insistent on ‘holding everyone accountable’ basically swept it under the rug with absolutely no accountability. B/c it's principles for thee, not for me. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: There are good writers and reporters at The Intercept who do a good job. But damn if this isn't a damning profile of how they completely screwed Reality Winner. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: “The startling carelessness about protecting Ms. Winner was particularly mystifying at an organization that had been founded on security. The Intercept had hired leaders in digital security...Mr. Cole did not involve them at all.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Reality Winner is still in a federal prison (and recovering there from COVID) because Intercept journalists blew her cover. And then they botched their own investigation. So this is Greenwald's takeaway from the @benyt piece that landed tonight⬇️⬇ ️ https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@cmclymer: Goddamn, dude. Goddamn. They thoroughly screwed over Reality Winner. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Katie MacBride / @msmacb: A thorough accounting of this is so long overdue https://www.nytimes.com/...
@azi: “Not only was this a cover-up and betrayal of core values, but the lack of any meaningful accountability promoted a culture of impunity and puts future sources at risk.” — Laura Poitras to @benyt: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rob Lee / @ralee85: The hypocrisy here is astounding. This is exactly what the Intercept routinely criticizes the DoD and intelligence community for. Zero accountability or transparency. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jon Evans / @rezendi: Old news, kind of moot, but darkly interesting that The Intercept outed Reality Winner basically because they hired traditional journalists in an attempt to be/seem more establishment... but it turned out their new hires couldn't even spell “opsec.” https://www.google.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: “Greenwald was in Brazil and when he heard about the [Reality Winner] document, he was not interested. He told me that he considered its claims about Russian hacking during the 2016 race ‘wildly overblown’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob: I didn't know that one of the reporters on the Intercept's Reality Winner story is now the chief spokesman of the NYPD https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimes: Failing to protect an anonymous leaker is a cardinal sin in journalism, writes @benyt. The remarkable thing in the instance of Reality Winner — a whistle-blower and NSA linguist — is that The Intercept didn't seem to try to protect its source. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: This is well worth reading. I hope someone with an equivalent platform — obviously it won't be his — does an equally scathing take on the multiple, repeated, and catastrophic-to-the-republic scandals at the NY Times, many of which the organization has yet to even acknowledge. https://twitter.com/...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Just stunningly inept https://twitter.com/...
@dancow: Damn, Reality Winner's mom came out of retirement and took a job at a local jail “so she could feel closer to her daughter, and understand her experience behind bars” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Judy Trinh / @judyatrinh: A fascinating look at how lofty journalism goals are undone by the desire to break big news. The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything. But It Didn't Protect a Source. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
Disney's Mulan brings in $23.2M during its Chinese opening weekend, lagging behind the $30M brought in by Nolan's Tenet, likely due to piracy and media blackout — Disney's “Mulan” is struggling to find a foothold at the Chinese box offic, mustering an opening weekend of $23.2 million …
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@zhugeex, New York Times, @brooksbarnesnyt, Variety, @amyyqin, @saitomri, @amyyqin, @amyyqin, @amyyqin, The A.V. Club, Hollywood Reporter, CNN and Deadline
Discussion:
Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex: Mulan is bombing in China. Its first two days at box office has generated total sales of approximately $16 million. It has only just passed the RMB 100 million mark and its opening weekend (3 days) might even fall short of RMB 200 million ($30m). https://twitter.com/...
Brooks Barnes / @brooksbarnesnyt: China ordered news services to minimize coverage of Mulan's arrival after the credits blowup. Add piracy and bad reviews and Mulan took in disappointing $23M in wknd sales in China — on par with Maleficent's debut in 2014. That film only did $48M total. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rebecca Davis / Variety: China Box Office: ‘Mulan’ Is No Hero With $23 Million Debut
Amy Qin / @amyyqin: “Usually when a lot of foreigners go to Xinjiang, officials there are pretty sensitive,” one crew member told @amy_changchien. “But actually our filming process went very smoothly because the local government was very supportive and understanding at the time.”
Mari Saito / @saitomri: Top studio executives had not seen the Xinjiang credits, according to three people briefed on the matter, and no one involved with the production had warned that footage from the area was perhaps not a good idea. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Amy Qin / @amyyqin: The filmmakers of Mulan may not have known what was happening in Xinjiang when they chose it as one of 20 locations in China to shoot scenery, but by the time a camera crew arrived in August 2018 the mass detention camps were all over the news.
Amy Qin / @amyyqin: All that effort for what ended up being just 1 minute of footage from Xinjiang in the almost 2 hour film, and a so far only tepid reception from a Chinese audiences. Mulan currently has 4.8/10 stars on Douban & took in a humdrum $8 million on opening day (vs Lion King's $13m)
Amy Qin / @amyyqin: How did Disney, one of the savviest companies when it comes to operating in a China, get caught so flat footed? Our deep dive on the Mulan controversy, w/@brooksbarnesNYT Disney Wanted to Make a Splash in China With ‘Mulan.’ It Stumbled Instead. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: ‘Mulan’ Malfunctions in China With $23M Opening
Frank Pallotta / CNN: ‘Mulan’ has a lackluster box office debut in China
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Tenet, the first major movie debut since the pandemic's start, passes $200M globally, despite lackluster North American box office sales of $6.7M in 2nd weekend
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David Sims / The Atlantic: Hollywood's Tenet Experiment Failed
Hoai-Tran Bui / /Film: Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Hits $200 Million Globally Despite Low Domestic Numbers, ‘Mulan’ Falters in China
Christopher Rosen / Vanity Fair: What Does Tenet's Rough Run Mean for Theatrical Blockbusters?
Travis Clark / Business Insider: ‘Mulan’ flopped in its box-office debut in China
Scott Mendelson / Forbes: Box Office: ‘Tenet’ Absolutely Failed To Save Movie Theaters
@variety: Warner Bros. decision to tightly control #Tenet's box office reporting may no longer be the exception to the rule. It could signal a new precedent for media companies always eager to avoid scrutiny https://variety.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Red Ventures says it has agreed to buy CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M in a deal expected to close in Q4 2020 — ViacomCBS is offloading CNET Media Group in a $500 million deal with digital-marketing company Red Ventures, which announced the deal Monday.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: ViacomCBS to Sell CNET to Red Ventures for $500 Million
Alissa McAloon / Gamasutra: ViacomCBS sells Metacritic, GameSpot, others to Red Ventures in $500 million deal
Dawn Geske / International Business Times: What The $500 Million CNET Media Deal Means For Red Ventures
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost: Red Ventures To Acquire CNET Media Group For $500 Million
Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times: ViacomCBS sells CNET Media for less than half what CBS paid in 2008
Jeremy Kaplan / @smashdawg: Welp, end of a long journey for CNET. It'll be interesting to see what (if anything) this means for the site and its army of great writers and editors .... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Tim Stevens / @tim_stevens: I am very excited to be able to formally call @ZachHonig a colleague again, and to have an opportunity to get to know the rest of the @thepointsguy team a little better. https://variety.com/... via @variety
@kerrymflynn: “CNET Media Group has 980 employees and ‘our plan is to grow CNET in ways unforeseen,’ a Red Ventures rep told Variety. She declined to address whether the company anticipates any layoffs following the deal close...” https://variety.com/...
Todd Spangler / @xpangler: CNET Media Group has 980 employees and “our plan is to grow CNET in ways unforeseen,” a Red Venture rep told me https://variety.com/...
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: ViacomCBS to Sell CNET to Red Ventures for $500 Million
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: ViacomCBS to sell CNET for $500 million to Red Ventures
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Inside Turner Sports' plan to fix Bleacher Report's diversity problem, where a report found 10% of its staff were Black and there were none at VP level or above — This article is part of the Future of Work briefing, a weekly email with stories, interviews, trends and links about how work, workplaces and workforces are changing.
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Ian Casselberry / Awful Announcing: Bleacher Report taking steps to address diversity, but current employees want to see more
Tim Peterson / @petersontee: Latest on Bleacher Report's D&I problems: - Turner Sports has shared w B/R employees a D&I action plan (see article for full copy) - B/R employees say early steps are promising but waiting for changes to have an impact & discouraged by recent layoffs https://digiday.com/...
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC will lay off all radio reporters and ask them to reapply for a smaller number of jobs in TV, radio, or digital, rather than as dedicated audio journalists — BBC radio voices have described and defined modern British history. Live reports from inside a British bomber over Germany during …
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Jon Holmes / @jonholmes1: This absolutely needs highlighting. Radio is consumed far more than TV. Massive error. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Williams / @newskate: This makes me very sad. Radio reporting requires great skill, the powers of description should never be under rated. It is what I enjoyed the most when I was out in the road as a BBC regional reporter - painting pictures with words. https://twitter.com/...
Robin Lustig / @robinlustig: This is sad - and, in my view, a mistake. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mark Brown / @markoneinfour: Bbc radio news is everything people complain that modern news isn't. It's the only news that makes me feel I understand more, not less about events. https://twitter.com/...
Susan Campbell / @susancbcquebec: “It is sad, because I used to be out with my microphone and recorder all the time, speaking to people and finding the right sounds.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mark Roberts / @markrobt: My condolences to the people who have to go through this. Having to reapply for your own job is a cruel and sadistic procedure. https://twitter.com/...
Robbie Hawkins / @robbiehawkins__: This is beyond stupid and very sad. Radio and TV are completely different arts and should be treated as such. https://twitter.com/...
Steve Doherty / @stevedoherty1: Terrible idea. They tried something similar (bi-media, when there were only 2!) in the 90s. It didn't work then, either. Skilled professional broadcasters are more than numbers on a spreadsheet. https://twitter.com/...
Miranda Sawyer / @msmirandasawyer: Also, would like to highlight this. It's such a huge mistake. I've heard podcasts made by telly people, and they come nowhere near to these reporters' audio and investigative excellence. Being good at presenting is not the same as making good radio https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jon Harvey / @jondharvey: BBC Radio comprises a fraction of the licence fee and its value massively outweighs its cost. From the experience of working across the corporation for 8 years, it's definitely not where the next round of cuts should fall. https://twitter.com/...
Katherine O'Donnell / @kathy__odonnell: This about more than losing journalists with a valuable skill set. It is degrading the depth and quality of news available to the public from its own broadcaster. In a time of dishonest and corrupt government, that's a punch in the guts. https://twitter.com/...
CNN:
All major TV networks, including Fox News, stayed outside while Trump held an indoor rally with thousands of mostly-unmasked fans — News outlets exhibited more responsibility than the president. — I understand that Trump's “what pandemic?” attitude is shared by many of his supporters …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Trump's COVID Denialism Reaches New Heights With Packed Indoor Rally
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Today I spoke with 5 people on the ground in Nevada and 5 who are involved in news coverage decision-making back at HQ. The takeaway: Trump's defiance of Covid safety guidelines is forcing news outlets to make tough calls about keeping staffers safe. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The WH press pool still attended Sunday's rally, so that all the other outlets were provided with video, photos and raw material. “There is definitely some anxiety in the pool...” https://www.cnn.com/...
Jonathan Lemire / @jonlemire: “Few in the crowd wore masks, with one clear exception: Those in the stands directly behind Trump, whose images would end up on TV, were asked to wear face coverings.” https://apnews.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: It has come to this: The country's major TV networks decided to stay outdoors while Trump held an indoor rally on Sunday. News outlets exhibited more responsibility than the president: https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist: Coronavirus Updates: 42% Of Public School Families Have Now Signed Up For Online Learning Only
Colby Hall / Mediaite: Only Indoor Rally Attendees Standing Directly Behind Trump (and On TV) Apparently Asked to Wear Masks
Chris Jaffe / YouTube Blog:
YouTube says it is launching an early beta of YouTube Shorts, a 15-second video feature, in India — - By Chris Jaffe VP of Product Management Sep.14.2020 … YouTube has always been a place to be entertained — from your favorite dance trends, like Evolution of Dance, Roller Skate Dances …
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: In other news, YouTube has unveiled its TikTok competitor this morning called “Shorts” https://blog.youtube/...
Julia Alexander / The Verge: YouTube starts rolling out its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: Looking forward to LinkedInTok. A foresaken Microsoft will gets its retribution. https://twitter.com/...
Garett Sloane / @garettsloane: Do YouTube Shorts stand a chance to overtake TikTok, a lot could ride on perceived brand safety of both platforms, too. https://blog.youtube/...
Jason Aycock / Seeking Alpha: YouTube introduces Shorts, its own TikTok-alike feature
@ytcreatorsindia: Did you know that the 1st video uploaded to YouTube was an 18 second short video? Now, we are introducing YouTube Shorts beta, a new way to create short vertical videos from the YouTube app. Rolling out soon. https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
Abner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube combating TikTok with ‘Shorts,’ focusing on easy creation & discovery in main app
Sean Burch / The Wrap: YouTube Launches Shorts, Its New TikTok Competitor
Vadim Lavrusik / @lavrusik: Some news: This week in India we're launching an early beta of YouTube Shorts, a new way to create, discover and watch entertaining short videos on YouTube. I couldn't be more proud of my team & the hard work that's gone into this. More to come. https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
YouTube India / @youtubeindia: YouTube Shorts beta is here - a new way to watch and create short, vertical videos. Discover them on the Shorts shelf on the YouTube app homepage. Ready to create? Soon, we will start rolling out new creation tools in the YouTube app. https://blog.youtube/... https://twitter.com/...
@navjosh: With soo many tools at hand, it's gonna get more and more complicated for artists to promote their material. YouTube is officially launching their TikTok-like feature called “Shorts” of course it starts with India first. https://blog.youtube/...
Turner Novak / @turnernovak: Official beta launch for YouTube Shorts, its mobile camera tool, in India. Seems to be focused on creation, looks like discovery will happen within YT. Looking like YT's long-term strategy involves blending various content formats within the app. https://twitter.com/...
Akiko Fujita / @akikofujita: First Reels, now Shorts. @YouTube rolling out its version of TikTok. Worth noting, Alphabet testing the feature first in India, where TikTok is banned. https://blog.youtube/...
Britt Hayes / The A.V. Club: YouTube is introducing its own TikTok knockoff
Alex Heath / @alexeheath: YouTube/Google positioning this as its main competitor to TikTok, as we reported it was planning to do in April https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Also used data about TT users on Android to speed up rollout plan for Shorts in India, where TT is banned https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: YouTube announces TikTok competitor in India, where TikTok is banned
Brendan Morrow / The Week: YouTube is launching a TikTok competitor called Shorts
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: YouTube to launch TikTok rival Shorts, rolls out beta in India
Eli Blumenthal / CNET: YouTube is adding a new Shorts format to rival TikTok, Instagram Reels
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Taboola and Outbrain CEOs confirm the breakdown of their merger, announced nearly a year ago, over revised terms, as the pandemic depressed ad rates — Taboola sought new deal terms from Outbrain as coronavirus pandemic affected both companies' business — The sharp advertising downturn caused …
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:
YouTuber Logan Paul says his merch brand made between $30M and $40M in its first year — In the latest episode of his podcast Impaulsive, where host Logan Paul sat down with digital svengali John Shahidi — the co-founder of talent management and production studio Shots …
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: If @youtube is new @mtv (it's TV) then not surprising to see stars it creates sell merchandise, in previous era replace Logan Paul etc with rock acts. Same phenomenon. But YT is new TV, not just MTV, so it's spawning empires in other areas like fashion etc https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Madison Malone Kircher / @4evrmalone: There's a TMZ clip of Logan just after the dead body demonetization incident of 2018 where the pap is like “are you worried about money” and he just laughs and gestures to his Maverick branded sweatshirt that is burned into my brain. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times:
Profile of Vanessa Pappas, an ex-YouTube exec and TikTok's N. America chief since 2018, who took over as interim global chief amid its geopolitical predicament — Vanessa Pappas is keeping a focus on the app's community of creators and users as it deals with pressure from President Trump, Beijing and a possible sale.
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David Pierce / Protocol: The impossible TikTok deal
Nick Tangorra / @nicktangorra: This is an incredible read and it was an absolute pleasure to be interviewed about all that TikTok & Vanessa are continuing to do for our creator community❤️ https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: Vanessa Pappas, TikTok's interim global head, said that unlike Facebook or Twitter, TikTok wasn't wholly dependent on one's social graph, or how many friends someone had. The app's discovery algorithm instead surfaces popular trending content from people. https://www.nytimes.com/...
The Daily Beast:
Washington Post reported as genuine a fake FBI raid on infamous right-wing trickster Jack Burkman's house, staged by Jacob Wohl, before adding a correction — A Virginia man who responded to a Craigslist ad seeking actors to play FBI agents quickly discovered he'd been roped into yet another Wohl/Burkman hoax
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@emilytroutman, Washington Post, Washingtonian, @bostonjoan, @oliverdarcy, @originalspin, @dellcam, @willsommer, @kenklippenstein, @ne0liberal and @oliverdarcy
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Emily Troutman / @emilytroutman: Extremely embarrassing (and scary) that Washington Post fell for this prank @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post: FBI says no raid was conducted at home of conservative conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: The FBI Says It Didn't Raid Jack Burkman's House
Just Joan / @bostonjoan: A classic media manipulation hoax, including some costumes, hired actors, a telegram channel, and crimes. At the end of all of this, who funds these guys? https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WaPo has added this editor's note to its story “Editor's Note: After initial publication of this story, additonal reporting indicates that the raid likely was staged. The story will continue to be updated.” Still unclear how this got published in the first place.
Jeff Yang / @originalspin: I'm old enough to remember when headlines about “blundering conservative operatives” meant “Project Veritas” but not old enough to remember when it meant “Watergate” https://twitter.com/...
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: The before/after of the WaPo story about the fake Burkman raid. It boggles the mind that any editor would pull the trigger on a wholly unverified claim from known fraudsters Wohl and Burkman. This isn't bad luck, it's a major lapse in vetting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Will Sommer / @willsommer: Blundering conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman staged a fake FBI raid on Burkman's house. The Washington Post fell for it. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ...
Ken Klippenstein / @kenklippenstein: This could have been avoided by simply googling “Jacob Wohl” https://twitter.com/...
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