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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In an interview on Wednesday, Chris Wallace conceded he was initially reluctant to step in during the Trump-Biden debate, saying he doesn't favor muting mics — The veteran anchor conceded he was initially “reluctant” to step in during the Trump-Biden matchup. “I've never been through anything like this,” he said.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times: Moderator Chris Wallace on the wild presidential debate: ‘It was revealing’
Neal Colgrass / Newser: Chris Wallace Does Some ‘Soul-Searching’
Jeremy Stahl / Slate: We Counted Every Single Time Trump Interrupted During the First Presidential Debate
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Presidential Debate Viewership Falls From 2016 To 73.1 Million; Fox News Tops Ratings
Caitlin McFall / Fox News: Senior Democratic leadership urge Biden to continue with debates
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Chris Wallace Opens Up After Chaotic Debate: ‘I Never Dreamt That It Would Go Off the Tracks the Way It Did’
Fadel Allassan / Axios: Chris Wallace reflects on debate: “I've never been through anything like this”
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart: Rush Limbaugh: Joe Biden, Chris Wallace Were ‘Ganging Up’ on Donald Trump
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Lachlan MURDOCH toasted Chris Wallace in Cleveland with a glass of champagne last night, although Wallace tells me: “I didn't feel much like celebrating.” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott also on-hand. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Arnold / @schwarzenegger: I think Chris Wallace did a very good job considering the unruly situation. Next time, I'm available to help straighten it out.
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: Chris Wallace says he's ‘sad’ debate went ‘off the tracks’
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Chris Wallace: ‘I Never Dreamt That It Would Go Off the Tracks the Way It Did’
Jerry Dunleavy / @jerrydunleavy: I never dreamt that it wouldn't, since Trump has been on the political scene and in debates since 2015 and has always been exactly the same as he was last night. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “After the debate, Biden came up to Wallace and whispered in his ear: 'I bet you didn't think you were signing up for a boxing match.' Trump nodded to Wallace but said nothing to the moderator before exiting the stage.” https://www.latimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Another interview with Chris Wallace reflecting on what went wrong: https://twitter.com/...
@chriswarcraft: NARRATOR: “Literally everyone knew that was going to be the president's strategy.” https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Chris Wallace Says He's ‘Never Been Through Anything’ Like Biden-Trump Debate
Alex Shephard / New Republic: The Right Is Blaming Chris Wallace for Trump's Terrible Debate Performance
CNN: It wasn't a debate, it was a disgrace — “If you want to switch seats,” moderator Chris Wallace …
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Chris Wallace Is ‘Disappointed’ With The Way The First Presidential Debate Went Down
Jim Swift / The Bulwark: The Worst Debate Takes
Sky Palma / Raw Story: Fox News' Chris Wallace admits he lost control of Trump-Biden debate: It went ‘completely off the tracks’
Quint Forgey / Politico: Debates commission says it will add order to Trump and Biden's remaining showdowns
Jennifer ‘Vote Early’ Rubin / @jrubinblogger: He never dreamt it would go off track?? How can a journalist have been so unprepared for what was entirely predictable. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: *sigh* [He never dreamed it would go off the rails. I mean—how would one know, unless she had been watching every crazy televised presser and rally. I mean—no way one could have called that] https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: Chris Wallace is ‘sad’
Katie Rogers / @katierogers: “I never dreamt that it would go off the tracks the way it did.” Is he serious? https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott & President Jay Wallace send out note to staff calling debate a “unique situation” and hailing Chris Wallace: “No moderator could have managed a debate of that magnitude better than Chris” Chris Wallace to NYT: “A terrible missed opportunity.” https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: More: Murdoch (Lachlan), Suzanne Scott, and Jay Wallace, president of Fox News Media, all led a toast to Wallace at the Cleveland airport before all flew home from last night's debate.
Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08: “I never dreamt that it would go off the tracks the way it did,” Chris Wallace said. Really? What about watching - and frankly enabling - Trump over the past four years made you think this would go any other way? https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Francesca Chambers / @fran_chambers:
The Commission on Presidential Debates says it is considering adding “additional structure” to the format “to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues” — The Commission on Presidential Debates speaks: https://twitter.com/...
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@norahodonnell: EXCLUSIVE: @CBSNews has learned the Commission on Presidential Debates plans to issue strict new rules in the coming days that include cutting off a candidate's microphone if they violate the rules, per an informed source. More tonight on the @CBSEveningNews
Aaron Blake / Washington Post: Trump was the interrupter-in-chief at Tuesday's debate. It wasn't close.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: The Commission on Presidential Debates says it will change debate format, however, no decision yet on cutting off microphones.
Porter Anderson / @porter_anderson: Media: @brianstelter to @ErinBurnett on the Debate Commission: “This is a gentlemanly, old-fashioned, can't-we-all-just-get-along commission that exists in a blood-sport world. They've got to make changes. So far, no decisions have been made” as to how to adjust the #debates. https://twitter.com/...
Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip: Commission on Presidential Debates has issued a statement on last night's debacle: “Last night's debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues.” More changes to be announced...
Sam Gringlas / NPR: Debate Organizers Say They Will Make Format Changes For Next Time
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: INBOX: The Commission on Presidential Debates is considering rule changes after last night. https://twitter.com/...
Ashley Feinberg / @ashleyfeinberg: i have seen shock collars mentioned as a “joke” but tbh if you want to be president that badly you should absolutely be willing to take a little jolt https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Right. So the Commission is now asking itself: Which is the optimal format for a debate when one of the participants is a sociopath? I think you can see the problem with that. https://twitter.com/...
Nina Burleigh / @ninaburleigh: “additional structure” is Commission-speak for a mic mute button. https://twitter.com/...
Geoff Bennett / @geoffrbennett: New statement from the Commission on Presidential Debates: “Last night's debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. The CPD will be carefully considering the changes ...”
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I am not optimistic for many reasons: 1. Same psychotic on the stage. 2. These moderators are not up to the task. CSPAN? A stenographic White House correspondent? A socializing Beltway correspondent? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Shakira Sison / @shakirasison: Those who speak out of turn will be dunked in water. https://twitter.com/...
Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff: Trying to imagine what “additional structure” would look like. Maybe they'll switch the whole thing to Zoom with poor Wi-fi connections. https://twitter.com/...
Tsar Becket Adams / @becketadams: going forward, debate moderators will have their choice of a trapdoor, hounds, a gong, or a cattle prod. https://twitter.com/...
Diane Duane / @dduane: “...Additional tools.” ...I don't know about the rest of you, but my imagination's running a bit wild. 🤣 https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: The Rules @debates set were clear. The campaigns agreed to them. But if candidates won't abide by them, there's no point in changing, The “structure” needed to make the next 2 debates work is to remove the ability to interject during those first 2 minutes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Larry Sabato / @larrysabato: This might work as long as the person with the red button uses it generously. But I wonder if Trump will submit? https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Failing some radical reform in the debate format that gives moderators more power, there's no reason for the next two debates to take place as scheduled — Chris Wallace wanted to be “invisible” as the moderator of the first presidential debate. “If I've done my job right,” …
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Matt Viser / @mviser: JUST IN: Statement from the Commission on Presidential Debates: “Last night's debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues.” https://twitter.com/...
Justin Peters / Slate: The Debate Was Good! — The moderation: subtly effective. The president: utterly bonkers.
Emma Green / The Atlantic: Why Can't He Just Say It? — The question Chris Wallace posed to President Donald Trump was direct.
Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company: Every time Joe Biden or Chris Wallace told Donald Trump to shut up at the first debate
Jon Allsop / @jon_allsop: Fixing the debates will take more than tweaks: it'll take a fundamental reassessment of how the American media covers them, and how it covers debates—in the broadest sense of that word—in society at large. Me today for @CJR: https://www.cjr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “I never dreamt that it would go off the tracks the way it did,” said Chris Wallace about moderating the debate last night. “I didn't realize — and there was no way you could, hindsight being 20/20 — that this was going to be the president's strategy.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News: ‘That was a sh—show,’ CNN's Dana Bash says of Trump vs. Biden debate
Josh Barro / @jbarro: Oh good grief. Of all the people to complain that Trump has gotten too much TV time. https://twitter.com/...
BrooklynDad_Defiant / @mmpadellan: Joe Biden should NOT do any more debates until they figure out how to give a moderator the ability to control trump, like a taser or something. That shit was absolutely ridiculous.
Katharine Murphy / @murpharoo: What to do when the format fails because one protagonist won't be contained or constrained by formats. (Kind of amazing from this distance to watch American commentators rediscover every day that Trump is Trump) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... #Debates2020
Rebecca Ballhaus / @rebeccaballhaus: Chris Wallace on what he was feeling when he called the debate to a temporary halt and told the candidates that “the country would be better served” by fewer interruptions: “The answer to that question is easy: Desperation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brad Reed / Raw Story: Commission on Presidential Debates vows changes after Trump spends 90 minutes interrupting Biden
Anthony Ha / @anthonyha: Still trying to wrap my head around the idea that there might be another three hours of this https://twitter.com/...
Katherine Faulders / @kfaulders: Recalling his thoughts as he sat onstage, with tens of millions of Americans watching live, Mr. Wallace said: “I'm a pro. I've never been through anything like this.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: “Wallace was far from invisible. Instead, he was ineffective. Profoundly so.” - @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Cheryl Rofer / @cherylrofer: Debate Commission: It's up to you now. Fix these debates or cancel them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mosheh Oinounou / @mosheh: Wallace also warns that the ability of muting mics might not work either, adding that the person interrupting can still be picked up by the other person's mic. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Bennett / @katebennett_dc: Chris Wallace's advice to @kwelkernbc : “If either man goes down this road, I hope you'll be quicker to realize what's going on than I was. I didn't have that advance warning.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Wallace needed to do something far more powerful than politely urge the president to follow the rules and stop interrupting Joe Biden,” @Sulliview writes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@niemanlab: Until the news media takes genuine policy debates seriously on a consistent basis, “debates—in the narrower sense of that word—will, like so much else in America, continue to be a shitshow,” @Jon_Allsop writes. https://www.cjr.org/...
Miriam Goldstein / @miriamgoldste: Before last night, it had been 20 years since a moderator asked a presidential candidate a direct question on climate change. Last night's 11-min debate was the FIRST-EVER. We heard about Biden's actual real very good climate plan, contrasted with Trump's lies & distractions.
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: There should not be a second debate. We now know how it will proceed. The Commission on Presidential Debates should stop right here.
Sheila Coronel / @sheilacoronel: .@cjr has a good roundup of the #Debates2020 punditry. “Last night was the logical endpoint of debates in America.” Agree https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: Agree with this proposal from @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... See also @GrahamDavidA https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
John F. Harris / Politico: An Epic Moment of National Shame: The Debate Was an Embarrassment for the Ages
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason: As ‘Dumpster Fire’ Debate Rages, Jorgensen Quietly Presents an Alternative
Siladitya Ray / Forbes: ‘Incomprehensible Squabble’: International Media Slams Trump-Biden Debate As National Humilation For America
Susan Crabtree / Real Clear Politics: Biden Survives Trump's Steamroller
Fionnuala O'Leary / The Sun: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump a ‘white supremacist’ and warns ‘fascism is at our door’ in stunning attack
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast: ‘Fox & Friends’ Trashes Trump for Blowing the Debate Over White Supremacists
Colby Hall / Mediaite: Trump Refuses to Tell Supporters to Stay Calm During Election, Instead Demands They Swarm Polls and ‘Watch Very Carefully’
Mark Moore / New York Post: Biden says Green New Deal is not his plan, but campaign site calls it ‘crucial framework’
Corey Atad / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: Late-Night Hosts Go Live To Cover ‘Nightmare’ Trump Vs. Biden Debate
Walter Shapiro / New Republic: The Desperation of Donald Trump
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Hundreds of thousands watched the Trump-Biden debate on Amazon-owned Twitch, with streamers who normally narrate gaming sessions providing instant commentary — The Amazon-owned platform, known for livestreams of video games, was a gathering spot for viewers seeking a different spin.
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Noah Kulwin / @nkulw: My disgusting eating habits are in the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@hzguo616: @tiffkhsu A deeper dive into how people are actually covering news on twitch and why that viewership matters in the current and future political landscape would be better but screw them for doing that cuz that's just where people just play games right... hasSadge
Rod Breslau / @slasher: now calling all streamers webcammers especially league of legends pro xqc https://twitter.com/...
Tiffany Hsu / @tiffkhsu: Sure, CNN called it a “s*** show,” but Twitch also had plenty of salty analysis on the “Presidential Debate Cringefest 2020.” Hundreds of thousands of people tuned in for comments like: “This is like trying to watch a subtitled movie when you're drunk.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ryan Grim / @ryangrim: @MaryamSaleh @aidachavez The Times covered the stream but missed this most newsworthy of moments https://www.nytimes.com/...
Connor T Murphy / @connortmurph: @JustinRYoung When you've got a chance, it's worth a read. The Times might look down on Twitch as a place to talk politics but as a campaign op it's a huge opportunity to reach less engaged voters. Biden's team created a Twitch today for that very reason. https://www.google.com/...
Kellen Browning / @kellen_browning: “Armchair analysts on other Twitch channels scarfed down pizza, smoked cigars and swigged beer.” @tiffkhsu on the world of debate livestreamers, who offered “scorching-hot analysis and salty talk” last night on Twitch. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hutch / @hutchinson: I was featured in a NYT article lol https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rod Breslau / @slasher: the NY Times wrote a whole article on everyone watching the debate on Twitch featuring Hasan, Chapo, Hutchinson, David Pakman, and my favorite political streamers, xqc and Mizkif https://www.nytimes.com/...
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Nielsen: 73M+ people watched the first Trump-Biden debate across 16 TV channels, lower than the first Trump-Clinton debate, but higher than almost all others — New York (CNN Business)More than 65 million people watched the first debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday night.
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Sara Fischer / Axios: Over 73 million people watched the first debate on TV
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Trump Goes After Chris Wallace, Says He's ‘So Disappointed in Fox’ at Minnesota Rally
Brian Morrissey / @bmorrissey: Will drop by 25% or more for next one after that atrocity. I'd think of all things Trump would know that is bad TV. https://twitter.com/...
Hannah Bleau / Breitbart: Trump-Biden Debate Ratings Drop from 2016 Opener
@tvmojoe: Been #Buffering, but here's my dive into the (huge) ratings for last night's #PresidentialDebate. Fun fact: The 2020 debate actually had a bigger audience among voters 55+ than 2016's first debate. It fell short of the record because younger viewers bailed https://www.vulture.com/...
@usatodaydc: Fox News Channel drew 17.1 million viewers, the most of any network, while ABC led the broadcast pack with 12.1 million viewers. https://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/ ...
Juqual / @juqual87: Wanna give some major props to @hasanthehun , @ryangrim and @AustinOnTwitter for providing some great debate coverage on Twitch last night. Hasan has come some way and Ryan is an A-list political pundit and reporter. 126k viewers at max, easily doubling other top streamers.
M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler: So you're telling me that people didn't want to take a break from the shitshow that is 2020 in order to watch a shitshow on TV? https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Here's the thing about the debate ratings: If you exclude the record-breaking first debate of 2016, which was off the charts, last night was HUGE. It was higher rated than almost every other debate in modern history. https://www.cnn.com/...
Hasanabi / @hasanthehun: i have more live viewers on twitch rn than steven crowder on youtube. get fucked you mug club dorks.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Here's my final debate ratings story. Upwards of 73 million viewers made it one of the highest rated debates in U.S. history. And the audience was just as big at the end as it was at the beginning, despite the shit show on stage. (Or maybe because of it?) https://www.cnn.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Moderating his second presidential debate, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace struggled to keep the event coherent, pleading at times with Trump to let Biden speak — On the eve of Tuesday night's presidential debate, Chris Wallace of Fox News declared his goal as the evening's moderator: “My job is to be as invisible as possible.”
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Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: Journalists! Please please please do not try to interview the Proud Boys. They seek media attention and then use it to spread their toxic message. When reporting on tonight's debate, call them white supremacists. But do not give them a mic. https://www.google.com/...
James Fallows / The Atlantic: A Disgusting Night for Democracy
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times: Column: Presidential debates worked a lot better when women called the shots
Donald J. Trump / @realdonaldtrump: Chris had a tough night. Two on one was not surprising, but fun. Many important points made, like throwing Bernie, AOC PLUS 3, and the rest, to the wolves! Radical Left is dumping Sleepy Joe. Zero Democrat enthusiasm, WEAK Leadership! https://twitter.com/...
Lawrence Yee / The Wrap: ‘Fox & Friends’ Host Brian Kilmeade Says Trump ‘Ruined the Biggest Layup in the History of Debates’ (Video)
@axios: Chris Wallace: “Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down...” Trump: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by! But I'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left.” https://twitter.com/...
Pod Save America / @podsaveamerica: .@ddale8 🔥🔥🔥: “I think it's important for us as journalists to say when both sides are not alike. and they are not alike tonight. we had an avalanche of lying from Donald Trump.” https://twitter.com/...
Josh Barro / @jbarro: People are hating on Chris Wallace but I think there was no way to moderate this debate effectively.
Ibram X. Kendi / @dribram: I'll be curious to see the breakdown on speaking time. And that breakdown should include Chris Wallace. I've heard his voice too much tonight. #Debates2020
Gene Maddaus / Variety: Donald Trump Insults and Interrupts Joe Biden in First Debate
Hannah Bleau / Breitbart: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Debate Showed that ‘Donald Trump Is a White Supremacist’
Chris Willman / Variety: Helen Reddy, ‘I Am Woman’ Singer, Dies at 78
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Chris Wallace Calls Out Trump in Fiery Health Care Debate, Trump Shoots Back: 'I Guess I'm Debating You, Not Him'
Nick Robinson / @bbcnickrobinson: Having chaired a Prime Ministerial debate I have nothing but sympathy for Chris Wallace who is a top class interviewer. I spent hours prepping what I would do if one of the leaders did a Trump & ignored the rules #Debates2020 https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Wallace's performance will be remembered for his not standing up to Trump and laying down the law early on, and then—after it was too late—shouting at the current President. Like a bad parent, he was absent when needed & overbearing when it was too late.” https://www.cnn.com/...
@joncoopertweets: A Disgusting Night for Democracy Donald Trump made it so, and Chris Wallace let him. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Megan McArdle / @asymmetricinfo: This is not how journalism works. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog: What Did You Expect? — There may have been a presidential debate on Tuesday night …
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “On social media, some viewers at home called for the president's microphone to be shut off, but that was a power Mr. Wallace did not possess: Neither campaign would have agreed beforehand to such a mechanism,” @grynbaum writes https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Bauder / NBC 6 South Florida: Debate Commission to Make Format Changes After Chaotic Trump-Biden Meeting
Kim Masters / @kimmasters: I'm tempted to feel slightly bad for Chris Wallace but then I remember that he lends a thin veneer of legitimacy to a country-wrecking propaganda machine. https://twitter.com/...
Tal Axelrod / The Hill: Trump, allies hammer Wallace after tense debate
Mark Kaufman / Mashable: 4 big takeaways from Chris Wallace's surprise debate questions on climate change
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico: Trump continues jabbing at moderator Wallace in debate's wake
Amol Sharma / @asharma: The debate after the debate: could Chris Wallace have done more to stop the train wreck, or would there need to be rule changes (like shutting off mics)? https://www.wsj.com/...
Isaac Saul / Tangle: The first “debate,” if you'll excuse the expression.
Wendi Aarons / @wendiaarons: Can Chris Wallace be replaced with a mom who's been home with her kids since March? #Debates2020
Ted Lieu / @tedlieu: I disagree with @JamesFallows that Chris Wallace somehow did a disservice. Wallace did America a huge favor by letting the American people see @realDonaldTrump for who he really is. I am glad Wallace let @POTUS show how disgusting he can be. #Debates2020 https://twitter.com/...
Emily Nussbaum / @emilynussbaum: “Stand by” was so chilling.
Wesley / @wesleylowery: “stand back and standby” deserved a followup question and it's hard to imagine a black moderator wouldn't have asked one
Hamza Shaban / @hshaban: The discussion of whether other journalists would be able to better moderate Trump's outbursts sidesteps the more straightforward critique that Chris Wallace asked many poorly phrased questions and did not follow up at crucial moments — which were things fully in his control: https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: If you have on-the-record access to a politician, much less POTUS, and he name-checks a white supremacist group and appears to encourage them — much less explicitly tells them to “standby” — you immediately followup. Whatever your next planned next question is doesn't matter https://twitter.com/...
Laura Ingraham / @ingrahamangle: Biden seems to interrupt with impunity.
@taniel: Not that @ddale8 needs me to sing his praises — but it's so important the way he prefaces his fact check with an umbrella point that sets a big picture clarifying who is responsible for the lion's share of big lies before getting into the weeds where the big balance can be lost.
Mark Joseph Stern / @mjs_dc: Blaming Trump and Biden equally for ruining the debate is the purest form of #bothsides discourse. https://twitter.com/...
Deepak Adhikari / @deepakadk: The tough job of a moderator in a presidential debate. #Debate2020 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Travis Fain / @travisfain: The president: “Can I be honest?” Chris Wallace: “The answer to your question is no.”
Vanessa Williams / @msvanessaw: Or moderate a presidential debate.
Erin Maye Quade / @erinmayequade: I am begging every journalist to not let that terrifying call to the Proud Boys to “stand by” slip by. They are violent white nationalists who have *already murdered someone*.
Colby Itkowitz / @colbyitkowitz: What will stick with me from this debate is Trump interjecting while Biden was speaking about his deceased son because he saw an opening to attack his living son.
Franklin Foer / @franklinfoer: It's annoying to watch TV pundits diagnose this like it's a normal election or a normal campaign. Trump wasn't trying to win votes. He was intentionally trying to disgust people into giving up on poltiics.
Vanessa Williams / @msvanessaw: I don't wanna hear no more questions about whether Black journalists are “ready” to cover presidential politics.
@aapolicyforum: It's journalistic malpractice to lead with these headlines when one of the two candidates refuses to condemn white supremacists or commit to a peaceful transition of power. https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: On the eve of Tuesday's debate, Chris Wallace declared his goal as the evening's moderator: “My job is to be as invisible as possible.” Quite. My take on a bumpy night in Cleveland: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Patty Kuderer / @senpattykuderer: Torturous. Chris Wallace aged 20 years tonight. And America aged even more. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: There was no hope of fact-checking the debates live, but it's amusing that the debate commission guy said there would be plenty of time to check facts after the debate when the most-watched cable network's post-debate show rn is Hannity w/ Huckabee Sanders, Bongino, and Don JR.
@bgrueskin: Ari Fleischer: “This was a train wreck.” And Fleischer, who parroted false information to get us into the Iraq War, knows from train wrecks
Gabe Fleisher / @wakeup2politics: More TV reactions > @jaketapper: “That was a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck.” @mitchellreports: “This was a disgrace.” @NorahODonnell: “Can we really have two more of these debates, after what we saw tonight?”
Gabe Fleisher / @wakeup2politics: Some TV anchor reactions to the debate @DanaBashCNN: “That was a shitshow.” @LesterHoltNBC: “Could have been a low point in American political discourse.” @SavannahGuthrie: “That was crazy.” @GStephanopoulos: “That was the worst presidential debate I've ever seen in my life.”
Mike Murphy / @mcwm: “That was a shitshow” - @DanaBashCNN, live on cable TV about the #Debates2020 tonight
@business: Just as the #PresidentialDebate began, a Cleveland Clinic doctor walked up to a number of unmasked members of the audience on Trump's side of the room and asked them to put on masks. She told Bloomberg's @tylerpager they refused https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brandon Wall / @walldo: what a mess 😑 https://twitter.com/...
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: One hour and 13 minutes into the debate, the moderator reminds the president that he's been violating the rules he agreed to.
Gabby Orr / @gabbyorr_: I can't decide which scenario is more likely to happen. Both seem so plausible. • Trump says Chris Wallace was unfair & bails on the 2nd debate. • Biden says this was an unserious/unhelpful exercise & bails on the 2nd debate.
Charlie Sykes / @sykescharlie: I was afraid this might be a shit show. I had no idea.
@jillwinebanks: Biden is JFK and Trump is Nixon and the result will be the same. Everyone my age remembers that early debate. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Chris Wallace just flailing. Literally the possible worst tv. No value, zero information, zero clarity. Lol Wallace just yelled “stop”. Just flailing.
Andrew Kirell / @andrewkirell: This whole thing is obviously embarrassing, but if Chris Wallace of all people can't get the president to shut up for two seconds, what do you think it'll be like with the C-SPAN guy or the other mild-mannered moderators?
Jeremy Diamond / @jdiamond1: The big question tonight: Will Trump's constant interruptions/interjections backfire? He's making it harder for Biden to get his point across, but voters may see this as bullying pure & simple
Kathleen Purvis / @kathleenpurvis: @tommytomlinson I'd want a whip and chair.
Adam Parkhomenko / @adamparkhomenko: If you see a reporter both-sidesing this freak show, find a new reporter to get your news from.
@adamserwer: Nice that Chris Wallace gave Trump the opportunity to undermine the integrity of the election
Mary Newsom / @marynewsom: Chris Wallace was pitifully lame. Please don't let him moderate any more. Ever.
Tommy Tomlinson / @tommytomlinson: “Well, son, not many people know the history of why the moderator brings a taser to every presidential debate”
Larry Sabato / @larrysabato: Chris Wallace, do your job and tell Donald Trump to stop interrupting! #Debates2020
Katie Simpson / @cbckatie: The Republican crowd at the debate watch party in suburban Cleveland cheered pretty hard for this moment. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Harris-Perry / @mharrisperry: I'd like to hear reporters ask for a response from every single Republican member of the House and Senate about this moment. https://twitter.com/...
Raw Story / @rawstory: Chris Wallace ripped for letting Trump walk all over him in first debate: ‘Is there a backup moderator?’ https://www.rawstory.com/...
@washingtonpost: Trump interrupts Biden ten times in under 3 minutes after health care question https://twitter.com/...
Brooke Singman / Fox News: Trump campaign, RNC declare Trump the winner of first presidential debate
Deadline: Presidential Debate #1 Review: Donald Trump Rants, Joe Biden Plays POTUS & Chris Wallace Loses Control
The Sun: Trump calls Biden incompetent and Dem dubs president a ‘clown’ as furious debate descends into bitter shouting match
Catherine Garcia / The Week: Biden: Trump is trying to cast doubts on mail-in ballots because he's ‘afraid of counting the votes’
Colby Hall / Mediaite: What a Sh*t Show: Highs and (Mostly) Lows from the First Presidential Debate of 2020
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Right-wing news sources and the WH press secretary amplified a conspiracy theory about an electronic earpiece for Biden, hours before the presidential debate
Discussion:
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Discussion:
Joe Biden / @joebiden: It's debate night, so I've got my earpiece and performance enhancers ready. https://twitter.com/...
Kevin Roose / @kevinroose: The “hidden earpiece” theory that's going viral on the right today is not even remotely new. It dates to at least 2000, when Rush Limbaugh accused Al Gore of getting talking points fed to him on “Meet the Press,” and resurfaced in 2004, 2008, and 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: The Biden earpiece conspiracy theory (which originated in a tweet from a single anonymous source to a NYPost reporter, and was instantly denied by the campaign) is everywhere on Facebook. Absolutely everywhere. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: REMINDER: Breitbart is considered by Facebook to be a “trusted news source” and is, therefore, included in the Facebook news tab Here is a Breitbart article about tonight's debate based on the latest QAnon conspiracy theory It's been shared 3K times on Facebook in one hour https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Q posted the earpiece conspiracy theory around 11:40 this morning. QAnon is turning into an aggregator for standard right-wing talking points, part of their new “camouflage” strategy to decouple conspiracy theories from Q. Hope you all like close-up pictures of a guy's ears. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: New from me: How “Biden's earpiece” went from Facebook conspiracy theory to mainstream news Viral tweets/YouTube vids ➜ coordinated Facebook meme drop ➜ Fox News report ➜ QAnon drop ➜ NY Post's anonymous source ➜ Trump campaign text ➜ your newsfeed https://nbcnews.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: New from me: The viral earpiece conspiracy theory was pushed by coordinated Facebook accounts at the same second this morning. Then Fox News picked it up. Then, the Trump campaign sent it to your phone. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Angelo Fichera / FactCheck.org: No Evidence Biden Was ‘Wearing a Wire’ in Debate
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: Bill Hemmer and @BretBaier float conspiracy that Biden may have secret ear pieces hidden in his ear, call it “interesting” that Biden campaign hasn't agreed to a thorough inspection. They are supposedly part of Fox's “straight news” team. https://twitter.com/...
Hans Nichols / Axios: Biden campaign blasts Facebook for “regression”
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Amplifying category (b) over and over again for the benefit of Twitter likes or to dunk on the idiots who believe it only reinforces that loyalty and gives the purveyors of the disinformation control over the narrative. Just don't do it.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: (a) is a much smaller category by volume but can have the power to re-shape narratives over months, such as the hack-and-leak operation in 2016. Repeating this disinformation, in a truth sandwich with the goal of mitigating the impact, can be worthwhile.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: As we get closer to the election, and if the polls don't tighten up, then there will be a cacophony of BS as certain people are confronted with the disconnect between beliefs core to their personal identity and reality. We gotta be careful not to amplify the craziness.
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Buried in the piles of cheap (b) disinfo around the security of the election are some basic, falsified claims that really have a chance of taking hold. That deserves focus over crazy claims that can be disproven by a candidate shaking out his ears for 5 seconds on TV.
Kayleigh McEnany / @kayleighmcenany: I bet you do, Sleepy! https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: Jeni's Ice Creams is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, for all the Republicans attacking Biden's ice cream choice (yes, that's a thing). https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Do not get it mixed up: This kind of information laundering is the dream for conspiracy theorists. Seed your idea a week in advance, drive it home the morning of the debate, then have credulous, administration-friendly reporters lend it credibility. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Dan Pfeiffer / @danpfeiffer: The fact that it is exponentially easier for Trump allies to convince people that Biden is using an invisible earpiece than it is for Biden to inform people about his plan to raise the minimum wage says everything about our broken information ecosystem. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: To be specific, it was floated by a NYPost reporter (based on an anonymous source) and then popularized by QAnon.
Lindsay Schrupp / @lindsayschrupp: The conspiracy theory is also on Facebook's News Tab, since Daily Caller is a verified news publisher and fact-checker on the tab https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Steve Herman / @w7voa: Memes insisting @JoeBiden should have his ears inspected for electronic devices before the debate pushed at the same exact time by a series of coordinated @Facebook pages, reports @NBCNews. https://www.nbcnews.com/... #Election2020 #Debates2020
Adam Banks / @adambanksdotcom: Is it the same earpiece that GW Bush and Obama and Hillary and Boris Johnson didn't have? https://twitter.com/...
Alex Kotch / @alexkotch: Besides perhaps the biggest voter suppression mobilization since Jim Crow, this is the greatest threat to our democracy. https://twitter.com/...
@mobute: thankfully, after 22 years to think about how they covered the clinton-lewinsky story, the press would never allow itself to still be complicit in this process *checks watch* every day for the last four years https://twitter.com/...
Heidi Przybyla / @heidinbc: Remember the pics of Hillary'a ear cartilage? Happy debate night to all. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Hayden / @scout_finch: Same scam as 2016, just new names and players. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: The Biden's earpiece conspiracy theory uses a well-known disinfo tactic called “Trading Up the Chain.” The gist: Carpetbomb social media with a conspiracy theory and force mainstream media to “ask the question,” then the question itself becomes the story. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: Congrats, everyone. https://twitter.com/...
Kasie Hunt / @kasie: How disinformation spreads like wildfire on Facebook at incredibly critical moments for the election campaign https://twitter.com/...
Joyce Alene / @joycewhitevance: Facebook has a pretty simple choice to make here, finally stand up and do the right thing. Because if they don't, we're just over a month out & it's only going to get worse. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: Media coverage and Twitter discussions of disinformation would benefit from treating these two classes differently: a) Disinformation meant to persuade the few persuadables b) Disinformation that acts as a shibboleth to prove tribal loyalty
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: arguably Facebook is a worse spreader of right-wing insanity than Fox News now https://twitter.com/...
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: Trump and Biden Battle Over the Supreme Court and Health Care in Tense Debate Open
Sarah Toce / Raw Story: Biden disinformation is going viral across Facebook right now — even though the company told his campaign not to worry
Brett Samuels / The Hill: Biden mocks Trump campaign debate claims: 'I've got my earpiece and performance enhancers ready'
Ebony Bowden / New York Post: Joe Biden responds to device, drug rumors with photos of ice cream and AirPods
Ali Breland / Mother Jones: Biden Disinformation Is Ripping Across Facebook the Same Day It Brushed Him Off
The Sun: Biden ‘asked for a debate break every 30 minutes and refused to have ears inspected for devices’
Matt Binder / Mashable: Fake news runs amok as Trump and Biden prepare for the first presidential debate
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: Trump wants Biden to undergo an ear inspection before the debate
The Daily Beast:
Dean Baquet told NYT staff that the paper will “re-report” Caliphate after the podcast's main character was charged in Canada with concocting a terrorist hoax — The paper plans to re-examine the reporting in its Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast after its central character …
Discussion:
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: The NYT & @rcallimachi tried pretending for a couple of days that this was nothing, something they totally knew, but it's all coming apart now. This is not the first time she's been involved in ethically questionable journalism, to put that mildly: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times: The Times Starts Review of ‘Caliphate’ Podcast After Hoax Charge
Richard Warnica / @richardwarnica: This is twice now this year the Times has quickly and publicly defended something controversial only to backtrack and take a longer look days later. https://twitter.com/...
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Questions have arisen before about the reporting of NYT's Rukmini Callimachi, whose work faces review after charges against a character in her Caliphate podcast — In May 2018, Rukmini Callimachi, a star reporter for the New York Times, faced some questions about her reporting.
Discussion:
Kabir Taneja / @kabirtaneja: Important read around NYT's award-winning podcast ‘Caliphate’, and one of its main characters now being charged in Canada for fabricating his account of being an ISIS fighter. Brings forward a lot of debates around covering an event such as rise of ISIS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Hassan Hassan / @hxhassan: Remarkable dissection of the @nytimes Caliphate scandal, amid attempts to confuse & deflect. An admirable anatomy of how things went down — play by play. “Subject of NYT ‘Caliphate’ podcast series charged with perpetrating a hoax” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Axios is on target to make a profit in 2020, with ~$58M in revenue, up 30%+ YoY, due to sponsored-newsletter business that contributes 50%+ of revenue — Three-year-old media company avoids staff reductions and is on pace to be profitable in 2020 — “Smart brevity” has been good for business at Axios.
Discussion:
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@axios: 🌆 Axios is going local. We're launching newsletters in 4 markets starting next year: • Denver • Des Moines • Minneapolis/St. Paul • Tampa/St. Petersburg SIGN UP: https://www.axios.com/local/ https://twitter.com/...
@jarroddicker: by the numbers— $58M in revenue in 2020, up 30% YoY - 50% of revenue comes from newsletter sponsorships - 85% of revenue is advertising - 1.4M newsletter subscribers - 4M newsletters sent daily - 20M uniques in August, up 3x YoY https://www.wsj.com/...
B. Allen-Ebrahimian / @bethanyallenebr: Axios is going local! We're launching newsletters in 4 cities, to focus on local education, tech, and business. https://twitter.com/...
Lukas I. Alpert / @lalpert1: Axios is expanding as it remains on pace to hit its pre-pandemic revenue target and make a profit this year despite the economic turmoil stemming from coronavirus that led to layoffs at many other media outlets https://www.wsj.com/...
Andrew Warner / @andrewwarner: Wow. 50% of the $58 mil Axios will generate this years is from newsletters https://www.wsj.com/...
Federica Cherubini / @fedecherubini: Interesting Axios insights: > Newsletter sponsorships contribute more than 50% of the company's total revenue > Early next year, it plans to establish 2person newsletter teams in several local markets, focusing on local business, technology and education https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera: Possible “future of journalism” slogans for this week include: 1. Ads are the new subscriptions. 2. Pivot-to-ads...on-the-newsletters-we- just-pivoted-to. https://twitter.com/...
Jim VandeHei / @jimvandehei: “This is a big bet—a bet that you can hook local readers on a daily basis with a morning newsletter and build up from there,” guess who is leading the hiring? @djtweets DM her if you are a killer talents in Minneapolis, Denver, Des Moines, Tampa https://www.wsj.com/...
Kendall Baker / @thekendallbaker: Axios newsletters are going local starting early next year. First four markets: - Denver - Des Moines - Minneapolis/St. Paul - Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg Full story via @WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Meg Graham / @megancgraham: Axios “has avoided staff reductions & is on track to take in about $58M in revenue in 2020, up more than 30% [y/o/y], & is on target with its pre-pandemic projections” Also planning 2-person newsletter teams in markets like Denver/Tampa/Des Moines/MPLS https://www.wsj.com/...
Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin: Go @axios. It's a good time for news organizations delivering news that readers want/need. https://www.wsj.com/...
Azeem Azhar / @azeem: Turns out my NLs with 185,000 subscribers are under monetised relative to Acios. Gah! @marijagavrilovv @hamishmckenzie https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: Axios looking to pilot some local news ideas — exactly the place where we need investment, innovation, and experimentation. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mike Dudas / @mdudas: Axios on track to do $58 million in revenue in 2020, up 30% vs 2019. More than 50% of revenue comes from newsletter sponsorships!!! Company will be profitable. https://www.wsj.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Some news... Axios, the digital news startup, is on target to make a profit this year despite the economic turmoil stemming from the coronavirus that led to layoffs at many media outlets https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: Boy there's nothing more local than a newsletter named after an airport I mean I get that these are considered “flyover country” but damn https://twitter.com/...
Sara Kehaulani Goo / @sarakgoo: Huge news from @Axios. I'm so excited about this! https://twitter.com/...
Claire Kennedy / @claire_kennedy1: Axios is moving into 4 local markets starting 2021 - taking our success at the national level and applying it where it's most needed —> https://twitter.com/...
Jim VandeHei / @jimvandehei: 🚨 🚨 @Axios launching daily newsletters in Minneapolis, Denver, Des Moines, Tampa. WSJ: “ Smart brevity has been good for business at Axios.” https://www.wsj.com/...
Scott Brodbeck / @scottbrodbeck: Also reporting strong advertising recovery, based on interviews I've heard: Industry Dive, Morning Brew, 6AM City. (And us, I guess I can reveal.) Ad driven media is not dead folks, those executing well and staying disciplined are well positioned going in to 2021. https://twitter.com/...
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sen. Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pull out of New Yorker Festival in solidarity with The New Yorker Union, which is planing a digital picket line — The two standard-bearers of the left said they would skip the annual event in solidarity with The New Yorker Union, which plans a digital picket line.
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CNN, @maxwelltani, @bridgetgillard, @mollyhc, Mediaite, @jennyvrentas, @jenn_swann, @leavittalone, @zandywithaz, @olivianuzzi, @cullend, The Hill and New York Post
Discussion:
Kerry Flynn / CNN: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren drop out of The New Yorker Festival in solidarity with magazine's union
Max Tani / @maxwelltani: AOC and Elizabeth Warren pulled out of the New Yorker Festival in solidarity with editorial union, which is (digitally) picketing the festival because of management's refusal to accept the union's proposed “just cause” contract language https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bridget Read / @bridgetgillard: “The @nyguild and @newyorkerunion are fighting for basic dignity on the job and we stand with them,” Ms. Warren and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said in a joint statement to The New York Times. “We will not cross the picket line.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Molly Hensley-Clancy / @mollyhc: Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have pulled out of the New Yorker festival in solidarity with the New Yorker Union, which is fighting for just cause in its contract https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leia Idliby / Mediaite: AOC and Elizabeth Warren Drop Out of New Yorker Festival in Solidarity With New Yorker Union
Jenny Vrentas / @jennyvrentas: “The NewsGuild and The New Yorker Union are fighting for basic dignity on the job and we stand with them,” Ms. Warren and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said in a joint statement to The NYT. “We will not cross the picket line.” Just cause, no exceptions. ✊ https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Swann / @jenn_swann: “We couldn't stomach it going forward without people knowing The New Yorker talks the talk, but it's having problems walking the walk” https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Leavitt / @leavittalone: lol remember when the NYer festival booked Steve Brannon and everyone got mad? Cemented my decision to stop submitting cartoons tbh. https://twitter.com/...
Haunted Dog / @zandywithaz: Both these strong, smart, savvy women standing up for unions make me happy and hopeful. Solidarity. Thank you, @AOC and @ewarren https://www.mediagazer.com/...
Olivia Nuzzi / @olivianuzzi: AOC and Elizabeth Warren have dropped out of the New Yorker Festival in solidarity with unionized editorial staff. Maybe David Remnick can invite Steve Bannon again to fill their spots? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cullen Dudas / @cullend: What is a ‘digital picket line’? Only thing I could think of is a DDoS or zoom bombing? https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Ocasio-Cortez, Warren pull out of New Yorker Festival amid labor dispute
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Google unveiled its new streaming dongle, Chromecast with Google TV, which combines Chromecast tech with a redesigned Android TV interface emphasizing content — Google is taking another stab at conquering the living room: The company officially unveiled its new streaming dongle, Chromecast with Google TV, Wednesday.
Discussion:
Todd Spangler / Variety: Google's Overhauled Chromecast Has New ‘Google TV’ Interface — and, Finally, a Remote Control
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable: Google Announces Chromecast with Google TV, Their New $49 Android TV Streaming Device
Dan Barrett / Always Be Watching: Netflix bringing Conan to streaming
Sean Hollister / The Verge: Chromecast Ultra is dead, long live Chromecast Ultra (and this new Ethernet dongle)
Janko Roettgers / @jank0: Nest GM Rishi Chandra called the new Chromecast with Google TV “an opportunity to reset the market.” Read all about Google's latest attempt to win the living room, and why some publishers are concerned about it, in my new @protocol story: https://www.protocol.com/...
Jared Newman / @onejarednewman: “not customizable” is sort of true in that you can't rearrange or hide various rows. But you can decide which streaming services get aggregated. Big difference from Fire TV IMO. https://twitter.com/...
Janko Roettgers / @jank0: Google's new Chromecast aims to take on Amazon and Roku https://www.protocol.com/...
@androidtv_rumor: Another thing from Reddit, the Google Play Movies & TV app is “gone” from the new Chromecast. It's completely been integrated inside this new “Google TV” interface, it's not a separate app anymore. https://www.reddit.com/... #AndroidTV #GoogleTV https://twitter.com/...
Dieter Bohn / The Verge: The new Chromecast with Google TV won't officially support Stadia at launch
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Food52 will launch its own OTT app, two years after launching its OTT channel on Xumo, where Food52 says advertising increased by 341% since launch — On Wednesday, Food52 will launch its own OTT app, two years after the food publisher first entered the streaming space.
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