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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's no secret that a culture of lies permeates this White House, so reporters need to press for documentation and statements from credible medical experts — With President Trump apparently struck by covid-19 a month before a critical election and after 200,000 American deaths from the disease …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios: Covering a cover-up in real time
Isaac Chotiner / @ichotiner: Bob Woodward just said on CNN that the media is too focused on getting the story of what's going on with Trump's health, and that the focus should be on wishing him well and treating him medically.
New York Times: Trump's Symptoms Are Said to Be ‘Very Concerning’ as Virus Infects More G.O.P. Allies
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr: After Bob Woodward says on CNN that journalists should be patient and not complain about a lack of info, Gloria Borger says: “I want to respectfully disagree, because I think we could be getting more information than we're getting.”
Washington Post: White House gives confusing and incomplete answers about Trump's health as president says he is ‘feeling well’
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker: Maggie Haberman on the Fallout from Trump's Hospitalization
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: The president's doctors should have a full briefing on the his condition ASAP. The statements issued so far have provided too little information. And reporters need to be able to ask follow-up questions. https://twitter.com/...
Tracy Jan / @tracyjan: .@Sulliview: “Not a single administration statement deserves to be taken at face value. That privilege has been forfeited.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Chris Cillizza / CNN: This is the moment when the White House's lack of credibility becomes an immediate crisis
Bill Goodykoontz / Arizona Republic: Trump tweeted his COVID test news. But you need to read beyond Twitter for the whole story
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: The number of people who think Trump is faking this is a really dark piece of evidence about how much he's destroyed Americans' trust in even the most basic facts when they come from his mouth
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: What the president (or press secretary) says is news, you say? Given the history of Trump White House lies, the default response should be “prove it.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: Woodward is 100% wrong. This is not a pop star or athlete. This is the President of the United States. It's global security issue. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: Multiple sources in the White House and on the campaign have reached out since Meadows' statement, and said they're utterly perplexed about what's going on. https://www.axios.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: What is the actual state of Trump's health? @jonathanvswan writes: “It's one of the most high-stakes questions in the world, and I cannot answer it, despite having spent since 5 a.m. on Friday on my phone with sources inside and close to the White House.” https://www.axios.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Trump Says He Is “Starting to Feel Good” in Video From Walter Reed
Jonathan Swan / @jonathanvswan: A statement from the White House chief of staff that is completely at odds with the rosy picture the doctors painted of the president's health, just minutes earlier. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Maddow / @maddow: “There are hundreds and hundreds of people who work [at the White House] complex, some who have families with high-risk family members. Since this whole thing started, not one email has gone out to tell employees what to do or what's going on.” https://nymag.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: this take was bad at the time and has only aged even worse since then https://twitter.com/...
Charles Johnson / @green_footballs: Margaret Sullivan is right again. Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Parker Molloy / @parkermolloy: Counterpoint: their job is to focus on getting the story and not sending well-wishes https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: The White House's Credibility Problem Makes It Impossible to Know How Sick Trump Really Is
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Woodward wrong again https://twitter.com/...
Garrett M. Graff / @vermontgmg: Spoiler alert: If the truth about the President's health was good and reassuring, we'd know the truth and the story would be easy to keep straight. The fact that we're continuing to get lies and deceptions 48 hours in is a sign it's serious and bad. https://twitter.com/...
@teahcartel: Trump lies at the center of most misinformation surrounding COVID-19, according to a study from Cornell University which looked at 38 million articles about the coronavirus pandemic in English-language media internationally. https://www.msn.com/...
Sarah Toce / Raw Story: Trump haunted by the ghost of dead friend, scared he won't leave the hospital alive: Pulitzer Prize-winner
Eli Rosenberg / @emrosenberg: A @Sulliview plea for reporters to be more circumspect about repeating assertions from unnamed or anonymous sources regarding the president's health until they are verified https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@spj_tweets: “What is the press to do? Obviously, keep up with the kind of aggressive reporting that has revealed what's happening. But be wary—even more wary than before—of taking any Trump or White House statements at face value and transmitting them to the public.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: We really NEED to know about the presidents health because he's the “leader of our country.” https://twitter.com/...
Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt: Good breakdown from @jonathanvswan on the confusion over the last 24 hours coming from the White House https://www.axios.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: We are being lied to https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Yah it's crap, actually https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Thyre / @sarahthyre: Spoken like a man who withheld dire public health info in order to sell books https://twitter.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: Spectacularly bad and wrong take as usual from Bob https://twitter.com/...
Walter Shapiro / @mrwaltershapiro: Reading this perfect-pitch @Sulliview column on White House lies and the need for truth, I remembered that Roy Cohn (Trump's mentor) died insisting that he had liver cancer rather than AIDs. It's a centerpiece of “Angels in America.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: I guess I'm gonna re-up this in light of ... today https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Whew I feel like we've all learned A LOT about Bob Woodward in the last few weeks. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Well said. “Once upon a time, when a president or his press secretary made a statement on an crucially important matter, it was simply considered news. And reported as such.” and then came... @seanspicer @StephGrisham45 @SHSanders45 @PressSec https://twitter.com/...
Josh Mankiewicz / @joshmankiewicz: “It's no secret that a culture of lies permeates the White House. There has been a parade of press secretaries with a remarkably consistent record of failing to tell the truth to reporters and the general public.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: The title of Swan's latest: “Covering a cover-up in real time” https://twitter.com/...
Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson: Well, I wouldn't exactly say this take has aged like a fine wine https://twitter.com/...
Bill Corbett / @billcorbett: Wow, seems Bob Woodward is ok with the public waiting significant amounts of time for vital info??? Never woulda guessed https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: Journalists shouldn't be pressing for more timely updates about the health of POTUS after he's been diagnosed with a deadly virus is a remarkable statement for the “associate editor” of The Washington Post to make https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Because the administration lies: always, about everything, all the time. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: What a headline on this story from @OliviaNuzzi and @Bencjacobs: “The White House Is Spreading Virus and Lies” https://nymag.com/...
Stephen Wolf / @politicswolf: This is an argument for acquiescence to an authoritarian regime, not what journalism is supposed to do. He's the most powerful person in the world leading the least transparent admin in modern history. We can hope he recovers while still demanding accountability to the public https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Myerson Katz / @katzonearth: Yes the famous journalistic imperative of speaking wishes to power https://twitter.com/...
Shira Stein / @shiramstein: As a health-care reporter who has covered this administration's pandemic response for seven months—He's wrong. Again. https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: This is bigger than politics. It's the leader of the free world. And we have a years-long series of un-serious and woefully incomplete reviews of his health. https://twitter.com/...
Soo Youn / @lalasoo: “When it comes to Trump's health, he and his minions have a history of dubious statements... Be wary — even more wary than before — of taking any Trump or White House statements at face value and transmitting them to the public.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: My plea to the press corps and cable news crews narrating this: the Trump White House has set itself against a common world of fact from its very first day. The “issue” then was crowd size. Now it's a President's health. Do not assume they agree that one set of facts has to rule.
Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview: I'm on TeamGlenn on this one https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: The main thing we have going for us - maybe the only thing, right now - is that even though the Trump White House lies constantly, about everything, they are terrible at it. https://twitter.com/...
Joy Reid / @joyannreid: Important point for those who are skeptical re the Trump diagnosis — a skepticism he has earned, by the way. It's not clear the White House would have disclosed any of this on their own. Journalism dragged this out. https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Media outlets suggest White House 'can't be trusted' to be truthful about Trump's health
Jessica McDonald / FactCheck.org: Q&A on Trump's COVID-19 Diagnosis
@metrouk: ‘Years of attacking the media as fake news, peddling conspiracy theories and touting misinformation have created an environment whereby people instinctively mistrust Donald Trump.’ @mrjoshz writes for @MetroOpinion. #TrumpHasCovid https://metro.co.uk/...
@learning2getby: What a statement. I mean, it's true. And we've known this for awhile. But it still shocking to see it put put there like this. How far America has fallen. https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: “It's no secret that a culture of lies permeates the White House. There has been a parade of press secretaries with a remarkably consistent record of failing to tell the truth to reporters and the general public...It starts at the top with Trump himself.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Pratik Patel / @ppatel: .@Sulliview is right when she cautions journalists to be ware that the Whitehouse lies about everything. Their claims about Trump's health should be subject to verification. In other words, don't let down your guard. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
JamesMcCarthy / @maccathehack: ‘The cycle of dangerous obfuscation has already begun’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Molly Callahan / @clecheap: @Sulliview Looking at the headlines from various papers, I found it noteworthy that the SF Chronicle's was “Trump says he has virus” while all others I saw treated his diagnosis as fact.
Faiza Patel / @faizapatelbcj: This from @Sulliview is really important, not just for journalists, but for everyone: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Frank Bajak / @fbajak: The White House press corps is apt to have a tough job getting verifiable facts about the seriousness of Trump's viral infection. https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Journalists, beware: This White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health,” @Sulliview writes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@washingtonpost: Perspective: Journalists, beware that this White House can't be trusted to be truthful about Trump's health, @Sulliview writes. Not a single administration statement deserves to be taken at face value. That privilege has been forfeited. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: Exactly this from @Sulliview https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jennifer Cohn / @jennycohn1: 100% https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Advice to journalists from @Sulliview: “be wary — even more wary than before — of taking any Trump or White House statements at face value and transmitting them to the public.” https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / @pkafka: We are used to Trump's lies, and sort-of know how to deal with them: Debunk them in real time; or get leakers in the White House to debunk them a little while later; or get Trump to tell Bob Woodward the truth, then wait months for it come out. None of that will work this time. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Kafka / Vox: Who will tell us the truth about Trump's health?
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart: White House Chief: President Trump Has Mild Coronavirus Symptoms
Jonathan H. Adler / Reason: Public Disclosure of Presidential Illnesses
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House Correspondents' Association says three White House journalists tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday — New York (CNN Business)A widening coronavirus outbreak at the White House has left members of the media scrambling to find out if they, too, are infected.
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The Atlantic, Washington Post, Bloomberg, New York Times, WHCA, @brianstelter, @katiephang, @philiprucker, @jeffreygoldberg, Gothamist, @hughhewitt, @frankrichny, Slate, @moshik_temkin, @zeynep, @miafarrow, @janemayernyer, @sethabramson, @alexgibneyfilm, @nxthompson, @ericcolumbus, @amy_siskind, @kathryndiss, @elienyc, @anniekarni, @oliverdarcy, @nielslesniewski, @seungminkim, @spj_tweets, The Wrap, Wired, The Hill, Axios, Poynter, New York Post, TVLine and Deadline
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic: What I Saw at the White House
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: Three White House journalists test positive for coronavirus after closely covering Trump
Steve Thomma / WHCA: COVID Update from WHCA President Zeke Miller
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: One of the journalists who tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday is @shearm of the @nytimes. He told @farhip that the job always has “some element of risk,” but “there are some things the White House could have done to minimize the risk more...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Katie Phang / @katiephang: “Three journalists, including New York Times correspondent Michael D. Shear, tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, as did a White House staffer who works with the press.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: NYT reporter @shearm, who tested positive for coronavirus: “Like people in a lot of other professions, I realize there's some element of risk always” in covering the president. “I feel strongly that reporting for the paper is worth some of that risk.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jeffrey Goldberg / @jeffreygoldberg: “On the White House grounds this morning, senior West Wing aides walked around without masks. They spoke with the press without masks. They huddled privately with one another and didn't wear masks.” — @PeterAtlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Hugh Hewitt / @hughhewitt: Prayers for them all and their families, and especially the wonderful reporter and frequent radio guest @shearm. We have chatted on air a bit about challenges of high schoolers at home during this and now have the virus...well, praying folk should remember entire families. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Rich / @frankrichny: Safe to say “mild symptoms” now a GOP talking point. Press should not take at face value. #coverup https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Palus / Slate: Everything We Know About When Trump Got Sick, His Treatment, and How He Is Now
Moshik Temkin / @moshik_temkin: The only thing future historians will not be able to explain is why so many pundits were convinced that they wouldn't be able to explain things that are very easy to explain https://twitter.com/...
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: This pathogen can be surprisingly non-contagious most of the time... But when it strikes, it's often in clusters. So they may well have a cluster on their hands. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Mayer / @janemayernyer: Hoping for the best for my colleagues and their families. https://twitter.com/...
Seth Abramson / @sethabramson: WP: “WHCA president Zeke Miller asked journalists who don't have an enclosed office in the WH workspace and aren't part of the press pool—the rotating group of reporters that follows the president and shares its reporting with other reporters—to stay away from the WH altogether.” https://twitter.com/...
Alex Gibney / @alexgibneyfilm: Best wishes to @shearm who appears in our film on federal response to covid. https://twitter.com/...
@nxthompson: Journalists know there are risks in reporting on any pandemic. And they take them because the work matters. But they really shouldn't be penned up and exposed to a whole bunch of other people who refuse to wear masks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Eric Columbus / @ericcolumbus: Why would a reporter require anonymity here? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Amy Siskind / @amy_siskind: Three journalists who cover the White House have tested positive. This really pisses me off. They knew, and they hide it for days and now so many people's lives are impacted. https://www.cnn.com/...
Kathryn Diss / @kathryndiss: Important to remember Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany still held a press briefing and the president still travelled Thursday after becoming aware of Hope Hick's covid diagnosis. https://www.cnn.com/...
Elie Mystal / @elienyc: The president's irresponsibility got these people sick https://twitter.com/...
Annie Karni / @anniekarni: Remembering when Trump tried to pressure WH reporter Jeff Mason to take off his mask at a news conference, and when he didn't, mocking him by saying, “you want to be politically correct.” https://twitter.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: WHCA says in email to members this evening that given the three positive cases among press and the evolving situation, “a number of White House journalists are self-isolating pending diagnostic testing.” http://www.cnn.com/...
Niels Lesniewski / @nielslesniewski: According to the WHCA, there have been three positive COVID-19 tests among the White House press corps so far today. This is part of what we have been worried about. And there certainly have been folks in the press briefing room not heeding the precautions.
Seung Min Kim / @seungminkim: “Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the (WHCA) has taken a more proactive position than the Trump administration and has encouraged journalists to take common sense precautions while covering the administration.” https://www.cnn.com/...
@spj_tweets: The correspondents association said “we can't stress enough the importance of mask-wearing, social distancing and common sense, especially on the White House complex.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien the Latest to Test Positive for COVID-19
Tal Axelrod / The Hill: Three White House reporters test positive for COVID-19
Jacob Knutson / Axios: Three journalists working at White House test positive for COVID-19
Vincent Barone / New York Post: Three White House reporters test positive for COVID-19
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Source: Fox News is taking precautions, including testing, after TV hosts, reporters, and staff were potentially exposed to COVID-19, including Lachlan Murdoch — Fox News is planning for its anchors, reporters and staff to be tested out of an abundance of caution.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox News Stars Slated to Get Coronavirus Tests Following Trump Disclosure
Brian Steinberg / Variety: ABC News Staffers Who Were in Contact With Governor Christie Will Quarantine
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News anchors and staff who have been potentially exposed to coronavirus over past week will be tested, per @grynbaum. @seanhannity disregarded social distancing inside debate hall & @IngrahamAngle attended SCOTUS event without mask. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite: Debate Commission Officials Were Pissed Trump's Team Refused to Wear Face Masks: There Was ‘A Disregard For the Risks’
Maria Arias / Axios: Chris Wallace to Fox News viewers: “Wear the damn mask”
Reuters:
Irina Slavina, EIC of Russian news outlet Koza Press, died after setting herself on fire in front of a government office after police searched her apartment — A Russian journalist has died after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod …
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times: Russian Journalist Sets Herself on Fire and Dies, Blaming Government
Al Jazeera English / @ajenglish: Russian journalist Irina Slavina dies after setting herself on fire, prior to her self-immolation, she wrote on Facebook: “I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death” https://www.aljazeera.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: “Just before her self-immolation, Irina Slavina, 47, the founder and editor of Koza Press, a local news site, posted a message on Facebook saying: ‘I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death.’” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: “The number of threats and attacks against journalists in the country has surged in recent years, according to incidents compiled by Justice for Journalists, an advocacy group.” https://twitter.com/...
Valzhyna Mort / @valzhynamort: What is a police state? A suicide note from a systematically harassed, fined, and humiliated journalist. A note reads: “I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death.” Russian Journalist Sets Herself on Fire and Dies, Blaming Government https://www.nytimes.com/...
@rferl: Before staging the self-immolation act in front of the city police headquarters on October 2, Slavina posted a statement on Facebook, saying “Blame the Russian Federation for my death.” https://www.rferl.org/...
@steve_lyons_: The Russia of the Romanovs Stalin's Soviet Russia Putin's New Russia They are all the same - repressive, brutal & afraid of any criticism. If they don't murder their dissidents, they force them to suicide. So sad, so terrible https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Andr Picard / @picardonhealth: Russian Journalist Sets Herself on Fire and Dies, Blaming Government. Self-immolation of Kremlin critic follows authorities search of her apartment, by @INechepurenko https://www.nytimes.com/... via @nytimes #suicide #journalism
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon / @gaylelemmon: “A Russian journalist, Irina Slavina, has died after setting herself on fire in the city of Nizhny Novgorod following a police raid on her apartment in an apparent search for evidence linking her to an opposition group.” https://twitter.com/...
Leonid Ragozin / @leonidragozin: Terrible. Many in Russia and beyond can relate to what she felt before making such a drastic decision. Jan Palach remains a role model. https://twitter.com/...
Andrei Soldatov / @andreisoldatov: What a horrible tragedy, a glimpse of what independent journalists have gone through in Russian regions - the constant barrage of harassment, pressure, prosecution. https://twitter.com/...
@moscowtimes: A Russian journalist has died after setting herself on fire outside police headquarters in the city of Nizhny Novgorod a day after she said local security forces raided her home https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ ...
Suzanne Sataline / @ssataline: Slavina published investigative articles about the workings of the Federal Security Service, Russia's most powerful security agency. Koza Press quickly turned into one of the most cited outlets in the region. She killed herself after her apt was searched. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesworld: A Russian journalist who had been repeatedly harassed by the authorities immolated herself and died. She had written on Facebook that government should be blamed. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@plainsite: One day soon, more people will need to understand how Vladimir Putin turned the Russian Federation from a new country with hope into a malignant state that infected the entire globe—even before China. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alex Gibney / @alexgibneyfilm: Very disturbing news. https://www.nytimes.com/... Her apt was searched by authorities looking for materials from Open Russia, an “undesirable organization” supporting democracy and human rights funded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Jay Nordlinger / @jaynordlinger: True. Important. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Rowley / @te_rowley: Russia has lost an incredibly dedicated, talented journalist. One who combined the “everyday issues” (trees being cut down, blagoustroistvo, ZhKKh etc) with the harder, tougher, nastier side of local life. But most tragically a family has lost a loved one and it is heartbreaking.
Tom Parfitt / @parfitt_tom: Horrendous: A Russian journalist, Irina Slavina, has died after setting herself on fire outside police HQ in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. She wrote a last post on Facebook saying, “I ask to blame the Russian Federation for my death.” https://twitter.com/...
Garry Kasparov / @kasparov63: Horrific. What is happening to opposition figures & journalists in Putin's Russia is the persecution that eventually comes to everyone in a dictatorship. Many lose hope, which is the regime's goal. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Kevin Rothrock / @kevinrothrock: The final straw appears to have been a raid on her home yesterday in connection with her work for Open Russia, a maybe “undesirable organization” (depending on which iteration you're talking about). https://t.me/...
Kevin Rothrock / @kevinrothrock: Before her suicide, Irina Slavina endured repeated police persecution over the past year. In spring 2019, she was fined $255 for protesting, then $900 for disrespecting the authorities. This summer she faced fake-news charges w a fine of $6,390 — “financial murder,” she called it https://twitter.com/...
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Koza Press Editor Dies After Setting Herself on Fire in Protest of Russian Government
Meduza.io: Russian journalist self-immolates outside police headquarters, blames government for her death
Irina Slavina / BBC: Russian editor dies after setting herself on fire
Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
As more TV documentaries are being made now than ever before, a loosening of journalistic traditions is becoming part of the cost of accessing their subjects — Hillary Clinton was ready to bare her soul, or so Hulu subscribers were told in March. After missing her shot at the presidency, Clinton would, at last, let her guard down.
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@dannyfunt, @spj_tweets, @jackmurtha, @filmquarterly, @charlieshack, @carrielozano, @niemanlab, @johnmurphyedit, @vivian, @neverlandfacts, @charliechar, @cjr and @cjr
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Danny Funt / @dannyfunt: Documentary filmmakers are gaining access by offering incentives that would be scandalous in any other format. Paying a film's subject, giving them a producing credit — “I think it's reasonable,” a top executive told me. My latest in @CJR: https://www.cjr.org/...
@spj_tweets: “Desperate for access to celebrities who prefer to promote themselves on social media rather than go through news media, filmmakers are increasingly willing to surrender their editorial independence.” https://www.cjr.org/...
Jack Murtha / @jackmurtha: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Apple, HBO, and Showtime have no restrictions on who can produce a documentary or be compensated to participate, nor do they vet financiers before acquiring a project, @dannyfunt says in @CJR, asking: Can we trust these docs we love? https://www.cjr.org/...
@filmquarterly: These are the best of times and the worst of times for documentary filmmaking. https://www.cjr.org/...
Charlie Shackleton / @charlieshack: Some truly noxious revelations in this, which should (but won't) be disqualifying for everyone involved https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Carrie Lozano / @carrielozano: Must read. Disagree w/ these sources, though! Wish they were named. “Repeatedly, I heard the claim that audiences only care about watching an entertaining story, not a work of credible journalism.” https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
@niemanlab: “It is common to give subjects incentives that would be scandalous in any other news medium: paying for access, clearing quotes and clips, giving a subject's business partners a producing credit.” https://www.cjr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
John Murphy / @johnmurphyedit: Good piece this on the current doc marketplace. Television is making more documentaries than ever—but skipping the journalism - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/...
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: I worked in documentaries for 18 years. Led a highly award winning docu unit at @cnn, and an entire news docu channel that was a JV between @nytimes and @Discovery. Not once in all those years did we pay a subject in any form. Unecessary and unacceptable. https://www.cjr.org/...
@neverlandfacts: Leaving Neverland only mentioned in passing, but larger point — that documentaries aren't following basic rules of journalism — is highly relevant given Leaving Neverland intentionally avoided speaking to anyone who disagreed with its premise. https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
Charlie Phillips / @charliechar: Loads to say about this. I think this is fair in sum - “Just as print journalists are expected to disclose potential conflicts of interest, documentaries should state up front whether anyone on-screen had a creative role or financial stake.” https://www.cjr.org/... via @cjr
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Cops resumes production, though the episodes won't air in the US and will be used to fulfill commitments in international territories where it still runs — Three months after being canceled at Paramount Network, the show is filming again to fulfill commitments in overseas territories.
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Alex Weprin / @alexweprin: The TV show “Cops” was canceled over the summer, but it has quietly resumed production in Washington state, with the episodes set to air only overseas. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
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Greta Bjornson / Decider: ‘Cops’ Resumes Filming 3 Months After Paramount Network Cancellation
Alison Foreman / Mashable: ‘Cops’ is filming episodes again, but they won't air in the U.S.
Graeme Guttmann / ScreenRant: Cops Continues Filming After Cancelation (& Won't Air in the US)
Kirsten Acuna / INSIDER: ‘Cops’ quietly resumed production after it was canceled, but don't plan to watch it in the US
Hannah Sparks / New York Post: Why ‘Cops’ has resumed production after getting canceled
William Hughes / The A.V. Club: Cops is quietly filming new episodes—but only for non-U.S. audiences
Kimberly Ricci / UPROXX: ‘Cops’ Has Resumed Filming, Months After Cancellation In The U.S.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline: ‘Cops’ Back In Production On New Episodes Following Cancellation
Hannah Bleau / Breitbart: ‘Cops’ Restarts Production Months After Cancelation, with Episodes to Air Outside the U.S.
Brent Furdyk / Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines: ‘Cops’ Back In Production After Cancellation, But New Episodes Won't Air In U.S.
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap: ‘Cops’ Resumes Filming in Washington State
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Sources: Fox News agreed to pay a former assistant of Kimberly Guilfoyle more than $4M to settle a complaint about Guilfoyle's sexually inappropriate behavior — As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll …
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@newyorker: In order to avoid going to trial in an investigation of sexual harassment against its former star Kimberly Guilfoyle, Fox agreed to pay a Guilfoyle accuser upward of $4 million, @JaneMayerNYer reports. https://nyer.cm/iQFIgQ7
@scottygirl2014: @EllenBarkin Or this one! We're paying for @kimguilfoyle to attend public functions too. Imagine knowing that you have an actual sexual predator on your campaign who claims to stand with other women of #MeToo . https://twitter.com/...
@newyorker: According to multiple sources, while at Fox News, the Trump adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle subjected her assistant and other Fox employees to years of sexually inappropriate conduct. @JaneMayerNYer independently confirms several of the assistant's accusations. https://nyer.cm/jNj6gXV
Roger Sollenberger / Raw Story: Fox News paid $4 million to cover up sexual harassment allegations against Kim Guilfoyle: report
Elise Jordan / @elise_jordan: Kimberly Guilfoyle sure lucked out in a packed news cycle: Fox's $4 mil+ payout bc of her inappropriate behavior/sexual harassment has been a mere blip on the radar. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Beatty / @andrewbeatty: Errr, not sure I'm going to open this one https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jenna Johnson / @wpjenna: I can't stop thinking about this line: “And yet another close observer who still works at Fox told me that the assistant was ‘one of the nicest, hard-working people—she was young and full of ambition, but by the time she left she was just broken.’” https://twitter.com/...
Luke O'Brien / @lukeobrien: Is there any company that has covered up more sexual harassment and paid more hush money than Fox News? https://twitter.com/...
@newyorker: Kimberly Guilfoyle has maintained that her decision to leave Fox News, in 2018, was entirely voluntary. In a new investigation, Jane Mayer confirms that the network forced her out after a former assistant alleged sexual harassment against the host. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Reed Richardson / Mediaite: New Report Claims Kimberly Guilfoyle Left Fox After $4M Settlement with Assistant, Who Alleged Graphic Sexual Harassment
Oliver Darcy / CNN: Fox News paid Kimberly Guilfoyle's former assistant $4 million after sexual harassment accusations, New Yorker reports
Yashar Ali / @yashar: In 2018 I reported that Kimberly Guilfoyle was forced out of Fox News after she faced allegations of sexual misconduct. In a new report, @JaneMayerNYer has the details of a multi-million dollar settlement that Fox News paid to Guilfoyle's assistant. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Stuart Stevens / @stuartpstevens: So Trump called out the Proud Boys to change the subject from his taxes and Melania attacked Christmas to change the subject from Proud Boys and Kimberly Guilfoyle went full Harvey Weinstein to change the subject from Melania mocking kids in cages and that's just 24 hours. https://twitter.com/...
Paul Goldberger / @paulgoldberger: Once again, @JaneMayerNYer has produced a brilliantly researched piece that reasonably, calmly and clearly helps you understand that things are even worse than you thought they were. https://twitter.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: “Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, declined to comment on the appropriateness of Guilfoyle overseeing the Trump campaign's finances, given the allegations about hush money and harassment levied against her by her former assistant.” https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: The accusations are every bit as bad as you think. https://twitter.com/...
LaToya Morgan / @morganicink: The Kimberly Guilfoyle harassment story is particularly disturbing. Yikes.
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: Guilfoyle told her assistant that, “in exchange for demonstrating what Guilfoyle called loyalty, she would work out a payment to take care of her—possibly, she said, with funds from Bolling.
Michael Luo / @michaelluo: “...as I reported on this story, associates of Guilfoyle's contacted me, offering personal details about the assistant, evidently in hopes of damaging her credibility and leading me not to publish this report.”
Philip Rucker / @philiprucker: Trump campaign finance chair and top surrogate Kimberly Guilfoyle is accused of: -sexually harassing her assistant -offering hush money to cover it up -attempting character assassination to discredit assistant Extraordinary reporting by @JaneMayerNYer https://www.newyorker.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: “In November, 2018, a young woman who had been one of [Kimberly] Guilfoyle's assistants at Fox News sent company executives a confidential, forty-two-page draft complaint that accused Guilfoyle of repeated sexual harassment, and demanded monetary relief.” https://www.newyorker.com/...
@newyorker: Until now, the specific allegations against Guilfoyle have remained largely hidden. The draft complaint, which was never filed in court, is covered by a nondisclosure agreement.
Eric Michael Garcia / @ericmgarcia: Lord, may I live righteous enough so that @JaneMayerNYer never calls me asking for comment. https://www.newyorker.com/...
@newyorker: Among other things, she said that she was frequently required to work at Guilfoyle's apartment while the Fox host displayed herself naked, and was shown photographs of the genitalia of men with whom Guilfoyle had had sexual relations. https://twitter.com/...
@newyorker: Equally disturbing is what the assistant described as a coverup attempt by Guilfoyle. According to two well-informed sources, in order to avoid going to trial, Fox agreed to pay the assistant upward of $4 million.
Sean Woods / @seanwoods12: Good lord, the details in this piece are horrific. “It was an insane, abusive relationship. Rather than being a mentor, she was an afflictor.” The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox https://www.newyorker.com/... via @NewYorker
@newyorker: The former assistant has not been publicly identified, and, out of respect for the rights of victims of sexual harassment, The New Yorker is honoring her confidentiality.
@newyorker: Other times, Guilfoyle encouraged her to sleep with wealthy and powerful men, asked her to critique her naked body, required her to sleep over at her apartment, and exposed herself to her.
Peter Himler / @peterhimler: Another one from @JaneMayerNYer. This time on the @kimguilfoyle's lurid and heretofore reasons behind her sudden departure from #FoxNews: https://www.newyorker.com/... (@NewYorker)
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox News Allegedly Paid $4 Million Settlement to Kimberly Guilfoyle's Former Assistant Following Claims (Report)
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: Report: In 2018, Fox News Allegedly Agreed to Pay a Kimberly Guilfoyle Sexual Harassment Accuser $4 Million to Avoid Going to Trial
Matt Webb Mitovich / TVLine: Kimberly Guilfoyle's Fox News Ouster: Details Surface on Sexual Misconduct Claims, Alleged Payoff Attempt
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Sources: Cineworld, owner of Regal Cinemas in the US, plans to close all of its theaters across the US and UK as early as this week, with no reopening date set — Cineworld is shuttering all 543 of its Regal Cinema venues in the U.S. and all cinemas across the U.K. and Ireland this coming week …
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Sean Hollister / The Verge: Bond was the last straw: Regal and Cineworld will reportedly close all theaters in US and UK next week
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: Cineworld Chain, Owner Of U.S. Regal, Closing Cinemas In Wake Of ‘No Time To Die’ Postponement
James Robinson / Daily Mail: Cineworld could shut all of its 128 UK and Ireland cinemas, putting thousands of jobs at risk, according to reports
Trilby Beresford / Hollywood Reporter: Cineworld Closing Theater Venues Following ‘No Time to Die’ Delay
Aakriti Bhalla / Reuters: Cineworld to close all UK, Ireland screens, Sunday Times says
Matthewprigge / UPROXX: Cineworld Is Closing All Of Its Regal Theaters In The U.S. And U.K. After The Delay Of ‘No Time To Die’
@cineactiongroup: We have found out vital information about our jobs from the media throughout the pandemic. Workers have been left out of discussions that should've included our voices. However, in this case it goes beyond belief. To find out you may no longer have a job from the media is awful.
Brent Lang / @brentalang: Get the feeling there won't be much of a theatrical movie business until there's a widely available vaccine. I understand and share the hesitancy to return to theaters during #COVID19, but it's impossible not to feel sad about the economic devastation https://variety.com/...
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: Regal is closing their US screens; can't imagine AMC is far behind. Theaters are screwed. https://variety.com/...
Josh Spiegel / @mousterpiece: How long before AMC follows suit domestically and closes its theaters? Just awful all around. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Pallotta / @frankpallotta: AMC can't be far behind, so that's that. What a lost year. https://twitter.com/...
@variety: Cineworld is shuttering all 543 of its Regal Cinema venues in the U.S. and 128 of its cinemas across the U.K. and Ireland this coming week, just days after James Bond film “No Time to Die” was pushed to April 2021. https://variety.com/...
Barry Hertz / @hertzbarry: Exhibitors have gone above and beyond health/safety protocols, leading to (near as anyone can tell) zero reported on-site COVID transmissions. They're rewarded by their most of their studio partners with ... nothing. What theatres will be around to show the new Bond film in 2021? https://twitter.com/...
Shannon Miller / The A.V. Club: No Time To Die's release pushed back to 2021
Owen S. Good / Polygon: No Time to Die delayed until April 2021
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Cesar Conde is looking to draw a brighter line between news and opinion programming at MSNBC, which lags behind rivals on news coverage beyond politics — Cable channel fell behind rivals in the key demo when coronavirus and racial justice took center stage; new NBCUniversal News Group chairman …
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Over the last few months, @JBFlint and I have been talking to people in and around MSNBC about the company's performance, its relation to NBC News and where the news group chairman, Cesar Conde, wants to take the network. Here's what we found: https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@wsj: CNN and Fox News enjoyed a ratings boom this spring when there was a tsunami of news, between the escalating Covid-19 crisis and nationwide protests over police brutality. The same didn't happen at MSNBC, which relies on political news to drive ratings. https://www.wsj.com/...
Alec MacGillis / @alecmacgillis: Kind of incredible to see this phrase in a routine story about cable ratings in a US campaign season. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sean Ketchem / @cskwriter: “If Mr. Trump is re-elected, they expect another surge in viewership. If he loses and there is a peaceful transfer of power, they expect viewership will level off or decline, as the national drama dissipates.” https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Joe Flint / @jbflint: MSNBC fell behind cable news rivals in the key demo when coronavirus and racial justice took center stage, and NBCUniversal News Group's new chairman isn't satisfied with third place https://www.wsj.com/... W/@BenMullin
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Cesar Conde, the new chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, wants to draw a brighter line between news and opinion programming at MSNBC, according to people I spoke with. He's also still evaluating key leaders, including MSNBC boss Phil Griffin: https://www.wsj.com/...
Johnny Dollar / @johnnydollar01: Politics affect MSNBC ratings: overall viewership barely grew in the Q2 and the network LOST viewers in the key demo. Despite its highly publicized debut, Joy Reid's show just delivered its lowest-rated week since launch across the board. https://www.wsj.com/... (sub req) https://twitter.com/...
Amol Sharma / @asharma: MSNBC underperformed rivals when coronavirus and racial justice dominated the news, and thrived once electoral politics came back. NBC's news chief wants more consistency. @BenMullin https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Among the tidbits in this story: NBCUniversal is working on a streaming channel for Peacock that will include progressive opinion commentary: https://www.wsj.com/...
Max Willens / Digiday:
As political posts and ads flood Facebook, publishing groups are pitching alternative sites for ads to brand-sensitive advertisers uneasy about Facebook — As Facebook teems with posts — and ads — about politics in the home stretch of this presidential election season …
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@digiday: As Facebook teems with posts — and ads — about politics in the home stretch of this presidential election season, advertisers have begun to ask their media agencies whether they should be taking a break from the platform. https://digiday.com/...
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
AMC+, AMC Networks' streaming service, is available without a cable subscription for the first time as it debuts on Apple TV Channels and Prime Video Channels — Networks AMC, BBC America, IFC and SundanceTV go direct-to-consumer for first time — AMC+ subscribers will get early access …
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost: Following AMC Networks' All-Inclusive AMC+ Streaming App, More Deals To Come: Analyst
Josef Adalian / Vulture: Mad Men Is Streaming Again!
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Former Sports Illustrated owner Meredith drops its lawsuit against current SI licensee Maven, and a Maven spokesman says the dispute was solved “amiably” — Publishing house Meredith has dropped its $1 million lawsuit against Maven, the operator of Sports Illustrated.
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